As one of the last steps in the HS/HSL’s strategic planning process, we will be holding a town hall forum for faculty and staff on Friday, March 27 at noon in the Gladhill Board Room on the 5^th Floor of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library. Come and share your ideas regarding the library.

• What are we doing well?
• What can we improve or do more?
• What does the library of the future look like to you?  What expertise should we have? What resources should we provide? What about new technologies? And what about the building?
• Or just come and discuss anything else that comes to mind!

So bring your lunch and join us at noon on March 27^th .  Drinks and dessert will be provided.  See you then.

If you can’t make it to the forum, please feel free to contact M.J. Tooey, AVP Academic Affairs and Executive Director HS/HSL at mjtooey@hshsl.umaryland.edu to share your thoughts.

M.J. Tooey, MLS, AHIP, FMLA

Do you need to order an article or book that the HS/HSL does not have access to? UMB faculty, staff and students can order interlibrary loans for free using our ILLiad service.

From the HS/HSL’s homepage choose “Request Articles & Books” and click on the big blue button that says “Login with UMID and Password.”  If you are a first time user there will be a short registration process (you will need the 14-digit number on the back of your UM One Card id badge).

Next, choose which type of request you need from the list on the left-hand side of the page: journal article, book, or book chapter.  Fill in the required citation information in the form and click the blue “Submit Request” button.

You can also make requests when you are searching databases.  If you need something we do not own, click on the yellow “Find It” button and choose “Order a Copy of This Item.”  You will be directed to the ILL form with the citation data already filled in.  You just have to click “Submit Request!”