I am the subject librarian at Iowa State University for Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology and Genetics, Development & Cell Biology. As of November 2007, I am also the subject librarian for the Department of Animal Science and the College of Veterinary Medicine.

1. Newsletters

2. NCBI Workshops at Iowa State University

3. Presentations for Graduate Students

4. Undergraduate Courses - Class Presentations

5. Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute (CSBSI) - presentation on June 20, 2008

6. Guides

7. Publications and Presentations

1. Newsletters

• What's New?: March 2008 Newsletter to Animal Science, EEOB, GDCB, and the College of Veterinary Medicine

• Past Newsletters
  • January 2008 Newsletter to College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
  • January 2008 Newsletter to EEOB and GDCB
  • August 2007 Newsletter College of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science
  • August 2007 Newsletter BBMB, EEOB, and GDCB
    
• March 2007 Newsletter
• January 2007 Newsletter
  
• November 2006 Newsletter
• September 2006 Newsletter
• June 2006 Newsletter
• March 2006 Newsletter
  
• January 2006 Newsletter
• October 2005 Newsletter
  
• September 2005 Newsletter
  
• August 2005 Newsletter
• July 2005 Newsletter
• June 2005 Newsletter

2. NCBI Workshops

Note: As of Friday, February 22, 2008 the NCBI mini-courses scheduled for March 25 & 26, 2008 at ISU have been CANCELED by the NCBI because of budgetary constraints.

Previous NCBI events:

• Parks Library hosted four NCBI Mini-courses on April 5 - 6, 2007. Handouts are available here.
• Parks Library hosted A Field Guide to GenBank and NCBI Molecular Biology Resources. This free workshop was presented by two NCBI training specialists on March 28 - 29, 2006. The Powerpoint slides are available here.

Iowa State University - Bioinformatics

• Bioinformatics and Genomics at Iowa State University

3. Presentations for Graduate Students

• Research Made Easy: Discover the Library! - presentation for CVM Summer Scholar's Research Program on 6/5/2008.
• Research Made Easy: Discover Parks Library - presentation for Meat Science and Muscle Biology Seminar on 2/12/2008.
• Literature Resources for Cancer Biology - presentation for VPTH 656-Cellular and Molecular Pathology II: Mechanisms for Carcinogenesis on 1/17/08.
• Bioinformatics Literature Resources - presentation for BCB graduate students, November 7, 2006. Guide revised in August 2007 for BCB 444/544 class presentation on 8/23/07.
• BCB Graduate Student Orientation - presentation for new BCB graduate students, August 14, 2007.
• BBMB Orientation for New Graduate Students, presentation for new BBMB graduate students August 17, 2006
• Interdepartmental Genetics and Toxicology - Orientation for New Graduate Students, August 17, 2005

4. Undergraduate Courses - Class Presentations

• Biology 315 - Biological Evolution, Research Tips, October 3, 2007
• Biology 313L - Genetics Laboratory, Genetics & Human Disease: Searching the Medical Literature, February 6-7, 2008
• Genetics 110 - Genetics Orientation, Finding Genetics Resources in Parks Library, October 4, 2007

5. Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute (CSBSI)

• Presentation - June 20, 2008

6. Guides

• Information Resources for Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, & Genomics - This guide was prepared for teachers attending the Plant Genomics Outreach program directed by Dr. Adah Leshem-Ackerman. Last revised June 10, 2008.
• Reading List - Books Related to Medicine. Interested in pre-med or the health professions? This guide includes books about medicine and science.

7. Publications and Presentations

Publications

1. Dinkelman, A. (Fall 2007). "See a Need, Fill a Need" -- Reaching out to the Bioinformatics Research Community at Iowa State University. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship. Number 52. Available: http://www.istl.org/07-fall/refereed1.html

2. Dinkelman, A. & Stacy-Bates, K. (January 2007). Accessing E-books through Academic Library Web Sites. College & Research Libraries. 68 (1) 45-58. Available: http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crljournal/backissues2007a/crljanuary07/dinkelman07.pdf

Presentations

1. Aune, J., Dinkelman, A., Nonnecke, G. (2007, November 8). Interdisciplinary Learning: Combining communication, information literacy, and subject area in a first-year composition course. Selected presentation given at the 12th Annual National Learning Communities Conference. Indianapolis, IN.

2. Dinkelman, A. (2006, October 26-27). "1 Librarian + Teaching Faculty = Successful Collaborations!" Poster presented at the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE) Meeting, Decatur, IL. Available:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~adinkelm/ACUBE_Poster_Actual.pdf

Homepage: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~adinkelm/homepage.html

Last updated: 6/3/2008