Do You Use Generative AI? Short Survey

Generative AI Survey

Please take a few moments to complete our survey, sharing your experiences, thoughts, and use cases related to generative AI.

As part of our efforts to understand the technological landscape within our university community, HSHSL librarians are conducting a survey to explore the prevalence and usage of generative AI, such as ChatGPT or Microsoft Copilot, on campus. We hope to use this information to better identify areas in which the library can support or collaborate with the campus community on AI-related issues.

Take the brief survey here.

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Collab Lab Student Exhibit + Silent Auction

Unknown artists for group project.

The HSHSL’s current Collab Lab Exhibit showcases student artwork from Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in the library’s Weise Gallery. This is our second partnership with the School, located in West Baltimore and serving grades PreK through 8th. In this latest exhibit of lively and vibrant collaborative paintings, students worked in groups, focusing on cooperation rather than competition.

Using the circle as a central design element, the students aimed for radial symmetry in the finished works, producing a delightful mix of colors, shapes, and splashes. The project required them to work together as equals and pool ideas. The children learned to appreciate their similarities and differences in a supportive environment.

The HSHSL is holding a silent auction for this engaging student art throughout its residence at the Library (February 21 – March 22, 2024). If you see a piece you enjoy, write your email and bid on the bid sheet next to the artwork. Winning bidders will be notified at the close of the exhibit. All proceeds will benefit the Mother Mary Lange school.

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Check Out the Graphic Medicine Collection

Graphic medicine describes the intersection of comics and health care. The combination can lead to a deeper understanding of the experience of conditions such as pain, motherhood, epilepsy, & anxiety to name but a few. Browse the HSHSL’s graphic medicine collection on the library’s 1st floor or even share a suggestion of your own.

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HSHSL Opening 9:45am Sat., February 17

Inclement Weather Announcement

Due to inclement weather, the HSHSL will have a delayed opening on Saturday, February 17. The Library will open at 9:45am.

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New Datasets added to UMB Data Catalog

Woman sits at computer monitor. The UMB Data Catalog is on the screen.

Happy Love Data Week! To kick things off, we are publishing the first in a new monthly series showcasing recent submissions to the UMB Data Catalog. The UMB Data Catalog facilitates discovery of data by providing a searchable and browsable collection of records describing datasets generated by UMB researchers. Sharing a record of your data in the Catalog is also a great way to demonstrate compliance with data sharing policies!

The latest records showcase datasets focusing on the biodiversity of mosquito bacterial communities, the influence of high-performance media on extracellular vesicles, the role of the dorsal bed nucleus of the striatal terminalis in motivated behaviors, and a rapid, cost-effective protocol for single nucleus isolation. Congrats to our UMB researchers on these publications!

Title: An optimized protocol for single nuclei isolation from clinical biopsies for RNA-seq
Authors:  Thomas V. Rousselle, Jennifer M. McDaniels, Amol C. Shetty, Elissa Bardhi, Daniel G. Maluf, Valeria R. Mas
URL: https://datacatalog.hshsl.umaryland.edu/dataset/209

Title: Approaches to Potentiated Neuroprotective Treatment in the Rodent Model of Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
Authors: Zara Mehrabian, Yan Guo, Neil R. Miller, Amanda D. Henderson, Steven Roth, Steven L. Bernstein
URL:  https://datacatalog.hshsl.umaryland.edu/dataset/206

Title: Culture Condition of Bone Marrow Stromal cells Affects Quantity and Quality of the Extracellular Vesicles
Authors: Amanda L. Scheiber, Cierra A. Clark, Takashi Kaito, Masahiro Iwamoto, Edwin M Horwitz, Yuka Imamura Kawasawa, Satoru Otsuru
URL: https://datacatalog.hshsl.umaryland.edu/dataset/210

Title: Relative contributions of various endogenous and exogenous factors to the mosquito microbiota
Authors:  Haikel N. Bogale, Abdoulaye K. Kone, Matthew V. Cannon, Ogobara K. Doumbo, Kalil Keita, Mahamadou A. Thera, Denka Camara, Christopher V. Plowe, Yaya Barry, Mark Travassos, Moussa Keita, Seth Irish, Drissa Coulibaly, David Serre
URL: https://datacatalog.hshsl.umaryland.edu/dataset/211

Thanks to Metadata Librarian, Eva Greitzer for creating and compiling these records!

