Collections
VisualDx Trial Now Available
The UCSF Library is happy to announce that we have set up a short-term trial to VisualDx from now through January 15, 2018. Best known for its extensive
Kemi Amin
November 30, 2017
News from the Library
Library Services
Expanding Library Access: Responding to our students
From Dan Lowenstein, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost As a UCSF alum, faculty member, physician, and now its EVCP, my experience with the Library comes from many perspectives.
Kemi Amin
November 2, 2017
Makers Lab
Stories from the Makers Lab: A Proof of Concept
When the Makers Lab opened in April 2016, we were eager to explore 3D printing applications for UCSF. We soon learned there are countless applications for this technology
Dylan Romero
November 1, 2017
In The Field
UCSF Library Presence at Sharecase 2017
Sharecase 2017 is this Thursday and the Library will have a major presence this year. The Library’s Makers Lab, Academic Information Systems, Learning Technology Group, and Data Science Initiative (DSI) will all
Kemi Amin
October 11, 2017
Scholarly Communications
Open Access Week 2017: Oct 23 – 29
Join the UCSF Library as we participate in this year’s International Open Access Week! Open access (OA) is the free, immediate, online access to the published results of scholarly research and the
Kemi Amin
October 3, 2017
Library Services
Access Restored
Good news! Access to all affected resources, including Nature, BMC and Palgrave, has been restored. Thank you for your patience. We’re experiencing problems accessing some of our resources,
Kemi Amin
September 27, 2017
Assessment
What You Said About Library Spaces
In May 2017 the Library launched a survey campaign to learn how people use the physical spaces in the Parnassus Library. We distributed the paper survey throughout the Library
Kemi Amin
September 25, 2017
Archives and Special Collections
SFGH 1930s Photograph Collection on Calisphere
This is a guest post by Griffin Burgess, ZSFG Archivist. The Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Archives has its first collection available as part of UCSF’s digital collections
Kemi Amin
July 27, 2017
Makers Lab
A Snapshot of the UCSF Library Makers Lab [An Infographic]
This is a guest post by Jenny Tai, Makers Lab staff member. The Makers Lab has grown a lot in the past year, thanks to the support of
Dylan Romero
July 25, 2017
Makers Lab
Stories from the Makers Lab
The Makers Lab has been open for just over a year and we have already seen the UCSF community work on some incredibly innovative projects. Students, faculty, staff,
Dylan Romero
July 18, 2017
Makers Lab
Makers Lab Now Open 5 Days a Week!
Have you heard the news? The Makers Lab is now open 5 days a week, Monday – Friday, 10am-6pm! Why are we expanding Makers Lab hours? To meet
Dylan Romero
June 22, 2017
Makers Lab
UCSF – Meet the Form 2 3D Printer!
We have seen hundreds of successful 3D prints using the Ultimaker 2 and Lulzbot Taz 5 3D printers since opening the Makers Lab in April 2016. During this
Dylan Romero
June 2, 2017
Scholarly Communications
Open Access Publishing Discounts
Did you know that UCSF provides authors discounts on publishing open access articles and books with several publishers? Through the University of California’s institutional subscriptions and membership programs,
Kemi Amin
June 1, 2017
Breaking News
#BREAKING: UCSF Welcomes New University Librarian Chris Shaffer
New University Librarian Chris Shaffer Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Christopher Shaffer has been appointed UCSF’s next university librarian (UL) and assistant vice chancellor
Kemi Amin
May 22, 2017
Data Science Initiative
(May 20 – 21) UCSF Programming Workshop: Beginning R or Python
DATE AND TIMESat, May 20, 2017, 9:00 AM – Sun, May 21, 2017, 5:00 PM PDT LOCATIONUCSF Mission Hall Room 1406/1407550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158 Course
Kemi Amin
May 10, 2017
Scholarly Communications
oaFindr Helps you Find Open Access Articles
UCSF has purchased a trial subscription to the oaFindr database, an open access article discovery platform. oaFindr crawls scholarly databases and the web for full-text, peer-reviewed open access
Kemi Amin
May 3, 2017
Technology
Beyond Basics with Advanced Techniques in the CLE
We are pleased to announce a new online workshop designed to teach you the advanced features of the Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE)! This online training is self-paced and
Kemi Amin
April 17, 2017
Archives and Special Collections
UCSF Archives $315,000 to digitize AIDS archives
San Francisco, CA – The Archives and Special Collections department of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Library, in collaboration with the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL)
Kemi Amin
April 17, 2017