601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore MD 21201-1512
Reference: 410-706-7996
Circulation: 410-706-7928
Early Morning Study for UMB Students!
Between 6:00 am – 8:00 am, 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.
| Regular Summer Hours | |
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 am – 8:00 pm |
| Friday | 6:00 am – 6:00 pm |
| Saturday | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
Throughout the past 21 years, the HS/HSL’s Frieda O. Weise Gallery has hosted numerous exhibits of paintings, sculpture, and photography, as well as various traveling exhibitions. The Library has featured works by local, regional, and national artists, including University faculty, staff, and students. After exhibiting in the Weise Gallery, many artists generously donate a piece of art to the Library’s permanent collection. The Library has over 20 pieces of donated art, which you will find displayed throughout the public spaces of the building. The most recent piece added to our collection, Yumi Hogan’s “Quiet Rising 1,” hangs on the first floor. Take a minute to appreciate art. It enriches our everyday experience.
The HS/HSL will be closed to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend.
| Saturday, May 25 | Closed |
| Sunday, May 26 | Closed |
| Monday, May 27 | Closed |
We apologize for the inconvenience while we had our plotter serviced. Glossy posters can now be ordered again at their usual price of $50.00. Canvas posters will be $60.00.
The HS/HSL’s subscription to RefWorks will end on June 30, 2019. If you use RefWorks, you will need to move your citations to a new citation manager. Some free citation manager alternatives are Mendeley and Zotero. EndNote, another popular option, is available for purchase from the UMB Software Licensing Office. Each of these options have different characteristics when it comes to storage space, collaboration capabilities, storing and importing PDFs, as well as other features. It is important to pick the citation manager that is best suited for the work you do. You can find out more about these options on our Citations Managers page.
The Library offers free workshops on each of the citation manager alternatives, so if you are curious about one of them, consider registering. If you have any questions about citation managers, you can email us.
We are temporarily unable to print glossy paper posters. We can upgrade your poster by printing it on a flexible matte canvas. While we make repairs, you will be charged the same price ($50.00) that you would have paid for a glossy poster instead of our usual charge of $60.00 for canvas posters.
May 6-12, 2019 is National Nurses Week; the HS/HSL’s historical collections is celebrating by highlighting our materials from the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale.
In 1962, Dr. Florence M. Gipe, then dean of the School of Nursing, donated three notes written by Florence Nightingale to a Mr. Platt. It is believed Mr. Platt was a chemist or pharmacist who furnished Nightingale with supplies and medication at Lea Hurst, her family home in Derbyshire, England. The notes have been digitized and are available in the library’s Digital Archive.
Florence Nightingale founded the St. Thomas Hospital School of Nursing in London, which began formalized nursing education in England. Nightingale’s pupil, Louisa Parsons, was hired as the first superintendent for the University of Maryland’s School of Nursing in 1889, one of the first nursing schools in the United States. Parsons introduced the nursing cap, the Flossie, which was once worn by University of Maryland graduates.
To learn more about UMB’s School of Nursing check out the Digital Archive, which includes yearbooks, academic catalogs, histories, and newsletters of the School or stop by historical collections on the 5th floor of the HS/HSL.
And remember to thank a nurse this week!
We know finals are here and it’s stressing you out, so the Library is offering free coffee to students on Monday, May 6 & Monday, May 13, starting at 7:00 pm. Come and grab a cup while it lasts!
Evening Coffee Break
Monday, May 6
7:00 p.m, 1st floor Weise Gallery
Evening Coffee Break
Monday, May 13
7:00 p.m, 1st floor Weise Gallery
Between 6:00 am – 8:00 am, 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.
May 1 – May 24, 2019
Regular Semester Hours
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 am – 1:00 am* |
| 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
| Memorial Day Weekend | Saturday, May 25, 2019 | CLOSED |
| Sunday, May 26, 2019 | CLOSED | |
| Monday, May 27, 2019 | CLOSED |
*Floors 3, 4, & 5 and library services close at 10:00 pm. From 10:00 pm – 1:00 am, floors 1 & 2 are open for those with a current UMB, UMMC, or USM campus id. Visitors and those with library memberships may not enter the building after 8:00 pm and must leave the building by 10:00 pm.
