Appendix: MMSE, Copyright, and You!

Copyright or Copy’left’ – Is it okay to use the Mini Mental State Examination if you haven’t paid for it?

Are you still using a photocopied version of the MMSE?  You may be breaking copyright.  A Perspective article published in the December 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1110652), discusses the legal implications of newly enforced copyright of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) for clinicians.  The MMSE is now only available via a license ($1.23 per test) and is slowly disappearing from textbooks and other publications and can no longer be legally used without risking copyright infringement.

An article in the Lancet( Martin R, O’Neill D, Taxing Your Memory. Volume 373, Issue 9680, 13-19 June 2009, Pages 2009-2010) gives more background.

Appendix: FYI – Why Do Wet Fingers Wrinkle?

Why do wet fingers wrinkle? In “Are Wet-Induced Wrinkled Fingers Primate Rain Treads?” researchers propose they are an evolutionary trait.

We finally have an answer that will satisfy three year olds!

Appendix: Change is in the Air!

“Change is Good!”  That will be The Appendix’s motto for the coming year.  While we all loved the previous, bi-monthly version of The Appendix, it was becoming an increasingly difficult model to sustain.  In this day of instant news and rapidly changing events, the Library staff found that many important items were being left out from the newsletter because of our publishing schedule.  It was also increasingly taxing our IT capacity.  After much careful thought and review, The Appendix Committee has decided to move to a blog environment.

What does this mean for you?  First, let me assure you that all of the features, such as Research Tips, that you have enjoyed in the past will still be included in the new format but now there will additional features and information.   There are several ways in which you may monitor The Appendix posts:

• You can find all of The Appendix content on the Library’s blog, HSL News, where all of The Appendix posts will appear in the Appendix Newsletter category.
• You may subscribe to HSL News to receive email updates from the blog when new content is posted (this will include non-Appendix content but all of the information is Library related).
• You can use the RSS feed option to add the blog to your reader.
• We will send out a monthly email digest that will list the titles of The Appendix articles plus a small snippet of the articles.  This digest will be sent to all Appendix subscribers as well as to the Academic Announcements listserv.
• Finally, every other month we will compile the Appendix Newsletter posts from the HSL blog into a formatted web page and archive it on the Library’s website.

We hope that you enjoy these changes and find the more frequent updates helpful.  As always, if you have any comments, suggestions, or story ideas, please feel free to contact me at Julie.silverman@ucdenver.edu.

Julie Silverman

Appendix Editor

Dusty Saunders Book Talk at Eloise May Library, December 11, 2pm

Arapahoe Library District is proud to announce that award winning columnist and author, Dusty Saunders, will be appearing at our Eloise May Library on Sunday, December 11 from 2 – 4 p.m. for a book talk. He will talk about his career in journalism and provide fascinating stories about the many sports figures, Hollywood actors, and local celebrities he has interviewed over his 54 year career.  He will be available to answer your questions and sell and sign his new book, HEERE’S DUSTY.

The Eloise May Library is located at 1471 S. Parker Road.

Please join us-we’d love to see you there!

Cheryl Schubert, M.L.S.

Arapahoe Library District

Koelbel Library

5955 S. Holly Street

Centennial, Colorado 80121

303-542-7279 x 12107

Project Management: Get it Done With Limited Resources and Everyone Still Speaking to Each Other!

Do you want to start off 2012 with ways to improve your work?

Are you looking for ideas to be more efficiently and effectively on projects?

Plan to attend Project Management: Get it Done With Limited Resources and Everyone Still Speaking to Each Other!

Mark your calendar for this three-part series offered online on the following Wednesdays.

January 18  noon – 1 p.m. (Mountain)

February 1  noon – 1 p.m. (Mountain)

February 15  noon – 1 p.m. (Mountain)

More information will be forthcoming or you can contact Sharon Morris morris_s@cde.state.co.us<mailto:morris_s@cde.state.co.us

This course is paid for by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Sharon Morris

Director of Library Development

Colorado State Library

Colorado Department of Education

201 E. Colfax Avenue

Denver, CO 80203

(303) 866-6730

morris_s@cde.state.co.us