News from the Libraries


News from the Libraries – September 2020

September 24, 2020

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News from the Libraries – August 2020

August 28, 2020

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News from the Libraries – July 2020

July 23, 2020

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2020 Image of Research Winners

April 16, 2020

We are pleased to announce the winners of Briscoe Library’s 3rd Annual Image of Research Photography Competition! 1st Place Breeanne Soteros, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Cortical Maps Flattened cortical brain sections stained for glutamate transporter VGlut2 reveals the somatotopic organization of the mouse barrel cortex. Each “barrel” (in blue) corresponds to the major facial […]


News from the Libraries March 2020

March 27, 2020

The March issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below. We’re Still Here! Just Virtually… Briscoe Buddies Visit the STRF Briscoe Librarians on Predatory Publishing Nixon Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary Historical Medical Instruments on Display at Local Heritage Center Featured New Books/eBooks for […]


We’re Still Here! Just Virtually…

March 27, 2020

During this difficult time, library liaisons and all other library staff are on the job and ready to help. All library resources are available and services (other than face-to-face, and with a few other exceptions) are fully operational. Librarians and library staff remain available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm to answer […]


Briscoe Buddies Visit the STRF

March 27, 2020

  On Friday, March 6th, Briscoe Buddies Angel and June visited the South Texas Research Facility (STRF) for a puppy picnic to celebrate Employee Appreciation Day. Accompanied by their handlers, Dana Whitmire and Andrea Schorr, both Angel and June joined STRF faculty and staff for a walk on the greenway followed by lots of cuddles. […]


Briscoe Librarians on Predatory Publishing

March 27, 2020

Librarians Emme Lopez and Chris Gaspard published an article entitled, “Predatory publishing and the academic librarian: Developing tools to make decisions” in the Jan-Mar issue of Medical Reference Services Quarterly. Confusion exists around identifying trustworthy journals, especially those without the benefit of name recognition. Authors often turn to their librarian for help determining whether a […]


Nixon Library Celebrates 50th Anniversary

March 27, 2020

Fifty years ago the Bexar County Medical Society gifted a collection of rare and significant medical historical books to the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, now known as UT Health San Antonio. The collection originally belonged to distinguished San Antonio physician Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon, who was the founder of the Bexar […]