Thirteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 1924 to June 30, 1926

1924-1926 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Fourteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 2926 to June 30, 1928

1926-1928 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Fifteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1930 1928-1930

1928-1930 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Sixteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 1930 to June 30, 1932

1930-1932 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Seventeenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1, 1932 to June 30, 1934

1932-1934 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Eighteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biannual Period July 1,1934 to June 30, 1936

1934-1936 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Nineteenth Report of the Iowa Library Commission Made to the Governor of Iowa for the Biennial Period July 1,1936 to June 30, 1938

1936-1938 Iowa Library Commission Report made to the Governor of Iowa.

Iowa public library statistics, 1974.

This is the statistical portion of the annual survey results of the State Library of Iowa for 1974.

Iowa public library information, 1973.

This is the first in an annual series of in-depth surveys of the public library scene in Iowa. The report includes two main sections: an enlarged directory consisting of five separate smaller directories and an expanded library statistical survey.

Iowa Library Services/State Library Update, March 2016, Vol. 14, no. 1

Quarterly update for Iowa Library Services/State Library patrons.

Report on a special investigation of the City of Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library for the period July 1, 2008 through April 24, 2014

Report on a special investigation of the City of Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library for the period July 1, 2008 through April 24, 2014

Bone mineral density (BMD), micro-architecture estimation (TBS) and vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) extracted from a single DXA device in combination with clinical risk factors improve significantly the identification of women at high risk of fracture.

Osteoporosis (OP) is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD) and a micro-architectural (MA) deterioration. Clinical risk factors (CRF) are often used as a MA approximation. MA is yet evaluable in daily practice by the trabecular bone score (TBS) measure. TBS is very simple to obtain, by reanalyzing a lumbar DXA-scan. TBS has proven to have diagnosis and prognosis values, partially independent of CRF and BMD. The aim of the OsteoLaus cohort is to combine in daily practice the CRF and the information given by DXA (BMD, TBS and vertebral fracture assessment (VFA)) to better identify women at high fracture risk. The OsteoLaus cohort (1400 women 50 to 80 years living in Lausanne, Switzerland) started in 2010. This study is derived from the cohort COLAUS who started in Lausanne in 2003. The main goal of COLAUS is to obtain information on the epidemiology and genetic determinants of cardiovascular risk in 6700 men and women. CRF for OP, bone ultrasound of the heel, lumbar spine and hip BMD, VFA by DXA and MA evaluation by TBS are recorded in OsteoLaus. Preliminary results are reported. We included 631 women: mean age 67.4 ± 6.7 years, BMI 26.1 ± 4.6, mean lumbar spine BMD 0.943 ± 0.168 (T-score − 1.4 SD), and TBS 1.271 ± 0.103. As expected, correlation between BMD and site matched TBS is low (r2 = 0.16). Prevalence of VFx grade 2/3, major OP Fx and all OP Fx is 8.4%, 17.0% and 26.0% respectively. Age- and BMI-adjusted ORs (per SD decrease) are 1.8 (1.2-2.5), 1.6 (1.2-2.1), and 1.3 (1.1-1.6) for BMD for the different categories of fractures and 2.0 (1.4-3.0), 1.9 (1.4-2.5), and 1.4 (1.1-1.7) for TBS respectively. Only 32 to 37% of women with OP Fx have a BMD < − 2.5 SD or a TBS < 1.200. If we combine a BMD < − 2.5 SD or a TBS < 1.200, 54 to 60% of women with an osteoporotic Fx are identified. As in the already published studies, these preliminary results confirm the partial independence between BMD and TBS. More importantly, a combination of TBS subsequent to BMD increases significantly the identification of women with prevalent OP Fx which would have been misclassified by BMD alone. For the first time we are able to have complementary information about fracture (VFA), density (BMD), micro- and macro architecture (TBS and HAS) from a simple, low ionizing radiation and cheap device: DXA. Such complementary information is very useful for the patient in the daily practice and moreover will likely have an impact on cost effectiveness analysis.

How to redesign a virtual library website: a case study

This abstract presents how we redesigned, with user-centred design methods, the way we organize and present the content on the UOC Virtual Library website. The content is now offered in a way that is more intuitive, usable and easy to understand, based on criteria of customization, transparency and proximity.The techniques used to achieve these objectives included benchmarking, interviews and focus groups during the user requirement capture phase and user tests to assess the process and results.