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LIBRARY OF
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
ANNUAL REPORT
2006 - 2007

MISSION STATEMENT
Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Library of Rush University Medical Center is to contribute to excellence in patient care, education and
research at Rush University Medical Center by providing and teaching access to health sciences and related information from
any source and in any format and by bridging knowledge bases and institutional information systems to enhance dissemination
of information.
Library Annual Report 2006 - 2007

This past year, Library/METC/Archives staff has forged links with the Rush community to meet their information needs in a
number of new and exciting ways.
The following technology services were implemented to better serve our patrons:
● electronic interlibrary loan of full-text journal articles through email.
● Meebo, an online chat service with our reference librarians.
● RefWorks, a bibliographic management tool that is available at no charge to the entire Rush community, both on-campus
and remotely.
● Get It!, a new electronic service that increases the number of full-text journal articles available to database searchers.
● LanSchool, a PC classroom software program in the METC that enables instructors to have more sophisticated control
over students’ monitors.
The following projects were built on previous work of our staff:
● The software program Camtasia was used to record lectures in Rush Medical College which were then placed into the
WebCT online learning system.
● Camtasia was also used to create fi ve new online tutorials on literature searching.
● New software was implemented for our online journals page that expands the ways in which users can search for
information.
● Two innovative workshops on RSS Feeds and Dealing with Images were added to our workshop roster.
The Library’s outreach efforts took on new and innovative forms:
● The Library supported Rush’s clinical operations as a METC classroom was transformed into an EPIC training room,
and one of our staff served as an EPIC trainer.
● The Archives connected the Rush community to its heritage through exhibits on Rush history, a grand rounds presentation
on Dr. Stanton Friedberg Sr., and by conducting workshops on how to preserve family papers.
● Our Reference Librarians reached out to the Chicago community with Rush Generations and Chicago Department of
Aging workshops on selecting quality health information internet and print resources.
I am proud to share this annual report of our staff’s accomplishments. As always, these innovations were linked to the
bedrock of information services that we continue to provide to the Rush community on a daily basis.
Christine Frank,
Director, Library of Rush University Medical Center
Message from the
Director
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LIBRARY DIRECTOR

NEW LIIBRA RA RA R RY R STA TA T FF
Sandra Wenner, MLS, JD,
is the Library’s Assistant
Director for Content Management.
Sandy works with
faculty and staff to develop
a collection of quality health
information resources based
on the Medical Center’s clinical,
academic and research
priorities. She also leads and
coordinates the activities of
the Acquisitions, Cataloging,
Serials, and the Interlibrary
Loan/Document Delivery
sections of the Library and
the Medical Center Archives.
STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Nathalie Wheaton, Librarian/
Assistant Archivist, joined
the Rush University Medical
Center Archives in September
2006. She earned a Master’s
Degree of Science in Library
Science in May from the
School of Information and
Library Science at the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. Nathalie’s
responsibilities at the
Medical Center Archives
include assisting patrons with
reference requests, processing
archival collections, and
assisting with exhibits.
Molly Merrill, Library
Clerk, joined the Library of
Rush University Medical
Center in January 2007.
Molly has been a life-long
resident of the Chicago area
and comes to the Library
with an Associate Degree
from the International
Academy of Design
and Technology. Molly
performs clerical duties
within the Circulation
Department, focusing on
service desk coverage and
shelving.
Ely Whitaker, MS, AHIP, was one of 30 Illinois librarians selected to participate in Synergy: The Illinois Library
Leadership Initiative, a unique yearlong program designed to develop future leaders in the library professions and
in the Illinois community.
Library Director Christine Frank was named to the editorial board of The Charleston Advisor. The publication
contains critical reviews of web products for information professionals.
