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

1. Newsletters - NEW! January 2010 issues for Animal Science, EEOB, & GDCB, and the College of Veterinary Medicine

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 22, 2009

6. Guides

7. Publications and Presentations

1. Newsletters

• What's New?:
  • January 2010 Newsletter [PDF] to Animal Science, EEOB, and GDCB.
  • January 2010 Newsletter [PDF] to the College of Veterinary Medicine

 

• Past Newsletters

• August 2009 Newsletter [PDF] to Animal Science, EEOB, and GDCB.
• June 2009 Newsletter [PDF] to the College of Veterinary Medicine
• January 2009 Newsletter to Animal Science, EEOB, and GDCB.
• January 2009 Newsletter to the College of Veterinary Medicine
• March 2008 Newsletter to Animal Science, EEOB, GDCB, and the College of Veterinary Medicine
• 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

• Finding Animal Science Information at Parks Library - presentation for Animal Science 501 on 8/31/2009
• Finding BCB Resources in Parks Library (PDF - 3.15MB) - presentation for BCB 691 on 9/26/2008
• 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 - for BCB 444/544 class presentation on 8/27/2009. This presentation also includes information about how to use RSS feeds.
• 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 - Finding Evolution Resources in Parks Library, October 14, 2009 (PDF, 2.50 MB)
• Biology 315 - Biological Evolution, Research Tips, October 14, 2007
• Biology 313L - Genetics Laboratory, Genetics & Human Disease: Searching the Medical Literature, March 23-24, 2009
• Genetics 110 - Genetics Orientation, Finding Genetics Resources in Parks Library, October 4, 2007

5. Computational and Systems Biology Summer Institute (CSBSI)

• Presentation - June 22, 2009

6. Guides

• Animal Science Resources - last updated 9-29-2008
• Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Resources - last updated 9-24-2008
• Biology Resources - last updated 8-25-2008
• Ecology, Evolution & Organismal Biology Resources - last updated 10-5-2008
• Genetics, Development & Cell Biology Resources - last updated 9-15-2008
• Veterinary Medicine Resources - last updated 8-18-2008
• VM-4 Resources Guide - last updated 5-31-2009. Includes information for fourth-year veterinary medicine students.
• 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, 2009.
• Reading List - Books Related to Medicine. Interested in pre-med or the health professions? This guide includes books about medicine and science. Last revised 11-12-2008

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/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crljournal/2007/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: 06/10/2009