Library Departments

  • Administration
    Administration handles budgeting, strategic planning, human resources, and marketing issues for the Health Sciences Libraries, as well as liaising directly with the University's Academic Health Center and the deans of its constituent schools.
  • InfoNOW
    InfoNOW is the fee-based document delivery and research service from the University of Minnesota Libraries. InfoNOW supports the document and research needs of legal, health care, technology, consulting, and numerous other fields.
  • Information Technology
    University Libraries East Zone Computer Support provides desktop support for library staff and public computers east of the river. This unit provides support to library staff only. If you require computer help, please consult OIT Help & Support.
  • Liaison, Education & Interdisciplinary Services
    LEIS bases its service model on the librarian liaison – a librarian assigned to a collegiate unit or to a disciplinary group(s). Our librarian liaisons are problem solvers who specialize in searching the medical literature, helping students and faculty search more effectively, evaluating clinical evidence resources and teaching information literacy skills. You may also view a list of liaison by subject area.
  • Public Services
    HSL Public Services is responsible for the library's service points, interlibrary loan, and issues related to the physical plant.
  • Technical Services
    The Health Sciences Libraries Technical Services department orders, receipts, binds, catalogs all new serials (electronic and print), monographs (electronic and print), and audio visual materials for the Bio-Medical Library, Veterinary Medical Library, and the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine. The department provides access to these materials through the E-Journals catalog and MNCAT.
  • Veterinary Medical Library
    The Veterinary Medical Library is the primary collection serving the College of Veterinary Medicine and its hospitals. More information can be found at http://www.vetmed.lib.umn.edu/.
  • Wangensteen Historical Library
    Wangensteen Historical Library is the premier collection of Books, Manuscripts, and Artifacts related to the history of medicine and biology at the University of Minnesota. More information can be found at http://wangensteen.lib.umn.edu/