601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore MD 21201-1512
Reference: 410-706-7996
Circulation: 410-706-7928
The Library’s summer hours are:
May 17 – August 20
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. |
| Friday | 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
| Sunday | Closed |
Exceptions to Regular Hours
| Memorial Day Weekend | May 27 – May 29 | Closed |
| Juneteenth | June 19 | Closed |
| July 4th Weekend | July 1, 2, and 4 | Closed |
* The Library will be open Monday, July 3, 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. unless the Campus decides to close.
Contact us at 410-706-7995 or hshsl@umaryland.edu.
In this edition:
The World of Color art exhibit had a short but powerful stay at the Weise Gallery from March 10 – April 10. For those of you who may have missed it, watch our video retrospective and enjoy the fun!
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL), in collaboration with the Medical Alumni Association of the University of Maryland and the UMB Council for the Arts & Culture, will host the exhibit “Transcending Reality” at HSHSL’s Weise Gallery, featuring works by award-winning artist Carol Carpenter.
The exhibit will be on display from April 17 to June 30, with selected works for sale.
About the Artist
Creating works of art encompasses passion, spontaneity, intellect, and self-discovery. Carol Carpenter’s art is meant to “appeal to the senses and heighten the human experience.”
Carpenter is an award-winning artist who has exhibited her abstract paintings in galleries and museums worldwide. She is an intuitive painter who uses “experimental processes and a saturated palette to create vivid works of organic art.”
Learn more about the artist at carpenterfineart.com.
The HSHSL’s expert literature search service is free for UMB faculty and staff. Do you need background research, want to stay current on a topic, or have other projects that require a journal literature review? HSHSL librarians can perform a literature search and send you results. Fill out the request form here.
This service is not available to students. Students can request an online consultation with a librarian for help with their research.
The HSHSL will be closed Sunday, April 9 for the Easter holiday. We will return to our regular hours on Monday, April 10. Please take note that the HSHSL’s front entrance will be temporarily closed as the plaza is renovated. You can enter the Library by going through the Campus Center.
In this edition:
Exciting news on the upgrade to the third-floor space! Beginning in April, the journal collection on the fourth floor will be condensed, allowing journals from the third floor to be moved up one floor. This will create a smaller collection footprint and open up new space on the third floor.
Once the journals are shifted to their new location, the empty shelves will be removed, and space will be reconfigured as a quiet study area. The new study space will extend from the area in front of the elevators to the windows overlooking Greene St. and into the large rectangular area across from study rooms 312 to 317.
The collection shift will begin in early April. Expect some noise as books are shifted and shelves are dusted and vacuumed. Removal of the shelving units and new carpet installation will take place over the summer.
In late summer, new furniture will arrive, including individual study pods, diner-style banquettes, and computer tables with second monitors. Also as part of the third-floor renovation, new tables will be added to the study rooms. The new study tables will be identical to those on the second and fifth floors.
If you have any questions or suggestions for the third-floor space, send us an email.
Beginning April 5, the plaza pavers in front
of the HSHSL will be removed and replaced. As a
result, the main entrance to the Library will be
temporarily closed.
The new, temporary entrance will be through the
Campus Center. The renovation of the plaza will
take about 4 months to complete. There will be no
changes to Library services or hours.