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Month: April 2022

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Photo of a woman presenting her research poster to another woman.
"2018 Earth Science Applications Showcase (NHQ201808010017)" by NASA HQ PHOTO is marked with CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

With the GW Research Showcase (April 11th-14th) and the SMHS Medical Student Research Day (April 28th) just around the corner, it’s time to put the final touches on your poster! Himmelfarb Library can help! Our GW Research Day Resources Guide is filled with helpful resources that can help you make your poster stand out.

The Creating Effective Posters page has poster templates, official GW logos, and official GW color palette to help you stay consistent with GW’s brand. Are you creating your poster using PowerPoint? Watch Barbara McGowan’s video (below) on Designing an Effective Poster Using PowerPoint for tips on size, color selection, font choices, and content choices including using graphs, charts, and photographs. 

Check out the Poster Design and Layout tab for helpful tips on choosing fonts, resizing images and getting posters printed. When it comes to fonts, keep it simple and choose standard fonts like Times New Roman or Arial. Images should be 300 dpi JPEG files or full-size PDF files. If you need to resize an image, be sure to keep the proper proportions so the image isn’t distorted and “squishy” looking. For more tips on Optimizing Your Post Design and Layout, watch a recorded session led by Barbara McGowan and Himmelfarb’s own Catherine Sluder (access is restricted to members of the GW community). 

Want to know more about what judges are looking for in poster presentations? We have videos that cover that too! Learn how to impress the judges by watching the How to Present Your Poster and Wow the Judges video (access is restricted to members of the GW community). Learn more about Giving Effective Poster Presentations and Poster Presentation Practice and Feedback in these videos.

Once your poster is finished, don’t forget to archive your poster in the Health Sciences Research Commons (HSRC), Himmelfarb’s institutional repository! You can view posters from past years in the HSRC if you need some inspiration or just want to see examples of past posters. To find out more or to submit your poster to the HSRC, contact Sara Hoover at shoover@gwu.edu. 

All of us here at Himmelfarb Library wish you the best of luck at GW Research Showcase and SMHS Medical Student Research Day!

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National Library Week (April 3 - 9, 2022) celebrates our nation's libraries and library workers' contributions, and promotes library use and support. This year’s theme is Connect With Your Library!

Connect with Your Library poster, ALA

National Library Week was created by the American Library Association in 1958 to promote reading. Research in the mid 50’s documented the rising popularity of radio and television and librarians and book publishers feared they would displace books and reading as leisure activities. Today social media, gaming, streaming television and other electronic media are an even greater threat to reading. From 2003 to 2018, the average amount of time Americans spent reading for personal interest per day fell by six minutes, to less than 16 minutes per day (American Academy of Arts and Sciences). But there is also evidence that suggests the pandemic fueled a resurgence in reading. The American Time Use Survey by the Department of Labor found a 25% increase in reading among American adults in the second half of 2020. And Publisher’s Weekly reported an 8.9% rise in print book sales in 2021, with the biggest increases in fiction books, especially young adult fiction.

At Himmelfarb Library, the Consortium Loan Service supports the lending of books from any Washington Research Libraries Consortium (WRLC) library to our users for free. This opens a vast world of literature and non-fiction to all our library users. To search for books owned by all the WRLC libraries, use Health Information @ Himmelfarb and change the search scope to Articles + GW & Consortium as shown below.

Screenshot of Health Information @ Himmelfarb search box
Then search for any book title desired and if located at a WRLC library, you can place a Consortium Loan Service Request. CLS service usually delivers the item by courier to Himmelfarb Library in 2-5 days. You’ll be contacted when the book is available for pickup. You can view a brief instructional video on placing CLS requests on our YouTube channel.

Did you know that Himmelfarb has a Humanities and Health collection with novels and popular non-fiction titles? The collection is housed on the first floor in the nook area. Books have a 3 week checkout period and can be renewed up to two times. We’ve also recently introduced a free little library leave one/take one shelf in the same area.

Beyond CLS and our collections, we encourage our users to support the public libraries in their community. The DC region has many excellent public library systems and these days public libraries offer much more than just print books. You can loan books for your ereader with services like Overdrive or even get audio books! DC Public Libraries offers streaming audio services and Arlington County Public Libraries has a digital magazine service. Montgomery County Public Library’s Hoopla provides access to ebooks, audio books, TV, comics and more. Visit your local library’s website to find out about all the services being offered.

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The new year is here! Let’s enjoy these healthy and fun festivities from Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb’s April Study Break Guide.

Image by micheile .com on Unsplash

The National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022
Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Constitution Avenue NW, between 7th and 17th Streets
Cost: $25-$30

The energy-filled parade runs for 10 blocks along Constitution Ave. Grand colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the Festival! Portions of the parade are free for the public to view along the route and are first-come, first-serve. Tickets are available for reserved grandstand seating in the performance areas of the parade.

Moonshot Studio Workshops: Celebrating the More-than-Human World
Date: Creative Workshops through May 8, 2022
Location: Kennedy Center Moonshot Studio
Cost: Free

Join the Moonshot Studio for a series of activities that uplift the magic and wisdom of the landforms, animals, plants, and other living organisms who share this beautiful planet. Workshops include Love Letters to the Land, Critter Collage, other drop-in activities, and Moonshot activities you can do at home. *Registration for a given date will open on a rolling basis, opening every Monday for the subsequent weekend.

National Park Week
Date: April 16-24, 2022
Cost: Enjoy FREE entrance day on April 16th.

During the presidentially proclaimed National Park Week, join with the National Park Foundation to celebrate America’s treasures. National Park Week is a time to explore amazing places, discover stories of history and culture, help out, and find your park. Parks across the country will host a variety of special programs, events, and digital experiences. Entrance fees are waived on April 16 to kick off National Park Week and encourage everyone to enjoy their national parks

GW Electronic & Computer Music Outdoor Concert
Location: Kogan Plaza 2121 H Street, NW
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022. 
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost: Register to attend. FREE!

The students of Electronic & Computer Music perform outdoor on Kogan Plaza.MASKS ARE REQUIRED - All visitors must attest to being vaccinated or negative Covid testing in the last 72 hours.

For more exciting activities check out the Healthy Living @ Himmelfarb April Calendar

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