Virginia LibrariesPub Date : 2024-06-01Epub Date: 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1177/19433875231198947
Umar Rehman, Melissa Shemie, Mohammad Sohaib Sarwar, Oluwasemilore Adebayo, Peter A Brennan
{"title":"The Reconstruction of Mandible Defects in War Injuries: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Umar Rehman, Melissa Shemie, Mohammad Sohaib Sarwar, Oluwasemilore Adebayo, Peter A Brennan","doi":"10.1177/19433875231198947","DOIUrl":"10.1177/19433875231198947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Study design: </strong>Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>There has been an increasing trend in maxillofacial injuries associated with combat trauma. Within the maxillofacial complex, the mandible is the most likely structure to be damaged during combat. The structural deficits as a result can be reconstructed with many options. These include vascularised bone grafts (VBGs), non-vascularised bone grafts (NVBGs), alloplastic implants, reconstruction bars and distraction osteogenesis. This study aimed to determine the common modality and efficacy of mandibular reconstruction in combat trauma-related defects.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A literature search was conducted on Pubmed, Prospero, Dynamed, DARE, EMBASE, COCHRANE and BMJ databases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of six articles met the inclusion criteria identifying 165 patients requiring mandibular reconstruction. Non-vascularised iliac bone graft (n = 137) was the most common method followed by ileac crest bone chips harvest using Dacron urethran osteomesh tray (n = 24) and frontoparietal grafts (n = 4). Meta-analysis of five out of six trials demonstrated an overall success rate of 85% (95% CI 79-90; I<sup>2</sup> = 59%). A total of 13% (n = 22) of reconstructions failed either completely or partially and 21% (n = 34) of patients suffered postoperative complications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>NVBGs are a practical, cost-effective and favourable method of war zone management of mandibular defects with success rates comparable to those reported in the civilian literature. However, general trauma principles take precedence to rule out life-threatening injuries. Due consideration of patient factors, surgical factors, and available resources are required in the first-line management of combat-related mandibular defects.</p>","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"47 1","pages":"160-168"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11107824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89871949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Science of the Cover Letter: How to Apply for an Academic Librarian Job","authors":"Elizabeth Price","doi":"10.21061/valib.v67i1.657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v67i1.657","url":null,"abstract":"While serving on a search committee at my institution, I started thinking about what I wish someone had told me when I was trying to break into the field of academic librarianship. And at the top of the list is how to write a cover letter that will increase your chance of getting hired. This article contains a list of nine tips about how the hiring process works at one public university in Virginia. Readers will learn how to interpret the qualifications list in a job ad, how to link their experiences to those qualifications, and which rules they can ignore (like one-page cover letters). An example cover letter is included.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135535532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orientation: Laying Out the Welcome Mat (or Not) for New Employees","authors":"Clenise Platt","doi":"10.21061/valib.v67i1.641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v67i1.641","url":null,"abstract":"A strategic focus and goal for many libraries is to provide welcoming environments for each of their customers. Just as libraries focus strategically on welcoming their customers, it is important that they focus on the goal of providing welcoming environments for each of their employees. One of the first opportunities to “lay out the welcome mat” for staff is with the organization’s orientation. The employee orientation is a one-time event that welcomes new employees and provides a general overview of the organization. The employee onboarding process is a series of events and trainings that allows the new hires to acquire the knowledge, skills, tools and resources to be successful employees in the organization. The orientation is an important part of the overall onboarding process. Research and advisory services firm Brandon Hall Group found that organizations with a strong onboarding process improve new hire retention by 82 percent and new hire productivity by over 70 percent.1 According to Dewar, a scarcity of talent and high turnover are two of the biggest challenges facing organizations today.2 That is why it is important to ensure that organizations design and implement an efficient and effective onboarding process that includes a strong orientation. Thriving and proficient orientation programs are always evolving to accommodate the growth of the organization and the changing times. The way two Virginia libraries redesigned their orientation programs to better serve their new hires and enhance their onboarding process are highlighted in this article. Additionally, strategies to develop a library orientation event that fosters an inclusive environment and supports the mission and work of the library and promotes employee productivity, engagement and satisfaction are presented.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47521940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Feerrar, T.G.F. Berning, Andrea M. Castillo, Emily Correa, Stephen Leist, Bettina Peacemaker, E. Weir
