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The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: New Finding Aid Available
By Mary Kroeger Vuyk, Sabin Student Assistant
I recently completed the processing of additional materials belonging to the Albert B. Sabin collection. This addendum to the original collection finding aid was received after Sabin’s initial donation of materials and consists of letters, lab data, photographs, and other items. A significant part of this collection reflects Dr. Sabin’s tenure as President of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The finding aid for this addendum can be found at the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository.
This photo of Dr. Sabin and Hal Linden was taken at the 1990 Weizmann Founders’ event.
Happy Holidays from UC Libraries
Happy Holidays from the University of Cincinnati Libraries. We wish all of our students, faculty, and staff a safe and enjoyable break. The Libraries will be closed December 24 & 25 and January 1. The remaining days, we will be on break hours through January 6, which are listed online and at each library location.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Super Sabin!
By Mary Kroeger Vuyk, Sabin Student Assistant
In 1983, Amanda Magary wrote Dr. Sabin to tell him “Your [sic] my hero!”
While I was aware of Dr. Sabin’s contribution, it wasn’t until I began going through the letters sent to Sabin that I started to fully understand the impact that he had on the lives of others. In one letter, Julie Harrison writes, “How much you have enriched the lives of all of us! Your oral vaccine for polio is surely one of the greatest accomplishments. We do thank you; you are truly an American hero.”[1] Continue reading
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ILLiad Unavailable December 14 and 17 for Maintenance
Open-i: a New Source for Biomedical Images
Check out Open-i (http://openi.nlm.nih.gov/), the National Library of Medicine’s new image retrieval project. Still in Beta, this new service “aims to provide next generation information retrieval services for biomedical articles from the full text collections such as PubMed Central.” Powered by the search engine Essie (that supports ClinicalTrials.gov) a search is able to retrieve both the text and images in the articles.
Other features include viewing search results in a citation list or image grid, limiting by image type (CT Scan, MRI, Photographs, etc), by subsets such as basic science, clinical journals, ethics or systematic reviews, by specialties, and more.
For more information go to http://openi.nlm.nih.gov/about.php or visit the Frequently Asked Questions page.
To find other health sciences image sources go to the UC Libraries Media guide http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/healthsciences
Need Even More Time to Study in the Library?
During exams, UC students can study in Langsam Library until 2am.
In response to student requests to President Santa Ono and Dean and University Librarian Xuemao Wang for adequate, safe study space on campus for the current exam period, UC Libraries has made arrangements to immediately expand exam hours in Langsam Library beginning today, December 7 and continuing until December 13.
The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: More to Check Out!
This fall, the Albert B. Sabin digitization project has been featured in several different places. I wanted to share all of them with you so you can check them out!
If you would like to see the slides from my presentation on the Sabin digitization project, please feel free to email the Winkler Center at chhp@uc.edu.
First, I want to tell you about my recent presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) Fall 2012 Meeting in October. My presentation, “The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Reconstructing a Collection on the Web while Balancing Privacy, Restrictions, and Access,” was part of the session called, “Student Paper Session: Digital Reconstructions.” This was a great opportunity to discuss how Sabin project staff are dealing with sensitive issues, such as privacy and classified government information, in a digital collection. It was great sharing the project with the group at MARAC, and I even received a couple of questions at the end of the session. (MARAC plans to have all of their presentations from this meeting, including mine, available on their digital repository soon. Be sure to check it out!) Continue reading
Lynda.com: Technology Training Videos Now Available
The latest UC-licensed learning technology – Lynda.com is available to all currently registered students, faculty, and staff. UCit partnered with several colleges and UC Libraries to provide full access to technology training videos.
Log in with your 6+2 username and password to access software, career development, and technology training videos from anywhere using an Internet browser. Lynda.com features software from Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Blackboard, Facebook, Google, HTML, Microsoft, Open Source, SPSS, Twitter, and many more that allow users to learn the latest tools and techniques in business, digital media, design, and development. Visit http://www.uc.edu/ucit/learningtechnologies/lynda.html for more information.
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