Winners of the 2006 National Medical Librarians Month Celebration

Thank you to everyone who participated.
We had over 200 online entries in our Guess How Many Kisses Drawing!
We welcome the wide participation!





STE Resource Café Winners
Candy Kisses - Jackie Mitchler of Info Systems
(She guessed 220…the actual amount in the RC Candy Jar was 203).

$10.00 Starbucks Gift Certificate (for the word search) - Jenny Westenberger, Resource Café "Barista"

$5.00 Starbucks Gift Certificates (Door Prize):
Cindy Remus - Medical Imaging
Laura Becker - NHP
Cynthia Wolf - Info Systems
Donna Gmur - Peds/Gyn STE

STE Professional Library Winners
Candy Kisses : Chuck Bichel, Library Patron

$10 Starbucks Gift Certificate (for the Word Search) : Donna Larson, Health Information

$5.00 Starbucks Gift Certificates (Door Prizes) :
Dr. Podlusky, Pathology
Maron Hauschel, Environmental Services
Debbie Beatty, Pain Clinic
Lisa Gorges, Radiation Oncology, Mercy

MMC Library
Candy Kisses – Cindy Jungwirth, Center for Women & Families
(She guessed 132…the actual amount in the Candy Jar was 131).

$10.00 Starbucks Gift Certificate (for the word search) – Mary Morelli, Vascular Lab

$5.00 Starbucks Gift Certificates (Door Prizes) :
Jane Martinez - Quality
Sean Bebiro – Radiology
Tracy Miller – Nuclear Medicine
Terrie Reitzner – Physical Rehabilitation

Affinity Health & Wellness Resource Center – Oshkosh YMCA
Candy Kisses - Sarah Fredrickson, Internal Medicine, AMG, Neenah.
She guessed 91 … the actual amount in the jar was 94 kisses.

$10.00 YMC Gift Certificate (for the Word Search) - Jennifer Schreiter - Rehab Services in Calumet Medical Center.

YMCA $5.00 YMCA gift certificates (Door Prizes) :
Melissa Borgen
Kris Bonlander (Pediatrics, St. E)
Liesl Storm – Physical Therapist at YMCA
Michelle Jerabek - Oshkosh Y member and part-time instructor.

Did you know … You can access the Affinity Library Collections right from your desktop?

The Electronic Bookshelf – Over 300 eBooks with full-text!

MMC Library Catalog (includes the 20th Ave YMCA in Oshkosh)
STE Library Catalog (includes STE Resource Café)

New Books at Affinity Libraries – Browse a few of our new selections. These featured items are also available for checkout.

Put in a request for a book, video, or audio, and we’ll send it to you, wherever you are within Affinity.

Visit the Affinity Library Services Website for more than you ever dreamed would be available online …

Contact us with questions :
MMC Library 3-0342 or mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org
STE Library 8-2324 or sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org
STE Resource Café 8-2857

Nuns on a Fishing Expedition : Affinity at Play - Archives Week 2006

This delightful picture is from Sister Anne Dresang’s personal collection of photos, now held in the STE Library Archival Collection. To see more in this series, click here.

If you were wondering what was contained in the latest Cornerstone time capsule recently “buried” at St. Elizabeth Hospital, check this list. You may be surprised by what it contains!

The MMC Library is seeking help in identifying unnamed employees in several of our photo albums. Stop in to reminisce, and help us give these people names! We’ll supply the post-it notes!

The Affinity Library Archives hold many more treasures. Visit today!

Improve Patient Education with Info Rx Pads

Medical Staff and Clinicians are encouraged to request Info Rx Prescription Pads from Affinity Library Services.

mmclibrary@affinityhealth.org 223-0340
OR
sehlibrary@affinityhealth.org 738-2857 or 738-2324

The simple act of writing down a diagnosis, a medication, or procedure can help patients get the info they need to make better health care decisions. Info Rx Pads make it easy!

Research has shown that patients recall only a fraction of what was discussed during an appointment with their health care provider. Library Staff often spend extra time with patients and family members who don't know what their actual diagnosis is, much less how to spell it. The Info Rx program seeks to save the valuable time of all involved.

Benefits of the Information Rx program :
* Helps improve patient communication
* Encourages compliance
* Reduces the number of poor quality internet searches patients sometimes do on their own
* Saves valuable TIME! (for medical staff, patient, and library staff)
* Empowers patients
* Enhances the quality and outcome of the interaction during an office visit and after the patient returns home.

For patients without ready access to the internet, Affinity's Professional Librarians can provide internet access and any needed instruction for finding health information. We have both the tools and the expertise to refer patients to accurate and trustworthy health information.

Team up with us!

Team Up! for Your Health

Did you know …
Our Libraries are open to the public and free of charge.
You’ll find an environment that is confidential, private,
and supportive of your health care information needs.

Visit us to find books and videos about health issues
for yourself or a family member.
You can check out the materials to take home
and share with your family and friends.

You can also use our computers to find health information online.

Resources you will find in our libraries include :
* Books
* DVDs
* VHS
* Audiocassettes
* CDs
* Magazines
* Newsletters
* Internet

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, just ask any of our friendly librarians for help.

Clark Family Health Science Library Health Information Center
Mercy Medical Center
500 S. Oakwood Rd.
Oshkosh, WI
920-223-0342
M-F 8 am -4:30 pm
Librarian : Michele Matucheski

Affinity Sports Medicine & Wellness Center
20th Ave. YMCA
3303 W. 20th Ave.
Oshkosh, WI
(920) 223-2479
Hours vary, so please call ahead.
Librarian : Ann Paulson

St. Elizabeth Hospital Resource Café
St. Elizabeth Hospital
1506 S. Oneida St.
Appleton, WI
(920) 738-2857
M-F 8 am – 4:30 pm
Librarian : Margo Lambert

Or visit us online :
www.affinityhealth.org and click on Health Resources.

October is National Medical Librarians' Month

Need health care information?
We've got everything under the sun!

Word Search Challenge for NMLM!

Complete this Word Search (Word doc) for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to the STE Resource Café or MMC Starbucks Coffee Cart. Good Luck!

October is National Medical Librarians' Month : Enter Our Drawing

How many Chocolate Kisses in the jar?
Enter your guess online by visiting the library website, or use this web form.

Or stop by the libraries at :

· Mercy Medical Center Library
· St. Elizabeth Hospital Professional Library
· St. Elizabeth Hospital Resource Café
· Affinity Health & Wellness Center at the
20th Ave Oshkosh YMCA.

Treats while they last!

Contest ends October 31.

The winning entry wins all the KISSES!


As always, it is our pleasure to serve you.