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Harrell Health Sciences Library Newsletter
January 2021
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Director's note
Happy New Year! I hope this finds you healthy and well.
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The year of 2020 has been a doozy. As I write this, we celebrate the first doses of vaccine administered in the United States. I feel like I’ve just run a long race and I can see the finish line. I’m exhausted, excited and hopeful. I hope you are hopeful too.
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We had many accomplishments in the Harrell Library in 2020. We learned how to serve our patrons remotely. We closed then opened the library (to internal users only for now). We discovered that we were armed with Zoom knowledge that was essential to many people across the institution. We continued to answer reference questions and teach classes. We hosted an exhibit. We started a book club. We offered online workshops and provided digital interlibrary loans.
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2021 will start out the same. We have hope that we will return to normal, but for now we will continue to have the library open with masks required. We will continue to offer our services primarily online but with knowledge that as the year progresses we will see a return to some pre-COVID operating procedures like having visitors back on campus and in the library.
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We are looking forward to seeing you all in the future. Stay safe and well.
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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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The first meeting of Harrell Health Sciences Library's Passport Book Club took place Oct. 20, 2020, with five attendees.
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The database Web of Science, available to Penn State College of Medicine users through Harrell Health Sciences Library, recently announced that it will be launching a new interface sometime during 2021.
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See the 2020 Harrell Health Sciences Library: Research and Learning Commons READ awardees for 2020-2021. The award recognizes individuals from Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center community who are strong library supporters and have assisted in advancing the mission of the library.
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Several Harrell Health Sciences Library team members have been involved in recent projects.
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Join HHSL Passport Book Club!
Read and discuss books that will take you around the world and back in time with the HHSL Passport Book Club, hosted by Harrell Health Sciences Library.
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How Long 'til Black Future Month?
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Book discussion 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, by Zoom
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Learn how to use TinkerCad to create and print a Valentine's Day gift box and cookie cutter in free hands-on workshop!
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3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 or Thursday, Jan. 28
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Via Zoom
Each library patron's first 100 grams of printer filament are free.
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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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