Category Archives: News

Cybersecurity and You – A Free Conference on Fri. April 8, 2016

Posted on February 19, 2016 by HS/HSL

Registration is now open for the one-day conference, “Cybersecurity and You: Issues in Higher Education and Beyond,” organized by Health Sciences and Human Services Library, Thurgood Marshall Law Library and Center for Information Technology Services at the University of Maryland, … Continue reading →

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New Bibliometric Measure of Article Influence

Posted on January 6, 2016 by ebrown

In an article posted to bioRxiv on October 22, 2015, four NIH scientists proposed a new bibliometric measure of article influence. This measure, called the Relative Citation Ratio (RCR), is presented as an alternative to using Journal Impact Factor to measure the … Continue reading →

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HS/HSL’s Project SHARE Curriculum to be Used for National AHEC Study

Posted on January 5, 2016 by ebrown

In mid-November the HS/HSL received some great news from the National Library of Medicine (NLM): The HS/HSL’s Project SHARE curriculum was unanimously selected by the National AHEC Organization for a study to test the replicability of teen health information literacy … Continue reading →

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Library Genie Results

Posted on January 4, 2016 by ebrown

Over the month of October, the Library Genie asked for your top three library wishes. The number one wish was for water bottle filling stations, followed by requests for better lighting, more of the popular “space pod” study seats, and … Continue reading →

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Expertise, Resources, Place – HS/HSL Strategic Plan, 2015-2020

Posted on December 14, 2015 by ebrown

Two years and 500 conversations later, the HS/HSL is proud to introduce its new strategic plan – Expertise, Resources, Place. Following a template similar to the one used to develop the University’s plan, the new library plan used an “outside-in” technique, … Continue reading →

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NLM Releases New Health Literacy Tool Shed Website

Posted on December 11, 2015 by ebrown

The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), in collaboration with Boston University School of Medicine is pleased to announce the launch of the Health Literacy Tool Shed: http://healthliteracy.bu.edu/. The Health Literacy Tool Shed is a free, user-friendly, unique, curated online … Continue reading →

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New E-reserves System Coming in January

Posted on December 3, 2015 by ebrown

HS/HSL is pleased to announce that we are transitioning to a new, more advanced course reserves system – Atlas ARES – beginning January 4. A project that the Library and campus IT have been working on for the last nine … Continue reading →

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Notable Tech Trends: Robots Have Arrived

Posted on October 20, 2015 by ebrown

“Pepper” created by Softbank Robotics Corporation The movie, Robot and Frank, describes the future in which the elderly have a robot as their companion and also as a helper that monitors various activities that relate to both mental and physical health. … Continue reading →

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Federal Government Excludes Oral History Interviews From Mandatory IRB Reviews

Posted on October 16, 2015 by ebrown

The US Department of Health and Human Services recently ruled that, “Oral history, journalism, biography, and historical scholarship activities that focus directly on the specific individuals about whom the information is collected” are specifically excluded from human subject regulation. Click for … Continue reading →

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HS/HSL Donates Computers to Community

Posted on October 13, 2015 by ebrown

The HS/HSL recently updated the PCs and the monitors in its three library classrooms. Some of PCs and monitors that were removed were donated to Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy (VTTMAA). VTTMAA provides an academic program that encourages students … Continue reading →

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