Effective Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the Library Service Desk hours will be Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday.
Eligible UMass Chan/UMMHC badge access only to enter the Library (24/7). At this time the Library is not open to members of the public.
Join us on Wednesday June 28th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00pm on zoom for "Citation Manager Workshop: Zotero and Endnote"
Want to know the secret to decrease manuscript writing stress by 500%? Use a citation manager! Join Tess Grynoch and Leah Honor, the Research Data & Scholarly Communications Librarians to learn more about using two different citations managers, Zotero and Endnote, and how they can save on time and annoyance.
In honor of Pride Month, the Library is exhibiting selections from its collection. A full list of e-books and print books is available at https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/book-displays/pride_23.
The Library Service desk will be closed on Monday, June 19, 2023 in observance of Juneteenth.
Eligible UMass Chan/UMMHC badge access only to enter the Library (24/7). At this time the Library is not open to members of the public.
Our new Artist-in-Residence Series exhibit, "The Invisible Wounds of War Made Visible," is on display now through August.
This exhibit is designed to bring community awareness to the experiences of Service Members from the Home Base Program. Home Base treats Veterans, Service Members and Family Members affected by invisible wounds, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, mild cognitive impairment due to traumatic brain injury, substance abuse disorders and related conditions.
Service Members are asked to create masks based on these questions:
The Library Service desk will be closed on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023.
Eligible UMass Chan/UMMHC badge access only to enter the Library (24/7). At this time the Library is not open to members of the public.
WDMS and the WDMS Alliance is collaborating with the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Chan Medical School by hosting Dr. Mark Vonnegut, the author of The Heart of Caring, A Life in Pediatrics. Dr. Mark Vonnegut is a pediatrician at MVPediatrics Health and Wellness Center, Quincy, MA. Dr. Vonnegut will be speaking about his latest book and work as a pediatrician.
Date: May 24, 2023
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: Albert Sherman Center Auditorium, 55 Lake Ave. North, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA
The next R Café gathering will take place on Friday, May 26 from 12-1 pm on Zoom. Registration is now open.
Curious about R and would like to learn more? Have you started learning R and would like to meet other R users at UMass Chan? You're invited to the UMass Chan R Café! During these gatherings, there will be presentations on specific R libraries, tools, and concepts and time to work on your own projects and ask questions of the group. No prior experience with R required.
Join us on Thursday, May 25, 2023 12-1 pm on Zoom for "Preprints: Accelerating the availability of research."
Please join us on Zoom for the 20th Annual J. Worth Estes Lecture: “To Protect the Mother and the Baby: Black Infant Mortality in Historical Perspective,” May 2nd, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Join historian of medicine Wangui Muigai, Ph.D., as she traces the origins of one of the most enduring health disparities in America: the racial gap in infant survival.