Heather Stecklein, Librarian/Archivist of the Rush University Medical Center Archives, recently published an
article entitled “Workers’ Control and Militancy in an Iowa Labor Movement: The Use of Wildcat Strikes at the
Des Moines Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, 1950–1959,” in the Annals of Iowa. For more information on
the article, go to the Iowa State Historical Society’s publications website: http://www.state.ia.us/government/dca/
shsi/publications/annals/annals_featured.html.
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STAFF ACCOMPLISHMENTS Continued...
Ely Anderson has received her Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP)
credential at the Provisional Level. AHIP, the offi cial credential offered by the
Medical Library Association (MLA), is earned through a peer review of the candidate’s
continuous education, research, and service activities. The Academy recognizes an
investment of time and effort required for commendable professional performance and
contributions to the fi eld of medical librarianship.
Prior to joining the staff of the Library, Jonna Peterson, Library Education Coordinator,
was involved in multiple research projects in the fi eld of psychoneuroimmunology. The
results of one project were published last year. (Starkweather, A. R., Witek-Janusek,
L., Nockels, R. P., Peterson, J., & Mathews, H. L. (2006). Immune function, pain, and
psychological stress in patients undergoing spinal surgery. Spine, 31(18), E641-7.)
Library of Rush University Medical Center by the
numbers:
136 public terminals
3,729 active proxy accounts
76 bibliographic databases used 455,360 times
417,239 full text journal articles opened
457,663 photocopies and computer printouts made
1,005,553 library web page views
415,177 people crossed our gates
910 book titles added FY06/07
39,845 book titles in total
105,902 print volumes (books and journals) in total
253 e-books
693 Rush authored dissertations & theses available online
4,418 full text e-journals available
1,807 unique journal subscriptions
315 library-sponsored classes and orientations had 1,875 attendees
6,124 reference questions answered
1,064,071 web page views
14,509 books and journals checked out and renewed
17,421 items used within the library but not checked out
9,769 items checked out in the METC and viewed by 22,320 people
2,227 interlibrary loans
1,967 document deliveries completed for our patrons
2,735 requests fi lled for other libraries
98 e-reserve courses
1,395 e-reserves documents were accessed 26,401 times
59,731 uses of RushCat, our online catalog
“The pace of
information sciences
innovation in recent
years has been truly
startling, and while
I like to try to stay
on the cutting edge,
just keeping pace is
often challenging
enough. I consider
myself fortunate to
have access to the
kind of talent we
do here at the Rush
library. Through
their workshops and
consultations, they
have successfully kept
me up to speed - for
now, anyway!”
Andrew Garman, PhD
Program Director
Health Systems
Management
College of Health
Science
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AT A A GLANCE

ELECTRONIC LIBRARY
“I recently wrote two
review papers that
required a number of
original articles from
obscure journals,
that were originally
published over a decade
ago. There is no way I
would have been able
to get those articles
at all, much less in a
timely manner without
the ILLIAD electronic
delivery service. It
was easy to use and I
received the majority of
my requests within 24
hours! This is a huge
asset and exemplifies
the best of an electronic
library.”
Roger A. Rodby, M.D.,
Section of Nephrology
Ebsco A-TO-Z
Frequent users of the Library of Rush University Medical
Center web page may have noticed a change in the
way they access electronic journals. Ebsco A-to-Z identifies
which journals Rush users can access in full text; it
also provides a direct link to the title. Print journal information
is also included in the list.
Titles are listed in alphabetical order, with a dropdown
menu for easy navigation. There is a “Find” feature on
the main page for simple searching. When using Ebsco
A-to-Z, click the publisher’s name to access the journal
you need.
Ebsco A-to-Z features additional functions not available
in our previous journal list. In addition to browsing by
title, users can perform a title word search, search by
publisher, or by ISSN. They may also browse e-journals
by subject. Using the Index tab, users can see journal
subscriptions grouped by publisher.
