Project Description

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Project
Development of a Hispanic Health
Sciences Virtual Library (HHSVL) at
Conrado F. Asenjo Library, UPR-MSC

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Component of the Title V Project
Development of an Institutional Data
Management System and Improvement
of Technology and Information
Resources
Title V Grant #PO31SS100092

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Introduction

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UPR Medical Sciences Campus
Library
 Main health sciences
information resources on the
Island.
 Most complete collection of
its kind in the Caribbean.
 Collection and services
support academic programs
in Medicine, Public Health,
Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy
and Allied Health.

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UPR Medical Sciences Campus
Library (cont.)
 Resource library under the
National Network of Libraries
of Medicine
 Use and access to information
resources and databases
among health professionals in
the community, both
individually and through
affiliated institutions

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 To increase the availability of online services,
electronic and digital information resources, and
to promote the integration of information literacy
skills and the use of iPads in the Curricula.
Main Goal

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Question Point Statistics
October 2011-September 2012 October 2012-August 2013 October 2013-March 2014

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Electronic Information Resources
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Springer Health Collection OVID Health Collection Digitalia Health Collection

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Videos
• 531 videos have been
digitized.
• 428 hours, 38 minutes
and 10 seconds digitized.
Photographs
• 1,464 classified photos
• 87 General subjects
• 490 Specific subjects
• 70 catalogued in Horizon
Digital Resources

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Series 1: Photographs
Topic: School of Dentistry
Digitization Project
Medullar Course 6500
Historic Evolution of Public
Health PR
Dr. Jaime Ariza
Background: Dr. Bailey K. Ashford
Section: Institute of Hygiene of PR.
Series: Documents manuscript

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Scopus
Is the largest abstract and citation database of peer
reviewed research literature with more than 20,500
titles from more than 5,000 international publishers.
Statistics: October 2013-March 2014
1,702 Searches
927 Sessions
686 Users
Electronic Resources

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 Users have access to all these resources and
services through the library’s web page and the
horizon electronic catalog
ACCESS

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Increase student’s and faculty
information literacy skills
 Three cycles of workshops have been offered.
o Association of Colleges and Research Libraries (ACRL)
Information literacy standards http://www.ala.org/acrl/

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 16 professors and 12 students participated in the
iPad integration Project and finished their Integration
Plan
o 7 Occupational Therapy Program
o 9 Environmental Health Program
Integrating iPads

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Integrating iPads

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 Using the MARC format, iPads were registered and
incorporated in our HORIZON online catalog system
for students to check out.
Integrating iPads

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Professors
Students
Information
Literacy
SCOPUS
Refworks
Virtual Services
(Virtual
Reference,
Digital Reserve)
E-resources
(e-books,
videos,
photographs)

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HHSVL Human Resources
Dr. Irma Quiñones Maurás
Coordinator
Profa. Zaida García Soto
Cataloger
Profa. Nilca I. Parrilla
Cataloger

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HHSVL Human Resources
Mr. Luis Mendizabal
Curator
(Technical Asistant)
Sr. José Raúl Ubieta
Virtual Reference Librarian

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