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Jun 12
๐ Happy Pride Month from Healey Library! ๐
This June, we celebrate Pride Month and honor the LGBTQIA communityโs history.
๐Healey Library is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive space where all identities are respected, represented, and supported.
#HealeyLibrary
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Jun 10
Healey Library wants you to stay safe as MA is expected to experience extreme heat over the next week.
Put on sunscreen before heading outside!
If you need a cool place to study or relax, Healey Library is here for you during open hours.
Take care of yourselves โฅ
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Jun 5
๐ THIS OR THAT: Student Edition
๐ฑ eBooks or ๐ Print books?
๐คซ Quiet study or ๐ง background noise?
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Early morning focus or ๐ late-night productivity?
โ๏ธ Annotated PDFs or ๐ handwritten notes?
Drop your answers in the comments!
#HealeyLibrary #UMB #StudentLife
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Jun 3
โ๏ธ๐ Summer Reading Picks
Looking for your next great read this summer? Here are 10 engaging, thought-provoking books, whether you want something light, emotional, strange, or deeply reflective.
#SummerReading #UMB #HealeyLibrary #CollegeReads #BookRecommendations
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May 28
Happy Graduation, Beacons! ๐๐๐
The audio for this video is UMass Bostonโs alma mater, โTo UMass Boston.โ Watch the full performance, lyrics by Professor of Music David Patterson and sung by UMass Boston students, on UMass Bostonโs YouTube channel: youtu.be/3Nu5pRnVXlk?si=0vDOโฆ
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May 24
โ๏ธ Summer hours are here at Healey Library! Whether youโre taking classes, researching, or just looking for a quiet study spot, weโve got you covered all summer long ๐โจ
Weโll see you this summer!๐
#HealeyLibrary #UMassBoston #SummerSemester #LibraryHours #StudySpace
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May 10
๐ Finals season is here and Healey Library wants to help you succeed! ๐๐
Plan your study sessions accordingly, and good luck on finals! โจ
#HealeyLibrary #UMassBoston #FinalsWeek #StudySpot #LibraryHours
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May 6
Stop by to say hello and take a break with a therapy dog!
Philameno from Pause for Paws will be at Healey Library - 2nd Floor lounge area - on Wednesday, May 6, from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Enjoy a moment of calm as we approach the last week of classes.
ALT Poster for the Pause for Paws Therapy Dog event. Image of large dog with speech bubble, "Hey! My Name's Philameno. Please Pet Me!" Also included is a QR code that goes to a search for more Pause for Paws events: https://umb.campuslabs.com/engage/events?query=pause for paws
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Apr 25
๐ Then and now: still a community.
Our historical collections tell powerful stories. Today, those stories reach even further.
๐ Last year, ScholarWorks logged over 650,000 downloads of UMass Boston scholarship worldwide.
#NationalLibraryWeek #ScholarWorks
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Apr 24
๐ธ A glimpse into the past, students are gathering for a dedication ceremony outside of Healey Library.
๐ป Fast forward to today: the UMass Boston community performed over 700,000 searches on UMBrella last year, with 1.2 million electronic resource hits.
#NationalLibraryWeek
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Apr 23
๐งBlueprint to reality!
This historic photo captures the construction of the Healey Library, now a foundation of UMass Boston.
๐Did you know? Last year alone, we borrowed over 4,000 items from partner libraries and lent nearly 6,000 to others.
#NationalLibraryWeek #UMassBoston
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Apr 22
๐๏ธ Students once gathered by the windows of our original library spaces, different building, same dedication to learning.
๐ Today, our librarians and archivists teach around 400 classes each year, helping students build essential research skills.
#NationalLibraryWeek
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Apr 22
Happy Earth Day!
Pick up a free packet of seeds from Healey Library, 2nd floor and plant seeds to spread nature and beauty, where we live, study and work.
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Apr 22
Stop by the Earth Day Activities Fair today between 11AM-2PM at the Campus Center Terrace to browse the book cart and say hello! ๐๐๐
ALT Planet Earth with flowers and books in the foreground.
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Apr 21
๐โจ Itโs National Library Week!
Weโre kicking things off with a look back at our roots, when the library lived in Park Square in downtown Boston.
๐Healey Library now holds over 400,000 print books and 1.25 MILLION electronic titles!
#NationalLibraryWeek #UMassBoston
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Apr 21
Join us for Pages on the Lawn today from 10:30AM-1:30PM at the Campus Center Front Lawn. Stop by for snacks and to browse books from the Beacon Book Swap Cart.๐๐๐๐
ALT Image of planet earth reading a book. Event is hosted by Healey Library and the Counseling Center.
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Apr 18
Healey Library hosted the Provost's Book Party celebrating faculty publications from the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you are interested in reading any of these works, stop by our display on the 2nd floor of Healey Library and visit umbrella.lib.umb.edu to reserve a copy!
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Apr 17
Stop by and say hello or grab a book at one of the events we are tabling at this Spring! April 21st: 10:30-1:30, Campus Center Lawn; April 21st: 11-12:30, Campus Center Terrace; April 22nd: 11-2, Campus Center Terrace; May 7th: 11-3 Campus Center Lawn. ๐ป๐๐
ALT Image of tabling dates and time with a border of flowers. Mentions the Beacon Booth Cart being at all of the events except for the Campus Center Terrace 4/21.
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Apr 14
Happy Student Employee Appreciation Week to all of our Healey Library student staff members! Thank you for all you do and we are grateful to work with you and learn from you every day!
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Apr 13
Got 5 minutes? Help Healey Library testโdrive the new UMBrella interface before launch! Healey Library, 2nd Floor Lobby on Tue, 4/14, 12โ2 PM. Stop by, try a quick task, and grab a snack! Participants can enter our umbrella giveaway! Questions? library.systems@umb.edu
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