Electronic Document Delivery
Electronic document delivery through ILLiad serves the Rush community with rapid and
efficient desktop delivery of requested journal articles. This service was tested in late August
2006. By November, users receiving notification regarding pickup of print articles were
encouraged to switch to the new electronic delivery service. The service was publicized in the
Library’s InfoLine issue of February 2007. During this past year, 75% of all interlibrary loan
and document delivery requests were filled electronically.
The Library staff diligently seeks to fill requests quickly. The turnaround time from submission
of a request via ILLiad to user delivery averages 3 days for articles that come from other
libraries, and 23 hours for articles the Library does own.
Library Offers “Get It!”
A Service that Makes Finding Full-Text Easier
The Library has implemented a new electronic service called Get It!, which will simplify the
research process.
Currently, Get It! is enabled in research databases available via EBSCOhost and FirstSearch.
When searching in these databases, users will see the red Get It! button if full text is not
available. Clicking the Get It! button will display a page telling users if the Library has the
full text article available elsewhere. Users can then navigate to the article if it is available at
Rush. Get It! will also indicate when a journal article is only available in print.
If the Library does not subscribe to the journal needed, users can place a request for Document
Delivery. After logging into your ILLiad account, Get It! will fill in the citation information
for you. You can also download a brief citation into RefWorks, the Library’s newest
bibliographic management system.
DATABASE USAGE
2006-2007
Database Accesses
UpToDate 173,440
Ovid 147,674
EBSCOhost 59,268
MDConsult 21,932
Community of Science 16,104
PubMed 7,663
Micromedex 6,879
AccessMedicine 5,048
FirstSearch 3,996
ComDisDome 1,327
Natural Medicines
Comprehensive Database 1,169
ACS Surgery 631
ImagesMD 560
All other databases 9,669
TOTAL 455,360
Library Annual Report 2006 - 2007

New Journals for 2007
The journal collection underwent a
number of signifi cant changes for 2007.
At the end of the fi scal year, we had
electronic access to 4,418 journal titles,
an increase of 1,095 titles over last
year! We accomplished the bulk of this
increase through several methods:
● Adding 24 additional medical titles
through a Thieme Connect package.
● Cooperatively purchasing our
Wiley and Springer titles through the
Consortium of Academic and Research
Libraries of Illinois (CARLI) which
gives us access to ALL Springer and
Wiley subscriptions of participating
Illinois higher education libraries.
● Adding titles from an expanded
EBSCOhost package, made available to
us at no cost through a State of Illinoissponsored
grant to CARLI.
To view a complete list of available
Thieme, Springer and Wiley titles, go to
the Index tab of our Online Journals page
and click on the View Titles link next to
each publisher name.
We also added the following titles at the
request of Rush patrons:
Chronobiology International - online
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
- online
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NUMBER OF JOURNAL TITLES
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International Journal of Group
Psychotherapy - print plus online
Journal of Clinical Ethics - online
Journal of Pediatric Health Care - online
Nature Reviews Microbiology - online
RNA - online
The Scientist - online
Selected Readings in General Surgery
- online
Seminars in Ophthalmology - online
Teaching & Learning in Nursing -
online
Trends in Amplifi cation - print plus
online
We converted a number of print
subscriptions to either online only, or
print plus online:
American Journal of Alzheimer’s
Disease & Other Dementias – print plus
online
American Journal of Speech Language
Pathology – print plus online
AORN Journal - online
Annals of Otology, Rhinology &
Laryngology – print plus online
Biochemical Journal – online
Clinical Evidence (e-book) - online
Clinical Nephrology – print plus online
$1,200,000
$1,000,000
$800,000
$600,000
$400,000
$200,000
$0
Clinical Pediatrics- online
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - online
Internal Medicine (Tokyo) - online
Joint Commission Journal on Quality &
Patient Safety – print plus online
Journal of Cell Biology – online
Journal of Gerontological Nursing
– print plus online
Journal of Nutrition Education and
Behavior - online
Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing
Research – print plus online
Journal of the American Medical
Informatics Assocation - online
JPEN: Journal of Parenteral and Enteral
Nutrition - online
Nursing Standard - online
Nutrition in Clinical Practice - online
Nutrition Reviews - online
Nineteen journal titles were cancelled.
