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WEBThis is the Health Sciences Libraries News Blog. The Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota includes the Bio-Medical Library, the Wangensteen Historical Library, and the Veterinary Medical Library.

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A Virtual Tour of the Health Sciences Library and the Wangensteen

WEBFall semester 2021 has begun and with it a return to campus for students, faculty and staff. The new locations for the Health Sciences Library (HSL) and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology & Medicine (WHL) in the Health Sciences Education Center (HSEC) and the Phillips-Wangensteen Building (PWB) are also fully …

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Introducing the Health Sciences Library

WEBIntroducing the Health Sciences Library. Moving the Bio-Medical Library into Diehl Hall (1960). Image courtesy of the U Media Archives. We’ve all known and loved the Bio-Medical Library since it first opened in Diehl Hall in 1960. Sixty years will have passed by the time we move into our new home in the Health Sciences Education Center.

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Celebrating the Health Sciences Libraries from 1892 to 2022

WEBThe Health Sciences Library and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine are known as collaborative partners in the interprofessional Health Sciences Education Center, but the roots of the Health Sciences Libraries started 130 years ago. Enjoy this photo history that spans the 1892 collections funding from the Board of …

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Top 10 Health Sciences Libraries stories of 2022

WEB7. Celebrating the Health Sciences Libraries from 1892 to 2022: A 130 year photo history. The Health Sciences Library and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine are known as collaborative partners in the interprofessional Health Sciences Education Center, but the roots of the Health Sciences Libraries started 130 years ago.

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Health Sciences Libraries Archives

WEBWe have a new wellness and reflection room in the Health Sciences library (East Bank).…

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Drawn to health: Bodies and medicine in popular visual culture

WEBAbout the exhibit. What: Drawn to health: Bodies and medicine in popular visual culture When: September 12, 2022 – December 29, 2022 Where: Wangensteen Historical Library, 2-340 Phillips-Wangensteen Building (PWB) second floor concourse Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm, free and open to the public; masks required, as …

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Activate active learning in the Health Sciences Library Commons

WEBBy Lisa McGuire. When the design process started for the new Health Sciences Education Center (HSEC), staff in the Health Sciences Library (HSL) knew they wanted to have a space that could function as an interprofessional ‘sandbox’ for exploring new ways of teaching and learning between faculty, librarians, instructional designers, …

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The spaces of the new Health Sciences Libraries

WEBWhen we move into the new Health Sciences Education Center, you can expect to find some familiar spaces such as our service desk and study areas. You will also see new and enhanced spaces that will support the exploration of emerging technologies in healthcare, including a Makerspace, a Data + Visualization Lab, a Faculty Commons, …

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Top 10 stories of 2023 from the Health Sciences Libraries

WEB9. We opened the doors to our special collections. Our Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine curated several exhibits that welcomed scholars, artists, teachers, and learners at all levels to explore their renowned collection of rare books and artifacts from 1430-1945. This year, exhibits focused on mushrooms (for cooks, …

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An interview with Sana Siddiqui, School of Public Health Librarian

WEBAs the Director of the Health Sciences Libraries, I am happy to introduce Sana Siddiqui (they/them) to our team as our School of Public Health (SPH) Librarian. In this role, Sana advances the teaching, research, and learning initiatives of SPH by connecting people with information.

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Two new health care databases will help consumers and …

WEBTwo new online health care databases will expand health care information for Minnesotans, training materials for future health care workers, while freeing up funds for libraries and nurse-training programs across the state, thanks to Minitex and funding from the Minnesota Legislature.

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Anatomy illustrated: Scientific images and the body at the …

WEBBy Anna Opryszko “Anatomy Illustrated: Scientific Images and the Body,” a new exhibit, showcases some of the most important examples among the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine’s vast collection of historical anatomical illustrations.. The illustrations are reproduced at three to four times their original size, …

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Research Byte: *NEW* NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

WEBAbout the authors. Shannon Farrell, M.S., MLIS is the Natural Resources Librarian at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.She leads the Libraries’ Research Data Services Team. Her work involves instructing students, faculty and staff on best practices with regards to data management, writing data management plans, and sharing data.

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License to relax

WEBBoynton Health's PAWS program is “very much a part of a mindful, planned approach to helping students manage their mental health, which stress is a huge component of,” says Tanya Bailey, the Animal-Assisted Interactions Coordinator leading the program. It’s among several student health-promotion programs, such as offering safer …

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Food, health, and mental health resources still available to U …

WEBAlthough the U of M community cannot be together physically, there are still resources to help students during this time. In order to help, we’ve compiled a list of some of the resources students can check out.

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New clinic opens in Wilson Library

WEBA new space that has opened up on the fourth floor of Wilson Library is in the Libraries but not of the Libraries. It is a new Boynton Mental Health Clinic for students, which will be important to some students’ success.

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Librarian ‘Dream Team’ collaborates to create Free Access Public …

WEBElizabeth Wattenberg, Ph.D., is training students at Hanoi Medical University in Vietnam who seek to integrate public health practices into their work. Wattenberg joined with the Libraries to create the “Free Access Public Health” website, providing one-stop access to vetted resources that can support public health students and practitioners …

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Funding received to preserve ’A Public Health Journal‘ TV …

WEBThe Social Welfare History Archives received a $10,000 Legacy Amendment grant from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society for the digital preservation and access project Public Health in Minnesota: Digitizing Recordings of “A Public Health Journal” TV program.

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"Archival Shouting"

WEBA recent tour of the archival caverns in Elmer L. Andersen Library at the U of MN. Wulf writes, “Naming the shouting is an explicit acknowledgment that some archives or sections of archives have long garnered outsize focus, and it attunes us to how their volume has shaped our histories.”. As an example, she notes a well-known collection at

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Robot dogs and genetically engineered flies: Students present …

WEBFrom harnessing the power of high-altitude winds to safely extracting blood clots from the heart’s arteries to reducing hospitalization of infant kangaroos, University of Minnesota students showcased their vision of the future at the 12th annual Founder’s Day, co-hosted by the University of Minnesota Libraries and the Holmes Center for …

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The Beauty That Requires Health: Four Landscapes

WEBEaton’s thinking, along with the land ethic philosophy of conservationist Aldo Leopold, are what motivate photographer Regina Flanagan’s study. What: The Beauty That Requires Health: Four Landscapes. When: The exhibit is open September 12 through December 16, 2016. Where: Architecture & Landscape Architecture Library, 210 Rapson …

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