DSB - now available electronically

The Dictionary of Scientific Biography is now available as an eBook through the library.

Join the group on LinkedIn

I've created a group for graduates, and future graduates, of the HST, HMed, and HSTM Programs at the University of Minnesota: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/820557.

Let me know if you can think of something in the public domain that we can use for an image.

Making the "Big List"

Hello all. It's been a quiet summer for this blog but that's alright, many of us have been frantically traveling, researching, studying for prelims, and working for various professors, institutions, and the like. However, the summer "break" is almost over; I know this because the Great Minnesota Get Together has started and I'm beginning to see the tell-tale signs of wide-eyed teenagers with bookstore bags walking around campus. It's sad to say, but soon our quiet summertime campus won't be so quiet anymore. The lines will be longer at the convenience stores and God only knows when the bathrooms will be accessible again on the first floor of the Social Sciences building. This blog was only recently started in the spring semester and by the time it got rolling at all the summer had started. Hopefully, beginning with this fall, this blog will become a more active place filled with things other than pictures of fine graduate students cataloging their virtually non-existent free time.

On to some news.
You may all be interested to know that John Lynch from Arizona State developed a "big list" of HSTM blogs recently and I'm happy to say that we've made the list! If you interested in staying abreast with the hip and happenin', you might want to add these blogs to your daily reading list. Note that Suzanne Fischer's blog also made the list (and her blog is the reason I know about us making the list). Speaking of Suzanne Fischer, we all should give her a hearty congratulations on her new job as "Associate Curator of Technology" at the Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Mich. Congrats Suzanne!

Okay, Kate has shamed me into finally posting the long promised end-of-year picture post. Here is a small sampling of photos from assorted


convivialities celebrating the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. Click any picture for a larger version:

HARG Retreat, O'Brien Observatory

Adrian is in his element.








There were deer. We wanted to share our beer with them, but they ran away.







The fruit was still good.









Sara and Maggie supervise the grilling.


















Final ŒLSM Meeting - BBQ Wines

I believe this reaction was in response to Sid's tales of great personal peril.











Vincent and Sara hover over The Lineup.








Have you ever seen such unbridled enjoyment?











In this picture, Adrian and Barbara aren't speaking.








Sara works the grill.












John Eyler's End-of-Year Party










Surly bunch. They just sat there and scowled all night.

















Rumors of my survival have been greatly exaggerated.

The Saints Game

Here are some pictures of the us at the Saints game.

Party like it's the end of the semester

Hey all, long time no post. It's been very busy the past month and I hope everyone out in the HTMS blogosphere is doing well. As a celebration of the end of the semester, I will be organizing a trip to the St. Paul Saints game. Actually, I've already oranized it. Everyone who would like to attend is welcome. We'll be heading over to the game on Wednesday, May 21st. The Saints will be playing their consummate rivals, the Sioux City Explorers. Game starts at 7:05. We'll just be getting General Admission tickets (5$ at the gate) and sitting in the bleachers along the 3rd baseline. Come early, or come when you can. Come and celebrate the beginning of the summer with cheap beer and a turkey leg (or Minnesota cheese curds, your choice).

Library search bar

Frazier mentioned something about this to me several weeks ago, but I finally found and installed the U of M library search bar into my Firefox browser. At first glance, it looks like a great project. The search bar is unobtrusive and allows you to search the library catalog without going to the library homepage. You can search by keyword, title, subject, author, or ISBN/ISSN. For my own purposes, I'd like to see a call number search, too, but that doesn't exist at this point.

The LibX extension works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox, and there have also been versions created by a number of other libraries as well - so if you're not at the U, you might be able to find this extension at your own library.

Go to http://www.lib.umn.edu/site/libx.phtml to install the University of Minnesota version.