Daily Archives: March 5, 2010

Mixed recycling comes to the North Campus Branch Library

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The North Campus Branch Library is participating in a new North Campus recycling program expansion. In addition to the current paper and cardboard recycling, the new program will accept mixed recyclables, including clean plastic bottles and containers and clean metal containers (e.g., aluminum or tin cans).
A list of all eligible items is posted by the tall blue recycling bins, and more information is available at the UT Southwestern Green Champions FAQs page.
For any question about campus recycling or the Green Champion program, please contact Robert Watts in Physical Plant.

Library spotlights Facebook this month

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Social media is becoming a popular topic around UT Southwestern. Did you know the UT Southwestern Library Facebook page was one of the first departmental pages on Facebook? The Library wants to help others define their social media presence and policy by featuring a survey, class, and webinar all dedicated to Facebook this month.
The Library will conduct a brief online questionnaire via Survey Monkey this month to assess the effectiveness of its Facebook page in promoting Library resources, services, programs, and events. The questionnaire will be active until March 22, 2010.
On March 16, a new Library class for anyone who participates on Facebook is Managing Personal Privacy on Facebook from 11 a.m. to 12 noon in E2.310A. This class will discuss ethical issues surrounding personal use of social networking sites by biomedical professionals as well as explain Facebook’s new privacy policy and settings for personal pages.
The Library will sponsor a special one-hour webinar on March 25 at 12 noon in the Library Administration Conference Room. The webinar is entitled Facebook & Twitter: Legal Liabilities & HIPAA Compliance in Healthcare and is intended for UT Southwestern administrators in need of guidance in establishing a social media policy and presence. Enrollment is on the Library Classes page. Space is limited to 30 attendees.

EZProxy or VPN: Choose the best way to access your Library resources

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The Library now offers two ways to access electronic resources from off-campus: EZProxy and Juniper VPN (Virtual Private Networking).
EZProxy is a fast, easy, web-based way to access Library resources. In the past, EZProxy could only be used to access electronic journals, but as of March 1, 2010, it can be used to access all Library electronic resources (ejournals, ebooks, databases, etc.), with the exception of UpToDate.
Juniper VPN provides access to UT Southwestern resources through either a secure web gateway (for web resources only) or a client download (for a more secure connection to the UT Southwestern network). With Juniper VPN, users may access Library resources as well as other UT Southwestern and departmental resources.
To understand the differences between VPN and EZProxy, see the chart below:

Table showing VPN and EZProxy Comparison

eRA Commons simplifies management of Public Access Policy compliance

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Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy can be confusing, but for researchers who have linked their eRA Commons and My NCBI accounts, it has just become a little easier.
Within My NCBI, a new “Awards View” has been added in the “My Bibliography” section. This “Awards View” color codes your articles to let you see at a glance which are in compliance with the Public Access Policy and which still require your attention. For articles that are not compliant, a new pop-up wizard can help you begin the manuscript submission, link to a previously-submitted manuscript, or determine if your article is exempt from the policy. You can also now designate an assistant to manage your compliance for you.
For full details, please see the NLM Technology Bulletin post, My NCBI: Managing Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy Using My Bibliography.