601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore MD 21201-1512
Reference: 410-706-7996
Circulation: 410-706-7928
The HSHSL’s building hours will expand beginning Monday, February 7th. The new hours are:
| Monday – Sunday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
Policies
The HSHSL is open to:
KN95 masks are required
Do you need an article or book that the HSHSL does not have access to? UMB faculty, staff and students can order interlibrary loans (ILL). The turn-around time is fast and the service is free for students.
From the HSHSL’s homepage, click the drop-down list for “Resources” and choose “Request Articles & Books.” Next, 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).
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 form with the required citation information 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. Click “Submit Request” and your order will be processed promptly.
Questions? Contact Resource Sharing at 410-706-3239 or email rs@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
The HSHSL building will be closed on Monday, January 17 for the Martin Luther King Holiday. We will return to our regular hours, M-F, 8am – 6pm on Tuesday, January 18. Questions? Email hshsl@umaryland.edu.
The HSHSL, through its Woven Stories Project, invites campus community members to share a photograph of an item or items that represents their personal culture. Woven Stories aims to capture the diversity of UMB’s campus through photographs of items of cultural significance like a recipe, a book, a piece of art, food, creative work, clothing, a musical piece, an instrument, or a textile, to name just a few.
The following story highlights Christina Pabon-Buck’s beloved caldero. Christina is a Research and Education Librarian at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library.
When I think about my family, my culture, and significant events, I think about this little well-seasoned caldero, the unsung hero behind so many delicious meals. From arroz con pollo to carne guisada this little caldero played an important part. A caldero is a steel pot with a tight lid used for cooking rice, braising meats, and making stews. The caldero our family used until a few years ago was a gift to my mom in 1972. I can only imagine how many dishes were cooked in the caldero. Recently, my mother gave my son his own caldero. After seasoning it for a month, we made our first batch of arroz con gandules. Seeing my son measure out rice, water, and add in sofrito to his dish was a full circle moment. I love that he too can appreciate his Puerto Rican heritage through something that feeds the body and the soul.
To submit your own photographs and memories, go to the Woven Stories page. Submissions should be in the form of a photograph and a paragraph describing its importance to you. Photographs should be at least 1200 x 1200 pixels. Multiple submissions are welcome and can be made anonymously by leaving the name and email fields on the form blank.
For questions or concerns, contact: diversity@hshsl.umaryland.edu
In response to the Omicron variant the HSHSL is changing our hours and some policies beginning Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Hours
Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 6:00pm
Virtual reference will be available over the weekends (hshsl@umaryland.edu).
Who Can Enter?
UMB faculty, staff, and students, UMMC and VA staff.
Mask Policy
K-N95 masks are required at all times in all areas of the building unless you are alone in a study room with the door closed.
Eating
Eating is only allowed in study rooms with the door closed. Study rooms are single use only.
UMB and CDC guidance will determine how long these changes will remain in effect.
The HSHSL has produced a 2022 calendar, Bloom, composed of Botanical Prints from the Historical Pharmacy Collection. The calendar features twelve beautiful, seasonally appropriate florals dating from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A limited number of calendars are available for purchase from the HSHSL for $8. Click here to purchase yours today! After purchase the calendar will be available for pick up at the HSHSL’s Information Services Desk. Contact the desk at 410-706-7995.
The HSHSL is proud to share our FY2021 Annual Report. View it here to learn about the many successes and accomplishments we achieved.
Read about our $10 million award to serve as both the Region 1 Regional Medical Library and the national headquarters of the NNLM Web Services Office, our Citizen Science MOOC, the new Center for Data and Bioinformatics Services (CDABS), our pilot publishing fund for early career researchers who publish in open access journals, the beautiful renovations on the 2nd and 5th floors, plus much more!
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The UMB Council for Arts & Culture and the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) have organized an exhibition in the Library’s Frieda O. Weise Gallery to celebrate artists featured in 1807, An Art and Literary Journal, Issue 3 (Autumn 2021). Faculty, staff, and student artists contributed pieces for the display, including pottery, acrylics, photography, collage, drawing, poetry, and mixed medium pieces. The exhibit will be on display until January 15, 2022.