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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.

FY2023    
Use 115,296 Page Views of Website
  4,500 Reference Questions
  429 Consults
  153 Education Sessions Held
  2,901 Class Participants
  48 Online Tutorials
  115,296 Views of Online Guides
  10,224 Item Requests Fulfilled through Document Delivery and ILL for UMB users
  6,700 Loans and Documents Provided to Other Libraries
  177,535 Visitors to 601 W. Lombard Street
  1,495 Posters Printed
     
Holdings 108 Databases
  4,737 Currently Received Serial Titles
  17,669 E-Book Titles
  360,579 Print Volumes
  13,306 Items in Digital Archive
     
Outreach 62 Outreach Service Sessions
  3,200 People Served by Sessions
  17 Projects Funded by RML
  $200,000 Total Awarded to Projects Funded by RML
     
Space 3 Computer Classrooms
  4 Video Conference Rooms
  41 Group Study Rooms (18 technology-enhanced)
     
Staff 26 Faculty Librarians
  54 All Library Staff
Last edited on: Monday, April 29, 2024