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Optometric Historical Society Committee Optometric Historical Society Committee MEETING AGENDA Friday, November 22, 2019 Conference Call 12-1:00 PM CT Meeting ID: 250 083 730 +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 855 880 1246 or +1 877 853 5257 US Toll-free https://aoa.zoom.us/j/250083730 AGENDA ITEM DETAILS ATTACHMENTS TIME CALL TO ORDER Dr. Lilien Vogl, Chair 12:00 PM ROLL CALL Vogl A. Roster APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 12, 2019 B. Draft Minutes REPORTS 12:05 PM 1. OHS Statistics and Projects Kirsten Hebert, C. Reports Heritage Services Specialist OLD BUSINESS 12:10 PM 2. Hindsight Future Issues Dr. David A. Goss/Hebert D. Status Report 3. Blast from the Past 2020 Hebert E. Status Report 4. OHS Nomination NOHF 2020 Hebert/All F. Nominee List/CV 5. Committee 2020 Hebert/Brittany Broombaugh, Director ADJOURN 1:00 PM ATTACHMENT A: ROSTER The Optometric Historical Society Committee 2019 Chair Jim Sandefur, OD Lilien Vogl, OD Executive Director 13603 W. La Reata Ave Optometry Association of Louisiana Goodyear, AZ 85395 419 Hwy 165 N. 623.695.2784 (Mobile) Oakdale, LA 71463 [email protected] 318.335.0675 319.613.1392 (cell) Members-at-Large [email protected] Linda Casser, OD Professor Editor—Hindsight Pennsylvania College of Optometry David A. Goss, OD, PhD 8360 Old York Road Emeritus Professor Elkins Park, PA 19027-1598 Indiana University School of Optometry 215.780.1310; 215.528.7474 (Mobile) 7915 Traders Hollow Lane [email protected] Indianapolis, IN 46278 [email protected] Heather Edmonds, MLIS Director of Library Services Board Liaison with Heritage Services New England College of Optometry 424 Beacon Street Peter Kehoe, OD Boston, MA 02115 Board of Directors 617.587.5579 Optometry Cares – The AOA Foundation [email protected] [email protected] W. Howard McAlister, OD, MA, MPH Staff Associate Professor Emeritus College of Optometry Brittany Broombaugh University of Missouri-St. Louis Director 3145 Barrett Station Road Optometry Cares – The AOA Foundation St. Louis, MO 63122 314.983.4176 314.882.1786 [email protected] [email protected] Kirsten Pourroy Hébert Raymond I. Myers, OD Heritage Services Specialist Emeritus Clinical Professor The Archives & Museum of Optometry College of Optometry Optometry Cares – The AOA Foundation University of Missouri-St. Louis 314.983.4136 2627 Keebler Road [email protected] Maryville, IL 62062 314.503.3334 (Mob); 888.313.8714 (Fax) [email protected] ATTACHMENT B: MINUTES Optometric Historical Society Committee Minutes from the Conference Call Thursday, September 12, 2019 12-1:30 PM CT CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL The meeting was called to order at 12:01 PM (CDT). Lilien Vogl, O.D. (Chair), CALL Linda Casser, O.D., Heather Edmonds, M.L.I.S., W. Howard McAlister, O.D., Raymond I. Myers, O.D., (Members-at-Large); David Goss, O.D., Ph.D (Editor, Hindsight), Pete Kehoe, O.D. (Optometry Cares Liaison); Brittany Broombaugh, and Kirsten Hébert (Staff). APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION #1: Dr. W. Howard McAlister moved that the minutes from the FROM PRIOR MEETING annual meeting on June 21, 2019 be approved. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved. AGENDA ITEMS 1. Reports on OHS Statistics, Accomplishments and Updates 2. Update on OHS Restructuring Proposal to the OC Board 3. Update on Status of Hindsight Future Issues 4. Blast from the Past 2020 Topic and Speaker 5. OHS Nomination to the NOHF 2020 ADJOURN Dr. Lilien Vogl adjourned the meeting at 12:39 PM (CT). ATTACHMENT C: REPORTS NOVEMBER 2019 REPORTS September-November 2019 Prepared by: Kirsten Hebert Heritage Services Specialist PUBLICATIONS // NOVEMBER 2019 0 1 HINDSIGHT VOLUME 50 VOLUME 50: ISSUES 1-4 The OHS has successfully completed the publication of issues 1-4 of Volume 50 of Hindsight with four themed issues featuring 25 articles and 19 unique authors. January 2019 April 2019 Volume 50, Number 1 Volume 50, Number 2 July 2019 October 2019 Volume 50, Number 3 Volume 50, Number 4 JOURNAL PERFORMANCE // NOVEMBER 2019 0 2 HINDSIGHT USAGE STATISTICS TOTAL: 1,070 UNIQUE PAGEVIEWS For the period September 1-November 1, 2019 users generated 1,070 unique pageviews for Hindsight's electronic edition. Total Article Downloads September 1-November 1, 2019: 978 Top 5 Downloaded Articles: Comments on the current Status of the Study of Optometry History (78) OHS Co-Founder Henry W Hosftetter (1914-2002 (71) The Challenge of Preserving the Artifacts of Optometric History (70) How an Optometric Collector Became an Optometric Archivist (67) Professor Henry W Hofstetter (61) JOURNAL PERFORMANCE // NOVEMBER 2019 0 3 NEW METRICS AT OJS Beginning in October, Online Journal System started providing article-level metrics on the landing page. This is another advantage of the electronic edition for both authors and publishers. Number of downloads per month DISCOVERABILITY // NOVEMBER 2019 0 4 ARTICLE FEATURES IN AOA FOCUS We continue to cooperate with AOA Focus to increase readership and raise visibility of the Hindsight by running reprints of articles: September/Oct 2019 November/Dec 2019 Coming up: AOA Focus January 2020: Enoch, J. (2000) First known lenses originating in Egypt about 4800 years ago. 31(2):9-18. (reprinted from Cogan Ophthalmic History Society, volume 1, 1999) AOA Focus March 2020: Davis, V. and Vogl, L. (2020-In Press) Gertrude Stanton: Biography of the First Woman Licensed to Practice Optometry in the United States. 