Director's Desk

Welcome Address!

On behalf of the entire Himmelfarb Library staff, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all new Medical Center faculty, staff, and students. I would also like to extend greetings to all returning faculty and students on the start of a new academic year. The Library staff looks forward to meeting your information needs in the upcoming months. We also welcome your input! You may contact me at 202-994-1826 or mlbaml@gwumc.edu. The Library's e-mail address is library@gwumc.edu. The telephone number for the reference desk is 202-994-2850.

The new academic year is starting on a positive note in the Library. We are happy to welcome several new staff members including Christine Raney, Serials Librarian, and Michael Acadia, Electronic Resources Librarian/Web Coordinator. Yvonne Lee, whom many of you know as our Evening Reference Specialist, has moved to a full-time day position. With the addition of these individuals to our skilled staff, the Library is truly ready to move forward into the electronic age. During the summer, over 400 journal titles have been added to the Library home page (www.gwumc.edu/library/eresources/ejournal.cfm), providing access to 534 electronic journals from your office and the Library. More titles will be added monthly.

The last year has seen a growing use of online course materials within the Medical Center. The complete set of pathology slides for second-year medical students is now available from the Library's home page. Students may also review all of the major body systems from an hisotological viewpoint online in the Computer Lab. Over 225 e-reserves have been processed by Library staff for use within Prometheus. (For questions about electronic reserves, contact Natalie Collins, Head, Cataloging at mlbnmc@gwumc.edu) Coming soon to our Computer Lab is the Authoring Station. Designed to assist faculty in preparing online course materials and electronic publishing projects, the workstation features a wide variety of software and hardware for scanning, creating digital images, and merging print/video/digital formats. (For questions about computer instructional materials, contact Alexandra Gomes, Instructional Technology Librarian, at mlbawg@gwumc.edu).