Known issues with library e-journals

Dykes Library staff are working on a variety of problems related to our online journals. We have also noted some technical issues between Internet Explorer and Adobe, in relation to accessing the full-text of articles as a PDF. If our clientele have any problems reaching PDF files, we suggest the following workarounds:

• Use an alternative browser, such as Firefox, instead of Internet Explorer. 
• If you have no other option than Internet Explorer, right mouse click on the PDF link, and “Open in a New Window”, or save to your desktop. 
• If you’re trying to reach an article from Angel/Ares, make note of the citation and use the Ejournal Finder to browse to your article. 

We hope to have more permanent solutions in the near future. If anyone needs more assistance, please email me at: bpisciot [at] kumc.edu.

New art display at Dykes Library: Fred Trease's Night Work

Be sure to stop by and enjoy Fred Trease's Night Work, a beautiful new collection of photographs on display at Dykes Library’s second floor gallery! 

The photographs in Fred Trease's Night Work function as abstract images rather than documents of the real world.  Like many of his contemporaries, he has subverted the photographic medium, and created lyrical compositions in which light functions as brushstroke.  Trease's  photographic manipulation pushes light to the foreground of each image which serves to create extraordinary visual depth, The images in this series depict Trease's neighborhood but do not describe it, rather they present the viewer with alternative way to experience place.

Although trained as scientist, photography and its possibilities has been an abiding interest in Trease's life.  When he received a Brownie camera as a child, he immediately sought to make photographs that were slightly out of focus rather than conventional pictures of family and friends.  An important part of Trease's photographic practice is his 365 project, a cumulative series to which he adds one photo each day.  

Night Work is available for your viewing pleasure at Dykes Library through February 1. 

Please join us for a reception for the artist on January 18, from 4:00 - 6:00 pm.

National Research Council panel found "Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries."

A National Research Council and Institute of Medicine panel has found that on average, "Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people in other high-income countries." The panel also found "that this health disadvantage exists at all ages from birth to age 75 and that even advantaged Americans -- those who have health insurance, college educations, higher incomes, and healthy behaviors -- appear to be sicker than their peers in other rich nations." The panel was chaired by Dr. Steven H. Woolf, professor of family medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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