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 Desk, or place them on the shelves near the READBOX display in the Library.

Thanks to all you have already submitted book title suggestions. We will be accepting suggestions (and now books) until mid-January, so there’s still time!

So, help the Health Sciences & Human Services Library spark a love for reading while helping to increase the literacy skills of the young children visiting the new UMB Community Engagement Center (located in the UMB BioPark at 1 North Poppleton St).  As part of the Library’s Holiday Giving Project, the HS/HSL staff and faculty will purchase children’s books — based on your suggestions — for the Center.

Let us know which books were your favorites, or which ones your children love. They may be those simply read for fun, or those that inspired, encouraged, or opened your eyes to a new world!  We are especially interested in books for children from infancy through middle school.

Look for the READBOX at the Library to submit your suggestions (not actual books, just titles), or submit them by clicking on My Favorite Books.   For more information about the Library’s Holiday Giving Project, contact librarian Mary Ann Williams at mwilliam@hshsl.umaryland.edu.