May 26, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020, 6:30 p.m., Zoom Event
There are some new and exciting classes and workshops being offered by the LSL librarians. These classes will explore different resources for searching and managing literature along with traditional and alternative metrics for measuring scholarship. Register for one or more now!
Sessions include:
April 30, 2020 – 10:00am
The Lamar Soutter Library’s physical space will be closed Tuesday, April 7 at 5 p.m. until further notice.
During this time there will be no access to the library’s physical space via card access. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Per the directions of the University, the library staff will continue to work remotely until May 4, 2020. Our guiding principle is to support our students, faculty, staff, researchers, and clinicians, while protecting the health of our community. We continue to be flexible and in constant review of how our information services are provided. Library space and resources can be accessed 24/7 with a valid UMMS/UMMHC id and/or an EZproxy account.
As of 6:00 p.m. on March 13, 2020, the Lamar Soutter Library’s Service Desk is temporarily closing as part of the University’s request that non-essential staff work remotely until April 6, 2020. Our guiding principle is to support our students, faculty, staff, researchers, and clinicians, while protecting the health of our community. We will continue to be flexible and in constant review of how our information services are provided. Library space and resources can be accessed 24/7 with a valid UMMS/UMMHC id and a proxy account.
The Research & Scholarly Communication Services department of the Library has a new librarian! We welcome Kim MacKenzie to our team.
The library will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on President's Day, Monday, February 17, 2020.
The library is accessible 24/7 for eligible patrons using their ID badge.
eScholarship@UMMS, UMass Medical School’s digital repository and publishing system for scholarly publications authored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) community, reached a significant milestone when it topped 2 million downloads on February 3, 2020. We are grateful to our UMMS authors, whose open access materials reach users in 225 countries.
Streams of Consciousness, the literary and photography journal of UMass Medical School, is now accepting submissions from students, staff, and patients of UMass Medical School and UMass Medical Center for the Spring 2020 volume.
The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2020 at midnight.
The journal will also be publishing the awardees of the 2020 Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award.