HSLIC News

Did you know that there is a collaborative team of researchers at HSC who scrape the global literature and social media posts related to COVID-19, 6 days a week, vet them for quality, and then compile them into shortened briefings for other researchers, legislators, and providers?

If not, check out and learn the latest/greatest from across the globe, at the Daily Briefings page in the UNM Digital Repository!

A subgroup of the larger New Mexico Medical Advisory Team and Led by UNM Associate Professor Dr. Christophe Lambert, the team size ranges from 10-30 contributors (including students and folks from the UNM Center for Global Health) who work Sunday through Friday evenings for up to two hours each night. They take Saturdays off and spend Sunday night compiling information from both Saturday and Sunday. On average, the team reviews (daily) anywhere from 500-700 individual research articles, news stories, and social media posts, then whittles them down to 30-70 items that meet specific criteria for inclusion. These are then summarized in an easy-to-read format in a brief, 3-6 page document. It is a daunting task, to say the least!

The payoff has been most rewarding, with metrics confirming that these briefings have been downloaded over 1000 times and in nearly 80 countries! 

UNM Professor and section chief for geriatrics, Dr. David Scrase, and presently New Mexico's Secretary of Human Services, recently complimented and “thanked [the] team for [their] efforts and mentioned that he reads [the briefing] each night as the best part of his day and adds his favorite articles to his daily PowerPoint slides for updating the Governor.”

Kudos to HSLIC's own Ingrid Hendrix and Lori Sloane for their efforts and collaborations with this invaluable team!

Would you like to be on the listserv and get notification when the newest briefing is ready? Signup is quick and simple:

1. Email with a blank subject line to: listserv@list.unm.edu
2. In the body include a single line: subscribe GLOBALHEALTHCOVID19-L [YourFirstname] [YourLastname]
3. You will receive an email requesting confirmation that you want to join the list
4. Make sure to check your junk folder to "un-junk" material from this list

As part of our new series Library Perspectives we asked all of the Library employees 1. What is your role at HSLIC & how have you adapted that position to the current conditions? and 2. What is something you are doing right now that is helping you cope with day to day life?

See their responses below to learn about what services the Library has to offer and some possible tips/tricks for adapting to our current situation.

Kelleen Maluski, Student Success and Engagement Librarian

1. I teach classes, conduct consultations on research, and host events to help engage our community with the Library resources. Really I’m still doing the same things as before, just virtually! I do chat shifts for the Library, conduct virtual consultations and classes, work on materials to engage our users, and have been working on getting workshops and events scheduled via Zoom.
2. My friend has been teaching me how to cook better and improvise with ingredients. I would go out for dinner a lot, so cooking every day is new but I have been finding it relaxes me and doing it with my friend has been such a nice way to unwind after work. We’ve also been dancing 2-4 times a week as a group via Zoom and that has been so important for my mental health.

Kristin Proctor, Library Services Coordinator

1. As part of our public services team, you would typically find me smiling and waving at you from the front desk, ready to help you find the library resources you need or recommend a consultation with one of our faculty librarians. When not “on desk,” I am working behind the scenes processing your interlibrary loan requests.

   While I don’t get to see your smiling faces, I am still working hard to provide customer service via chat. I also spend many hours each day clarifying citations, requesting copies from lending libraries around the world, and sending you PDFs of articles requested through our interlibrary loan and document delivery service. Other libraries are facing the same challenges we are, so they are mostly working from home and delivering digital articles as well.

2. I have been communicating a lot more with friends and family both near and far. I have a great group of friends I met through practicing and performing aerial circus, and we have a group messaging thread where we share both silly and serious stuff and support each other through the anxiety, boredom, and loneliness of social distancing.

   I also commissioned this artwork from our studio owner to help support her while she is unable to open our circus studio ABQ Circus Arts. I feel a surge of love and gratitude for my circus family every time I look at it.

Laura's daughter Simone, dog Juno, and son Pablo

Laura Hall, Interim Co-director

1. Currently I am the Interim Co-director for the library, which basically entails supporting the library staff and faculty, so that we keep our doors open and the lights on (virtually or otherwise) to better serve the HSC and larger community. Our current circumstances of working remotely and living in the time of a pandemic, have certainly brought with them some significant challenges.  The situation remains very fluid, which takes its own toll. However, challenging times also bring opportunities to learn from one another, gain new perspectives and in the process be creative.  I continue to be impressed with the library staff and faculty’s ingenuity and ability to adapt.

