What I’m Working On: Poorva and Sanyukta
Poorva Birari and Sanyukta Jalihalkar “We’re studying for a biochem test we have tomorrow. We’re at the library together pretty often. The atmosphere is really pleasant. Seeing people studying makes me more motivated to work harder. Our favorite spot is the collaborative tables on the first floor. The seating arrangements are really good for promoting studying […]
What I’m Working On: Maria and Neil
Maria Recel and Neil Sagrado “We’re studying for a test on endocrine. The collaborative spaces here are great for reviewing and talking about material with other people. I like studying here because seeing other people so driven to study and work hard makes me more motivated. I like that the libraries can be very solitary […]
Health Sciences Library marks 90 years on N. 12th Street
On September 14, faculty and staff of the Health Sciences Library celebrated 90 years at 509 N. 12th Street. Though the Health Sciences Library, in one form or location or another, has been a part of the medical campus since 1897, the current building was completed and opened in 1932. The building was expanded in […]
VCU’s Knott moderates panel at National Library of Medicine symposium
Teresa L. Knott, MLS, MPA, AHIP, FMLA, of VCU Libraries is among an august group invited to participate at the National Library of Medicine’s Lindberg-King Lecture & Scientific Symposium: Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D. on Thursday, September 1, 2022, via NIH Videocast. Knott, who has long been active in national health […]
Back to the Stacks: VCU Libraries Student Worker Reunion 2022
Calling all former student workers from VCU Libraries! Were you a student worker at VCU Libraries? VCU Libraries invites student workers from decades recent and vintage back to the library for a reunion. You bring the memories, we’ll provide lunch and building tours! When: 11:30 am-1:30 pm Saturday, June 4, 2022 Where: Cabell Library Lecture […]
ConnectWell: free postcards and a note home with Friends of VCU Libraries
Hey Mom! Writing from the library, where I spend all my time. Thanks for your support!! My semester is going ok, but i am not there yet. However, I am not going to give up. I will do my best to make you and myself proud! Hey dad, it’s your future graduate…just a reminder of […]
VCU’s Brody chairs Medical Library Association’s dental caucus
Research and Education Librarian and liaison to the VCU School of Dentistry, Erica Brody, MPH, MSLS, is the new chair of the Medical Library Association (MLA)’s dental caucus. She has completed one year of service as dental caucus chair-elect and begins her term as chair in May 2021, which will be followed by a one […]
Students share what they love about VCU Libraries
On Valentine’s Day, Friends of VCU Libraries asked students to share their love for VCU Libraries and the response was…loving. Hundreds of students enjoyed a quick study break at tables at Tompkins-McCaw for the Health Sciences and James Branch Cabell Library to craft a handmade valentine to share what they love about VCU Libraries. Love […]
Fresh approach to doctoral program broadens Tompkins-McCaw’s role in health professions graduate education
Lauretta Cathers, Ph.D., the program director for the College of Health Professions’ (CHP) Ph.D. Program in Health Related Sciences (HRS), reached out to Research Librarian Talicia Tarver of the Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences. Tarver and Cathers also enlisted assistance from Data Management Librarian Nina Exner, to help provide library instruction for a hybrid-online […]
Hurst chosen for prestigious leadership fellowship
Emily Hurst has been selected as an Association of Academic Health Sciences/National Library of Medicine leadership fellow for 2019-20. This highly competitive and prestigious program matches fellows and mentors in a one year leadership development program. It is a highly selective program with five fellows annually. The NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program prepares emerging leaders for […]
