Lombard Street Tree Work, March 8, 4am-Noon

Posted on March 6, 2018 by ebrown

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.

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Guest Speakers at the HS/HSL Maker Expo

Posted on March 2, 2018 by HS/HSL

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?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by ebrown

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

Posted on February 28, 2018 by ebrown

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

Posted on February 28, 2018 by ebrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Posted on February 27, 2018 by ebrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

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Taylor & Francis Down for Maintenance

Posted on February 26, 2018 by HS/HSL

Scheduled Maintenance

Due to scheduled maintenance by the product vendor, Taylor & Francis will not be available until 4:30pm, Monday, February 26th.

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BrowZine is Now Active: View Our Guide to Learn More

Posted on February 23, 2018 by ebrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BrowZine is a convenient service that organizes articles found in Open Access and HS/HSL subscription databases. It can also deliver them to your mobile device in a consistent format.

What is BrowZine used for?

  • Find, read, save, email, and monitor the latest journal articles
  • Browse by title or subject to find journals of interest
  • Create a personal bookshelf of favorite journals
  • Receive alerts when new issues are available

Who has access to BrowZine?

  • BrowZine is free to all University of Maryland Baltimore students, faculty, and staff

How do I save articles I like?

  • Download PDFs to read offline
  • Export to RefWorks and other citation management services

Please Note:

  • HS/HSL’s print collection is not included in BrowZine
  • A journal issue in Browzine is not organized into sections like an issue formatted by the publisher. Sections such as “Letters to the Editor” are not labeled or separated. This is so that every journal appears in a consistent format determined by Browzine. 
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An Introduction to Data Visualization with Tableau Workshop, March 7, Noon-1:00

Posted on February 22, 2018 by ebrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tableau is a business analytics tool for creating a wide variety of interactive data visualizations. The software is available as a free version as well as a more robust full-scale version. Tableau can be used to create an extensive variety of interactive visualizations that allow users to better explore temporal, spatial, topical, and network data. The drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to explore data without needing any advanced programming skills. Dashboards allow users to combine multiple views of their data into one analytics tool.

At the end of this session, you’ll be able to:

  • Connect Excel, Access, TXT, or CSV files to Tableau
  • Create a simple visualizations and a dashboard utilizing Tableau
  • Embed visualizations into websites or export into a PDF or image file.

Instructor: Tony Nguyen, MLIS
Attendance is limited to 25 people.
HS/HSL, Room #LL05

 Registration on the library website: http://www2.hshsl.umaryland.edu/hshsl/workshops/index.cfm

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Whiteboard Project: Which Home Remedy Works Best?

Posted on February 12, 2018 by ebrown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During this cold and flu season, we wondered which home remedy works for you. Ginger ale for an upset stomach? Check! (13 votes)  Gargling with salt water for a scratchy throat? Check! (14 votes) Drinking tea with honey (and whiskey) for a sore throat? The undeniable winner with 21 votes.  That whiskey bit was a write-in from someone who will remain anonymous, but it appeared to carry the day. Cheers.

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