EBSCO and the Flu: Multiple resources available

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Kansas Statistical Abstracts available

The 2008 Kansas Abstract is now available. Please read the following
announcement from KU's Institute for Policy and Social Research.

The Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) at the University of
Kansas is pleased to announce that the 43rd Edition of the Kansas
Statistical Abstract (KSA) is now available. The abstract is available
EXCLUSIVELY online as a PDF file with individual pages available in
Microsoft Excel and PDF. For more information and access to the data,
please visit http://www.ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/.



The Kansas Statistical Abstract 2008, contains the latest available
state, county, and city-level data for Kansas on population, vital
statistics and health, housing, elections, education, business and
manufacturing, employment, income, finance, state and local government,
crime, parks and recreation, communications, transportation,
agriculture, climate, and energy and natural resources.



Peter Haxton

State Data Center Coordinator/
Research Librarian
State Library of Kansas
300 SW 10th
Topeka, KS 66612
phaxton@kslib.info
(785) 296-2008

A Personal Collection

Even librarians have a passion for something. In this case, it's rather literary, and shared by many across the globe.

http://community.livejournal.com/told_tales/218371.html

Told Tales is a blog which serves as a forum to discuss, preview, and review the tales of childhood as they appear again, or their original history, traced through the myths and fairy tales of humankind. Some great art and illustration is shared on it as well.

And it was begun by my daughter.

Your librarian,

Micaela

Library Use Up, Again

We've seen lots of students in the library this year... with a 20% increase in students at Butler, we expected it. Unfortunately, the library space is no bigger than it was last year! One hint for the El Dorado campus library - we are often far busier in the morning than the afternoon. So if your schedule allows it, plan your study time for later in the day.

From Tom Taylor at South Central Kansas Library System comes this news.

Congratulations to the Wichita Public Library for making the front page of today’s Wichita Eagle (9/3/09).

The article “Library racks up visitors” illustrates the increase in usage that libraries are seeing. It also demonstrates the value of libraries in this economic climate.

The Eagle’s website also has a short video featuring a day at the Westlink Branch Library and special projects librarian Jennifer Heinicke.

View the story and the video here: http://www.kansas.com/news/featured/story/955368.html

September BOTM

Flatlined: Resuscitating American Medicine

by Guy L. Clifton, M.D
Rutgers University Press, 2009
Product ID: 263605

By 2018 Medicare and Medicaid will consume about one-third of the federal budget. American businesses now pay three times as much of their payroll for health care as global competitors, a figure that is expected to worsen as health care grows at twice the rate of the U.S. economy.

In Flatlined, Author Guy L. Clifton, M.D lifts the veil of secrecy on twenty-first century health care and delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system. Arguing that a lack of coordinated care and quality medical practice benchmarks result in high levels of redundancy and ineffectiveness, Clifton proposes that the key to reducing health care costs, improving quality, and financially protecting the uninsured, is to reduce wastefulness, and offers a solution for achieving success.

Flatlined: Resuscitating American Medicine will be provided with free, unlimited access September 1-30, 2009. Use your pipeline login on the library tab.

Starting Your Financial Life

I'm back from vacation in lovely Albany, NY, and am about to order this book for the library after reading the review here: "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Starting Your Financial Life". Trent reviews books on finance and personal money management every week on his The Simple Dollar blog, and he pegs this one as perfect for the college-age crowd.

"Every once in a while, I stumble upon a personal finance book that makes me really wish someone had put it in my hands earlier in my life. Sure, it might not have made a difference in terms of the financial mistakes I made back then, but simply having such useful and direct knowledge available to me would have made a pretty big impact..."

So look for it in the library in the coming month.

--Micaela

Student Loans/Debt: What are these new programs?

This fantastic website does the job of explaining two new student loan repayment programs that can ease the burden for students who take jobs in certain public service sectors (which aren't usually known for high income!):

What are these new programs?

Income-Based Repayment
Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Income-Based Repayment

Income-Based Repayment (IBR) is a new payment option for federal student loans. It can help borrowers keep their loan payments affordable with payment caps based on their income and family size....

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Public Service Loan Forgiveness is a new program for federal student loan borrowers who work in certain kinds of jobs. It will forgive remaining debt after 10 years of eligible employment and qualifying loan payments. (During those 10 years, the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan can help keep your loan payments affordable.)

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See http://www.ibrinfo.org/what.vp.html#pslf for complete info and links. And thanks to Lee Dobratz, Director of the Council Grove Public Library for pointing it out.