Announcing the UMB Entrepreneur Toolkit

Posted on November 1, 2017 by ebrown

The HS/HSL has put together a toolkit of information for entrepreneurs and innovators on campus interested in learning more about intellectual property, starting their own company, innovating, and other related topics.

The guide was constructed with the help of innovative individuals at UMB and will be a “work in progress” to be updated with future suggestions from innovators around campus who would like to contribute to our toolkit.

If you know of a resource that would make a nice addition to our toolkit please email us entre@hshsl.umaryland.edu .  If you are including a webpage or website that you are directly responsible for please include permission for us to link to it.

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Access to RefWorks Restored

Posted on October 30, 2017 by ebrown

RefWorks appears to be functioning properly.  Please let us know if you encounter any further issues.  Contact the Information Services Desk at 410-706-7995 or hshsl.umaryland.edu

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Access to RefWorks Down

Posted on October 30, 2017 by ebrown

Access to RefWorks is temporarily down.  IT has contacted the company and is waiting to hear back about the issue.  We will notify you when it is up and running again and apologize for the inconvenience.

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USM Releases Statement on Open Access

Posted on October 26, 2017 by ebrown

The University System of Maryland has released a statement, endorsed by USM Presidents, Provosts, Library Directors, CUSF, and the USM Student Council supporting and encouraging the use of open access publications. The press release can be read here. The entire statement can be found via a link to a PDF at the bottom of the press release.

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Whiteboard Project: What is Your Favorite Floor in the Library…and Why?

Posted on October 26, 2017 by ebrown

And the big winner is the 5th floor with 29 votes, followed by the 1st floor with 20 votes.  Our other floors garnered some nice comments but did not come close in the tally.  From the notes you left it looks like the 5th floor is considered your quiet comfy spot with great views, while the 1st floor is more convenient for those who need to use our public computers and don’t mind a little background noise.

We appreciate the feedback and will keep it in mind as we work to refresh the first floor and make those Library Genie wishes come true. Plus, you can always send us a suggestion.

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The HS/HSL Partners with TMLL for Access to POLITICO Pro

Posted on October 25, 2017 by HS/HSL

PoliticoPro

In collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall Law Library, the HS/HSL has extended access to POLITICO Pro to the entire campus. This two-year pilot offers granular reporting and analysis across 16 policy coverage areas along with tools, trackers, and data to provide users with key policy intelligence. Areas covered include Education, eHealth, Employment & Immigration, and Health Care. The resource can be accessed on- and off-campus through the database list located on the Library’s homepage or here.

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Request for Information: Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Research on Women¹s Health

Posted on October 20, 2017 by ebrown

Less than 4 weeks remain to submit your comments to the Request for

Information (RFI) on the next Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Research on

Women¹s Health! The strategic plan will be relevant to each NIH IC and

office, so we would appreciate feedback from your respective areas and

scientific communities.

The RFI can be found in the NIH Guide

(https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-108.html).

The ORWH seeks input on three cross-cutting themes:

Theme 1: Expand the Exploration of Sex as a Biological Variable (SABV)

in NIH Research.

Theme 2: A Multidimensional Approach to the Science of Women’s Health.

Theme 3: Quality of Life and Disease Burden over the Life Course.

 

These themes will stimulate new research areas, priorities, and

approaches to help put science to work for the health of women. ORWH

seeks your thoughts on the following:

 

A link within the RFI will take you to a form where you can submit your

ideas, and we encourage you to share the RFI with your colleagues and

stakeholders who have an interest in women¹s health research.

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Browzine Trial, A Simple Way to Explore Scholarly Journals, What Do You Think?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by ebrown

Try BrowZine, a simple way to discover, browse, and read the library’s scholarly journals. BrowZine makes it easy to view a journal’s table of contents and to create a personal bookshelf of your favorite journals. Apps are available for Android and Apple devices.

This is a 4-week pilot project to gauge interest in BrowZine.
Please let us know what you think!

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Meet YOUR Librarian

Posted on October 9, 2017 by ebrown


Social Work, Gail Betz, MSLIS

Each school has a dedicated Research, Education and Outreach librarian, which ensures the best possible service for faculty, staff, and students.

What can your liaison librarian do?

  • Consult with you to assist with literature searching and research
  • Collaborate on comprehensive literature searches for systematic reviews
  • Teach citation management using RefWorks, EndNote, and other systems
  • Gather data to measure your individual, group, or departmental research impact
  • …and much more! Visit the Research Connection page to see all the ways your librarian can help.

Who is my liaison librarian?

 

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Whiteboard Project: What is Your Favorite Tool in the iSpace?

Posted on October 9, 2017 by ebrown

And the winner is 3D Printing with 24 votes, with a surprising number of votes for the dark-horse – button making. We are excited that you see the value in 3D printing and encourage you to subscribe to our iSpace newsletter to keep pace with how faculty and students are using the service.

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