November 1st, 2021
In July 2021, Libraries Professor Bethany McGowan was awarded an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) planning grant to conduct research that seeks to understand how health information, including misinformation and disinformation, originates and spreads in African American communities. The planning grant will lay the foundation for a larger project grant proposal that will more…
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, HLS, RSRCH | Comments Off on Combining Evidence Synthesis, Infodemic Management, and Participatory Design Practices to Understand How Health (Mis)Information Spreads in African American CommunitiesOctober 10th, 2019
October is National Medical Librarians Month, and Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies (PULSIS) Assistant Professor and Health Sciences Information Specialist Bethany McGowan, who has close to ten years of academic medical librarian experience, notes that 2019 brings medical librarians two years into the current U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Strategic Plan, more…
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter, faculty_staff, general, HLS, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Purdue Medical Librarian Bethany McGowan’s Work Focuses on Information and Data Literacy InstructionOctober 3rd, 2019
October is Health Literacy Month, and to commemorate it, we asked Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies Health Sciences Information Specialist and Assistant Professor Jason Reed to share what he does in his work to support Purdue University faculty, students, and staff. What Does a Health Sciences Information Specialist Do? by Jason Reed, more…
Filed under: Faculty E-Newsletter, faculty_staff, general, HLS, PHAR, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Celebrating Health Literacy Month with Jason Reed, Health Sciences Info. SpecialistFebruary 8th, 2019
In late 2017, at a conference in Bonn, Germany, Jason Reed and a few of his Purdue University colleagues convinced government officials to play a game. If you are wondering why on Earth people from Purdue would do such a thing, Earth is exactly why they did. Here’s some context… The conference was the Bonn more…
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, HLS | Comments Off on Communicating the Stakes of Climate ChangeNovember 27th, 2012
Featured New Books (click here for more new books) A First Course in Systems Biology Eberhard O. Voit
Filed under: collections, HLS, LIFE, PHAR, VETM | Comments Off on Featured New Books in the Life Sciences LibraryJuly 25th, 2012
Starting this fall semester, Purdue Libraries will offer a text message reference service, in addition to email and chat services. Get a brief answer to your simple question. TEXT Purduelib to 66746 to get started! Purdue Libraries’ reference service has many options available, whether the physical library is open or not. In fact, Libraries is more…
Filed under: AVTE, CHEM, EAS, ENGR, general, HLS, HSSE, LIFE, MATH, MGMT, PHAR, PHYS, services, UGRL, VETM | Comments Off on Ask a Librarian service expands to textMay 7th, 2012
Congratulations to all Libraries faculty promoted in 2012! Promoted to Professor of Library Science Michael Fosmire Promoted to Associate Professor of Library Science Christopher C. Miller Catherine Fraser Riehle Maribeth Slebodnick
Filed under: faculty_staff, general, HLS, HSSEB, PSET, scholcomm | Comments Off on 2012 Libraries faculty promotionsDecember 29th, 2011
Purdue Libraries has made some changes to reserve policies across the libraries to lessen confusion for those using the reserve system and ensure that reserves are available to all students as equitably as possible. These will be in effect beginning January 9, 2012. Reserves will continue to be held by request of the instructor behind more…
Filed under: AVTE, CHEM, CIRC-SERV, EAS, ENGR, general, HLS, HSSE, LIFE, MATH, MGMT, PHAR, PHYS, UGRL, VETM | Comments Off on Libraries standardizes reserve process across campusJanuary 5th, 2011
Click on the cover picture or title for additional book details, holdings, and status information. Independent and supplementary prescribing : an essential guide edited by Molly Courtenay, Matt Griffiths ; foreword by June Crown (click for more new books)
Filed under: collections, HLS, LIFE, PHAR, VETM | Comments Off on Featured New Books in Pharmacy, Nursing and Health Sciences LibraryAugust 30th, 2010
Click on the cover picture or title for additional book details, holdings, and status information. Drug design : structure- and ligand-based approaches edited by Kenneth M. Merz, Dagmar Ringe, Charles H. Reynolds (click for more new books)
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