Category Archives: Library Facilities

UTSW South Campus Library re-opens May 1st

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As the UT Southwestern campus transitions to Phase 3 on May 1, 2021, the Library is excited to welcome our UT Southwestern users back to the Health Sciences Digital Library & Learning Center!

Our ability to remain open depends on you – the users – following the new Phase 3 guidelines. These guidelines have been developed to protect the health and safety of you and others.

  • All Library spaces are individual study and by reservation only.
  • UT Southwestern continues to strongly encourage – but no longer require – the wearing of masks by students, faculty, staff, and guests in nonclinical areas of our campus.
  • Maintain the standard 6 feet of physical distance between yourself and others.
  • Practice hand hygiene.

Together we can safely transition to Phase 3 and remain open. Thank you for helping ensure the health and well-being of yourself and others.

To reserve your study space, go to the Library Reservation System.
A UT Southwestern Library Space Reservation Tutorial is available to walk you through the steps.

For more information, visit the UT Southwestern Library Re-Opening Guide.

Library’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

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The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center wants to reaffirm our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as outlined by the UT Southwestern Office of Institutional Equity & Access, especially as we welcome new residents, fellows, and students to our campus. We strive to maintain a collection that embraces and supports these tenets and welcome your suggestions on additional resources to address these issues.

While the Library’s physical space remains closed, all Library digital resources and services are available 24/7. Library staff is available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., via web forms or by phone at 214-648-2001. (Voicemail will be retrieved every two hours). For after-hours questions or to schedule individual training sessions, use the LibAsk form.

Library Study Rooms, Studio, and Classrooms to remain locked until further notice

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As the UT Southwestern campus reopens in phases, the Library needs to comply with the UT Southwestern Nonpharmacologic Intervention Best Practices. Please be advised that the following changes at the South Campus Library are currently in effect for the foreseeable future (as of May 12, 2020):

  • Library Informatics Classroom, Digital Media Production Studio, Group Study Rooms will remain locked, and reservations are suspended.
  • Individual Study Rooms will remain locked.

Please note: When room reservations resume, they will be limited to special events (e.g., interviews, trainings), and every request will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Questions? Contact Bitty Babu, Manager Library Administration & Document Services via email at Bitty.Babu@UTSouthwestern.edu.

New photography exhibit featuring campus sculptures now on display in South Campus Library

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A new campus photography exhibit is now on display at the South Campus Library until March 27, 2020.

In 2019, UT Southwestern received three significant art donations, expanding the campus’s outdoor art holdings dramatically. In celebration of these additions to our campus, UTSW students and employees who have previously submitted photographs to the annual On My Own Time art show were invited to photograph works of art in the UTSW collection that are on display outdoors. Each photograph offers a unique perspective: some photos include people interacting with the art; some utilize digital filters or photography techniques to strike a dramatic tone; and others capture close-ups of the surface of the artwork, separating it from its setting and focusing the viewer on its surface treatment.

Works on view in this photography exhibition include:

  • Joel Shapiro, Untitled, 2018-19, cast bronze, located on Seldin Plaza (© 2018 Joel Shapiro/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York); gift of Joseph L. Goldstein, MD
  • Ursula von Rydingsvard, Dumna, 2015, cast bronze, ed. 3 of 3, located on Seldin Plaza; gift of Joseph L. Goldstein, MD
  • Tom Orr and Frances Bagley, Forest of Light, 2019, steel, acrylic, LED, located on the rooftop garden of West Campus Building 3; given anonymously “with heartfelt thanks to John Warner, MD, from a grateful patient, turned friend”
  • Isaac Witkin, Sabras, 1973, steel, located near Seldin Plaza; donated by Patsy and Ray Nasher, 1988, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Frenkel
  • William Verhelst, Fountain, 1965, bronze, located on the grounds of the Bass Center
  • James Surls, Spiraling Flower, 1994, wood and steel, donated by Julie and George Tobolowsky in honor of Barbara and Donald Zale, 1997

On the Move – North Campus Branch Library

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The North Campus Branch Library has moved!

