Closing of the Health Science Library on Sundays

A message from Dr. Ludwig, Associate Dean of Library Services

Due to staffing reductions and low Sunday usage of the Health Sciences Library, effective Sunday, February 21 the library will be closed on Sundays.  We are however, developing procedures to open the main reading room on a 24/7 non-staffed basis.  More information on library operating hours will be forthcoming.

Annual Report 2009

The Health Sciences Library’s 2009 Annual Report is now available at http://library.luhs.org/hslibrary/about_us/publications/AnnualReport09.pdf

This year’s annual report is dedicated to the memory of Mary Klatt, Associate Director who passed away on November 14, 2009.

FY09 Highlights

• The Library website was redesigned to emphasize accessibility to the numerous tools the library provides to our users.
• 760 free print titles were added to the collection as a result of our affiliation with the American Medical Association.
• Downsizing of the physical collection to assure more efficient use of our current space and to prepare for the move to the new future space prompted weeding the reference and reserve collections, establishing criteria for deselection of the circulating collection, and downsizing the audiovisual collection.
• Increased emphasis on teaching information skills; provided over 1,000 point-of-need instructions and 365 demonstrations.
• Reaffirmed reciprocal borrowing privileges with 40 health sciences libraries.
• Provided outreach services to public libraries and community groups
• Go Local continues to connect Illinois citizens with locally-based health services
• Created the Jesuit Health Sciences Information Institute to facilitate information exchange among Jesuit medical Schools

New Library Hours

With the continuing economic downturn, the health sciences library is taking a number of steps to reduce expenses.
In addition to eliminating duplicate resources and canceling lesser used resource subscriptions, effective March 1, 2009 the Health Sciences Library Hours of Operation will be as follows:

Sunday            Noon – 8:00 PM
Mon- Thur       7:45 AM – 10:00 PM
Friday             7:45 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday        9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Annual Report FYO8

The Health Sciences Library’s 2008 Annual Report is now available at:
http://library.luhs.org/Annual%20Report/AnnualReportFY08.pdf

A few highlights include:
-Collections increased by nearly 2,000 volumes.
-Nearly 12,000 journal titles are accessible via the library’s webpage.
-Library conducted over 100 information management classes.
-Health-E Illinois now contains over 10,000 records to healthcare services
-Elearning system has over 11,000 active users.
-Nearly 111,000 Medline searches were completed