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Recent analyses of gastrointestinal operations document that complications are a key driver of readmissions. Pancreatectomy is a high outlier with respect to readmission. This analysis sought to determine if a multifactorial approach could reduce readmissions after pancreatectomy.

This section offers horticultural news briefs. These include the publication of the book titled "The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas" by George M. Diggs Jr. and Barney L. Lipscomb by the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), the personal library of landscape architect and Cal Poly Pomona Professor Emeritus Jeff Olson given to Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Library and the art exhibit "Etchings of Eden: Plants from California's Native and Cultivated Gardens."

This section offers news briefs from U.S. West Coast members of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Inc. (CBHL) as of February 2012. The Helen Crocker Russell Library (HCRL) received a grant from the S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation. HCRL hosts an exhibition of paintings by Lucy Martin. University of California Santa Barbara librarian Laurie Hannah is working on a project to inventory and catalog the archives of the University of California Natural Reserve System (NRS).

The article presents news briefs on members of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Newsletter. Brian L. Norbury passed away and was remembered by the people he worked with in the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. The book collection of Doctor Howard Scott Gentry was donated at the Schilling Library of the Desert Botanical Garden. The seed catalog of the Andersen Horticultutral Library is now available via the web.

The author discusses a tour at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Illinois on May 18, 2011. She describes the Plant Science Library, Visitor Gallery, and Green Roof Garden of the Center. With its sustainable and energy efficient features designed by architectural firm Booth Hansen, she shares that the Center previously earned a Gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating.

In this article, the author focuses on his tour experience of small farms The Pepperfield Project and Canoe Creek Produce which is home to many varieties of crops and farm animals and was treated with al fresco meal of wine, cheese and dishes made from produce of the farms.