EHSL Vitals News and Events

Catherine’s Corner – A Note from Our Director, April 2022

Even as Omicron continues to surge, we are grateful for what we have been given, and the impact of the health and quality of life our library has been able to give our campus and Utah communities.

Whether you are accessing the libraries from your office, home, or mobile device, or if you are physically using our campus spaces, we welcome you to explore the many information resources and services at your fingertips.

VR brings Life to Health Care Thanks to the Spencer S. Eccles Family Endowment

A single proposal will be selected to receive up to $100,000 that will be used by graduate students in the Therapeutic Games and Apps Lab (The GApp Lab) to develop a prototype medical VR tool over the course of a year.

EHSL Welcomes New Hires Abby Dowd and Lydia Howes

The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library welcomes two new hires Abby Dowd, Training and Development Specialist for the National Training Office (NTO) and Lydia Howes, MSI, Research & Education Librarian (Assistant Librarian).

Contribute to Project Art Heals Utah

Project Art Heals Utah is a collaborative mosaic art project using empty COVID-19 vaccine vials, clean healthcare waste from University of Utah patient care areas, and physical and virtual mementos donated by those that have suffered loss due to COVID-19.

Upcoming LabArchives Webinars

The campus has had a site license for LabArchives for five years. Researchers in most colleges on campus have integrated LabArchives into their research programs. Also, cores and undergraduates with senior projects are using LabArchives. If you have not investigated Labarchives yet or want some additional information to improve your use of LabArchives we are offering a series of webinars.

Join the Eccles Library Team! We’re Hiring a Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) & Education Librarian/Assistant Librarian

The Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library ( EHSL ) at the University of Utah invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty librarian at the Assistant Librarian rank.

3D Printing Services

To have something printed, fill out 3D Printing Form here.

Introducing the XR Classroom

The Eccles Health Sciences Library has built out a virtual simulation space for the health sciences in the Eccles Health Sciences Education Building (EHSEB).

In Memory of Mary Youngkin, Donations Can Be Made to Continue Her Initiative, the Eccles Library Medicinal Garden

Mary Youngkin1949 –2021. Mary Youngkin began her career at the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (EHSL) in 1975, and retired from EHSL in June 2011 after 36 years, serving as head of Reference and Public Services since the late 1980’s.

Publish in the new Journal of the Academy of Health Science Educators (JAHSE)

Call for special issue: Reigniting your Educational Scholarship! This past year has been a challenge in so many ways. For many of us, our educational scholarship has suffered. In response, […]