The Spring issue highlights two special people:

• Joyce A. Mitchell, recently retired Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics and this issue’s Library Champion
• Blake Plumb, Computer Technician and recent addition to the Eccles Library Systems team, who is highlighted in the Introducing column.

Don’t miss From the Director – Jean Shipman reviews Library changes as we move from collecting books to people.

Do click on the link to the Reflections on the Changing the Face of Medicine Exhibit and Events article. Joan Stoddart reviews the four special programs held at Eccles Library in association with the National Library of Medicine exhibit.

Erica Lake, Associate Director of the Hope Fox Eccles Health Library, recounts two years of success and outreach at the Health Library.

Other articles of note:

• read about the Center for Medical Innovation now housed on the Library’s Garden Level
• read a summary of a funded proposal to build awareness of sex and gender bias in research
• learn more about the interprofessional simulation experience for students
• find out the surprising results of a Library technology survey
• discover online resources from the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine Collection

Services we want you to be aware of that are detailed in this issue include:

• NIH Public Access Policy Update
• Get It Now – article delivery service
• Research Data Management, Sharing and Ownership Workshop
• Eccles Express: Short Course Series
• Mayden Lecture and Workshop
• BioMed Central partial funding available for authors
• Stop by the Library to enjoy Utah Landscapes, a photography exhibit featuring works by Steven Leitch

Questions can be directed to the newsletter editor:

• Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or jeanne.leber@utah.edu

Assistant editors:

• Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534 or julie.quilter@utah.edu
• Amy Honisett; 801-587-9246 or amy.honisett@utah.edu

Enjoy these issue highlights:

• From the Director – IPE
• John W. Mauger – Library Champion
• Introducing . . . Christy Jarvis
• Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Eccles Library — Part III
• Reorganizing the Eccles Library Website
• Cool Tools: Dropbox
• eReader/Tablet Checkout Available at the Library
• Jean P. Shipman Appointed Co-Convener of Chicago Collaborative
• Upcoming Events
  • Exploring Health Care Disparities
  • Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture Focuses on eScience-eResearch
  • Join Us for the NCBI Discovery Workshops
  • Workshops @ the Library
• 2012 Eccles Library Construction Notice

Questions can be directed to the newsletter editor:
Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744
Assistant editors:

• Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534
• Amy Honisett; 801-587-9246

eSynapse is published using open source software. The Open Journal Systems is a complete online journal management and publishing package that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the publishing process, from submissions through online publication and indexing.

Issue highlights include:

• From the Director — New Beginnings
• Library Champion — Don Blumenthal
• Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Eccles Library — Part II
• Introducing . . . Amy Honisett
• Research Support for You via RISe
• Tablets and eReaders Available for Checkout
• Cool Tools: Wiggio
• Meet Our Experts!
• Workshop Registration System Has a New Look!
• Need help? Contact our Reference Team
• What’s New with STAT!Ref
• Save the Date!

Questions can be directed to the newsletter editor:
Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or jeanne.leber@utah.edu
or assistant editor Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534 or julie.quilter@utah.edu

eSynapse is published using open source software. The Open Journal Systems is a complete online journal management and publishing package that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the publishing process, from submissions through online publication and indexing.

Issue highlights include:

• From the Director — Comings and Goings
• Jackie A. Smith — Library Champion
• Introducing . . . Erica Lake
• New Consumer Health Library for University of Utah Health Care
• 40th Anniversary of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library: Part I
• Cool Tools: Access Your Health Record at University Health Care
• NOVEL Presented at NANOS 2011
• Greetings from the New Education Services Librarian
• Eccles Library Wins!! NLM & You: The Video
• Workshops @ the Library
• Eccles Library Faculty and Staff Professional Activities

Questions about the newsletter can be directed to the newsletter editor: Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744 or assistant editor Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534.

Issue highlights include:

• From the Director: Bringing Context Back Into the Library
• Kirtly Parker Jones – Library Champion
• Introducing . . . Abby L. Adamczyk
• QR Codes in Use Around the Library!
• Cool Tools: Web 2.0 Polling Services
• Regional Medical Library Distance Education
• NEJM – Back Files Now Available
• MeSH Is 50 Years Old
• Workshops @ the Library

Questions can be directed to the newsletter editor:
Jeanne Le Ber; 801-585-6744
or assistant editor Julie Quilter; 801-581-5534

eSynapse is published using open source software. The Open Journal Systems is a complete online journal management and publishing package that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the publishing process, from submissions through online publication and indexing.