As a result, our print-only subscriptions
total 103 titles. The aggressive online
transformation of our journal collection
that we began fi ve years ago is almost
complete!
Journal Expenditure
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
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LINKING COLLECTIONS

REFERENCE
The Library introuduced RefWorks in August
2006. RefWorks is a bibliographic management
tool similar to EndNote. RefWorks is a web-based
tool, which allows users access from any internet
capable computer. Unlike EndNote, RefWorks can
be used on both Mac and PC platforms and is free
for all students, staff, and faculty of Rush.
RefWorks can be accessed from the Library’s
home page. It is easily reached from anywhere
on campus but can also be used from off-campus
locations, with the use of the Rush group code.
The Library has also purchased an additional
RefWorks module called RefShare. RefShare
is a component of RefWorks that allows you to
share your references with others by creating a
URL to your references. With RefShare, you can
send your references or bibliographies to fellow
classmates or colleagues or you can publicly post
your collections of references for the rest of the
University to view. Please contact the Library for
more information about RefShare.
Meebo, The Library’s Online Chat Service
Rush Reference Librarians have provided online chat reference service since February 2007. Reference Librarians have
been on call Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm, offering answers to questions ranging from short ready
reference inquiries to longer mediated search and literature review requests.
Patrons of the service need not subscribe to an already existing chat service to
ask live reference questions. The chat box is provided by a service called Meebo.
No software installation is necessary when patrons use the Meebo chat box.
Just clicking within the chat box provides instant access to a trained Reference
Librarian. AIM, Yahoo!Messenger, MSN Messenger, GoogleTalk, or ICQ users
can also use our chat system by viewing the Library’s usernames at http://www.lib.
rush.edu/library/askpage.html.
Since the implementation of the system, the librarians have answered 74 online
reference questions via online chat.
Joanna Peterson demonstrates RefWorks during Research Week.
Library Annual Report 2006 - 2007

Ely Whitaker presents information during a Rush Generations class.
RSS CLASSES
During the past year, Ely
Whitaker has offered RSS
workshops to the community
of Rush University Medical
Center. RSS, or Really Simple
Syndication, is an easy-to-use
tool that sends updated internet
content to your personal
computer. Any new content,
which may emerge in websites, online journals, or blogs,
will automatically appear in a RSS reader, which is similar
to an email in-box.
With RSS, users can escape the time-consuming task
of visiting each one of their favorite online websites
separately. With new content coming directly to the user,
there is no need to type URLs or to navigate through both
RUSH GENERATION CLASSES
In late March, Reference Librarians Ely
Whitaker and Jonna Peterson gave a
presentation titled Health Information:
Distinguishing the Good from the Bad.
This program was offered as a part of Rush
Generations, a free membership program for
older adults and the people who care for them.
Ely and Jonna introduced a variety of medical
and health print resources commonly found in
local public, academic and medical libraries.
In addition, Ely and Jonna highlighted a few
internet resources put forth by the National
Library of Medicine and the Medical Library
Association. The participants were given time
to review print health materials and explore
the internet resources on their own or with the
assistance of a medical reference librarian.
Attendees enjoyed the interactive tutorials
available through MedlinePlus, the premier
consumer health resource available through the
National Library of Medicine and the National
Institutes of Health.
The program was a great success, with twentysix
Rush Generations members in attendance.
the new and the old web content found within the website.
Additionally, RSS feeds exclude most advertising, popups,
and graphics.
Users of RSS can also confi gure their RSS reader to track
personal names (even their own) and institutional names
in local newspapers, blogs, or journal table of content
lists. RSS users are essentially acting as their own “spy”:
tracking where their name or their institution’s name
appears in newspapers, blogs and websites.
Workshop participants have been encouraged to contact
Ely with any questions they may have regarding RSS.
