Director's Desk

The last year has been a busy one for the Library. A new web page debuted that was designed to increase access to and ease-of-use for our growing collection of electronic resources. A portal for Research and Publishing was added to provide faculty and students with a gateway to topics such as scholarly publishing and funding sources. New workshops on research skills, poster preparation, and keeping current with electronic tools such as RSS feeds were presented. An information session on the new NIH Open Access Policy was held in March and links to important information on this topic added to the Library web page at http://www.gwumc.edu/library/portals/nihaccess.cfm. It has been a busy year for our faculty, staff and students as well. If you have not had a chance to explore our electronic resources or attend a workshop of interest, please give your liaison library (See the list below!) a call. Liaisons are happy to answer questions about our collections or demo a key piece of software. We especially look forward to working with faculty over the summer on placing reserves, scheduling orientations, and ordering textbooks for the fall semester. Hope to hear from you soon! Best wishes for a pleasant and productive summer!

Anne Linton, Director, Library Services
mlbaml@gwumc.edu