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Sarah will be sorely missed here at Hirsh, and we wish her luck at Harvard!

Que Sarah, Sarah. Our favorite, longtime library reference assistant, Sarah Passinhas-Bergman, is moving on to greener (crimson-er?) pastures as the student services coordinator for the Committee on the Study of Religion and German Languages Department at Harvard University.

Sarah has been with Hirsh for just over three years, and her presence at the circulation desk will be sorely missed. If you’ve checked something out at the circulation desk in the last three years, you’ve most likely interacted with her!

Throughout Sarah’s time here, she has mastered the management of our course reserves system, helped with a myriad of research questions, and fought with JumboPrint on a daily basis. We’re particularly thankful to Sarah for her hand in the meticulous upkeep of our course reserves.

Sarah’s last day will be tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9th. Be sure to wish her luck and say goodbye!

 

It’s Baaaaaaaaack!

Everyone’s favorite Fun Lab, Pumpkin Painting, returns this week!

Starting at noon on Thursday 10/27 and Friday 10/28, stop by the Library Service Desk on MEB 4 to join in one of our most beloved crafts. Just grab a tiny pumpkin and choose from an array of quick-drying craft paints and other decorations to make the Seasonal Decorative Gourd You’ve Always Dreamed Of!

Mini pumpkins in box that looks like a pumpkin patch

So stop by, bring your friends, and enjoy some holiday fun at HHSL!

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We at the library are gearing up for Affiliation week! (Well, more like Affiliation month…)

Twice every year, we walk around with a clipboard and find out how many students from each school is using the library. We do a survey for each day of the week, four times a day.

Maybe you’ve noticed people already walking around with clipboards, counting. That is for our statistics on the popularity of different spaces, like the study rooms or the couches. Affiliation week is different. During Affiliation, another library staff walks around and counts how many dental or TMC staff are using the library space. But we need your help. Our staff may have to ask you for you ID in order to count you and your study group. So, we wanted to give you some tips to get through this Affiliation season!

1. You can leave your ID on your desk beside you, so no one will interrupt you while you’re studying.

2. You can write down your affiliation on a piece of paper beside you.

3. We are leaving sheets in front of study room doors, intended to be filled out for each survey time (11 am, 3 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm)

4. Just tell whoever walks by.

We really appreciate your cooperation. This helps us put together our budgets for different resources. And, if you have any questions, you can always come down to the desk.

 

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October is knocking on your door – and – so our workshops@Hirsh! This is a month to ‘treat’ yourself  by learning new ‘tricks’ to enhance your skills! This month we’ll be introducing you to Zotero,  tools to help you and your patients make decisions, the world of pre-prints, and statistical sources that you need. Don’t be scared – join us!

Workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 12noon-1pm via Zoom.

Registration for workshops is required.  A Zoom link and password will be emailed to you after you register.   Please note that workshops are open to only Tufts-affiliated individuals.

Zotero: the Basics

Date:     Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Time:    12:00pm – 1:00pm

Registration: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9586489?hs=a

Description: This session will introduce you to Zotero, a free citation management tool. With Zotero, you can:

  • collect references from web sites via your browser of choice
  • drag and drop PDFs to create references
  • generate in-text citations and bibliographies in Word documents

This session is for beginners – no previous experience required!

 

Tools for Shared Decision Making

Date:     Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Time:    12:00pm – 1:00pm

Registration: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9591978?hs=a

Description: Shared decision making is a key component of patient-centered health care, where clinicians and patients work together to make decisions, select tests, choose treatments and create care plans. The goal of shared decision making is to balance risks and expected outcomes with patient preferences and values.  This workshop will highlight quality tools that you can equip patients with to enable and encourage these valuable conversations.

 

The Power of Preprints

Date:     Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Time:    12:00pm – 1:00pm

Registration: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9620394?hs=a

Description:  Preprints are scholarly manuscripts that have been posted prior to becoming published articles.  With the increased demand to accelerate research, preprints have become a more common part of the publishing process, despite the fact that these drafts have not yet been submitted to a journal nor have they undergone the peer review and editorial process.  This workshop will discuss the benefits and concerns to consider when publishing and utilizing preprints. It will also address where to locate preprints involving health sciences research.

 

Get That Stat Source: Locating U.S. Health Data

Date:     Wednesday, October 26, 2022

Time:    12:00pm – 1:00pm

Registration: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9584689?hs=a

Description: This workshop will introduce you to major sources of health data for the United States. Topics will include: data collection stakeholders and methods, tips & tricks for locating health data, and an introduction to the Hirsh Library “Health Data and Statistics” guide.

 

 
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Ariel holding up our heart model, just as she did when she first started!