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REFERENCE

OUTREACH
Library Staff Visits Department on Aging Senior Centers
The health sciences professionals at Rush University have no trouble discerning good health information from bad, but how
does the average person make the distinction? Rush Reference Librarians made house calls to the Chicago Department on
Aging (CDOA) Senior Centers to discuss that topic.
Rush participated in this community outreach effort in conjunction with the Library of the Health Sciences at University
of Illinois at Chicago. Librarians visited three CDOA sites on Chicago’s south and west sides. Rush University nurse
practitioners Joanne Miller, Lynn Sivertsen, Marcia Murphy,and pharmacists Erica Danos and Nora Flint assisted with the
presentations. The Library’s presentations were part of a larger contract that Rush has to provide various types of health
information to the CDOA.
Most sites received two visits from the Library team. One presentation addressed pharmacy concerns. The seniors received
information about how to manage drug information and how to fi nd more information on their prescriptions. The second talk
focused more on general medical information: where to go to fi nd health information and how to know if it’s reliable.
Over 200 seniors attended the sessions.
New Ovid Tutorials
Library staff members Jonna Peterson, Ely Whitaker, and
Nathan Petts have created fi ve new Searching Ovid MEDLINE
tutorials.
These tutorials break down Ovid searching into fi ve brief, easy
to follow segments including Introduction to Ovid Medline,
MeSH Subject Headings, Explode and Focus features, Limiting-
Printing-Emailing Search Results, and Understanding Your
Results.
Tutorials are complete with animation and vocal instruction.
Scripts of each tutorial are also available for use.
To view these helpful tutorials, along with scripts, please visit
www.lib.rush. edu/library/onlinetutorials. html.
Library Epic Trainer
Ely Whitaker visits at a
Chicago Department of
Aging Seminar.
Jennifer Diehl, MA, AHIP, former Assistant Director
for Public Services, joined Rush’s Epic training team
in preparation for the May 1 st Go-Live of the new
electronic medical record system.
Jennifer became a credentialed Epic trainer, instructing
diverse groups of staff in EpicCare Inpatient ClinDoc
and CPOE. Nearly 6,000 staff of Rush have been
trained since January.
The training experience gave Jennifer a rare opportunity
to understand the unique information needs of the
clinical community and view the timeline of patient
care from admission to discharge.
Library Annual Report 2006 - 2007

The McCormick Education Technology Center – Ten
Years of Excellence!
In 1997, the Learning Resource Center and Academic Computing Resources
merged to form the McCormick Educational Technology Center. For the past ten
years, the METC has proven to be a vital link between the faculty and students
of the University and technology. Usage of METC resources, most notably room
reservations and computer lab attendance, increased significantly in 2006/2007.
Additionally, in the last year, the METC had the opportunity to initiate a number of
projects which allows us to further expand on our mission to provide educational
technology support for the faculty and students of Rush University.
● The METC was allotted salary dollars to create a position to provide instructional
technology and design support to faculty. This position will not only fill a much
needed void in providing WebCT support, but also provide much needed guidance in
the implementation of a number of initiatives which have already begun:
■ The METC has assumed responsibility for the University WebCT
orientation shell, hereby named WEB000. This shell will be accessed
by every incoming student in the University upon registration as a way
to help provide basic information on the use of WebCT. For upcoming
quarters, this shell will also include information on Notesmail as well as
LEAP Online.
■ A project was piloted with the Medical College to record lectures in an
M1 course and provide the recordings to the M1 students within WebCT.
The software product Camtasia was implemented for this purpose. A
positive response was received from the project, and future recordings will
soon expand to all M1 and M2 courses.
● The use of Survey Monkey was used to test the ability of the electronic evaluation
with the department of Health Systems Management and the College of Nursing .
