Learn how citizen scientists can address community and environmental health challenges in a new self-paced edX course Citizen Science: Gearing Up for Discovery!
Citizen Science: Gearing Up for Discovery!
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Celebrate Health Literacy Month With the HSHSL
The HSHSL aims to educate health care providers and researchers about the importance of clear communication and to increase their overall health literacy awareness. October is Health Literacy Month. Did you know the library has resources & workshops to support health literacy? The HSHSL has a health literacy guide with resources for health care providers and patients. You can learn how to assess health literacy, write in plain language, write informed consent forms, and even how to convey numerical concepts to patients. The library also offers health literacy workshops throughout the year.
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DABS Volume 3 Issue 3: Data News Roundup
In this edition of Data and Bioinformation stuff, we bring you exciting news and updates from around the data world.
UMB is now an OSF Member Institution
OSF, a project of the Center for Open Science, i
The HSHSL has recently coordinated UMB’s membership in OSF, which means that you will soon be able to log in to OSF with your UMB credentials, and you will have the option to affiliate your project with UMB. All UMB affiliated projects will show up on a special landing page – a great way to promote all the great work we do here! Stay tuned for more information and resources on using OSF in the near future.
We here at CDABS love using OSF to share materials from our workshops. See OSF in action by checking out our workshops page here: https://osf.io/eyk4d/.
Open to All – ICPSR’s Virtual Biennial Meeting
ICPSR is the world’s largest repository of social science data. All University of Maryland Baltimore staff, students, and faculty have access to the extensive ICPSR data holdings for free! It can be a great place to find data, share data, and learn about working with data.
From October 6-8, ICPSR will be holding their biennial meeting. This meeting is free, virtual, and open to the public. The theme of the meeting is “Data Positivity: Data Doing Good”. The sessions will provide numerous opportunities to learn more about ICPSR data, including how to find and access it. Check out the meeting page to find out more and register.
NIH’s All of Us Research Program Offers Expanded COVID-19 Data in Latest Release
The All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, is a historic precision medicine effort to collect and study data from a diverse cohort of one million or more participants living in the United States. In the program’s latest data release, the second major update since it launched, tens of thousands of records have been added containing COVID-19 related data from the COVID-19 Participant Experience (COPE) survey, electronic health records, and wearable devices. Read more about this newest update in the official press release.
Not sure how to get started using All of Us data? Check out our step-by-step guide on getting registered to use the All of Us Researcher Workbench, and please reach out to CDABS if you have any questions about the process or using Workbench tools!
The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) is the University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library hub for data and bioinformation learning, services, resources, and communication.
Questions? Contact: Amy Yarnell, Data Services Librarian and Jean-Paul Courneya, Bioinformationist – at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
To read more of our content and stay informed please visit our communications page and use the form to subscribe: https://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/cdabs/communications
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DABS Volume 3 Issue 2: CDABS is hiring! Come work here!
The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) is the University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library hub for data and bioinformation learning, services, resources, and communication.
We are growing! As part of our growth we are looking for a creative and collaborative Statistics and Research Data Specialist to join the Data and Bioinformation Services department, the home of CDABS. The Statistics and Research Data Specialist is a key member of a team responsible for advancing the Library’s research data support mission at UMB. This is a part-time position at 30 hours/week.
This position provides consultation services to students, postdocs, and staff, providing assistance with statistical aspects of research design, data interpretation and analysis, and on the use of software supporting this work. They serve as a vital team member of HSHSL’s CDABS.
In a strong team environment, they collaborate with other members of the Services Division, and with colleagues Library-wide to develop and deliver innovative programs and services. In addition to advancing HSHSL priorities, they engage with the University community and participate in professional and scholarly activities.
To apply for and find out more about the job go here: https://umb.taleo.net/careersection/umb_external_staff/jobdetail.ftl?job=2100016R&lang=en
Questions? Contact: Amy Yarnell, Data Services Librarian and Jean-Paul Courneya, Bioinformationist – at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
To read more of our content and stay informed please visit our communications page and use the form to subscribe: https://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/cdabs/communications
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DABS Volume 3 Issue 1: Upcoming NCBI Workshops
About the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
NCBI is the national resource for molecular biology information, NCBI’s mission is to develop new information technologies to aid in the understanding of fundamental molecular and genetic processes that control health and disease. More specifically, the NCBI has been charged with creating automated systems for storing and analyzing knowledge about molecular biology, biochemistry, and genetics; facilitating the use of such databases and software by the research and medical community; coordinating efforts to gather biotechnology information both nationally and internationally; and performing research into advanced methods of computer-based information processing for analyzing the structure and function of biologically important molecules.
