About the Library

Services:

• Remote access to Library online resources made available through the institution’s LDAP and our proxy system
• Launched a new chat service, LibraryH3lp
• Launched a new webinar page on Library’s website to highlight our sponsored online educational events
• The Historical Resources Center completed grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to process and make available previously recorded oral histories
• The Historical Resources Center had 31 visits and our archivist responded to 32 reference requests with 216 items pulled and 2,664 deliverables
• Hosted seven interns, the most for any one year
• Responded to 11,051 information desk encounters
• Provided 2,827  literature searches and responses to reference questions for clients

• Reached 3,064 customers with classes, consultations, orientations, or tours
• Processed 7,839  interlibrary loan and document delivery requests
• Circulated 3,728 items from the library’s print collections
• Scanned 2,012 articles from the library’s print collections and delivered them electronically to clients’ desktops
• Clients made 93,754 in-person visits to the library
• Clients made over 300,000 visits to our website and we had over 43,000 remote access visits
• Library conference room hosted 227 events with 4,059 attendance; an increase of 14% over last year’s events and 22% in attendees

Collections:

• Provided access to 146 databases
• Increased our electronic journal subscriptions to 5,467
• Increased our electronic book titles to 7,439
• The Historical Resources Center received 17 new accessions for a total of 74.67 linear feet of material
• The Historical Resources Center received the flag flown over the United States Congress for the MD Anderson 70th Anniversary

Events:

• Hosted a visit from the institution’s first medical librarian, Mary Catherine Bussey McGready
• Completed the Business Continuity Plan which included a complete rewrite and merging with our Emergency Plan

Research and Collaboration:

• Wes Browning presented “iWebKit: An Easy Implementation of a Mobile Website” at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Meeting
• Clara Fowler presented her poster, “My So-Called Second Life: Integrating Information Literacy Ski8lls into an Undergraduate Poster Session”
• Ron Hutchins and Stephanie Fulton presented their poster, “Tracking Case Reports of a Rare Tumor: Beyond Electronic Resources”
• Stephanie Fulton co-taught with Liz Brackeen of MD Anderson’s Learning Center a 4 hour CE course “Locating Cancer Information for You Patients and Clinicians”
• Greg Pratt provided support in the Professional Oncology Education’s team third successful CPRIT application; $290,000 was awarded for Application of a Multi-modal Professional Education Platform to Facilitate Physician Counseling for Tobacco Smokers

• The Library has contracted with Tacey Rosolowski, PhD, to conduct thirty oral history interviews. She has completed Dr Tomasovic and Dr Ahearn

• The Library’s Strategic Plan hosted on our SharePoint site for greater visibility and collaboration

Staff Recognitions:

• Kathy Hoffman retired after 15 years of services to MD Anderson in the Research Medical Library
• Aretha Johnson retired after 30 years of services to MD Anderson in the Research Medical Library
• Stephanie Fulton named Executive Director of the Research Medical Library
• Clara Fowler named Staff Educator of the Year and awarded a $5,000 stipend
• Yimin Geng joined the Library Staff as our new Clinical Librarian
• Amy Sisson joined the Library Staff to oversee the South Campus Library
• Esmeralda Calderon received an Awesome Job Award for her teaching from an Administrative Assistant in the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory.
• Greg received an Awesome Job Award for helping a Senior Counseling Specialist prepare for a masters degree comprehensive examination

• Stephanie Fulton is Chair of the Cancer Librarians Section of the Medical Library Association 2010-2011

• Stephanie Fulton is Chair of the Special Libraries Division of the Texas Library Association
• Stephanie Fulton is the Membership Liaison for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society – South Central Texas Chapter
• Greg Pratt presented at the Share and Compare: What's up with Texas Sci-Tech Libraries? meeting in San Antonio. His presentation was titled “Planning, Process, & Polish, Librarian as Research Analytics Provider”