Dentistry Library Newsletter

June 1999

* HealthWeb: Dentistry Released to the Public
* More Image Scanning Classes in CAIDENT
* Copyright Office says Update Fair Use Exemption for 
   Distance Education 
* NIH Posts Comments About E-BIOMED
* NYAM's New Director of Information Management
* -Faculty- Exploratory Summer Schedule


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HEALTHWEB: DENTISTRY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC

It is truly a pleasure to announce that the HealthWeb: Dentistry
collection of evaluated internet resources in dentistry has 
formally moved from Northwestern University to the University
of Michigan, and has been been released to the public for 
general use. I would like to thank personally all the faculty
and staff who contributed time and suggestions to reviewing
the earlier versions of the site, but the list is too long to
include here. Please *do* check the credits and comments section
of the site to see how your colleagues contributed to this
resource. Kudos also to the enormous effort put forth by all the
students and staff of the Dentistry Library.

We are always looking to enhance the site and will gladly take 
suggestions and reviews. You can find the site in a number of 
ways. There is a link on the main Dentistry Library web site, 
or you can find it listed under the subject "Dentistry"
at the main HealthWeb site , or you can
go in directly at:

  http://www.lib.umich.edu/hw/dent/  


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MORE IMAGE SCANNING CLASSES IN CAIDENT

The Introduction to Digital Imaging classes last month were so 
popular that we are repeating them this month. We have developed
a handout which guides you through the basic steps. While we are
happy to share the handout with you whether you take the class or
not, you *are* asked to take the class before using the scanners
in either CAIDENT or the library. New to this month's classes,
we will include a very brief introduction to creating your own
PDFs (files in portable document format). 

Classes this month are from 12-1:30 on June 14, 16, and 18 (Monday,
Wednesday & Friday). If you didn't get a chance the first time and 
are interested in taking one these class sessions, please register 
by sending an e-mail to:

  dentistry.library@umich.edu  .


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COPYRIGHT OFFICE SAYS UPDATE FAIR USE EXEMPTION FOR 
DISTANCE EDUCATION

Educators and academic librarians arguing against copyright 
owners that fair use exemptions for distance education of 
the Copyright Act should be broadened were supported by 
recommendations in a report released May 25 by the 
Copyright Office. "Without an amendment to accommodate 
these new technologies (of digital transmissions), the 
policy behind the law will be increasingly diminished." 
The Copyright Office spent six months examining the application 
of copyright law to distance education by holding public 
hearings, conducting research, and consulting with experts. 
Its full report can be found at:

  http://www.loc.gov/copyright/cpypub/de_rprt.pdf  .


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NIH POSTS COMMENTS ABOUT E-BIOMED

NIH has posted a selection of comments about its proposal 
to create E-biomed, a centralized web site for biomedical 
articles. The development of such an archive should be of 
special interest to the dental profession as an opportunity
to reduce costs of publication, and maintain access to the
professional literature in an increasingly unstable publishing
environment. See: 

  http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/ebiomed/comment.htm  . 

Commercial publishers having been getting in their two-cents-
worth as well, and you can see some of their opinions in the 
May 6 issue of NATURE. For the complete article, go to:

  http://www.helix.nature.com/wcs/b33.html  .

At the same time, a recent survey, "What Authors Want," from 
the UK-based Association of Learned and Professional Society 
Publishers (ALPSP) shows that authors of research articles 
want to see "electronic publishing with a rapid peer review 
system might develop further than at present." More information 
can be found at:

  http://www.alpsp.org.uk  .


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NY ACADEMY OF MEDICINE APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION 
MANAGEMENT

The New York Academy of Medicine Library, the largest
privately-owned and operated medical and health sciences 
library in the country, recently appointed as Director of 
the Division of Information Management and Academy Librarian 
David Neale King. Mr. King is currently Special Assistant for 
Informatics Education and Head of Education and Consulting 
Services at the U. of California, San Francisco Library and 
Center for Knowledge Management. With this appointment, 
the New York Academy of Medicine has created a new Division 
of Information Management. The division -- which includes 
the Academy Library, the information systems department, and 
the historical collections -- will pursue new initiatives in 
research and development of technological solutions to problems 
in managing health sciences information.


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FACULTY EXPLORATORY SUMMER SCHEDULE

WARNING: These classes are *only* for faculty and are not available
to staff and students. To register e-mail ,
do not try to register through the Dentistry Library. Classes being
taught by the Dentistry Library in CAIDENT are listed elsewhere in
this newsletter, and will have separate announcements sent out for 
each class as registration deadlines approach. The classes listed
below are taught in the Faculty Exploratory on the 2nd Floor of the
Hatcher Graduate Library. For more information, please check the
Exploratory web site at .

June 7, 2:00-4:00       The Potential of PowerPoint
June 11, 10:000-11:00   Classic Mirlyn vs. Mirlyn Web: What's Right 
                        for You?
June 11, 1:00-3:00      Building a Course Webpage with Adobe PageMill
June 14, 1:30-3:00      Scanning Images
June 15, 10:00-12:00    Managing Your Bibliographies with EndNote
June 18, 1:00-3:00      Fun with PhotoShop
June 21, 10:00-11:00    Welcome to Windows (Fundamentals) for New Users
June 21 11:30-12:30     Welcome to the Darkside: Windows Fundamentals 
                        for Mac Users
June 22, 10:00-12:00    The Potential of PowerPoint
June 22, 1:00-3:00      Policy Resources on the Web
June 28, 1:00-3:00      Managing Your Bibliographies with EndNote
June 29, 10:00-12:00    Maximizing your Bibliographic Search:  Using
                        Citation Indexes on the Web
July 1, 1:00-2:30       More About Windows (Intermediate)
July 6, 12:30-2:30      Managing Your Bibliographies with EndNote
July 8, 2:00-4:00       Weaving Through the Web
July 9, 10:00-12:00     Data Resources on the Web
July 13, 2:00-4:00      Incorporating Interactivity into Your Website 
                        with Claris HomePage
July 15, 10:00-12:00    ProCite: Managing your Bibliographies
July 19, 1:00-3:00      Getting Creative with PowerPoint (PowerPoint
                        Intermediate)
July 23, 10:00-12:00    Managing Your Bibliographies with EndNote
July 27, 1:00-1:45      Scanning Text
July 27, 2:30-4:00      Using What You Already Have: MS Word Tools
Aug. 3, 1:00-3:00       More to Know About PhotoShop (Intermediate)