On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will once again recognize the publishing and creative accomplishments of UC’s faculty at the annual “Authors, Editors & Composers” event. Scheduled for 3:30pm in the Russell C. Myers Alumni Center at UC, “Authors, Editors & Composers” will pay tribute to the 2011 scholarly and creative works of UC’s faculty with a reception, presentation of selected works, a printed bibliography, and an exhibit.
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HSL CampusGuides: Taking Research to a New Level
The Health Sciences Library is transitioning the “Electronic Resources” topics to a more user-friendly, robust CampusGuides interface during the 2011-2012 academic year. CampusGuides incorporate search boxes, RSS Feeds, embedded media, surveys and can be easily accessed on mobile devices. See the newly published Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Resources; the first example of a new and improved topic guide.
More topic guides will be coming soon. As the topics transition to CampusGuides some will appear in the old interface and some in the new. The links on the Electronic Resources page will be changed to lead directly to the new topic guide as they are developed.
We look forward to your feedback and suggestions to help make these topic guides as useful as possible.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: India is One Year Polio-Free
Photograph from Dr. Sabin's trip to Bombay in 1963 as a WHO Consultant.
I recently read an article on the BBC News website, which stated that India had not reported case of polio in the country for a whole year, from January 13, 2011 to January 12, 2012. According to the World Health Organization, India was once considered “the world’s epicenter of polio.” Just a couple years ago, there were 741 reported cases in the country. The fight against polio in India has made significant strides in just a couple of years. The use of the oral polio vaccine, originally developed by Dr. Sabin, has helped India become polio-free for the first time.
The Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives contains a good amount of materials related to the fight against polio in India. The collection includes correspondence between scientists working on polio research and the oral polio vaccine, documents written by Dr. Sabin and others on the status of polio in India, and photographs from his travel there. The photograph seen above is from his trip to India and Ceylon in 1963. Continue reading
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Milk Research Makes Headline News!
In May 1950, at the sixtieth annual meeting of the American Pediatric Society, Dr. Sabin reported that he had discovered an “Antipoliomyelitic Substance in Milk of Human Beings and Certain Cows.”[1] Although Dr. Sabin was cautious to say that research was still needed to determine what the substance was and how it could be useful, the popular press picked up on the report with headlines such as:
“Mother’s Milk Has Anti-Polio Substance,” Science Service, 16 May 1950
“Researcher Seeking Factor in Milk to Prevent Paralysis in Polio Cases,” Cincinnati Times-Star, 19 May 1950
“Anti-Polio Human Milk,” Science News Letter, 27 May 1950
Telegram from Mr. Vinciguerra to Dr. Sabin, 1950
This information even appeared in the May 29, 1950 issue of Time magazine. Due to the the large amount of publicity that this report received, Dr. Sabin accumulated letters from researchers and other interested parties. The information contained in these letters ranged from encouragement to suggestions for further research. For example, Dr. Sabin received several letters suggesting that he test goat’s milk for the same substance. Others provided suggestions as to what the mystery substance might be. Another example appears in the telegram seen to the left, in which Mr. Vinciguerra suggests testing sheep’s milk.[2] Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
HSL New Books Nov-Dec 2011
New print books and new editions of e-books are now available via the Health Sciences Library: HSL New Book List
A small sample of the titles include:
Bioethics, public moral argument, and social responsibility / edited by Nancy M.P. King and Michael J. Hyde
Location: Browsing Collection WB 60 B615k 2012
Bope and Kellerman: Conn’s Current Therapy 2012, 1st ed.
Delmar nurse’s drug handbook
Location: HSL Stacks QV 772 D359
Essentials of biostatistics for physicians, nurses, and clinicians (The) / Michael R. Chernick
Location: HSL Stacks WA 950 C521e 2011
ICD-9-CM 2012 Expert for hospitals and payers. Volumes 1, 2 & 3 international classification of diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification / edited by Anita C. Hart, Melinda S. Stegman, Beth Ford
Location: Reference Collection WB 15 U58nim 2012
Introduction to auditory rehabilitation: a contemporary issues approach / Carole E. Johnson
Location: Rothenberg Speech and Hearing Collection WV 270 J66i 2012
Netter’s infectious diseases / [edited by] Elaine C. Jong, Dennis L. Stevens illustrations by Frank H. Netter contributing illustrators, Carlos A.G. Machado … [et al.]