Our new 24/7 location is in the Kern Wildenthal Research Building, Room NL3.252.  Please visit us and use our resources, which include workstations with specialty software, printers, and a mobile device charging station. Library staff are available Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Questions?  Email LibAsk@utsouthwestern.edu or call 214-648-2001.

Library offers test proctoring services

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Did you know that the UT Southwestern Library offers test proctoring services for students, staff, and faculty upon request? Proctoring will be monitored by Library staff at the Bass Center Library Administration Offices (BL5.500) in the Paul M. Bass Administrative and Clinical Center, Tower 2. The cost is $10 per hour.

  • Payments can be made via cash or credit after receiving an invoice for the service.
  • Payment must be made before the proctoring service appointment. There are no refunds once payment is received.
  • Invoices must be paid in advance according to the standard length of the exam.
  • Cancellations will be accepted until 48 hours before the service appointment.

For scheduling or more information, call 214-648-2626 or email libADS@utsouthwestern.edu.

Library highlights technologies, UT Southwestern offerings in new Campus 3D Printing primer

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Jane Scott, Digital Services and Technology Planning Library Manager, has created a Campus 3D Printing Resources primer to assist UT Southwestern learners, faculty, and staff with available 3D printing campus resources. The 10-page PDF provides an overview of current 3D printing technologies, describes 3D printing and copyright information, and highlights three departments that offer a variety of 3D printing services on campus.

For more information about the Library’s offerings, go to Library 3D Printing Resources.

UT Southwestern Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center – 2019 and Beyond

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To meet the evolving information needs of the campus, over the past five to ten years, our Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center has changed extensively.  The Library expects to further evolve via its new 2019 – 2024 strategic plan.

We want to hear from you – that’s how we improve!  Please complete a short survey on or before January 31st.  It takes less than five minutes!

Your opinion matters – we read and evaluate every response.  Stay tuned – responses will be anonymized and summarized and posted on our website in the near future.

New traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine highlights global contributions of physician assistants

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Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care, a traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, is coming to the South Campus Library from July 30 through September 8, 2018. This exhibition was curated by Loren Miller, PhD, an independent historian and curator.

Physician assistants (PAs) practice medicine as a dynamic part of a team, alongside doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals and work within diverse communities to treat patients and improve lives by addressing health care shortages. Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care describes how the profession developed as a solution to meet the social and health care needs of the mid-20th century and continues to evolve today. The exhibit features stories of PAs in communities all over the world and on the front lines of health crises, like the recent Ebola epidemic. It also features PAs from the highest echelons of government, including Congresswoman Karen Bass from California and George McCullough, the first White House PA.

Visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine website for more information on Physician Assistants: Collaboration and Care.

New changes to Library printing

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The Library Printing system has undergone some major changes highlighted below:

  • No more print cards!
    Library print cards will no longer be used going forward. Over the past three months, we have been slowly removing swipe card functionality from our print system.
  • New print release station 
    The new print release station is directly opposite the old swipe station. You can now release your print job with your UT Southwestern username and password. When UT Southwestern Information Resources disables someone’s UTSW account, the print account will also be disabled. (Note: The old release station will remain available for another few weeks for card holders to use up their balances and only reflect account cards issued in the last six months.)
  • Adding funds?
    You may add funds via the cash box to your print account that is now connected to the new print station. The process is the same as it was with the old station.
    Users can also call 214-648-2626 to add money to their account with a credit card.
  • Secure printing
    Users can now only see their own print jobs when they log into either the new release station or PrintCenter, which is the website used to release print jobs.
  • No more print job passwords!
    When you submit a print job, you will no longer be asked to provide a print job password along with the print job name. Your UT Southwestern username and password will now be used. Upon logging in, select the print job, and select the print button to release your job to the printer.
  • Need a print account?
    Currently, this is a manual process while our staff finalizes the automation process. If you require a new account, please send an email to Charles.Robinson@utsouthwestern.edu. Charles reviews all system transactions daily and adds anyone that has attempted to use the system but received an account error.