Love Data Week at UMB Begins on February 10

Posted on January 27, 2020 by ebrown
love data week

Love Data Week is an international celebration of all things data! Here at the Health Sciences & Human Services Library, we will be celebrating all week long with info sessions, workshops, prize giveaways, and more.    

Want to participate? Here’s how! 

  • Look for our pop-up table at your school or at the SMC Campus Center during the week of February 10.  Come and learn about bioinformation and data services at the HS/HSL and grab a piece (or three) of candy! 
  • Tell us about how you use data! Fill out our survey [survey opens February 10] for a chance to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards.  
  • Join us in the HS/HSL lobby on Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14 for a “Byte of Data” coffee and doughnut break from 8:30 to 10 a.m.  
  • Finish out Love Data Week with a data workshop. We’ll be offering sessions on data management, the UMB Data Catalog, and design principles in data visualization! 

Schedule for Pop-up tables:

  • School of Dentistry – Monday, Feb. 10, Noon to 2 p.m.  (Ground floor) 
  • School of Nursing – Tuesday, Feb. 11, Noon to 2 p.m.  (1st-floor lobby)  
  • School of Medicine – Wednesday, Feb. 12, 9 to 11 a.m. (HSF1 near the 2nd-floor elevators) 
  • School of Pharmacy – Wednesday, Feb. 12, Noon to 2 p.m. (Atrium) 
  • School of Social Work – Wednesday, February 12, 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. (Main entrance) 
  • SMC Campus Center – Thursday, February 14, Noon to 2 p.m. (Lobby) 

Schedule for Workshops: 

Date: Friday, February 14 
Location: HS/HSL Room LL05 
Register for workshops here: https://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hshsl/workshops/  

Noon  Best Practices for Research Data Management 
Get organized and avoid a “data disaster”! This workshop provides basic strategies and best practices for effectively managing research data to ensure its organization and accessibility. Topics covered include funder and journal requirements for data management and sharing, standards for file naming and structure, resources for data management planning and sharing, and strategies for storing data during research and preserving it for the future.  

1 p.m.  Get to Know the UMB Data Catalog 
What is the UMB Data Catalog and how can it benefit you and your research? We will answer those questions and more in this brief information session.  

2 p.m.  Elements of Creative Data Visualization 
Learn how to tell a story with your data by incorporating creative design elements in your data visualizations. In this workshop, you will not be learning how to analyze data or graph it. Instead, you will learn how to take existing data visualizations and elevate them.  

Don’t forget to follow the HS/HSL and Love Data Week on social media! #LoveData20 #UMBLovesData 

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Make Buttons at the HS/HSL!

Posted on January 24, 2020 by ebrown
making buttons

Did you know that the HS/HSL offers free button making for UMB faculty, staff, and students? Have a cause you want to promote, running for office, or just want to have fun – we can help! Come by the Information Services desk and ask for button materials then assemble them in the Innovation Space. Our 2.25″ button making system includes everything you need to make high-quality 2.25″ buttons. See our “Button Making 101” and template to find out how to make buttons quickly and easily!

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HS/HSL Closed Monday, January 20 for MLK Holiday

Posted on January 16, 2020 by ebrown

The HS/HSL will be closed on Monday, January  20 in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.  We will return to our regular hours Tuesday, January 21.

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HS/HSL Carpet Cleaning January 13-16

Posted on January 13, 2020 by ebrown

Floors will be closed on the following days to non-building staff when carpets are being cleaned.

1st floor – Monday, January 13
2nd floor – Tuesday, January 14
3rd floor – Wednesday, January 15
4th floor – Wednesday, January 15
5th floor – Thursday, January 16
Lower Level – Thursday, January 16

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Online Resources Down, 1/10, 10PM – 1/11, Noon

Posted on January 9, 2020 by ebrown
Scheduled Maintenance

Due to a scheduled update to our systems, online resources such as databases and journals may be unavailable from 10pm on Friday 1/10 to noon on Saturday 1/11. 

Contact the Information Services desk for help at 410-706-7995 or hshsl@umaryland.edu.

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Big Changes are Coming to PubMed

Posted on January 8, 2020 by ebrown
New PubMed Coming

In spring 2020, the PubMed.gov database will transform into a modern hub with a fast, reliable, and intuitive search that connects people to the world’s leading sources of biomedical information. The new interface will continue to provide the search features you rely on and integrate enhanced navigation and display tools, including a built-in citation button, the ability to share articles via social media, and a responsive mobile experience.

Once the new PubMed is the default, all links to PubMed will be redirected and run in the new system. This includes searches from the MeSH Database, the NLM Catalog, Clinical Queries, the Single Citation Matcher, and the Batch Citation Matcher. Following the launch, users will continue to have access to the old PubMed system for several months.

If you would like to test out the new PubMed in preparation for the spring 2020 launch, you can visit the PubMed Labs test site. The system is constantly being updated and improved, so your feedback and suggestions as you explore the site are greatly appreciated. To make sure you still see links to the full text of articles through the library’s subscriptions, you can install the LibKey Nomad browser extension. This browser extension for Chrome will display a PDF download button on any website where it can detect available journal articles, including journal websites and library databases.

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HS/HSL Hours – Jan 2 – Jan 12

Posted on January 2, 2020 by ebrown
happy new year
Monday – Thursday6:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Friday6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Library services and access to classrooms/meeting rooms begin at 8:00 am.

Visitors and borrowing members may not enter the building after 8:00 pm

Late night hours will resume on Monday, January 13, 2020.

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How to Access Course Reserves During Blackboard Outage, Dec. 23 – Jan. 2

Posted on December 16, 2019 by ebrown

The Blackboard courseware management system will be unavailable starting on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at noon because of a major upgrade.

Blackboard will be available by Thursday Jan. 2, 2020, at 7 a.m.

To access course reserves during this time, follow this link: https://ares.hshsl.umaryland.edu/. The HS/HSL will be closed during most of the outage and staff will not be available for technical support:

TuesdayDecember 24, 20196:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday – WednesdayDec. 25 2019 – Jan 1, 2020CLOSED
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Visions of Nature from the Students of Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Art

Posted on December 16, 2019 by ebrown
colorful student artwork

Earlier this year, students from Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Art and their art instructor, Martin Goggins, visited the Weise Gallery as one of the stops on a campus walking tour led by Brian Sturdivant, director of UMB Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships. At the time, the Gallery was showing Nature’s Spring Sonata, an exhibit of paintings by Maryland first lady, Yumi Hogan.

Hogan’s art inspired the students to create the collection of works in our current exhibit. The students’ artworks include both formal studies of nature, as well as abstract renderings—visions of the natural world in which observation becomes intuition.

As they were creating these works, the students were learning about the impasto process, a technique that involves applying thick layers of paint or pigment that stand out from the surface of the work. Some of the students have incorporated impasto elements in their art. Their colorful, imaginative works will be on display in the Library’s first floor Weise Gallery through January 24, 2020.

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HS/HSL December Hours

Posted on November 25, 2019 by ebrown
snowman

December 1, 2019 – January 1, 2020

  • Library services and access to classrooms begin at 8:00 am.
  • Visitors and borrowing members may not enter the building after 8:00 pm.

Regular 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

Winter Holidays Tuesday, Dec 24, 2019 –   
   Wednesday, Jan 1, 2020 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 ID, UMMC ID, or USM campus ID.

 

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