A.T. Still Memorial Library at ATSU

09/21/2026

Sept. 21-25 is Falls Prevention Awareness Week for Professionals. This nationwide effort raises awareness that falls are preventable, and also aims to increase injury prevention.

Learn more and help encourage older adults in your life to be falls free: ncoa.org/professionals/health/center-for-healthy-aging/national-falls-prevention-resource-center/falls-prevention-awareness-week

09/21/2026

World Alzheimer’s Day brings together people living with dementia, their caregivers and family, care and medical professionals, researchers and scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs, and more, from all around the world. Learn more: alzint.org/what-we-do/research/world-alzheimer-report/

09/21/2026

09/21/2026

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. An estimated 100,000 people in the United States have sickle cell disease, of which there is currently no universal cure.

Learn more: sicklecelldisease.org/get-involved/events/national-sickle-cell-awareness-month/

09/20/2026

Happy Birthday to us! The library turns 104 today!

On this day, the A.T. Still Memorial Library was dedicated at the Andrew Taylor Still College of Osteopathy and Surgery (ATSCOS) in 1922. A rival school was located just down the street from what was then the American School of Osteopathy. ATSCOS was open for only two years, from 1922 to 1924. After that, ATSCOS and the library combined with the then American School of Osteopathy to become the Kirksville Osteopathic College (KOC). The school and library opened and classes began earlier on September 11th.

Special thanks to Deb Loguda-Summers for this research.

09/18/2026

Our NNLM Reading Club Highlight this week is in honor of National Recovery Month: "From the Ashes: My Story of Being Indigenous, Homeless, and Finding My Way" by Jesse Thistle. Check out the ebook on Libby! Find the NLM reading guide here: https://www.nnlm.gov/resources/reading-club/book/ashes

Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle and his two brothers were cut off from all they knew when they were placed in the foster care system. Eventually living with their paternal grandparents, the children often clashed with their tough-love attitude. Worse, the ghost of Jesse’s drug...

09/17/2026

Warm wishes to all of the CCPA Graduates! Have a wonderful day tomorrow celebrating this huge accomplishment!

09/15/2026

Our database highlight this week is LexiDrug for Dentistry from UptoDate. It has dental-specific, continually updated pharmacology and clinical information, interaction and allergy screening tools, patient medication management, ePrescribing, lesion diagnosis, oral surgery videos, and a wide-ranging collection of dental reference databases and references. Check it out here: https://bit.ly/46m6zVn

09/15/2026

Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. ATSU is proud to celebrate!

09/14/2026

Ovarian cancer is rare – about 1.3% of women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer – but because it often goes untreated until the disease has advanced, the survival rate is low, with a five-year relative survival rate of 50.9%. Learn more at aacr.org/patients-caregivers/awareness-months/ovarian-cancer-awareness-month/