{"title":"Charting a Course: Volume 66 of Virginia Libraries","authors":"Julia Feerrar, T.G.F. Berning, Andrea M. Castillo, Emily Correa, Stephen Leist, Bettina Peacemaker, E. Weir","doi":"10.21061/valib.v66i1.649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v66i1.649","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67765179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Berkeley to Beloved: Race and Sexuality in the History of Book Censorship in Virginia","authors":"Keith Weimer","doi":"10.21061/valib.v67i1.651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v67i1.651","url":null,"abstract":"The early 2020s saw a wave of demands for books to be removed from school and public libraries in Virginia and throughout the United States. A disproportionately high percentage of challenges were aimed at books written by LGBTQ+ authors and authors of color. Involvement by public officials was one of the most striking features of the challenges—especially when Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin chose to make “parental control” of children’s education a central feature of his 2021 campaign. However, while these events represent a new and troubling phase in the long history of struggles for control of reading material, race and sexuality have been recurring themes in book censorship throughout Virginia history in periods of backlash to social change. This article surveys episodes in the history of book censorship in Virginia from 1960-present set against the longer arc of Virginia and US history. Books provide exposure to knowledge as well as its representation, ensuring that they will be a focus of cultural and political struggles. Demands to restrict library materials in order to protect children tend to focus on literature giving voice to marginalized communities, and can be followed by demands to restrict adults’ reading material as well.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67765194","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upgraded and Grounded: Alexandria Library’s Experience in the ALA Pilot Program, Resilient Communities","authors":"Megan L. Zimmerman","doi":"10.21061/valib.v66i1.648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v66i1.648","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67764323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The State of Online and Remote Work of Academic Librarians in Virginia","authors":"Christine E. Woods","doi":"10.21061/valib.v67i1.660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v67i1.660","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to determine the number of hours and percentage of time spent working remotely and online by academic librarians in Virginia and the perceived advantages and disadvantages of this type of work. Returning to work following the COVID-19 pandemic has sometimes been flexible, with some librarians continuing to work remotely part-time. Due to technological advances, librarians are working more in an online environment allowing them to get their work done no matter where they are located. In September and October 2022, 672 invitations to participate in the quantitative study were sent to publicly available email addresses at 75 Virginia colleges and universities, including two-year, four-year, public, private, profit, and not-for-profit. A total of 146 responses were collected, with 67% of librarians reporting that they work remotely each week. The average number of days working remotely per week was 1.9. The advantages of working at library locations were related to in-person interactions with library faculty and staff, school faculty, and students. More advantages were reported for working remotely. The highest reported advantages were saving time and money on transportation and being more environmentally friendly. Transportation issues, such as gas money, traffic, parking, and time driving, were reported as disadvantages to working at library locations by 23% of participants, the highest percentage of responses to any of the advantages or other disadvantages. Lack of connections with library faculty and staff was the highest reported disadvantage of working remotely. Although focused on academic librarians in Virginia, this study reflects the continuance of online and remote work nationwide.","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135501103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiencing Teranga: A Library Fellowship in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa","authors":"Olivia Hasan","doi":"10.21061/valib.v66i1.635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v66i1.635","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67764190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Libby App Curation for the Virginia Librarian","authors":"J. Minor","doi":"10.21061/valib.v66i1.642","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v66i1.642","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67764210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recovery and Revival: A Letter to VLA’s Membership","authors":"K. Vaughan","doi":"10.21061/valib.v66i1.645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21061/valib.v66i1.645","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29991,"journal":{"name":"Virginia Libraries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67764275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}