51(1): TBD. PUBLICITY // NOVEMBER 2019 0 5 SOCIAL MEDIA Optometry Cares continues to promote the activities of the OHS in our weekly "Throwback Thursday" Facebook posts. This year our #TBT Facebook posts have made over 20,000 impressions and reached 14, 000 Facebook users. UPCOMING EVENTS // NOVEMBER 2019 0 6 BLAST FROM THE PAST 2020 Overview and Appreciation of the Historical and Related Research Resources of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (COPE - 1 hour). Friday, June 26, 2020 11am-12pm Gaylord National Resort at the National Harbor in Washington Jeffrey S. Reznick, Ph.D. Chief, History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine Thu Tran, B.S. George Mason University Intern, Web Design/Social Media National library of Medicine 2020 THEMED ISSUES Women In Optometry, January and April 2020 Military Optometry, July 2020 Soft Contact Lenses, October 2020 ATTACHMENT D: HINDSIGHT THEMED ISSUES -- STATUS REPORT The following articles have been identified for publication in the themed issues approved in March 2019. Each issue of Hindsight is a maxiumum of 28 pages of article text, including editorials. Volume/Issue Topic Articles Authors Status Vol 51 No 1-2 Jan/April 2020 Women in Optometry Guest Editorial Casser In Progress Bio Gertrude Stanton (1901) Davis/Vogl Draft in Revision Bio Minerva Weinstein (1915) Hebert Draft in Progress Bio Metzger and Boyd (1933/1963) King/Goss Draft in Revision Bio Bessie Coleman (1934) Hebert Draft in Progress Bio Ruth Morris (1943) Newcomb Ready for Production Bio Libby Sukoff (1956) Thau/Sukoff Draft in Revision Bio Lois Bing (1958) Newcomb Ready for Production Bio Siu Wong (1968) Wong, Siu Draft in Revision Joan Exford/Women in Leadership Gonzalez, Jennifer Draft in Revision (1993) Volume 51 No 3 July 2020 Military Optometry Vietnam Service Memoir Powell, Richard Copyediting Aerospace Optometry Mittelman, Michael Draft in review TBD COL Michelle Aaron; Solicited COL Adrienne Ari; CAPT Marrie Read; CAPT Penny Walter Pending topic Thomson, Emily Possible Overview Military Optometry McAlister/Weaver/Davis In progress Cannon, Wayne (Reserves) McAlister/Hebert Solicited Guest Editorial Amos, John In progress Corina van de Pol Van de Pol Solicited Optometry and Veterans Affairs Newcomb, Robert Draft in Review Navy Optometry Vogl Solicited From the Archives: AFOS 1970 Hebert, Kirsten In progress Page 1 of 2: Attachment D Volume/Issue Topic Articles Authors Status Volume 51 No 4 October or 52 Soft Contact Lenses Advancements in Ocular Physiology Lowther or Hill Solicitation in progress No 1 Jan 2021 during the Soft Contact Lens Era (proposed) Contact Lens Materials Changes since Jean Jacobs, William Solicitation in progress the Soft lens introduction. Meyers, or Ralph Stone (proposed) Vision developments associated with TBD Solicitation in progress Contact Lens Wear TBD Parker, Carol Author inquiry UNASSIGNED Treating Museum Objects as Text: Hebert, Kirsten In Press Part II Bio Maria Dablemont: Part II Hebert, Pending Review Kirsten/Brandes, Lynn Book Review: Discoveries by Key Aggarwala, Karan Draft in Review Contributors in Optical Sciences from Pre-History till the Nineteenth Century Retinal Control of Ocular Focus: Aggarwala, Karan Draft in Review Kruger Gems from My Antique Spectacle Bergin, Cheryl Draft in Review Collection Page 2 of 2: Attachment D ATTACHMENT E: BLAST FROM THE PAST 2020 Overview and Appreciation of the Historical and Related Research Resources of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Jeffrey Reznick, Ph.D. National Library of Medicine Thu Tran, B.S., George Mason University, Intern, NLM Friday, June 26, 2020, 11am-12pm, Room TBD COPE ID: Pending; Total CE Hours: 1 Description: Instructor will give an overview and description of the resources held in the National Library of Medicine relevant to optometry. This course will enhance provider ability to conduct thorough literature searches in support of evidence-based practice. CONFIRMED Also supported by the OHS: Cyclosporine vs Lifitigrast Dawn of Justice Todd Zelczak, O.D. Friday, June 26, 2020, Exhibit Hall Theater COPE ID: 52440-AS Total CE Hours: 1 Description: The introduction of topical cyclosporine for the treatment of dry eye in 2003 launched a new frontier of dry eye research and technology. During the past decade clinicians have seen dry eye redefined and classified as well as protocols established for diagnosis and treatment options based on large scale studies and international workshops. Not until years later, in July of 2016, did the FDA approve the newest drug for the treatment for the signs and symptoms of dry eye in lifitigrast.
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