{"id":16980,"date":"2024-03-01T16:10:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/?p=16980"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:35:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:42","slug":"welcome-health-sciences-library-to-the-university-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2024\/03\/01\/welcome-health-sciences-library-to-the-university-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Health Sciences Library to the University Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are happy to announce that the <a href=\"https:\/\/hsl.luc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health Sciences Library<\/a> (HSL) is now officially part of the University Libraries. This realignment, part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.luc.edu\/c.php?g=1142702&amp;p=8337058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>One Loyola Library<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>(OLL) initiative, is pivotal step toward ensuring more consistent services and access to resources for the entire Loyola community including students, staff, faculty, clinical affiliates, and other user groups. It will further foster an environment of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charged by the Office of the Provost, the One Loyola Library task force conducted an in-depth assessment of all LUC\u2019s library entities\u2014the Health Sciences, Law, and University Libraries\u2014that included gathering input from across all campuses via focus groups and through a university-wide survey. The 15-month effort, which included researching similar work done at other academic institutions, culminated with recommendations to address the needs of users pertaining to Spaces, Materials, and Services, in support of teaching, learning, and scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite you to view the reports to learn more about this work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OLL Focus Group Study<\/strong>\u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.luc.edu\/sites\/all\/attachments\/OLL_FocusGroup.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Findings and Data Analysis Highlights<\/a>&nbsp;<br><strong>OLL Task Force Report<\/strong> &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/libraries.luc.edu\/sites\/all\/attachments\/OLL_Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Final Report and Recommendations<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Next steps<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>We are working on a detailed implementation plan to more fully actualize this realignment and will <br>provide updates as the process unfolds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that the Health Sciences Library (HSL) is now officially part of the University Libraries. This realignment, part of the One Loyola Library (OLL) initiative, is pivotal step toward ensuring more consistent services and access to resources for the entire Loyola community including students, staff, faculty, clinical affiliates, and other user [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":16988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[1],"tags":[20664,10886,20666,20665],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16989,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16980\/revisions\/16989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}