● The METC hosted online testing for Dr. Robert Leven’s Histology practicum
exam to over 140 M1 students. In the past, the practicum exam was administered in
the 7 th Floor Multidisciplinary laboratory space, with students walking up to various
microscopes strategically stationed and writing down what they see. With our
solution, Computer Lab Manager Joe Hausfeld acquired and installed LanSchool on
the 903 podium machine along with all the workstations in 903 and the computer
lab. The students were brought into the two rooms in one of two groups. The
software broadcast a PowerPoint slideshow (controlled by Dr. Leven) to all of the
student workstations from the podium workstation. Each student saw each slide at
the same time for the same amount of time. This project has initiated a number of
discussions by which other online exams can take place using our facilities.
● Room 908 was offered to Information Services as a location for its EPIC training,
and the METC collaborated to provide new flooring, furniture, workstations,
projection, and sound. Currently, Information Services has first priority over the
room, but we have been granted permission to use the room for overflow classes
and testing when not in use. When EPIC training is complete in approximately 18
months, the room will then revert back to the METC and we will be in possession of
an 18-workstation classroom, in addition to our 10-workstation and 40-workstation
classrooms. This will provide for more and better teaching opportunities for our
faculty.
Continued on next page
“The Rush University
Library services have
grown each year. I
remember working
in the Learning
Resource Center
as a work-study
student in the late
80’s. The resources
now available in
the McCormick
Education Technology
Center for students
are tremendous. The
classes offered by the
library are the best.
The classes include
basic computer
courses to new
programs that build
reference pages for
manuscripts.
I particularly like
the fact that you can
search for articles
online from home and
the extended hours
during exam periods.
The staff in the
library and METC are
excellent. Keep up the
good work!”
Frederick Brown Jr. MS,
APN, ONC
Practitioner/Teacher
College of Nursing
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METC ANNUAL REPORT

METC ANNNNUUAALL REPOORT
Continued from page 10
With these projects being only a few of the many accomplishments of the METC
over the past year, one looks to the words “educational technology” in the METC
name and sees that the interpretation of those words has changed dramatically
since the METC’s inception in 1997. More and better uses of web-based
technology have forced us to look outside our collection and look to the infi nite
possibilities which exist to support our faculty and students. We look forward to
the coming years and the challenges that accompany them.
Bill Fleming
Manager, McCormick Educational Technology Center
Assistant Director of Library Technology
METC Purchases LanSchool
Joe Hausfeld assisting a patron in the METC
“As the Assistant Dean of
Preclinical Programs for
the Medical College, I have
worked closely with the
Library over the past year
to increase Course Director
awareness of copyright
compliance issues. Chris
spoke at an M1 and M2
Course Directors’ meeting to
remind the Course Directors
of their responsibilities with
lecture material and WebCT.
In addition, Bill Fleming has
worked with us in the Offi ce
of Medical Student Programs
(OMSP) to initiate recording
student lectures using
Comtasia and downloading
them to WebCT for student
viewing. This has been very
well received by the M1
students. We are currently
working to make the recorded
lectures available to both M1
and M2 students in any course
that has the Course Directors
approval.”
Ada A. Cole, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
Preclinical Programs
Rush Medical College
LanSchool has been installed on all workstations in multimedia classrooms 902 and 903 of the Armour Academic Center.
LanSchool is teaching software that gives instructors the capability to broadcast their own screens (on the podium) to some or all
of their students’ workstations. Instructors can provide on-screen assistance and messaging to students and attendees, as well as
project a single attendee’s screen to the other members of the audience – all from the podium. LanSchool also allows instructors
to remove distractions by blanking students’ screens and disabling web browsing.
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FLOOD DISASTER
OTHER ARCHIVES NEWS
AND RECOVERY
•Heather Stecklein presented an
Otolaryngology Grand Rounds Lecture,
“From the Mouths of Babes: Swallowed
Objects Retrieved from Patients by Dr.
Stanton A. Friedberg, Sr., 1897-1920,” in
November. The presentation used objects
ARCHIVES
from the Rush University Medical Center
Archives to illustrate case histories of Dr.
