The HS/HSL will be closed Saturday 9/3 – Monday 9/5 for the Labor Day holiday. Fall hours will begin on Tuesday, September 6th. Click here to see all HS/HSL hours.
HS/HSL Closed 9/3-9/5 for Labor Day
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Fall Workshops at the HS/HSL
The HS/HSL will be offering free workshops throughout the fall semester. New workshops this semester include APA and Refworks, Introduction to Image J, and Introduction to the Command Line for Managing Genomic Data. Additional workshop topics include citation management, research impact, and creating effective presentations. For full course descriptions and registration click here .
Can’t make one of our regularly scheduled workshops? Considering requesting and On Demand workshop, where a librarian will meet with you to go over workshop material. Click here for On Demand workshops.
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Resources on Precision Medicine through National Library of Medicine
The new Director of National Library of Medicine (NLM) Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD puts a strong focus on precision medicine in the vision she describes for NLM:
I believe the National Library of Medicine has an important role to play in the Precision Medicine Initiative…and I believe that role’s going to be showing up in a number of the existing services already seen in the Library…
National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines precision medicine is “an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person.”
You can learn more about precision medicine and how NIH is already playing an important role in the Precision Medicine Initiative through a number of NLM resources:
- Genetics Home Reference: Read the guide ‘What is precision medicine?” for a simple overview on the subject, and get additional insights on precision medicine topics like: “What is the difference between precision medicine and personalized medicine? What about pharmacogenomics?” and “What is the Precision Medicine Initiative?” Genetics Home Reference also provides this information in a printable PDF that was recently published on August 9, 2016.
- MedlinePlus Magazine: The Fall 2015 issue of the MedlinePlus Magazine has an article describing the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative, along with stories of how precision medicine has already saved lives.
- PubMed: Search through a wide range of articles indexed through PubMed on the topic of precision medicine, including hundreds of systematic reviews often available in free full text
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Access to Databases and Journals Restored
Access to HS/HSL databases and the A-Z list of journals has been restored.
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Access to Databases and Journals Down
Access to HS/HSL databases and journals are currently down. We are working to resolve the issue. The One Search box on the Library’s homepage is still working to access full-text.
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New Poster Printing Service at HS/HSL
The HS/HSL offers poster printing to all UMB faculty, students, and staff and University of Maryland Medical Center staff. Posters will be printed in support of academic, professional, and research purposes.
- Posters are printed on 42″ x 56″ Glossy Paper. Cutting tools are available in the HS/HLS’s Innovation Space if your poster is smaller.
- All posters must be submitted as a PDF file and be no less than 100 dpi. Click here for information about how to set up your poster.
- Cost of poster printing is $50.00. Payment can be made with cash, credit or a fund account.
- You will receive your poster within 2 business days after submission. Click here for poster submission form.
All posters can be picked up at the Information Services Desk.
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RefWorks and Dissertations & Theses Downtime 8/20
Due to upgrades being made by ProQuest both RefWorks and Dissertations and Theses will be unavailable Saturday 8/20 from 1o:00 pm to 8/21 6:00 am. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Research Impact of Paywalled versus Open Access Papers
A new article has been published by 1Science discussing the reasearch impact of paywalled versus open access papers. Chuck Thomas, Executive Director, USMAI Library Consortium, summarized the findings from the article, including:
- Publishing in paywalled journals without green archiving is never an effective impact maximization strategy
- In total, and for all these fields, publishing in paywalled journals with no additional green archiving always yields below average citedness (the average being 1.0).
- Publishing in paywalled journals is the least impactful strategy overall, and the least impactful in 16 out of 22 fields.
- On average, open access papers produce a 50% higher research impact than strictly paywalled papers.
- In all these fields, fostering open access (without distinguishing between gold and green) is always a better research impact maximization strategy than relying on strictly paywalled papers.
- Having a green copy of a paper is the most impactful research communication strategy overall and the best strategy in 19 fields out of 22.
- Green is nearly always more effective than relying strictly on gold (20 out of 22 fields).
- Gold is the best strategy in biology and biomedical research and very close to green in clinical medicine (likely a reflection of the NIH and Wellcome Trust OA mandates).
- Gold has the least impact in six fields.
Click here to read the article.
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August Technology Brown Bag: Resources for Learning Tech Skills on Demand
Learning new technology skills and workflows can be very challenging, especially when strapped for time. Online resources like Lynda.com and edX help people meet these challenges through self-paced video tutorials and projects. Join HS/HSL’s Technology Brown Bag series on August 31st from 12-12:45 pm in room LL05, to learn how to navigate the best of these online resources with regard to:
– genomics
– statistical analysis
– data visualization
– design
– computer programming
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Interim Library Hours: August 15th – September 5th
HS/HSL Interim Hours
August 15th – September 5th
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 am – 10:00 pm |
| Friday | 6:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Sunday | 8:00 am – 10:00 pm |
Exceptions to Regular Hours:
Saturday, September 3rd – Monday, September 5th
CLOSED
EARLY MORNING STUDY FOR UMB STUDENTS! Between 6:00-8:00am, Monday through Friday, enter through the Campus Center with your UMB or UMMC ID. Library services and access to classrooms begin at 8:00 am.
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