Dental Information & Library Innovation: Local Resources Archives

July 23, 2009

Dental education at UM (exhibit)

If you'd like to learn more about the nature of dentistry education at the University of Michigan, be sure to check out this new online exhibit on the HSL homepage!

The exhibit features photographs of the Dentistry Library as it evolved on North University Street, before its recent move to the Taubman Medical Library, and a series of images of the "Annual Announcement," describing the School of Dentistry and the dentistry program as they were in the year 1900.

You may also view a slideshare version of this exhibit:

History Of Dental Education

View more presentations from Health sciences Libraries.

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February 05, 2009

Dental Patent #1: 1876, Dental Articulators

We are beginning a new series which we hope you will enjoy. Some years ago the Dentistry Library had the opportunity to acquire a collection of historic dental patents covering the late 1800s through the early 1900s. The collection is intriguing for several reasons. Most important, the collection includes copies of patents award to such notables of dental history as Claudius Ash, Samuel S. White, and William Taggart.

The collection is of patents from the United Kingdom, but includes a great many American inventors. The reason for this is that it was more difficult to gain patents in the USA, so a common strategy was to first apply for a UK or European continental patent, and to use that patent to establish precedence in the American patent application process. You can find patents from New York, Florida, South Carolina as well as Austria, France and of course England.

The variety of careers represented is also curious. Many of the dental patents actually came not from dentists, but from engineers, jewelers, and people who identified themselves as Gentlemen or Gentlelady.

We have a partial finding aid available:

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/dentalpatents/

Currently we are seeking support to complete the finding aid and find new ways to make this unusual collection more available to the public. As we begin this process, for the next few weeks we will highlight one patent per week, illustrating some of the more interesting aspects of the collection.

Our first highlighted patent is the earliest one in the collection, from 1876 on dental articulators.

AUTHOR: Davidson, George Gensee.
CLASS: Dental Articulators.
ADDRESS: 415 Old Kent Road, Lambeth, UK
PROFESSION: Dentist
TITLE: Improvements in the Construction of Dental Articulators
APPLICATION DATE: January 5, 1876
AWARD DATE: April 19, 1876
ACCESS NUMBER: PATENT-UK-1876-45

Here is an image of the key innovation.

Here are other images from this patent.

Let us know what you think of this project. You can send email to the Health Science Libraries at hslibraries@umich.edu, or add comments to this blogpost or the images in Flickr. We look forward to your feedback.

Posted by pfa at 03:27 PM | Comments (0)

May 25, 2008

Bootcamp Podcasts Available in Open.Michigan

I just discovered that selections from the podcast series I've been doing for the School of Dentistry have been released as collection in the Open.Michigan initiative. Here is more information.

https://bezak.umms.med.umich.edu/blog/2008/05/20/it-bootcamp-podcasts/

Explore other entries in the above blog for more materials from the School of Dentistry. Some very cool resources being made available!

Posted by pfa at 10:14 AM | Comments (0)

May 15, 2007

MI-Info: Public Health Informatics

MI-Info is an NIH grant funded project to bring core information and informatics skills to the public health workforce in Michigan through skills building tutorials and highlighted resources. Major tutorial topics include:

* Evidence Based Public Health
* Finding Health Statistics Online
* Searching the Internet
* Searching the Public Health Literature
* Staying Informed
* Health Education Resources

While the primary focus is on the public health workforce, these clear and easy-to-follow tutorials cover information skills much need by all health care workers and highlight both free resources as well as those limited to residents of the state Michigan. Highly recommended.

Michigan Informatics (MI-Info): informatics for the public health workforce: http://www.sph.umich.edu/mi-info/

Posted by pfa at 02:18 PM | Comments (0)

December 24, 2006

Avian Influenza Resources

The Health Sciences Libraries (Dentistry, Taubman Medical, and Public Health) have partnered to provide the following collection of online resources about avian flu and pandemic response / preparedness.

Health Sciences Libraries: Guides: Avian Influenza Resources: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/guides/avianflu.html

The links on the page above take you to sections within a collection of resources in del.icio.us -- a free bookmarking and productivity tool. The main sections we are highlighting for you are these:

- Major Avian Flu Portals
- Overviews of Avian Flu
- Disaster Planning
- Personal and Family Planning
- Local Michigan Information
- News and Travel Information
- Research

You can either go directly to one of those sections and browse the links available there, or you can browse the entire collection of over 40 recommended links. Each link includes a brief note describing why the resource is useful as well as terms (called "tags" in Del.icio.us) that you might think of as subject headings. The tags or subject headings describe the resource in a little more detail, and help you decide if you want to visit that site.

There is additional information on how to use Del.icio.us at their help page.

