The next R Café gathering will take place on Friday, March 15 from 12-1pm Online. Please RSVP to let us know you'll be joining us and how much coffee and how many cookies to bring.
This month's agenda:
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024 from 6-8 p.m. in the Lazare Auditorium (S1-607), UMass Chan Medical School, you are invited to come and engage with longtime UMass Chan faculty member Lucy Candib, and her co-author Will Miller around their book Family Doctors Say Goodbye.
This will be an interactive discussion with the authors about transitions in medicine and how one eventually winds down a career.
Curious about the art exhibit in the library? You’re invited to the Opening Reception of Science Illuminated: An artistic exploration, an Artist-in-Residence series exhibit by the Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology Department.
Our Library Staff will begin to display our various posters and other scholarly works by the printers in the Library. First in the rotation is from our Research & Scholarly Communication Librarians: Sally Gore, Lisa Palmer, Tess Grynoch, and Leah Honor. “Research output of Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences faculty: A visual review” will be on display for the next few weeks.
The Library’s first floor Computer Classroom will be closed, Monday, February 26, 2024, for hardware and software upgrades. Noise from necessary drilling will be kept to a minimum. Please remember that the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Library are available for studying.
Our new Artist-in-Residence exhibit, “Science Illuminated: An Artistic Exploration” is on display in the Lamar Soutter Library now through April 2024.
Due to tomorrow's expected snowstorm, the Library Service desk will be closed Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Librarians will be working remotely and can be reached using the Ask a Librarian service.
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 observance of the Gold Humanism Honor Society's Solidarity Week (Feb. 12-16), the Library is hosting a book display and a resource guide.
Come to the Lamar Soutter Library this Monday, February 12th at 5:00 p.m. and join the Gold Humanism Honor Society in creating cards with meaningful messages for patients. Refreshments and snacks will be provided, and stick around for the Unsolved Pathologies Coffee House event starting at 6:00 p.m.
The Library website will be unavailable on Thursday, February 8 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. During this time the server will undergo an important software update.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose, or poetry, authored by students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Chan Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's, or Baystate Medical Center, and this year we welcome UMass Chan Medical School’s newest regional medical campus, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
Submission Deadline: February 16, 2024
The Library has two new book displays for February 2024. Selections are taken from both our print and online collections:
New Read & Publish Agreement Signed!
We’re excited to announce that the Library has signed a Read & Publish agreement with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Journals (CSHLP). The agreement provides five opportunities for UMass Chan corresponding authors to publish their manuscripts open access in the following CSHLP titles, without any article process charges (APCs):
The next R Café gathering will take place on Tuesday, February 13 from 12-1pm Online. Please RSVP to let us know you'll be joining us.
This month's agenda:
Due to Sunday's snowstorm, the Library Service desk will be closed Monday, January 29, 2024. Librarians are working remotely and can be reached using the Ask a Librarian service.
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.
The Library Service desk will open today, January 24, at 10:00 a.m. and close at 1:00 p.m.
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 Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 12-1pm for an introduction to the health data available through ICPSR. Registration is now open!
The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose, or poetry, authored by students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Chan Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's, or Baystate Medical Center, and this year we welcome UMass Chan Medical School’s newest regional medical campus, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
Submission Deadline: February 16, 2024
The following dates will be Coffee Nights in the Library during the Spring 2024 semester:
Free coffee, tea, and cocoa will be available in the Library on those dates. Best wishes on your exams!
Due to Tuesday's snowstorm, the Library Service desk will be closed on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Librarians are working remotely and can be reached using the Ask a Librarian service.
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.
The Library Service Desk will be closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 15, 2024.
Eligible UMass Chan/UMMHC badge access only to access the library (24/7). At this time the library is not open to members of the public.
Due to today's storm, the Library Service desk will be closed on Monday, January 8, 2024. Librarians are working remotely and can be reached using the Ask a Librarian service.
Effective January 8, 2024, the Library Service Desk will be open the following hours:
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.
The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose, or poetry, authored by students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Chan Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's, or Baystate Medical Center, and this year we welcome UMass Chan Medical School’s newest regional medical campus, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
Submission Deadline: February 16, 2024
Finding Data: A Workshop
When: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 12-1pm on Zoom
Register at: https://bit.ly/findingdata2024
Please note the Library's upcoming holiday schedule for the Service Desk:
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.
The next R Café gathering will take place on Tuesday, December 12 from 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom. Registration is now open!
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 12-1pm
The next R Café gathering will take place on Tuesday, November 21 from 12-1pm on Zoom. Registration is now open!
The Library Service desk will be closed on Friday, November 10, 2023, in observance of Veterans Day.
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.
On October 18th, the Research & Scholarly Communications Services Department held their annual retreat. The morning was dedicated to a service project, where we had the opportunity to volunteer at the Loaves & Fishes food pantry in Devens, MA. Tess and Leah helped prepare grocery bag bundles containing the pantry basics and shelf stable components of each food pick up, while Lisa, Kris, and Robert helped sort and organize incoming donations from individuals, local food drives, and partnering supermarkets.
The Gerald F. Berlin Prize is awarded for creative writing, prose, or poetry, authored by students, nursing students, graduate students, residents, and fellows based at UMass Chan Medical School, Berkshire Medical Center, Worcester Medical Center/St. Vincent's, or Baystate Medical Center, and this year we welcome UMass Chan Medical School’s newest regional medical campus, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
Hybrid event: Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Deeb Salem
Senior VP of Academic Integration Tufts Medicine; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Chairman of Medicine Emeritus, Tufts Medical Center
In conversation with...
Celebrating the Life and Work of Michael Green, MD, PhD
The Library Service Desk will be closed on Monday, October 9, 2023.
Eligible UMass Chan/ UMMHC badge access only to enter the library (24/7). At this time, the library is closed to members of the public.
Effective October 2, 2023, the Library Service Desk will be open the following hours:
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.
The next R Café gathering will take place on Friday, September 29 from 12-1pm 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 Wednesday, September 27, 2023 from 12-12:30pm for a Library 101 session!
New to UMass Chan or can’t remember the last time you visited the library in person or online? Come find out about all the research resources and services the Lamar Soutter Library provides. Need to access articles from a different library? Need to know if you can post a copy of your article on your personal website? Need to share your data to fulfill funding requirements? There’s a librarian for that!
Self-service black & white printing and photocopying is a free service in the library. We realize, however, that color images in scientific literature are the norm now and that in some cases the color is essential for understanding the data presented. For this reason, we want to be able to provide color printing for students in a limited capacity.
The Library Service Point will be closed on Monday, September 4 for the Labor Day holiday.
Eligible UMass Chan/UMMHC badge access only to enter the library (24/7). At this time, the library is closed to members of the public.
Explore stories of life in medical school with these selections from our collection: https://libraryguides.umassmed.edu/book-displays/medical-school_23
The following dates will be Coffee Nights in the Library during the Fall 2023 semester:
Free coffee, tea, and cocoa will be available in the Library on those dates. Best wishes on your exams!
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.