Friedberg’s patients. The lecture included
a discussion of the limitations of medical
technologies in laryngoscopy between 1895
and 1920 and descriptions of the surgical
procedures employed by Rush doctors at the
beginning of the twentieth century.
Mary Silver, Purchasing Department, help clean up after
the archives fl ood.
On February 7, the Rush University Medical Center
Archives faced a potentially devastating fl ood. A
frozen pipe above the Archives in the Triangle Offi ce
Building burst and caused a massive water leak in
the Archives collections storage area. Together,
Library and Archives staff sloshed through standing
water to relocate items including 19 th century statues,
1950s era nursing uniform caps, and staff directories
covering decades of Rush history. Library staff
members cooperated with Environmental Services
workers and Senior Buyer Mary Silver to locate
absorbent materials. Medical Center Engineering
provided the Archives with fans and HEPA fi lters to
regulate the air quality in the Archives and decrease
the chance of mildew growth. They helped with the
Archives in subsequent weeks to repair or replace
damaged fl ooring, drywall, electrical work, and
ceiling pieces. The Archives’ collection facilities are
now completely restored.
Rush recognized the remarkable cooperation between
staff members during this crisis as its model for the
ICARE value of Collaboration. If the Archives had
not received immediate assistance, the leak would
have destroyed a signifi cant portion of the historical
collection. The Rush University Medical Center
Archives is forever grateful to everyone for their
quick response.
•The Rush University Medical Center
Archives featured two new exhibits this
year.
•Chicagoans as We See ‘Em: Cartoons and
Caricatures, by the Newspaper Cartoonists’
Association.
•For the Glory of “Old Rush”. Sports
at Rush Medical College, 1892-1904
with other items, including an 1900 Rush
baseball jersey.
•ModulArt art racks were purchased to
house its substantial collection of oil
portraits of Rush faculty and hospital staff.
Bertram W. Sippy’s caricatures in Chicagoans as
We See ‘Em: Cartoons and Caricatures
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NAT AT A IONAL LIIBBRRAA RA RRA R RY R WEEK
National Library Week - A Resounding
Success
“Come Together,” the theme of this year’s National Library Week,
helped underscore the Library’s commitment to collaboration.
National Library Week ran from April 16-20. Events included:
•A National Poetry Month Exhibit
•A raffl e to assist libraries affected by Hurricane Katrina
•A demonstration of Books@Ovid
•An interactive RSS feeds workshop
•A Preserving Family Papers presentation
•Rare Book Room tours
Top Right and Center Right: Hurricane Katrina
Library Relief Raffl e in the cafeteria
Above: Heather Stecklein leads a Rare Book Room
Tour
Right: Toby Gibson and Christine Frank, choose
winners for the raffl e.
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1- Larry Lennix
2- Jamie Lopez
3- Cecilia Flores
4- Benita Hawkins
5- Judith Dzierba
6- Sarah Clark-Williams
LIBRARY OF
RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
7- Nathan Petts
8- Heather Stecklein
9- Nathalie Wheaton
10- Sandra Wenner
11- Jennifer Diehl
12- Jonna Peterson
13- Tobias Gibson
14- Martha Rivera
15- Philip Adrian
16- Joe Hausfeld
17- Bill Fleming
18- Christine Frank
19- Ely Whitaker
20- Ann Goliak
21- Pat Day
22- Rochelle L Dean
23- Lourdes Arguelles
24- Molly Merrill
25- Alex Dinovo
26- Andrea Robinson
27- McKinley Ellison
Not Pictured:
Joseph Lariosa
Beniamin Spirtovic
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STA TA T FF PICTURE

Annual Report Committee
Toby Gibson - Chairman
Molly Merrill - Designer
Heather Stecklein - Committee member
Sandra Wenner - Committee member
Nathalie Wheaton - Committee member
Library Annual Report 2006 - 2007