The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) iPad Project started in May 2012 as a very small idea that grew exponentially into a massive one for a group of recovery room nurses. Their primary goal has always focused on providing safe and efficient care to their patients recovering from anesthesia, especially those patients who have undergone head and neck surgery, unable to effectively communicate their needs post-surgery. They had an idea on how they could enhance the experience of these patients. The solution came with the support of MSK Librarians, Antonio DeRosa, Sarah Jewell, and Donna Gibson.
From left to right: Michael LeTang, Antonio DeRosa, Bonnie Monson, Jane Murphy, Kristyn DiFortuna, Sarah Jewell, Stephanie Nolan, Pam Ginex, Theresa Brunner.
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New Year, New Goals, and an Energized Team to Get Them Done!
Happy New Year to our User Community as well as our Library Blog readers! We are delighted that you continue to make us a part of your research process and decision-making.
At the end of last year, Library staff held a very lively goal setting meeting to determine how best we could support the Center and our users in 2014. Where could we deliver the best results? Where could we position ourselves in a way that matters and impacts information-driven projects?
All goals this year are truly focused on supporting our user community and ultimately enhancing their work environment – wherever that may be! With many of our users accessing content on mobile devices, we will be launching BrowZine, a mobile app that will certainly benefit them by not only allowing access to the MSK Library’s ejournal collection but the ability to customize within the app a book shelf to those journal titles they access most frequently. They will also be able to store articles to read at a later date. This will save time and provide another access point to institutional journal subscriptions. Additional announcements are coming soon – for now we invite MSK staff to reach out to the reference team to learn more about BrowZine! Continue reading
Happy Holidays from the MSK Library!
From our Library to your office, we want to take a moment to wish our User Community all the best in 2014!
It has been an exciting year at the MSKCC Library, the launch of our new Website in January, as well as the launch of our redesigned Twitter page and Library Blog! The work we do continues to provide us with opportunities to partner, connect, learn, and grow with our users while supporting the Center’s mission. We look forward to strengthening our partnerships as well as developing new ones!
On behalf of the Library staff, we wish you a wonderful holiday season, and a Happy New Year!
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services