LSL NOW News and Events of the Lamar Soutter Library

Announcing the 16th Annual Gerald F. Berlin Prize for Creative Writing Call for Submissions

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 13:28

The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose or poetry, authored by UMass students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's or Baystate Medical Center. Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020                                                                              

Electrical work in the library, December 12-January 3

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 - 14:21

Beginning tomorrow, December 12, 2019 through January 3, 2020, there will be electrical work happening on the 1st and 2nd floors of the library. This work includes: cordoning off of work areas, drilling, plastering, dust, etc. This work is necessary in order to bring additional electrical power to the 2nd and 3rd floors of the library and the foundation for new and updated study spaces, updated lighting and power, along with new paint and carpet in the library.

The work is expected to be from:

Library closed today, December 2

Monday, December 2, 2019 - 09:40

The Lamar Soutter Library will be closed Monday, December 2. At this time, the library will resume normal operating hours on Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30 am.

Please check the library website for updates to this message. The library is always accessible 24/7 to eligible faculty, staff, and students.

PubMed Update

Monday, November 25, 2019 - 10:24

An updated version of PubMed is now available at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/. The new PubMed will become the default in spring 2020 and will ultimately replace the legacy version. The new responsive layout offers better support for accessing PubMed content with the increasingly popular small-screen devices such as mobile phones and tablets. Find highly relevant articles more easily using the Best Match sort, now the default sort order in PubMed.

Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, November 20

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 09:35

Join us at the Lamar Soutter Library on Wednesday, November 20. We are hosting a live Wikipedia Edit-a-thon in conjunction with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's online #citeNLM event. Stop by the library computer room between 11:00 AM-1:00 PM for editing and treats. Learn how to set up a Wikipedia account, and learn how to add citations with credible sources to Wikipedia articles that need them. The best part?