Want to see your data listed in the UMB Data Catalog? Submit this form to get the process started.

Questions? Email us at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu.

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HSHSL Welcomes Dean Emily Hurst

On Feb 1, 2024, the Library enthusiastically welcomed Emily Hurst, MSLS, as the new dean of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) and associate vice provost at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).

Emily has over 15 years of experience working for health science libraries. She comes to us from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU, where she oversaw the operations of a diverse group of liaison librarians and ensured that the library met the information needs of health sciences students, faculty, and staff. She is committed to improving library relationships with university groups and supporting community health information needs.

The HSHSL is proud to start a new and exciting chapter in partnership with the students, faculty, and staff at UMB and our neighbors in the Baltimore community.

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New Library Interface Coming This Spring

Young woman at a library computer with a friend.

The HSHSL, along with the 17 other USMAI library consortium members, will transition to a new library discovery service on May 23, 2024. This new system, Alma Primo, will streamline your searches and access to resources in the library, across the consortium, and on the web. You will be able to manage your loans, requests, and citations all from the same interface.

We will provide updates as we transition to the new service, particularly on any temporary service changes or suspensions. If you have any further questions, please contact Steven Douglas (sdouglas@hshsl.umaryland.edu).

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Love Data Week 2024 Starts Monday, Feb 12

Love Data Week (Feb. 12 to 16) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community on issues like data management, sharing, wrangling, and visualization, as well as open and reproducible science.

This year’s theme is “My Kind of Data,” which is meant “to explore the personal aspect of data, focusing on equity, inclusion, and creating a kinder world through data.” Check out the week’s events below and follow the links to register:

Writing Data Management Plans with DMPTool Workshop + CDABS Office Hours
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
HSHSL Collaborative Learning Room (LL02)
Register

Workshop (12:00pm to 12:30pm)
Researchers, do you have an upcoming grant application that requires you to write a data management or data sharing plan? In this workshop, we will cover the components of good data management plans with a particular eye toward NIH data sharing requirements. Participants will be introduced to the DMPTool, an online platform which provides plan templates and guidance from most major funders.

Office hours (12:30pm to 1:30pm)
Stay after the workshop or drop in anytime during the hour to work on your data management plan. CDABS Data Librarians will be on hand to answer questions and review plans.

Panel Discussion: Telling Baltimore Stories Through Data
February 15, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Zoom
Register

Panelists:
      Cheryl Knott
, Assistant Director, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance – Jacob France Institute
      Ryan Little, Data Editor, The Baltimore Banner
      James Sadler, Director of Research, Baltimore’s Promise

Join us for an engaging virtual panel discussion that aims to introduce the UMB community to diverse datasets about Baltimore. This event will offer valuable insights into data science, analytics, and visualization. During our conversation, panelists will introduce their projects and reflect on their experience working with data for social justice, offer suggestions to achieve a fair representation of diverse communities in Baltimore, and discuss tools that aided in resolving these challenges. By bringing together experts in the field, we aim to encourage universitycommunity partnerships and support data initiatives that positively impact the city

And check out these events from our friends at NNLM and ICPSR:

The Network of the National of Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 1 presents Artificial Intelligence & Healthcare: An Overview for the Curious
February 13, 2024, 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Register at NNLM

AI is widely utilized in healthcare. This presentation provides a friendly introduction to the topic for librarians, health professionals, and anyone with an interest in the topic. Attendees will come away informed about the field’s history, conversant with definitions of important concepts, an understanding of how AI can become biased (and what that means for patients), and familiar with some of the many ways that AI is currently being used in healthcare.

ICPSR Love Data Week Events
As the official organizers of Love Data Week, the ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) data repository has an exciting week of webinars planned to introduce some of their many data resources. Topics include:

  • Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR) – A Population Health Data Archive
  • Child and Family Data Archive (CFData)
  • Balancing Data Sharing and Protection
  • Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR)
  • Metadata Documentation Portal

They are also continuing their annual Adopt-A-Dataset event! Visit the ICPSR website for more information and to register.

Questions? Reach out to Data Services Librarians Amy Yarnell and Irma Fraticelli at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu

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HSHSL Closed Friday, Jan 19

The HSHSL will be closed Friday, January 19 due to inclement weather.

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Library Closed for MLK Holiday

Martin Luther King Day

The HSHSL will be closed Monday, January 15 in honor
of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

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