2. Daily walks, having lunch on my patio, taking breaks and laughing with my kids – have been three of my favorite ways to cope. I am reminded the moment I read or listen to the news, how very fortunate I am.  I find it important to take time every day to be thankful for those around me and the comforts of home.  These are true blessings.  It’s also fair to say, I have a new level of appreciation for school teachers, streaming media and incredible convenience of ordering from local restaurants for take-out and eating in!

Authentication to electronic library resources (HSLIC and University Libraries) will not be available from off campus during UNM's Data Center Maintenance Outage (Friday, May 22, 2020, 5pm - Sunday, May 24, 2020, 5pm). Electronic resources can be accessed if on campus.  UpToDate, Clinical Key and Clinical Pharmacology may also be accessed from off campus using the publishers’ apps. Please visit https://libguides.health.unm.edu/unm_it_outage for details.  For more information about the outage, please see https://dcoutages.unm.edu/index.html

We can't begin to express our gratitude for all that hospital workers do everyday to take care of and keep the people of NM healthy and safe. You are all true heroes and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

We are excited to have recently launched our HSC and New Mexico Respond to COVID-19 space in our Digital Repository, and are seeking your help in populating it with new and original content. In addition to documenting the Health Sciences Center's institutional response--including invaluable Daily Briefings focused on emerging global research--we are seeking YOUR original photographs and other creative works that tell us a little more about your experiences during this pandemic. 

We know that our HSC community (staff, faculty, students, researchers, clinicians) have a unique perspective on this time. We also know that the broader New Mexico health and wellness community are similarly being impacted. We want to learn more about your life during COVID-19: the coping; the surviving; and the thriving. Consider contributing a photograph to our Community Gallery or be creative and submit a Reflection through your preferred storytelling medium. Questions? Don't hesitate to reach to to Jonathan Pringle, Scholarly Communications & Digital Librarian.

We at HSLIC know how hard it can be right now to find the inspiration to try new things to help with studying, working, taking breaks, and more. That's why we all came together to create a playlist of our favorite songs for different activities!

Today we are featuring new suggestions which means the playlist has even more incredible songs and genres to match with your needs.

Click on the image to be taken to the playlist.

What do our employees like to do while listening to these new additions?

• Hannah Broyles, Administration Student Employee
  • "Let's Get Married" by Bleachers, "Head on (Hold onto Your Heart)" by Man Man, "It's Tricky" by Run-D.M.C., "All My Friends" by The Revivalists, "Shake it Out" by Florence + the Machine, and any song by Flor for a myriad of things she likes to do. These songs help her right now with staying motivated to keep planning her wedding (Let’s Get Married) and the rest are for the boost to keep her exercising and completing homework assignments until graduation.
• Robyn Gleasner, Resource Management Librarian
  • "Chicken Fried" by the Zac Brown Band, "Harder to Breathe" by Maroon 5, "I'm Gonna Miss Her" by Brad Paisley, "Life is a Highway" by the Rascal Flats for driving and dancing - though not at the same time!
• Sally Bowler-Hill, Manager of Administrative Operations
  • "Flying in a Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani, "Iridescent" by Linkin Park, "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2, "A Sky Full of Stars" by Coldplay, "Why Should I Cry for You" by Sting, "Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche, "Beautiful Drug" by the Zac Brown Band, "So What" by Miles Davis, "Take the A Train" by Duke Ellington for driving. Though it isn't her favorite activity for listening  driving alone is when she gets to listen to music just for herself.
• Amy Weig Pickering, Library Information Specialist
  • "Fireball" by Pitbull when she wants to get pumped up and really move.
  • "I Go Blind" by Hootie & the Blowfish for singing in the car with the windows down at the top of her lungs.
  • "Cemetery Gates" by the Smiths to think about more carefree times.
  • "Buffalo Soldier" by Bob Marley for anything. She loves Bob Marley. Her daughter is named Marley, need she say more?
• Sarah Morley, Interim Co-Director & Division Head for ECRS
  • With a variety of birds on her property due to spring it is no surprise that "Blackbird" by the Beatles is running through her head.
  • Her upcoming retirement (during the pandemic) has her singing "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day" by Jethro Tull.
  • Any Bonnie Raitt or the album "Back on Top" by Van Morrison is sure to get her toes tapping.
  • For pure raucous enjoyment give her the Rolling Stone's album "Exile on Main Street." She says - "Play it loud, play it often!"

