The Medical Sciences Library will observe the Internet Awareness Week sponsored by Computing and Information Services by mounting an exhibit in the library devoted to home pages selected from sites pertinent to biomedical information resources. Come by the library during the week of November 4th, visit the exhibit and pick up a handout listing important and exciting sites. Top of page. The room was completed in late April with the installation of new computer desks, additional wiring and 14 additional Pentiums, which brought the number of available computers to 20 each of PowerMacs and Pentiums. This facility provides a hands-on site that faculty in the College of Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Medical Sciences Library may use for teaching classes using computers.
Priority is given to scheduled classes.
When not in use for teaching, the facility is an open lab for use by medical and veterinary students and graduate students in the two colleges. In addition, the Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint and Microsoft Word are available. College of Medicine Since its opening, the Education Center has been used for a number of different classes. An introduction to the electronic textbooks has been presented to the Problem Based Learning classes and the Leadership in Medicine Track. MSL librarians have also taught a course in searching techniques regarding marine mammals to Dr. Tarpley's lab group from Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health.