News from the Libraries
NLM Exhibition on AIDS on Display in Information Commons
November 3, 2015
The Briscoe Library is hosting a traveling exhibition from the National Library of Medicine, called Surviving & Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture. The exhibit explores the history of the disease, beginning with it’s appearance in the United States in the early 1980s. Individual panels describe the reactions to the disease, the struggle of scientists and […]
TEDMED 2015: Sharing Ideas, November 18-20
November 3, 2015
Online and Blended Learning and the Briscoe Library have teamed up to host the TEDMED 2015 live streaming event for the UT Health Science Center San Antonio. TEDMED is a “global community dedicated to unlocking imagination in service of health and medicine.” The event will be held from November 18 – 20 and will feature live simulcasts […]
Suffering and Progress: A History of the HIV Epidemic in the United States – December 3
November 3, 2015
In honor of AIDS Awareness Week, Gregory Anstead, M.D., Ph.D. will present Suffering and Progress: A History of the HIV Epidemic in the United States on December 3, 2015 at 12 Noon in the Howe Conference Room on the 5th floor of the Briscoe Library. This lecture is also being held in conjunction with the National […]
November NPR Book Club Choice
November 3, 2015
Come join us for a discussion of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks at the next NPR Book Club meeting on November 19th, 6 -7 p.m. The November meeting will be held at the Briscoe Library room 4.074 (the Collaboratory). A few copies of the book will be available […]
Briscoe Library Staff Exhibit at the Texas Health Literacy Conference
November 3, 2015
The Texas Health Literacy conference, held annually in San Antonio, has grown to be the largest one of its kind in the state. This year, October 2nd marked the 11th conference. It is attended by healthcare administrators, clinicians, social workers, pharmacists, health educators, nurses, and community members interested in health literacy. Health Literacy is commonly […]
San Fernando Health and Safety Fair Celebrates 25th Anniversary
November 3, 2015
This year was the 25th Anniversary of the San Fernando Health & Safety Fair. The fair offers health screening to individuals in the community who have no insurance or are under insured. Over 400 volunteer doctors, nurses, health specialists, community volunteers and students provide the screening services. Briscoe Library staff Patrick Lemelle and Peg Seger […]
Featured New Books for November 2015
November 3, 2015
For a list of the newest titles at the Briscoe Library click here. Purchase suggestions? Complete the online Purchase Suggestion Form or contact Andrea N. Schorr, Metadata & Collection Management Librarian.
Book Giveaway October 7-9
October 6, 2015
The Briscoe Library will have a book giveaway October 7th – 9th. The book giveaway will start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday October 7th at the entrance of the library, and will continue through Friday October 9th ending at 5 p.m. Books to be included in the giveaway are old editions withdrawn from the library’s collection, or donations given to the library […]
Deadline to Enter Danny Jones Student Essay Contest – October 12
October 6, 2015
Enter the Danny Jones Student Essay Competition by October 12! The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library welcome submissions for the 2015 essay competition in memory of Danny Jones, MLS, who served as Head of Special Collections at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Library and who was also […]
Medicine’s Michelangelo: The Life and Art of Frank Netter, MD
October 6, 2015
45th Annual Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Dinner Francine Mary Netter, daughter of famous medical illustrator Frank Netter, MD, will be the guest speaker at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Drawing on her personal remembrances, her father’s autobiographical notes, and hundreds of interviews, […]