What do you like to listen to and for what activity? Let us know and we'll include on the playlist!

We at HSLIC know how hard it can be right now to find the inspiration to try new things to help with studying, working, taking breaks, and more. That's why we all came together to create a playlist of our favorite songs for different activities!

Click on the image to be taken to the playlist.

Afraid there won't be something for you? Don't worry! This was a truly collaborative project so there is a variety of taste and should be something for just about everyone. Not sure what might be a good activity for a song on the list? Many participants also gave examples of what they like to do while listening! So check them out:

• David Lucero, Unit Adminstrator
  • Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park, and Evanescense when running/exercising.
• Ingrid Hendrix, Nursing Services Librarian
  • Talking Heads, Los Angeles by X, and Louder than Bombs by The Smiths when dancing and singing around the house (but not loud enough for her neighbors to hear).
• Jonathan Pringle, Scholarly Communications & Digital Librarian
  • "I Wish" by Skee Lo and "Free as a Bird" by the Beatles while thinking about the 90's. "How I miss the 90's sometimes."
  • "Rainy Days and Mondays" by the Carpenters when he is singing along, always alone, and preferably on a rainy day or Monday.
• Sol Lopez, Technical Services Manager
  • "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole, "Papaoutai" by Stromae, "Blackbird" by The Beatles, and "Running with the Wolves" by Aurora when she's relaxing at the end of the day with her kids and husband or when she needs a little inspiration to wash dishes after a long day. "I really enjoy the Folk genre. The power of music is much needed to connect and lift the spirits!"
• Anna Cibilis, Library Information Specialist
  • "The Barrel by Aldous Harding, "Sunflower" by Vampire Weekend, "Lost" by Frank Ocean, "If You Want Me To Stay" by Sly & the Family Stone, and "The Future is Here" by Sleater-Kinney when she's cooking, going on a run, and/or playing board games with her sister/roommate.
• Kelleen Maluski, Student Success and Engagement Librarian
  • "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" by Fiona Apple for towards the end of the day when she's been at her kitchen table desk without getting up for too long. It powers her through while making her feel seen. “Fetch the bolt cutters, I’ve been here too long!”
  • "Summertime" by Orville Peck when compiling emails/documentation. It is calming and can be in the background but also there are moments of great emotion that help her dig deeper for better writing.
  • "Watching the Detectives" by Elvis Costello for taking a quick stretch/dance break in-between Zoom meetings. "I can't help but move when this song is on!"
  • "You Go To My Head" by Billie Holiday when she is doing literature searches/chat shifts. She has the LP of Lady Sings the Blues and loves to just listen on repeat when having to do or assist with research. It’s the perfect music to relax her when she has 100 computer tabs open. Extra benefit of the LP is she has to get up to turn it over.
  • "Happy Birthday, johnny" by St. Vincent for anything creative. Kelleen lived in NYC for 16 years and this song reminds her of the scene and the people and the seasons and all of that energy while also being mellow enough to keep her focused. This is also another one she has the LP for and it is a beautiful bubblegum pink that gets that creative energy going.
  • "Ladies First" by Queen Latifah for processing those microaggresions.
• Kristin Proctor, Library Services Coordinator
  • Rites of Passage by the Indigo Girls (especially "Galileo"), The Story by Brandi Carlile, "All I want" by Joni Mitchell, "Making Plans for Nigel" by XTC, "Who Loves the Sun" by the Velvet Underground, "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvanna, and the Beatles for singing along when nobody is listening, rocking out while uploading ILL articles, dancing while doing the laundry, and making her cats and husband look at her like she's wild.
• Lori Sloane, Data Manager
  • "In the Morning Light" by Yanni during "her time" driving in the car.
  • "Cherish the Day" and "By Your Side" by Sade while working in the kitchen and dancing/singing along.
  • "Until the Last Moment" and "Love is All" by Yanni for relaxing and feeling good.
• Lucas Poloni, Facilities Services Manager
  • "Silbo" by Féloche during his morning drive because "it gives a good vibe."

What do you like to listen to and for what activity? Let us know and we'll include on the playlist!