Location: HSL Stacks WC 100 N474 2012
Pharmacotherapy casebook: a patient-focused approach / edited by Terry L. Schwinghammer, Julia M. Koehler
Location: HSL Stacks WB 330 P536dp 2011
Preprosthetic and maxillofacial surgery: biomaterials, bone grafting and tissue engineering / edited by Joel Ferri and Ernst B. Hunziker
Location: HSL Stacks WU 500 P927 2011
Check out 8 more pages of titles: HSL New Book List
Charley Harper on Display
Known for his colorful, minimalist views of nature, Cincinnati-artist Charley Harper produced not just paintings and prints, but he also contributed his art to numerous books and other publications.
Examples of this work can be seen in an exhibit on display in the Robert A. Deshon and Karl J. Schlachter Library for Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) through February.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Prisoner Volunteer Based Research – The New Jersey State Prison Experiment
Copy of certificate given to experiment volunteers, August 31, 1944.
By Megan Ryan, Sabin Project Student Assistant
In the post-World War II years, the experimental side of Dr. Sabin’s work relied upon prisoner research for development. The role of prisoner volunteer-based research was extremely relevant in the development of modern medicine in the late-1940’s and early-1950’s in the United States. Notably occurring right in the midst of this trend was Dr. Sabin’s New Jersey State Prison experiment in the 1940’s on sandfly and dengue fever. Continue reading
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Happy (Belated) Anniversary, March of Dimes!
Invitation to Dr. Sabin's Bela Schick Lecture, 1944. This can be found in Series 3 – Manuscripts, Box 6, Folder 2 – Correspondence, photos, draft, 1944.
On Tuesday, January 3rd, I read a tweet from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation which said:
“On this day in 1938 @marchofdimes was founded by #FDR to combat #polio!”
In honor of the anniversary of the founding of the March of Dimes, here are a couple more things in the Sabin collection that highlight some of Dr. Sabin’s research he conducted with aid from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP). (You may recall from an earlier blog post that the NFIP later changed its name to the March of Dimes.)
In May 1944, Dr. Sabin gave the Bela Schick lecture called, “Studies on the Natural History of Poliomyelitis” at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. (For your information, Dr. Bela Schick was the developer of the Schick immunity test, which helped to determine if someone was susceptible to diphtheria. In 1923, he became director of the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital.*) This lectureship was established by Dr. Schick’s friends and colleagues after his retirement, and Dr. Sabin was invited to give the 2nd annual lecture. Dr. Sabin was contacted by Dr. Murray Bass to give a report on “virus studies, especially in connection with poliomyelitis.”[1] Of course, Dr. Sabin accepted, after he made sure that he would be in the country at the time. When contacted about a dinner prior to the lecture, he suggested that NFIP notables Mr. Basil O’Connor (President) and Dr. Don W. Gudakunst (Medical Director) be invited as well.[2] Continue reading
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: What Do "Restricted" and "Confidential" Mean?
Letter from Colonel Stanhope Bayne-Jones to Dr. Sabin
In August 2011, I attended the Society of American Archivists annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois. While there, I attended a session called “Exploring the Evolution of Access: Classified, Privacy, and Proprietary Restrictions.” As I sat in the room listening to the speakers, I started to think how to apply these concepts to the Sabin digitization project.
For several weeks after the meeting, my colleagues and I had lively debates about how these concepts, as well as the recent SAA endorsed “Well-intentioned Practice for Putting Digitized Collections of Unpublished Materials Online” document, would affect the display of the Sabin materials online. On one hand, we recognize that Mrs. Sabin left Dr. Sabin’s important collection in our hands to ensure that this material is accessible to researchers around the world. On the other hand, we also recognized the need to do two things: 1.) protect the health information of those mentioned in the collection that participated in Dr. Sabin’s research, and 2.) make sure we don’t leak any classified government information online. Even though much of Dr. Sabin’s materials related to his research and his work with the military are considered “old” by some standards, it is still necessary to do our due diligence to protect information as needed. Continue reading