Based on the number of inquiries we have had about donating books, we are expanding our holiday giving project to include accepting your donations! Anyone who wishes to donate a book should either drop them off at the Information Serviced … Continue reading →

Help spark a love for reading while helping to increase the literacy skills of the children visiting the new UMB Community Engagement Center.  As part of the Library’s Holiday Giving Project, HS/HSL staff will be purchasing children’s books for the … Continue reading →

A system wide scheduled maintenance may impact access to library resources, including access to electronic journals and databases. This will take place at 11:00 pm on Wednesday 11/25.

The HS/HSL will be closed Thursday 11/26 and Friday 11/27 in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will resume regular hours Saturday 11/28. Happy Thanksgiving!

Please join the HS/HSL on Tuesday, December 1st from 4:00 – 6:00 pm for the opening reception of Joseph Sheppard’s exhibit, The Human Figure, Anatomical Drawings. You can RSVP to events@hshsl.umaryland.ed or call 410-706-7545. For more information on the exhibit … Continue reading →

Joseph Sheppard’s current exhibit “The Human Figure, Anatomical Drawings” will be on display November 1, 2015 through March 31st, 2016 in the Frieda O. Weise Gallery on the first floor of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the … Continue reading →

Click here to read about Relative Citation Ratio, a new metric that uses citation rates to measure influence at the article level.

The HS/HSL will be providing free snacks on Tuesday October 27th at 4:00 pm in celebration of National Medical Librarians Month. Come by the library, have a snack, and meet some of the librarians at the HS/HSL!

Join the HS/HSL  for “Halloween Candy Chemistry: Caramels, Gummies, Jellies, and Candy Corn”  webcast at HS/HSL on Thursday, October 29 at 1:00 pm in Room LL05, on the lower level of the library. Learn that not all caramels are the same, … Continue reading →

With unique historical collections worth millions of dollars, staff at the HS/HSL weren’t taking any chances this past Friday as rain continued and Hurricane Joaquin began its slow trip up the east coast.  After Governor Hogan announced a state of … Continue reading →