Ruth Lilly Medical Library has redesigned and updated the library.mednet.iu.edu site with new pages and content. The new features include:

• Nexus Lab
• Tutorials and Help Sheets
• Classes
• Popular Resources

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library will have a new redesigned home page to better help our students and faculty. Starting June 23, 2020, we are updating our home page. It will feature easy to find resources, ask a medical librarian, and request articles or books. It will also include new pages such as:

• Nexus Lab
• Calendar of classes offered by Ruth Lilly Medical faculty
• And new Tutorials and Help Sheets page

Additionally, our newly redesigned Popular resources will help students find popular medical databases such as PubMed, Ovid Medline, UpToDate, AccessMedicine, and many more.

We have also resigned our Welcome, About Us, Books and Donations, Nexus Lab, and History of Medicine Pages to make it easier for our students and faculty to find and use these resources.

After the page is live, if you have any questions, you can reach us at rlmltech@iupui.edu.

Today we celebrate National Library Workers Day. We thank all of our faculty, staff, and students at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library. Even though we are not physically on campus, we are still continuing to serve our community virtually. We want to say thank you to all of our librarians who are working hard to support our institution and for taking on challenges and additional responsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To comply with Gov. Holcomb’s stay-at-home-order and President McRobbie’s directive to not come to campus as a rule, the 24/7 Ruth Lilly Medical Library study area will be closed starting Friday, April 17 at 9 AM.

Amidst all of the rapid changes, we were able to transition to the 24-hour-study area at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library for a period – but this is no longer possible. The reopen date will be dictated by when President McRobbie updates his presidential order, but we anticipate it will be after the end of the spring semester. We apologize for any hardships that this might bring but appreciate your understanding.

Medical students may contact AskMSE with questions or concerns.

Please send your library questions to medlref@iu.edu. We continue to serve you virtually via chat and email.  Stay safe and healthy!

While our IUPUI Libraries may be physically closed, our librarians are still working hard to support our institution and taking on additional responsibilities during the current pandemic. Librarians are providing quick evidence-based information to health care workers, sharing information on 3D printing models, supporting the move to online education, expanding Library Chat, extending due dates, and filling article requests.

One of the skills that medical librarians have is the ability to quickly locate evidence-based information to answer clinical questions. That skill is being put to work for Indiana during the current pandemic. Sarah Wiehe, Director and Emily Hardwick, Operations Director for the Indiana Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (Indiana CTSI) Monon Collaborative together with Amy Gilbert, the Family and Social Services Administration of Indiana (FSSA) Chief Science Officer, have been partnering to coordinate and facilitate a COVID-19 Evidence Based Rapid Response Team (EBM RRT) to answer questions from state leadership, known as COVID-19 Expert Responses to Key Questions.

Amy Blevins, Associate Director for Public Services at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library (RLML), leads a team of librarians to assist with gathering evidence, in the form of annotated bibliographies, to answer the questions. The team of librarians includes Hannah Craven, Research & Scholarly Communications Librarian at RLML; Rachel Hinrichs, Health Sciences Librarian at University Library; Caitlin Pike, Nursing, Medical Humanities and Health Studies Librarian at University Library; Sean Stone, Director at the Dentistry Library; and Miriam Murphy, Director & Senior Lecturer in Law at the Ruth Lilly Law Library. They research a wide range of questions from medical and public health, to  law and bioethical concerns. Once the annotated bibliographies are complete, they are sent off to research experts who review and summarize the evidence before the answers are sent off to state leadership. In addition, the COVID-19 EBM RRT has led to a Daily Digest and an Expert Review of Relevant and Emerging Literature. For the Expert Review, a group of academic experts are reviewing literature daily and then posting 3-5 blog posts outlining their summaries of the literature. The librarian team is working with those experts to develop search strategies and auto-alerts to increase the efficiency of work being done. ​

Ruth Lilly Medical Librarians have created a Research Guide for COVID-19.  The guide focuses on links to trustworthy sources of information for residents and health care providers in Indiana, educational resources to support the move to online instruction in medical education, and sources for 3D print models for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Ms. Blevins created the guide with a focus on trustworthy sources of information including resources for residents and health care providers in Indiana and Rick Ralston, Associate Director for Content Management and Assessment, created a section for educational resources to support the move to online instruction. Chelsea Misquith, Emerging Technologies Librarian along with Cassandra Jones, Nexus Manager, are providing assistance with a statewide initiative spearheaded by the Indiana University Health 3D Innovations Lab. The IU Health 3D Innovations lab is working to design and print Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and other medical supplies as needed by IU Health. If you are interested in helping out, please join the Medical Innovations Coalition Slack workspace to receive updates. Select information resources relevant to this initiative are available here: https://iupui.libguides.com/covid19/ IU Health is responsible for final approval of any 3D designs or printed PPE/medical supply parts to be used at IU Health.

