This information is over 2 years old. Information was current at time of publication.{"id":3531,"date":"2010-07-23T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T19:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2010-07-23T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T19:10:03","slug":"directors-reflections%e2%80%a6welcome-to-new-and-continuing-students-and-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/directors-reflections%e2%80%a6welcome-to-new-and-continuing-students-and-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors Reflections\u2026Welcome to New and Continuing Students and Faculty!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3258 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2010\/03\/Barbara-2009-altered1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Barbara Epstein\" width=\"111\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2010\/03\/Barbara-2009-altered1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/files\/2010\/03\/Barbara-2009-altered1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/>Though the calendar year begins in January and the fiscal year in July, the start of classes and students\u2019 return to campus in August always seems like the \u201creal\u201d new year to me.\u00a0 Though we relaxed a bit over the summer, now we\u2019re busy with orientations and new projects.<\/p>\n<p>This issue has information on upcoming workshops about online tools to enhance your current awareness, productivity and personal organization.\u00a0 And mark your calendar to attend our conference on mobile computing on Friday, October 29.<\/p>\n<p>Check your wallet for old library copy cards, and be sure to use all of the credits before September; after that, we will switch to a new system and any remaining value will be lost.<\/p>\n<p>This issue also reports on \u201ccool tools\u201d from MedlinePlus, new e-resources in bioinformatics, and a Web site called JANE, that helps you identify relevant journals for your manuscripts and others working on research topics similar to yours.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that each school has a designated liaison librarian\u2014have you met yours?\u00a0 If not, we\u2019ve listed their names and contact information in this issue.\u00a0 Stop by and introduce yourself!<\/p>\n<p>Make a note to yourself to attend one of our classes this year, or learn about an HSLS service or resource.\u00a0 We\u2019re looking forward to \u201cseeing\u201d you online or in-person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though the calendar year begins in January and the fiscal year in July, the start of classes and students\u2019 return to campus in August always seems like the \u201creal\u201d new year to me.\u00a0 Though we relaxed a bit over the summer, now we\u2019re busy with orientations and new projects. This issue has information on upcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"issue-archives","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[-1],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-august-2010","avhec_catgroup-issue-archives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}