UMass Chan IT announces the promotion of the new 6GHz (UMMS6) Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the Extreme Wi-Fi Network in the Library and in the Lazare Research Building (LRB). The new SSID can be accessed by devices that can utilize 6GHz. Some of the benefits include:
The Library will undergo extensive cleaning early on Tuesday, August 8 from 2:00 a.m.-5:30 a.m. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.
The next R Café gathering will take place on Friday, August 18 from 12-1 pm on Zoom. Registration is now open.
Understand and reflect on the history of reproductive health and abortion access with a book from our Library collection. A full list of e-books and print books from this book display is available at https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/book-displays/abortion_23.
Today (July 13), beginning at 12:30 p.m., the Library's Interlibrary loan service will be unavailable as part of the service upgrade, which was begun last week by the vendor.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
The Library's interlibrary loan service will be down tomorrow, July 6 beginning at 9:00 a.m., and continuing for up to 24 hours, while the service provider migrates the system to a new server. Thank you for your patience during this necessary maintenance.
Dear Colleagues:
The combination of an average 7–9% cost increase in FY2024 to Library journal and database subscriptions, coupled with a requested 4% budget cut, make it necessary to re-evaluate our subscription purchases. The hope is that through the cancellation of lesser used titles, the library will be able to cover the inflationary cost of rising prices and meet the 4% budget reduction requirement.
NOTE: please disregard the announcement of June 16, 2023 regarding Library Service Desk hours.
Effective immediately and continuing through August 2023, the Library Service Desk hours will be:
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.
In DMPTool, there are now three templates for National Institutes of Health (NIH) data management and sharing (DMS) plans:
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.