Category Archives: important news
2013 Free Lecture Series: Spine Health in the Workplace
This free lecture will teach about basic spine anatomy and proper posture. Learn how to keep your spine healthy (or get it healthy again!) while at work. Shawnee Haws received her Doctor of Physical Therapy from the University of Utah in 2005, and is a certified Pilates instructor and educator. Her current clinical practice includes [...]
ILLiad down time May 22nd
ILLiad, our interlibrary loan and document delivery request system, will be down for scheduled maintenance beginning at 7:00PM MT on Weds, May 22nd. Anticipated downtime is 2 hours.
Faculty Position for Teaching & Learning Librarian
The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah seeks a creative, energetic, personable and self motivated individual to fill the position of Teaching and Learning Librarian. The Teaching and Learning Librarian coordinates and administers the formal educational efforts of the library in a team environment. These efforts include working with academic faculty in [...]
Faculty Position for InterProfessional Education Program
The University of Utah is seeking a faculty member to provide educational leadership for University’s Interprofessional Education Program. This individual will join a dynamic, multidisciplinary group in contributing to the development of immersion learning experiences to meet the needs of health care trainees and professionals at the University of Utah, Hospitals and Clinics. Interested applicants [...]
Google Reader is Shutting Down
As you may have heard, Google Reader will be retired at the end of June. Since Google Reader is a tool we at the Eccles Library have recommended using for RSS feeds in the past, we wanted to make sure you, our patrons, are aware of this and provide some options. Here are the four [...]
ORCID: A Unique Identifier for Researchers
ORCID is a free tool that allows you to gather together the outputs of your research under one unique identifier. It will give you the ability to make sure that the articles, data sets, etc. that you published are the ones attributed you, and are linked together. “ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem [...]
Cases Database from BioMed Central
Cases Database is a freely accessible and continuously updated tool, developed by BioMed Central, which allows clinicians, researchers, teachers and patients to explore thousands of peer-reviewed medical case reports from multiple journal publishers
The Research Lifecycle: Partnering for Success
Please join us for a forum on the challenges and potential of data-intensive science. Enjoy the opportunity to learn about new resources for collaboration, discovery, data sharing and data management and participate in discussions about how these resources can add value to your research community. This forum features a keynote address by Victoria Stodden entitled, [...]
Library Adds uCentral and Unbound MEDLINE with Grapherence
In August 2012 the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library initiated a site license for Unbound Medicine’s uCentral. uCentral brings together clinical references and journal literature where you need it – on your smartphone, tablet, and on the web.
The Utah Landscapes Exhibit – 2013
The Utah Landscapes Exhibit is an examination of the beauty and wonder that can be found throughout Utah via the photographic eye of Steven Leitch. Steven Leitch has been employed as a Medical Photographer for the University of Utah’s School of Medicine since 1977. During that time, he has seen photography make drastic changes in [...]


