601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore MD 21201-1512
Reference: 410-706-7996
Circulation: 410-706-7928
Floors will be closed on the following days to non-building staff when carpets are being cleaned.
1st floor – Monday, January 13
2nd floor – Tuesday, January 14
3rd floor – Wednesday, January 15
4th floor – Wednesday, January 15
5th floor – Thursday, January 16
Lower Level – Thursday, January 16
Due to a scheduled update to our systems, online resources such as databases and journals may be unavailable from 10pm on Friday 1/10 to noon on Saturday 1/11.
Contact the Information Services desk for help at 410-706-7995 or hshsl@umaryland.edu.
In spring 2020, the PubMed.gov database will transform into a modern hub with a fast, reliable, and intuitive search that connects people to the world’s leading sources of biomedical information. The new interface will continue to provide the search features you rely on and integrate enhanced navigation and display tools, including a built-in citation button, the ability to share articles via social media, and a responsive mobile experience.
Once the new PubMed is the default, all links to PubMed will be redirected and run in the new system. This includes searches from the MeSH Database, the NLM Catalog, Clinical Queries, the Single Citation Matcher, and the Batch Citation Matcher. Following the launch, users will continue to have access to the old PubMed system for several months.
If you would like to test out the new PubMed in preparation for the spring 2020 launch, you can visit the PubMed Labs test site. The system is constantly being updated and improved, so your feedback and suggestions as you explore the site are greatly appreciated. To make sure you still see links to the full text of articles through the library’s subscriptions, you can install the LibKey Nomad browser extension. This browser extension for Chrome will display a PDF download button on any website where it can detect available journal articles, including journal websites and library databases.
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
| Friday | 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
Library services and access to classrooms/meeting rooms begin at 8:00 am.
Visitors and borrowing members may not enter the building after 8:00 pm
Late night hours will resume on Monday, January 13, 2020.
The Blackboard courseware management system will be unavailable starting on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at noon because of a major upgrade.
Blackboard will be available by Thursday Jan. 2, 2020, at 7 a.m.
To access course reserves during this time, follow this link: https://ares.hshsl.umaryland.edu/. The HS/HSL will be closed during most of the outage and staff will not be available for technical support:
| Tuesday | December 24, 2019 | 6:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
| Wednesday – Wednesday | Dec. 25 2019 – Jan 1, 2020 | CLOSED |
Earlier this year, students from Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Art and their art instructor, Martin Goggins, visited the Weise Gallery as one of the stops on a campus walking tour led by Brian Sturdivant, director of UMB Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships. At the time, the Gallery was showing Nature’s Spring Sonata, an exhibit of paintings by Maryland first lady, Yumi Hogan.
Hogan’s art inspired the students to create the collection of works in our current exhibit. The students’ artworks include both formal studies of nature, as well as abstract renderings—visions of the natural world in which observation becomes intuition.
As they were creating these works, the students were learning about the impasto process, a technique that involves applying thick layers of paint or pigment that stand out from the surface of the work. Some of the students have incorporated impasto elements in their art. Their colorful, imaginative works will be on display in the Library’s first floor Weise Gallery through January 24, 2020.
December 1, 2019 – January 1, 2020
Regular Hours
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 am – 1:00 am* |
| Friday | 6:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Sunday | 8:00 am – 10:00 pm |
Exceptions to Regular Hours
| Winter Holidays | Tuesday, Dec 24, 2019 – | |
| Wednesday, Jan 1, 2020 | Closed |
*Floors 3, 4 & 5 and library services close at 10:00 pm. From 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, floors 1 & 2 are open for those with a current UMB ID, UMMC ID, or USM campus ID.
Come by the 1st floor Innovation Space to space out and destress with a puzzle!
Congratulations Greg Poku-Dankwah! This School of Dentistry student is the winner of the #iheartumbhshsl contest. He submitted a snappy original song and dance video in homage to the Library. We can’t stop singing it!
The Library Genie will be accepting wishes from November 1 – November 30.
Now is your chance to let us know. Submit your 3 wishes to the Library Genie today! Your wishes will be anonymous, but if you’d be willing to talk more with us about your wishes you can include your name and e-mail address.
Thanks for your input and happy wishing!