Del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/

Del.icio.us: Help: http://del.icio.us/help/

Posted by pfa at 12:14 PM | Comments (0)

July 21, 2006

Omics in Michigan (Omics Series, 10)

Where do you go with a quick question or how do you find an expert partner to extend your area of inquiry? There are amazing researchers all over the world, but there are also amazing researchers right next door. Today we are looking at the range of omics resources and research centers within the state of Michigan, at academic and corporate institutions, and within the University of Michigan. Let's explore what our neighbors are doing.

* MICHIGAN GOVERNMENT, ASSOCIATIONS, & OTHER

Michigan Genetics Resource Center: http://www.migeneticsconnection.org/
INCLUDES:
- Michigan Genetics Connection: Genetic Literacy: http://www.migeneticsconnection.org/geneticliteracy.shtml
- Michigan Genetics Connection: Michigan Genetics Support Group Directory: http://www.migeneticsconnection.org/supportdirectory.shtml
- Michigan Genetics Connection: Michigan State Genetics Plan: http://www.migeneticsconnection.org/stateplan.shtml

Michigan Proteome Consortium: http://www.proteomeconsortium.org/

Michigan Public Health Genomics* Program (PHGP): http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2942_4911_4916-85137--,00.html

State of Michigan: Public Health Genomics Program: http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-2942_4911_4916-85137--,00.html

Michigan SmallTech Association (MISTA): http://www.michigansmalltech.com/

Michigan.org: Life Sciences Corridor: http://www.michigan.org/medc/ttc/LifeSciences/

Nanotechnology International: Usa/Michigan: companies, profiles and links: http://www.nanovip.com/directory/International/Usa/Michigan/index.php

* MICHIGAN UNIVERSITIES & SCHOOLS

EMU: Bioinformatics@emich.edu: http://www.emich.edu/bioinformatics/

MSU: Bioinformatics Services: http://genomics.msu.edu/bioinformatics/Bioinformatics.html

MSU: Genomics: Research Technology Support Facility (RTSF): http://genomics.msu.edu/index.html

MSU: Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT): http://nirt.pa.msu.edu/

MSU: Proteomics Database: http://genomics.msu.edu/cgi-bin/proteomics/login.cgi

MSU: Proteomics: http://proteomics.msu.edu/

MSU: The Nanotechnology Site: http://www.pa.msu.edu/cmp/csc/nanotech/

Michigan Technological University (MTU): Nanotechnology: http://nano.mtu.edu/

UM: Bioinformatics: http://www.bioinformatics.med.umich.edu/

UM: Center for Computational Medicine and Biology: http://www.ccmb.med.umich.edu/

UM: Center for Integrative Genomics: http://www.med.umich.edu/cig/index.html

UM: Center for Proteome Studies: http://www.proteomecenter.med.umich.edu/

UM: Michigan Center for Genomics & Public Health: http://www.sph.umich.edu/genomics/

UM: Michigan Nanofabrication Facility: http://www.mnf.umich.edu/

UM: Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences (M-NIMBS): http://nano.med.umich.edu/

UM: Microbial Genomics: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/microbial_genomics

UM: National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (Nanotech at UM): http://www.mnf.umich.edu/NNIN/

* WANT MORE?

Google: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics) (site:umich.edu OR site:msu.edu OR site:michigan.gov)

Google: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics) michigan -site:umich.edu -site:msu.edu -site:michigan.gov

Posted by pfa at 02:41 PM | Comments (0)

April 24, 2006

Financial (and Related) Resources for Patients

General Information about Financial Resources for Health Treatment and Care

GovBenefits.gov: Your Benefits Connection: http://www.govbenefits.gov/
MedlinePlus: Financial Assistance: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/financialassistance.html
National Human Genome Research Institute / genome.gov: Financial Assistance Information: http://www.genome.gov/11008842
Volunteers in Health Care: http://www.volunteersinhealthcare.org/

General Information about Financial Resources for Michigan Residents

The DRM Regional Resources Directory (States): Michigan - The Wolverine State: http://www.disabilityresources.org/MICHIGAN.html
Health Insurance Consumer Guide for Michigan / A Consumer's Guide to Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in Michigan: http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/mi00.html
NonProfitExpert.com: Helping People in Michigan Find Help: Individual Assistance: http://www.nonprofitexpert.com/states/mi.htm
The Women's Center of America (Ann Arbor): Resources: Community Resources: Women-Friendly Resources, Southeast Michigan: http://www.thewomenscenterofamerica.org/resource_cr.php

See also our Guide to Online Drug Information Resources, which includes a section on Patient Assistance Programs and Compassionate Use.

Posted by pfa at 09:09 AM | Comments (0)