NCBI Outreach Events
The NCBI Outreach Events page (https://ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ncbi-outreach-events/) allows you to search and apply for upcoming NCBI webinars, workshops, codeathons, and other outreach activities.
Some exciting upcoming workshop and codeathon opportunities include:
- Petabyte-Scale Sequence Search: Metagenomics Benchmarking Codeathon 2021-09-27 @ 01:00 PM to
2021-10-01 @ 05:00 PM - Using Web BLAST Effectively 2021-10-14 @ 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- NCBI Resources for Genetic Disease Discovery & Clinical Support 2021-10-26 @ 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
- An NCBI Guide to Finding and Analyzing Metagenomic Data 2021-10-28 @ 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM
- An Introduction to NCBI Cloud Computing for Biologists 2021-11-16 @ 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
- Getting Started with NCBI Data in Python 2021-12-14 @ 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM
Make sure to go learn about these and other opportunities NCBI has to offer and feel free to reach out to CDABS with any questions you may have about using NCBI resources.
The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) is the University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library hub for data and bioinformation learning, services, resources, and communication.
Questions? Contact: Amy Yarnell, Data Services Librarian and Jean-Paul Courneya, Bioinformationist – at data@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
To read more of our content and stay informed please visit our communications page and use the form to subscribe: https://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/cdabs/communications
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4th Annual Flu Shot Clinic at the HSHSL!
It’s time once again to protect yourself and your loved ones from the flu. As in the past, the HSHSL and School of Pharmacy are partnering with Walgreens to offer flu shots, by appointment only, to UMB campus employees and students on Tuesday, Oct. 19 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Weise Gallery on the first floor of the Library.
To schedule an appointment please click HERE. A mask, insurance card and a photo ID are required at the time of service.
If you have any questions please contact Anna-Marie Epps, aepps@hshsl.umaryland.edu.
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Help Us Refresh the Kinnard Leisure Reading Collection
What is the Collection?
Dr. William J. Kinnard, Jr., a former professor, dean of the School of Pharmacy, and acting president of the University, believed faculty, staff, and students needed a way to relax their brains. This led him to establish the Kinnard Leisure Reading Collection in 2003. Thanks to the generous ongoing donation of Dr. and Mrs. Kinnard, the HSHSL provides a variety of popular magazines and a small selection of circulating fiction and non-fiction books. The collection is located on the first floor of the Library, in the bookcases under the staircase.
Why a Refresh?
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the collection has been unavailable and stagnant. It needs you to help bring it back to life.
How You Can Help!
Is there a recent popular book you’ve read or a magazine you think the UMB community would enjoy? Is there a title you’ve heard about and would like to read? If so, please let us know and we will try to obtain it for the Kinnard collection.
Please note: The Kinnard collection consists of books leased from a service. Not all titles may be available.
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September Connective Issues Newsletter is Here!
In this edition:
- Welcome and Welcome Back!
- HSHSL Fall Hours
- Save the Date – 4th Annual Flu Shot Clinic Coming in October
- Advice for New Students
- Meet Your Librarian
- Help Us Refresh the Kinnard Leisure Reading Collection
- HSHSL’s Open Access Publishing Fund Pilot for Early-Career Researchers Continues in FY22
- New NCBI Login
- Regional Medical Library – A Historical Overview
- Transcribing the Civil War: Introducing the Historical Collection’s Summer Intern Yasmeen Yarborough
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HSHSL Fall Hours
September 7 – November 30, 2021
Library services and access to classrooms begin at 8:00 am. Between 6:00 am – 8:00 am, Monday – Friday, enter the HSHSL through the Campus Center.
Regular Semester Hours
| Monday – Thursday | 6:00 am – 11:00 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
| Thanksgiving Holiday | November 25 – 26 | Closed |
Policies
The library is open to UMB students, faculty & staff with UMB One Cards, faculty, staff, and students with a current University System of Maryland campus id, and hospital staff with UMC ids. All visitors must have a photo id and follow UMB COVID guidelines. Visitors may not enter after 8:00 pm.
HSHSL Closed For Labor Day Weekend, September 4 – 6
I honor of Labor Day, the HSHSL will be closed for the long Labor Day weekend from September 4 -6, 2021.
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