For over a year, the team at the HS/HSL has been working on gathering input for its new strategic plan.  Using a variety of methods, we’ve received some good feedback.

Here is one last opportunity to help us shape our future.  By April 17, please go to this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YRW63P6 and complete four open-ended questions.  They should take no more than 10-15 minutes.

If you have additional ideas or would just prefer to provide direct input please feel free to contact HS/HSL Executive Director, M.J. Tooey via email – mjtooey@hshsl.umaryland.edu  or by calling 410-706-7545.

On Tuesday, April 7th a power outage caused the HS/HSL to have limited access to databases and journals.  Full access has now been restored.

Five hundred years ago, Andreas Vesalius was born in Brussels, Belgium. He came to be known as the Father of Anatomy, and his seven volumes entitled De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (Latin for “On the fabric of the human body in seven books”) are legendary for their attention to anatomical detail. These volumes are illustrated with woodcuts that not only detail dissection but also illustrate the anatomical theater of the 16th century at the University of Padua. Over the centuries, these woodcuts have evolved with the artists producing them.

On February 27, the HS/HSL was delighted to unveil a wonderful interpretation of Vesalius by noted Baltimore Realist artist, Joseph Sheppard. The 5 foot by 4 foot painting, donated by Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr., depicts Vesalius in the anatomical theater at Padua, performing a dissection before a large audience. The painting’s ceremonial unveiling featured remarks by HS/HSL Executive Director, M.J. Tooey, UMB President Dr. Jay Perman, Mr. Rosenberg, and Mr. Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard’s remarks were a mini master class in Renaissance Art and his interpretation of symbolism within the painting. The large painting, with its riot of color, can be seen on the fifth floor of the Library as you exit the elevator. As one of the guests remarked, “It looks as though that wall space was always waiting for that painting.”

The HS/HSL will be launching a new Innovation Space, which will feature a 3D Printing Service. We want your input on what we should name this new space! All UMB Faculty, Students, and Staff can provide one submission.

The winning submission will win a $50 gift card for Shapeways, the world’s largest online 3D Printing Service, Community and Marketplace. All individuals who provide a submission will be entered into a drawing where we will give away five $10 Starbucks gift cards.

Click here to submit

The Innovation Space initiative is paid for out of the UMB Foundation through private donations.

In order to get a better handle on resource usage – who and why – a survey will appear when users log in to resources during the month of April. The survey will pop up randomly three times every day at different times throughout the month and will ask:

1. whether the user is faculty, staff or student
2. with what school or unit the user is affiliated
3. the purpose for the use (research, assignments)

M.J. Tooey, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Executive Director of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, explained, “We are hoping this survey will not be too intrusive, but it is critical during these times of budget and resources cuts to get a good picture of who is using HS/HSL resources.”

Title: Community Labs as Centers of Innovation and Learning
Date: Wednesday April 15, 2015
Time: 11:30 AM – 1 PM (Talk begins at Noon)
Location: Elm Ballroom, SMC (Southern Management Corporation Campus Center)
RSVP: E-mail to events@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
Live-streaming: http://bit.ly/whatsnextseries

Do you want to know “what’s next.?” Join the HS/HSL as we close our 200^th Anniversary celebration and launch a new speaker series, “What’s Next…?”  This new series will focus on innovative thought leaders’ discussing exciting developments shaping the future of health, health science, and the human condition.

On April 15, our inaugural speaker is Dr. Ellen Jorgensen. Dr. Jorgensen is the co-founder and Executive Director of Genspace, a nonprofit community laboratory dedicated to promoting citizen science and access to biotechnology, and is currently adjunct faculty at New York Medical College, Scientist-In-Residence at the School of Visual Arts, and a Visiting Professor at The Cooper Union. She is a noted expert on bio-hacking and citizen science. Her TED Talk, “Biohacking, You Can Do It Too,” from 2012 was invigorating, exciting, and thought provoking and has received almost 1 million views. Her presentation on the 15^th will be “Community Labs as Centers of Innovation and Learning.”

Join us at us at 11:30 a.m. in the Elm Ballroom at the Southern Management Corporation Campus (SMC) Center for a light luncheon and her talk. While there is no charge for the luncheon, registration is required so that we can plan accordingly. Reserve your space by emailing events@hshsl.umaryland.edu.

Can’t make it to the lecture in person? Consider watching the live feed. This feed will be available on Wednesday 4/15/15 during the lecture.

This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. HHS-N-276-2011-00004-C with the University of Maryland, Baltimore.