Ever wish you could take potions class like Harry Potter? Take a break from your academic routine at the HS/HSL on Wednesday, October 19th for the next event in the Harry Potter Series.

Lecture: The Medicinal Magic of Modern Compounding: Potions Class for the 21st Century

Richard Dalby, Professor and Associate Dean, School of Pharmacy

Wednesday October 19th,  12:oo pm – 1:00 pm, Distance Education Room Lower Level (LL02)

Professors Richard Dalby and James Polis will provide a modern twist on Potions Class by explaining how pharmacists compound medications to meet critical patients care needs. Using colored dyes in place for drugs, they will demonstrate how creams, thermosetting gels, powder papers or capsules can deliver customized medications to patients.

The exhibit “Harry Potters World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” is on display at the HS/HSL Weise Gallery from September 18th – November 5th. For more information click here or call 410-706-7996.

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshop:

RefWorks, Wednesday October 19th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland, Faculty, Students, and Staff and UMMC Staff. This weeks workshops:

Grant Proposal Writing, Tuesday October 4th, 1pm-4pm

Locating the Evidence, Tuesday October 5th, 12pm-1pm

For full course descriptions and registration, click here

The Historical Collections Room will be close from October 3rd – October 7th. It will reopen Monday, October 10th.

Please come to the HS/HSL’s Weise Gallery, September 26th from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm for the opening reception of the Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine exhibit. Cake will be provided and you can enter into a drawing for a special prize by answering questions about the exhibit. For further details about the exhibit click here.

Harry Potter is coming to UM! Visit “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine”, an exhibit on display at the Health Sciences & Human Services Library from September 18 – November 5. The exhibit uses the National Library of Medicine’s History of Medicine collections to explore the world of Harry Potter, its roots in Renaissance science, and the ethical questions that affected not only the wizards in J.K. Rowling’s books, but also the historical thinkers featured in the series. Exhibit panels present the works of 15th- and 16th-century scholars and explore their perceptions of natural philosophy, medicine, and magic. Renaissance texts are used to highlight some of the fantastic creatures and plants featured in the novels.

More information about Potter-themed events will be coming soon!

For information on the exhibit and related programs, click here or call 410-706-7996.

The HS/HSL offers free workshops to all University of Maryland Faculty, Students, and Staff, and UMMC staff. Registrations is free.

Workshops this week:

• RefWorks, Tuesday September 13th, 12pm-1pm, LL03 and LL04
• Journals: Finding Full Text in 30, Wednesday September 14th, 12:30pm-1pm, LL03

For registration and full course descriptions, click here. Walk-ins are welcome!

Cilia is an open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes high quality basic and translational research on the biology of cilia and diseases associated with ciliary dysfunction. Many experimental approaches are welcomed, including cell and developmental biology, human and molecular genetics, and use of model organisms.

To access this and other open access journals you can go to Biomed Central.

The Library will be closed Friday, September 2, 2011 through Monday, September 5, 2011
for the Baltimore Grand Prix and Labor Day.

Due to Hurricane Irene the library will only be open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday August 27th.

The library will be closed all day on Sunday August 28th.