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Harrell Health Sciences Library Newsletter
January 2022
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Director's note
Happy New Year! 2022 - I’m still having trouble wrapping my head around the idea of that. How time flies.
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Last year at this time, the library was fairly quiet as all students were learning remotely. However, that did change as the year went by. The new students that started classes in 2021 had hybrid classes. Smaller groups started meeting safely on campus, but large groups still took advantage of remote learning. This new pattern definitely changed the libraries' in-person usage as the year went on. Students are now staying after class to work in the library alone and with group members.
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The typical “student buzz,” or in the case of exam weeks “student silence,” is back!
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The same is true of the library team. We were mostly remote except for a skeleton crew at this time last year. Now we, too, are working hybrid schedules, alternating team members each day between the library and at home.
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The balance of safety, education, research, and clinical care is a fine line. I really think the College of Medicine (COM) and the Hershey Medical Center are doing a good job of walking it. We are all adaptive and changing regularly to fit the situation. The COM was forced to make changes as rules, mandates and policies at multiple levels changed. Maybe that is the new normal: being willing and able to change as needed. I think that was true before the pandemic but has become even more essential now.
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Cheers to 2022, to seeing how this year goes, to new ideas, new styles of learning and new work schedules. Here’s to flexibility!
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Kelly Thormodson, MLIS
Associate Dean for Library and Information Services
Library Director
Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons
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Every year, READ honorees choose their favorite book or a book that made a significant impact in their lives.
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The Harrell Health Sciences Library's group study room policy is being updated to emphasize the priority on providing space for small groups of learners to work together.
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Harrell Library is home to special grandfather clock
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Located near the Harrell Library’s Tech Sandbox is a beautiful grandfather clock. This clock was a gift from Dr. Graham H. Jeffries, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, and Founding Chair of the Department of Medicine. (Yes, that Dr. Jeffries!) He made a gift of this clock to the Library sometime in the 1990s. The clock still functions, however the only person who knows how to wind the clock is Dr. Jeffries, so it has gone silent. (There was also that minor complaint students had that the clock ticks loudly). The library encourages patrons to take a moment to stop and look at the clock, the next time they visit.
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Several Harrell Health Sciences Library team members have been involved in recent projects and events.
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Epilepsy Awareness at the Library
View the library’s virtual book display to learn about featured readings during Epilepsy Awareness Month.
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Join the Connecting Through Literature Book Club!
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This group is a collaboration between Humanities and Harrell Health Sciences Library, created with the purpose of strengthening our community ties and expanding understanding through reading.
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"Just Us" by Claudia Rankine
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Book discussion: Noon Feb. 9 via Zoom
Discussion facilitator: Bernadatte Gilbert
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Upcoming library events
Note that all of the following events are being offered via Zoom webinar only in light of COVID-19.
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@Harrell.lib is the quarterly newsletter of the Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons at Penn State College of Medicine. Your feedback is welcome. Email editor Marie Cirelli at mcirelli@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
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