Kathy Hibberd will be welcomed back to the Dentistry Library on Monday 31st March. Kathy returns after 2 years away at Mater Library.

The Biological Sciences Library will remain open until midnight Monday-Friday, as a pilot program during 2008, beginning on 3 March. The pilot will run during semesters 1 and 2 and will be evaluated at the end of the year to determine whether it is to continue. All Library users are welcome to take advantage of this new service.

The Library will operate as usual until 9pm Monday-Thursday and until 5pm on Friday, with Library staff available for assistance and advice. After these times, security will take over the building and remain on site until closing at midnight. Users will have access to all levels of the building and to computers, group rooms, printer/copiers and the autoloan machines to borrow from the BSL collection. There may be some restrictions on use of material from the High Use Collection and laptops will not be available for loan during the extended hours

The UQ Library ran a competition before Christmas asking students to put a video on YouTube which was about student experiences in the Library.

The UQ Library is pleased to announce Ben Jones as the winner of the First Annual UQ Library Video Contest. Ben’s video Chronicles of Library Man
provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the UQ Library. Second prize has been awarded to a team entry submitted by Phil Helliwell and Scott Veitch.

The Dentistry Library has re-opened. The electrical upgrade took slightly longer than expected - 2 weeks instead of 1 week. We are sorry for any inconvenience this has caused. Students, if you have a problem with your borrowing record due to difficulties in returning items, please either drop in and speak with Dentistry Library staff or email us on deni@library.uq.edu.au. If all is well, have a great holiday break and we will see you refreshed in the new year. Staff, ADA(Qld) members and Community borrowers, if we do not see you during December, Merry Christmas from Dentistry Library staff.

The Dentistry Library will be closed during the second semester break. This is because of major electrical work being undertaken during the period. The Library will be closed from Saturday 22nd September and will re-open Monday 1st October. Library staff will be re-located to other branches during this period. All staff and students will need to borrow the books and other materials they will require during the closed period, prior to closing on Friday 5.00pm.

All books that fall due for return during the closed period, Saturday 22nd September to Saturday 29th September will be due on 1st October. If there are any changes and staff are able to open the Library on Friday 28th September, we will do so. This will mean the Library will also be open on Saturday 29th September. We will keep you informed, so Watch This Space!!!

The UQCited Citations Database will enable you to search for your publications in the Thompson National Citation Report data set and generate your own citations profile and publications history. The Thompson National Citation Report includes details of all academic publications produced at Australian Universities and recorded by Thompson ISI in the last 10 years - available on the Web of Knowledge platform for the period 1997 to 2006. Follow the links too access UQCited and for further information

Dentistry Academics - have you checked out your space on our Library website? You’ll find tailored help and advice about our resources, services, keeping up-to-date and research output. Follow the link above or select Academic Staff under the blue bar, Information For in the right hand column on the website.

Did you know that during the Boer war the army lost nearly as many men to dental disease as were lost in battle. 2000 were evacuated because of dental problems and 5000 were found unfit for duty due to lack of dentures to replace lost teeth. “Disease, neglect, tough beef and hard biscuit play havoc on teeth”. In 1915 during the Gallipoli campaign, 600 men from a single infantry division had to be evacuated on account of their teeth. The desperate need for dental surgeons was not acted upon by the British Government until well into WWl. Read Stephanie Pain’s article, “Can’t Bite, Can’t Fight” in New Scientist, 10 March 2007 pp. 50-51.

ABC News: Health on 27th February 2007 - (Reuters) Japanese researches reported that they have grown normal-looking teeth from single cells in lab dishes … read more about this ground breaking research on the ABC website