Visitors to Falk Library, located in Alan Magee Scaife Hall, are encouraged to check out these opportunities and displays:
Creative Corner
New this semester! Busy with classes, presentations, reading, and studying? Visit the Creative Corner, located next to the Leisure Reading Collection, and take a few minutes to unwind, de-stress, and explore your creative self. We offer a rotating selection of coloring supplies, puzzles, fidgets, and games to use in the study spaces throughout the library. Supplies are limited and are available during all regular library hours.
Make Your Own Trail Mix
Wednesday, September 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Take a custom-made snack with you. At this new monthly event, select from a variety of raisins, cranberries, pretzels, peanuts, and other small snack foods. This is offered as both a lunchtime and an evening session – pick which time works best for you. Pack your own tight-seal bag with your favorite goodies and enjoy throughout the day!
On Display
Technology at HSLS: Self Service and Borrowable Equipment (Display Cases, Main Floor and Lower Floor)
See all that Falk Library has to offer in our self-service technology display featuring our computer stations, Pitt printers, an accessible computer station with a Braille embosser, and our audio/video digitization station. An impressive gallery of borrowable technology equipment highlights mobile computing (laptops, power cables, adapters, and other accessories), video conferencing equipment, audio equipment (headphones, speakers, microphones, and CD players), and video equipment (digital cameras, video cameras, projectors, and DVD players). Whether you need a tech gadget for a few hours or a suite of equipment to create your latest project, HSLS has you covered!
As the Years Go By – Scope and Scalpel Poster Retrospective (Wall Gallery, Lower Floor)
Newly framed posters from the Scope and Scalpel collection adorn the new gallery walls outside the Rare Book Room and Quiet Study Rooms. Braille descriptions are available below each poster.
Scope and Scalpel memorabilia accompany an array of digitized production materials. Selected ones are presented in the Scope and Scalpel online exhibit, and more digitized materials are available through the Scope and Scalpel collection finding aid.
Gifts That Shaped Our Collection (Rare Book Room Window Display, Lower Floor)
This display highlights just four donors among many library supporters over the years to illustrate the scope, importance, value, and beauty of books received for the historical collection through generous donations. Several of the items on display have been previously featured in the Treasures from the Rare Book Room article series, including:
- Bartholin, Thomas: Anatome, donated by T. Osial
- Enderlen, Eugen: Stereoskopbilder zur Lehre von den Hernien, donated by M. Ravitch
- Pirckheimer, Willibald: Apologia seu podagrae laus [First edition], donated by family of G. Rodnan
- Withering, William: An account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses, donated by J.D. Heard
Nine Ages of Man Sculpture (Study Area, Main Floor)
Nine Ages of Man is a Randolf W. Johnston work from 1970 that was donated to the School of Medicine in 1984 by Peter Winter in honor of Peter Safar, the renowned Pitt Med professor who co-developed CPR and helped establish Pittsburgh’s groundbreaking Freedom House Ambulance Service. The sculpture has been on view for visitors to Alan Magee Scaife Hall, and during building construction is on loan for temporary display in Falk Library.
While our focus is on the Pitt Health Sciences community, all Pitt affiliates are welcome to participate. Unless otherwise noted, all activities and displays are available during Falk Library Operating Hours.