Laura Menard, RLML’s Assistant Director for Medical Education and Access Services, is partnering with medical educators to redesign all library-supported EBM sessions and convert them to an online format. Each session must be completely revamped with a focus on best practices for online learners. To this end, Laura has created interactive video modules with a guided, hands-on component and built-in assessment to keep students engaged and invested in their learning. Another exciting project in the world of medical education is the development of a new COVID-19 course. The course will cover the epidemiology of the disease, patient care considerations, and aspects of public health, disaster management, teamwork/communication, and application of EBM skills to stay up to date on the latest evidence. The course development team, which includes Ms. Menard, is working with a group of MS4s to create content for the course modules. For the EBM module, the student leading the effort is hoping to produce a paper on her approach using a pre- and post-test assessment model.

Overall, the library is continuing to partner with curricular stakeholders in order to provide the EBM content that it essential, now more than ever, to the development of our students’ critical thinking and evidence synthesis skills. We look forward to continuing to support our students and the medical education efforts at IUSM through these unprecedented times.

Michael Wilkinson, Access Services Manager, has expanded our chat hours with the help of our part time students. In addition to being available during normal business days, we now offer chat services on Saturday 8-4pm and Sunday 10 – 6pm. In addition, we have extended renewals on checked out materials and have added card access for our 24/7 study space upon request for IUSM medical students, residents and fellows.

Working from home, the Content Management and Delivery team continues to fill electronic article requests for researchers from IUSM as well as other institutions through their document delivery and interlibrary loan services. In addition, two staff members are scanning articles from the print collection to fill requests for older material twice a week. Since the library closed March 27, over 350 articles have been delivered to IUSM researchers and Indiana Health professionals and nearly 200 articles have been delivered to other libraries for their researchers.

As always, we are here for you! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you need anything. Chat with us using the information at the top right of our homepage or email us.

Reference: medlref@iu.edu Circulation: libmcirc@iu.edu InterLibrary Loan: rlmlill@iu.edu

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library has trial subscriptions to the following resources until June 2, 2020:

• 5 Minute Consult
• Acland Anatomy
• LWW Health Library: Internal Medicine
• LWW Health Library: Occupational Therapy
• LWW Health Library: PA-Core Education
• LWW Health Library: PA Rotations/Specialties
• LWW Health Library: Physical Therapy

Please send comments and feedback to cascom@iupui.edu

During our COVID-19 closure, we will extend renewals for items you are not able to return and will forgive fines you may incur as a result.  If you have self-renewals available, please feel free to log into IUCAT (iucat.iu.edu) to manage your checkouts.  Otherwise, you are welcome to email our department to request renewals:  libmcirc@iu.edu   We are only able to override renewal items from the medical library.  Please reach out to the appropriate IU library to request renewals for other items you have borrowed.

If you are using the 24 hour study area, please continue to return your books in our book drop located in the IB building lobby next to the library’s main entrance.  We will empty the book drop and discharge your items as soon as we are able.

If you have questions about inter-library loan items, please email rlmlill@iu.edu for assistance.

Thank you for your patience during this difficult time.

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library has suspended its operating hours due to updated COVID-19 campus building mandates. The 24-hour study area remains accessible to IU School of Medicine medical students. Please maintain proper social distancing if using the space!

Chat with us via our website M-F 8:00am-4:00pm, zoom into one of our classes, or email us with your questions! We are still here for you! Stay safe and well!

A Message from Your Friends & Colleagues at the Library

All of us at the Ruth Lilly Medical Library care about the health and well-being of our friends and colleagues. We want to do our part to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus so we are reducing our hours and many of our employees will be working from home now until April 19. However, we are still here for you! Please do not hesitate to reach out to us via email medlref@iu.edu, access chat via the Library website, or phone 317-274-7182 if you need anything.

Our services will continue uninterrupted with the exception of classes and meetings taking place via Zoom rather than in person. We are temporarily suspending our VR service until April 19th.

Find the latest IU Coronavirus/Covid-19 updates at coronavirus.iu.edu
Bring your ID as our doors will be swipe access only.
Take advantage of our 24/7 space. If you have issues, please email Rick Ralston and Michael Wilkinson.
You can reach us at Ask a Medical Librarian or contact your library liaison if you have questions or comments.

Reduced library hours due to coronavirus (COVID-19)

Effective Dates: March 25th – April 19th

Hours Staffed: Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm

24/7 Area available to Medical Students: All other times.