Health Sciences

March 22, 2022

A Library Lifeline for Underserved Communities 

How regional medical libraries increase access to health information for those who need it most With the ubiquity of online resources, you may not realize the role that libraries (UW Health Sciences Library in particular) play in connecting healthcare professionals with critical medical and health information. Access to accurate, evidence-based health information is particularly challenging…

November 23, 2021

What is a data management plan, why is it important, and how do I make one?

Last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would be instituting a new Data Management and Sharing Policy, effective 2023. The new policy establishes the requirement that research projects funded by the NIH must submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan. This announcement follows a wider trend of many other funding agencies…

November 2, 2021

A New Library for UW Health Sciences

Updated 5/31/22 Today’s health sciences curriculum emphasizes the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration, and tomorrow’s healthcare professionals require a range of flexible spaces and access to expertise and resources purpose-built for integrated learning. Digital resources provide the majority of research and reference information, and in turn, libraries have long been evolving to adapt and meet the…