FY 23 Annual Report
Health Sciences Library System
Instruction
FY 23 At-a-Glance
Classes and Workshops
Each semester, HSLS organizes a variety of classes and workshops that are available both online and at the library. Our approach included 23 sessions developed in collaboration with vendors or subject matter experts from outside the HSLS faculty.
In FY 23, the following new classes were developed by HSLS instructors:
- Exploring Microbial Genomics with CLC Genomics Workbench
- CITE-Seq and Spatial Transcriptomics Data Analysis with Partek Flow
- Introduction to All of Us Researcher Workbench
- All of Us Researcher Workbench – Terminology and Data Models Training
- When Seeing Isn’t Believing: Identifying Visual Health Misinformation
Classes are also available to UPMC residents and fellows. Popular topics for residents and fellows in FY 23 included Painless PubMed, Getting Systematic About Systematic Reviews, visual design, and publishing.
Categories of Classes Offered in FY 23
Author's Toolkit
21 sessions
410 registrants
258 attendees
Citation Management
18 sessions
332 registrants
171 attendees
Data Science
27 sessions
633 registrants
610 attendees
Data Science, Instructional and Visual Design
1 session
132 registrants
55 attendees
Instructional and Visual Design
15 sessions
487 registrants
204 attendees
Literature Searching
22 sessions
281 registrants
144 attendees
Molecular Biology
22 sessions
395 registrants
199 attendees
Molecular Biology, Data Science
15 sessions
539 registrants
217 attendees
Special Topics and Other Sessions
21 sessions
356 registrants
193 attendees
Every time I attend one of your lectures I learn something. This is my life and I always think that I have figured out the “best way” of doing things. Then I attend one of your lectures and I realize that there is much better way. You are a wonderful teacher and have truly mastered the interactive teaching style.
-From MBIS invited lecture on bench research
Consultations and Instruction by Request
Consultations are requests for personalized guidance and expertise to address specific needs, provided one-on-one or in small group settings. Along with invited presentations or lectures by HSLS instructors, there was a noticeable increase in these requests in FY 23.
Consultations and Instruction Requests by Affiliation
School of Dental Medicine
17 requested sessions
352 session attendees
15 consults
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
28 requested sessions
738 session attendees
70 consults
School of Medicine
37 requested sessions
958 session attendees
265 consults
School of Nursing
11 requested sessions
439 session attendees
118 consults
School of Pharmacy
3 requested sessions
108 session attendees
16 consults
School of Public Health
26 requested sessions
515 session attendees
65 consults
Other Pitt Affiliation
9 requested sessions
252 session attendees
36 consults
UPMC (including Residents and Fellows)
6 requested sessions
146 session attendees
29 consults
Unaffiliated
14 requested sessions
809 session attendees
1 consult
Consultations and Instruction Requests by Session Type
Data Science
11 requested sessions
340 session attendees
47 consults
IACUC
1 requested session
47 session attendees
3 consults
MolBio
13 requested sessions
200 session attendees
144 consults
Regular
116 requested sessions
3340 session attendees
276 consults
Scholarly Communication
3 requested sessions
264 session attendees
15 consults
Systematic Review
3 requested sessions
40 session attendees
26 consults
Technology
4 requested sessions
86 session attendees
15 consults
DistillerSR
0 requested sessions
14 consults
Research Metrics
0 requested sessions
75 consults
The discussion was great, the presentation was exceptionally informative but engaging, the speakers were well informed and genuinely interested in the topic 10/10.
-From Misinformation class
Asynchronous Instruction
HSLS offers 12 standalone LibWizard tutorials. These tutorials are a mix of active learning and didactic information.
Five of these tutorials were developed for integration into the School of Rehabilitation Sciences curriculum and the Homewood Community Engagement Center. Other topics included data services, EndNote, and library orientation.
LibWizard tutorials were completed 150 times in FY 23.
UPMC Residents/Fellows
The Library Orientation for residents and fellows was revised into a standalone tutorial in LibWizard and was completed by 50 learners.
I learned not only how to start a poster from scratch on PowerPoint, but also how to amend existing templates in PowerPoint for use – all using the same techniques and logic.
-From PowerPoint for Posters class
