The South Campus Library is currently hosting a six-panel traveling exhibition – Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture – from May 11, 2015, through June 20, 2015. This banner exhibit explores the rise of AIDS in the early 1980s and the evolving response to the epidemic over the last 30 years.

The title “Surviving and Thriving” comes from a book written in 1987 by and for people with AIDS that insisted people could live with AIDS, not just die from it. Jennifer Brier, the exhibition curator, explains that “centering the experience of people with AIDS in the exhibition allows us to see how critical they were, and continue to be, in the political and medical fight against HIV/AIDS.”

The banners present their stories alongside those of others involved in the national AIDS crisis, and they utilize a variety of historic photographs as well as images of pamphlets and publications to illustrate how a group of people responded to, or failed to respond, to HIV/AIDS.

The exhibit was produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

LOCAL, an exhibition of art by nine Dallas artists will be on view in the South Campus Library February 28 through April 30, 2015. This group show will feature photography, paintings, screen prints, and leatherwork.

View the works and meet the artists at an opening reception for the public on Thursday, March 5, 5-7 p.m. in the South Campus Library location. UT Southwestern’s Library and Learning Center is a badge access facility and will not be open to the public. Please contact Courtney Crothers at (214) 648-8703 to schedule a visit during business hours if you are not affiliated with UT Southwestern.

The artists’s individual website links are below:

• Kasumi Chow
• Scott Horn
• Jonathan Kimbrell
• Lisa Lindholm
• Paxton Maroney
• Aralyn McGregor
• Richard Ross
• Haylee Ryan
• Michelle Stroescu

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The Sierra Leone Educational Enrichment Project (SLEEP) at UT Southwestern student organization is working to build the only library at the only medicine and sciences school in Sierra Leone, where the most recent documents date to 1987. A drop box is available at the South Campus Library until September 27 to accept donations of textbooks, journals, CDs, DVDs, and other relevant medical and science materials that can help train doctors in Sierra Leone.

SLEEP is a not-for-profit corporation (501(c)3) incorporated in New York and based out of Harvard, Duke, USC, and recently UT Southwestern, which focuses on improving primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in Sierra Leone, one of the poorest countries on Earth (GDP per capita).  Be a part of our collection programs here on campus!

The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center will host two rooms to watch live sessions from the 2014 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference from September 29 through October 2, 2014.

The EDUCAUSE conference focuses on exploring innovative solutions in Higher Education Information Technology and Teaching & Learning. Sessions are geared towards academic faculty and information technology professionals.

The live streaming schedule is:

• Monday, September 29 from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.  (Pre-conference – The Learning Brain: Implications for Teaching)
• Tuesday, September 30 from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, October 1 from 7 a.m. – 5:20 p.m.
• Thursday, October 2 from 7 – 10:30 a.m.

Note: Light breakfast will be provided by the Library on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

To RSVP and vote for your preferred live viewing topic(s) for the concurrent sessions, please go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EC2014UTSWReg by Wednesday, September 24. We hope to email the concurrent session viewing topics by Friday, September 26.

There will also be a post-conference email sent with access information to all the taped concurrent session recordings for those who RSVP.

See the comprehensive virtual conference agenda and detailed description about each sessions at http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/agenda-and-program/virtual-conference-agenda.

For more information, contact Joseph Tan or Jane Scott.

As head of household, plantation owner, businessman, Revolutionary War general, and president, George Washington had many different concerns and responsibilities, from running his estate to ensuring the stability of a new nation.

Alongside the traditional demands of political life and military leadership, he focused considerable attention on the health and safety of his family, staff, slaves, and troops. Every Necessary Care and Attention: George Washington and Medicine explores the story of George Washington’s own health and examines the ways in which he sought to safeguard the health and wellness of those under his care. Washington’s story illuminates the broader context of the experience of illness and the practice of medicine, which during his time was transitioning from a traditional healer craft to a profession.

This exhibition was developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Museum & Gardens.

The Black History Month poster exhibit honors the many contributions of African Americans in science and in the field of medicine. The 18 posters are displayed either on the Main Floor of the South Campus (main) Library or throughout the first floor of the McDermott Lecture Halls.

The exhibit is sponsored by the UT Southwestern Chapter of the Student National Medical Association in conjunction with the Office of Minority Student Affairs and the Office of Faculty Diversity and Development. It will remain throughout the month of February.

The UT Southwestern Library staff made a valuable contribution to improving health care in our community through education during HealthFest at KwanzaaFest 2013, which was held at Fair Park. In partnership with the greater UT Southwestern outreach initiative, Claudia DeShay, Ph.D., Antoinette Turner, Jane Scott, and Charles Robinson connected with more than 200 members of the Dallas community – men, women, teens, and children – and informed them about free, safe, reliable health resources on the Internet.  Participants at the two-day event shared their concerns and their hopes for healthier living.