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March Edition of Connective Issues Newsletter
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Library Closing at 3:00PM Due to Inclement Weather
Due to the inclement weather, the UMB campus and HS/HSL library will be closing at 3:00PM on Tuesday, March 20th. Please contact the UMB Campus Alerts page for information about campus opening times for Wednesday, March 21st before coming to the library.
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Intermittent Network Outage: 3/19, 2PM-6PM and 3/20, 11AM-3PM
UM network engineers have scheduled intermittent network outages for the following dates/times. The following resources will be affected: off-campus access to e-resources, access to the library catalog, the FindIt button in database results, and availability information in OneSearch.
| Monday, March 19th | 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm |
| Tuesday, March 20th | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm |
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Whiteboard Project: Do You Have Any Phobias?
Yes, yes, you do. Acrophobia (fear of heights) is the winner with 22 votes, followed closely by claustrophobia (fear of enclosed places) with 21 votes. Just looking at some of these pics makes me shudder, and now I have a new phobia, Trypophobia (fear of holes). Do not Google image search!
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Lombard Street Tree Work, March 8, 4am-Noon
Facilities has scheduled tree removal work on Lombard St for Thursday 3/8 – from 4am – Noon. The sidewalk on Lombard will be closed from Greene St to Penn St. Pedestrian access to the HS/HSL, Campus Center, and School of Nursing will be restricted to the footpath that runs from the HS/HSL to the SON. Facilities has requested that a UMB alert be sent out to notify the students as well.
The landscaper will be installing replacement trees on Friday 3/9. This is primarily hand work and should not close the entire sidewalk.
Guest Speakers at the HS/HSL Maker Expo
Keynote @ 10am, Speakers Session @ 12:30pm
We’re pleased to present the HS/HSL Maker Expo to bring together health workers, researchers, and entrepreneurs using or interested in emerging technologies like 3D printing and design, virtual reality, and more.
Join us on March 6 to hear about innovative health care projects from Baltimore and beyond. Talks will focus on:
- bringing prototyping tools and makerspaces into hospitals
- 3D printing custom prostheses for patients with conductive hearing loss
- building customized assistive devices for physical therapy patients
- commercializing robotics therapy research
- supporting local medical device startups and manufacturing
The following speakers will be featured:
Anna Young
CEO, MakerHealth
Co-founder, MakerNurse
Keynote: “A Maker Revolution in Health”
Jeffrey Hirsch, MD
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
“Surgical Reconstruction of the Ossicular Chain with Custom 3D Printed Ossicular Prosthesis”
Amy Hurst, PhD
Human Centered Computing
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
“Challenges and Opportunities for Integrating 3D Printing into Physical Therapy”
Bradley Hennessie
Co-founder, NextStep Robotics
Former Clinical Research Specialist, University of Maryland School of Medicine
“Research Translation: Lab to Clinic”
Jeff Quinn
Co-President, Director of Engineering and Development
Engineered Medical Systems, Inc
“The Factory and The LaunchPort: Medical Device Manufacturing and Startup Accelerator”
Additionally, exhibitors will share information about their services and provide hands-on demonstrations of:
- 3D bio printers
- virtual reality microscopy and radiology
- image analysis and visualization software
- entrepreneurial support
- and more!
Registration is free.
Refreshments and boxed lunch will be provided.
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Time: 9:30am – 3pm
Location: University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus Center, Elm Ballrooms
Website: http://expo.hshsl.umaryland.edu
Cost: Free
The HS/HSL Maker Expo is made possible thanks to: Health Sciences and Human Services Library, NNLM SEA, arivis, TEDCO, and UM Ventures.
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Whiteboard Project: What Healthy Vending Options Would You Like to See?
The Library Genie was asked for healthy vending options, so we decided to see what you would prefer.
Clif BARS were the winner, with KIND bars, kale chips, and Boom Chicka Pop following closely behind.
The Genie likes Oreos too, but believes they fall more into the delicious than the healthy category.
PS: Have you seen the Oreo Peeps? Wow.
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For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform Exhibit
The National Library of Medicine is pleased to present our latest traveling exhibition, For All The People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform. Health care reform has been a contentious political issue in the United States for more than a hundred years. From the beginning of the 20th century to today, citizens have made their voices heard in these debates. For All the People tells the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary people helped shape the changing American health care system.
The six-banner traveling exhibition highlights images from over one hundred years of citizen action for health care reform. It will be on display in the HS/HSL Weise Gallery from February 12, 2018 – March 24, 2018.
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Check Out the UMB Entrepreneur Toolkit
The HS/HSL has put together a toolkit of information for entrepreneurs and innovators on campus interested in learning more about intellectual property, starting their own company, innovating, and other related topics.
The guide was constructed with the help of innovative individuals at UMB and is a “work in progress” to be updated with future suggestions from innovators around campus who would like to contribute to our toolkit.
If you know of a resource that would make a nice addition to the toolkit please email us entre@hshsl.umaryland.edu . If you are including a webpage or website that you are directly responsible for please include permission for us to link to it.
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Reserve a Study Room
The Library has 45 study rooms available for group use throughout the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors. Most are available without reservation on a first come, first served basis. Four study rooms on the HS/HSL’s second floor and ten on the third floor may be reserved for group study.
Priority is given to UM faculty, staff and students.
Each room has a table and chair, white board, wireless and plug-in internet connection, and electrical outlets. Additionally, most study rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor are equipped with LCD panels to facilitate collaborative study.
White board markers are available to be picked up at the Information Services Desk.
Feel free to bring in snacks and drinks while you’re studying.
Guidelines:
- Study rooms are meant for groups of two or more.
- Rooms may be reserved up to three hours a day. Hours do not need to be consecutive.
- You may reserve rooms up to three weeks in advance.
- Study rooms must be reserved at least one hour before use.
- Rooms are self-monitoring. If someone is in a room that you have reserved, kindly ask them to leave or go to the Information Services Desk and ask for assistance.
- UM faculty, staff & students may reserve rooms using their University of Maryland email address.
Questions? Please call the Information Services Desk at 410-706-7995.