2018 -2019 Annual Report
About the Health Sciences Library System:
The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) supports the University of Pittsburgh’s Schools of the Health Sciences (Dental Medicine, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, and Public Health), along with the university-wide health sciences community. The HSLS website serves as the primary gateway to our services and resources.
Research Support
Librarians support research activities in the health sciences through an extensive array of services, including individual research consultations, advanced literature searching, systematic review search expertise and methodology documentation, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) consultations and literature searching, Data Services, the Molecular Biology Information Service, and scholarly communication guidance.
Instruction
Faculty librarians provide a wide variety of informational and instructional services that are offered year-round, with flexibility to incorporate instruction at department meetings, within a curriculum class, or along with an outreach program. Timely and recurring topics keep a strong HSLS catalog of classes robust and relevant.
Resources and Services
HSLS provides a wide range of resources and services such as books, journals, databases, e-resources and collections, information access points, customer service and technical support, internal and external metadata creation, multimodal technology development, and document delivery services.
Programs Funded by the National Library of Medicine
HSLS received nearly $3 million in awarded grants from the National Library of Medicine to support the Regional Medical Library of the Middle Atlantic Region, the NNLM Web Services Office, and the Training and Education Center of the All of Us Research Program. Through these programs, we serve the broader community and engage with a variety of health information stakeholders both regionally and nationally.
