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601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore MD 21201-1512

Information Services: 410-706-7995

By the Numbers

Distinguished as the first library established by a medical school in the United States, the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) provides collections and services for faculty, staff, and students of the University of Maryland, Baltimore as well as for the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC).

The HSHSL also serves as the Regional Medical Library (RML) for Region 1, which provides programs, services, and dedicated support for NNLM Members in Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

FY2024    
Use 703,535 Page Views of Website
  3,825 Reference Questions
  1096 Consults
  143 Education Sessions Held
  3,204 Class Participants
  56 Online Tutorials
  106,732 Views of Online Guides
  9,965 Item Requests Fulfilled through Document Delivery and ILL for UMB users
  6,325 Loans and Documents Provided to Other Libraries
  184,682 Visitors to 601 W. Lombard Street
  1,673 Posters Printed
     
Holdings 105 Databases
  3,798 Currently Received Serial Titles
  18,055 E-Book Titles
  360,837 Print Volumes
  13,722 Items in Digital Archive
     
Outreach 65 Outreach Service Sessions
  3,837 People Served by Sessions
  3 Projects Funded by RML
  $80,000 Total Awarded to Projects Funded by RML
     
Space 3 Computer Classrooms
  3 Video Conference Rooms
  41 Group Study Rooms (18 technology-enhanced)
  28 Public Access Computers
  2 Wireless Networks for Laptops & Mobile Devices
  27 Dual Monitors
  82 Presentation Practice Studio (video recording and editing equipment)
     
Staff 25 Faculty Librarians
  26 Library Staff
Last edited on: Thursday, May 08, 2025