What a bittersweet announcement! Our beloved part-time library reference assistant, Ariel Flowers, is leaving Hirsh! She has accepted a stellar contract at Brown University, aiding the Divide America Project as Supervising Archivist.

In her short time at Hirsh, she has worked at the desk, getting to know you all. Behind the scenes, she has helped manage our course reserve collection and supervise student assistants. She tells us that she has enjoyed working with the Hirsh team. So, we are going to take her word for it!

Her last day is Friday, September 23rd. Stop by the desk and wish her luck in Providence!

 

Welcome to Tufts – and welcome to the Hirsh Health Sciences Library! We are so glad you’re here!

The Hirsh Library looks forward to supporting you during your time at Tufts. We also want to share some tips to get you started right now:

We wish you a most fabulous Fall semester and hope that you will explore the wealth of resources available to you at Hirsh. Welcome!

 

 

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Welcome back! We missed you! Start off this academic year on the right note and enhance your research skills with workshops@Hirsh. This month, we are kicking off our Fall workshop series by presenting three workshops that cover fundamental skills and resources.  If you need a refresher or feel overwhelmed, these workshops are for you. We hope you will join us!

Workshops will be held on Wednesdays from 12noon-1pm via Zoom.

Registration for workshops is required.  A Zoom link and password will be emailed to you after you register.   Please note that workshops are open to only Tufts-affiliated individuals.

September 14 – Approaching the Lit Review

Description:
In this workshop, students will learn how to approach the literature review. Topics covered include database selection, devising effective search techniques, limiting articles to relevant study-types, and tools for keeping track of results.

Instructor(s):
Amy E. LaVertu (she/her) is the librarian liaison to the Friedman School of Nutrition, as well as the departments of Geographic Medicine & Infectious Disease, and Psychiatry at the Tufts Medical Center. 

Register: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9584669?hs=a 


September 21 – PubMed: An Introduction

Description:
This workshop will introduce you to PubMed, the world’s premiere biomedical literature database.  We will review the content of this database, planning and executing a search strategy, narrowing search results, finding full-text, and exporting results to a citation management program.

Instructor(s):
Allie Tatarian (they/them) is a data librarian, liaison for the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and former biologist with over 5 years of wet lab experience. Their experience as a researcher sparked an interest in scientific communication, particularly in the ways scientists communicate with each other (and their future selves). Contact them for help with search strategies, data management, or finding molecular biology tools.

Register: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9620364

 

September 28 – EndNote: the Basics 

Description:
This one-hour session will introduce you to the basics of using the citation management program EndNote.   EndNote allows you to create a library of references, attach and read PDFs, and generate in-text citations and bibliographies in Word documents.  This session is for beginners – no previous experience required!

Instructor(s):
Paige Scudder (she/her) is Hirsh Library’s Data and Educational Technology Librarian.

Register: https://tufts.libcal.com/event/9591551?hs=a

 

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We are thrilled to welcome yet another new Research & Instruction librarian to our ranks, although this one is a familiar face. Paige Scudder joined the team in early August as our R&I Librarian for Educational Technology. A graduate of the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons, she joins us from Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries. Prior to her stint at Dartmouth, Paige worked here at HHSL as a Reference Assistant and we couldn’t be happier to have her back on the team.

Paige is an avid (and talented) craftsperson who can usually be found sporting her own handknits and custom sewn creations. She can also be found outdoors, enjoying the woods around her home as much as possible in all seasons whether on foot or strapped into her cross country skis. Please say hello and (re)introduce yourself to Paige when you see her around the Library!

“Library in the Medical and Dental School Building”, 1907. From the Tufts Digital Library: http://hdl.handle.net/10427/38004

A big welcome to the TUSM class of 2026 from all of us here at Hirsh Library! We can’t wait to meet you at library orientation today, July 28th, where you’ll get the chance to learn more about the library and all the resources that are available to you. (We’ve had a few renovations since the photo above was taken in 1907). We’re also looking forward to seeing you at PBL Library Skills Workshops in August!

Your pre-clerkship liaison librarian is Christina Heinrich, so don’t hesitate to contact her if you have any questions or need any library help! You can also stop by the Library Service Desk on the 4th floor of MedEd to talk to one of our staff members, or Ask Us by email, chat, phone, or text–we’re always happy to help!

 

Allie Tatarian

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to our new Research & Instruction and Data librarian, Allie Tatarian!

Allie is a 2020 graduate of the Simmons MLIS program and previously worked at the New Bedford Free Public Librarians and the Wolbach Library at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. Here at Tufts, they will be the primary outreach liaison to the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Allie lives in New Bedford with their wife and cat, Elton John. Please feel free to say hello if you see Allie around the library!

 
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