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The Harvard Chan Case Library is a collection of teaching cases with a public health focus, written by Harvard Chan faculty, case writers, and students, or in collaboration with other institutions and initiatives.

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Atkinson, M.K. , 2023. Organizational Resilience and Change at UMass Memorial , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract The UMass Memorial Health Care (UMMHC or UMass) case is an examination of the impact of crisis or high uncertainty events on organizations. As a global pandemic unfolds, the case examines the ways in which UMMHC manages crisis and poses questions around organizational change and opportunity for growth after such major events. The case begins with a background of UMMHC, including problems the organization was up against before the pandemic, then transitions to the impact of crisis on UMMHC operations and its subsequent response, and concludes with challenges that the organization must grapple with in the months and years ahead. A crisis event can occur at any time for any organization. Organizational leaders must learn to manage stakeholders both inside and outside the organization throughout the duration of crisis and beyond. Additionally, organizational decision-makers must learn how to deal with existing weaknesses and problems the organization had before crisis took center stage, balancing those challenges with the need to respond to an emergency all the while not neglecting major existing problem points. This case is well-suited for courses on strategy determination and implementation, organizational behavior, and leadership.

The case describes the challenges facing Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, the newly appointed Chair of UMass Memorial Health Care’s Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Schaal had come to UMass in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the summer of 2016 from the University of Louisville (KY) where she had a thriving clinical practice and active research lab, and was Director of the Retina Service. Before applying for the Chair position at UMass she had some initial concerns about the position but became fascinated by the opportunities it offered to grow a service that had historically been among the smallest and weakest programs in the UMass system and had experienced a rapid turnover in Chairs over the past few years. She also was excited to become one of a very small number of female Chairs of ophthalmology programs in the country. 

Dr. Schaal began her new position with ambitious plans and her usual high level of energy, but immediately ran into resistance from the faculty and staff of the department.  The case explores the steps she took, including implementing a LEAN approach in the department, and the leadership approaches she used to overcome that resistance and build support for the changes needed to grow and improve ophthalmology services at the medical center. 

This case describes efforts to promote racial equity in healthcare financing from the perspective of one public health organization, Community Care Cooperative (C3). C3 is a Medicaid Accountable Care Organization–i.e., an organization set up to manage payment from Medicaid, a public health insurance option for low-income people. The case describes C3’s approach to addressing racial equity from two vantage points: first, its programmatic efforts to channel financing into community health centers that serve large proportions of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), and second, its efforts to address racial equity within its own internal operations (e.g., through altering hiring and promotion processes). The case can be used to help students understand structural issues pertaining to race in healthcare delivery and financing, to introduce students to the basics of payment systems in healthcare, and/or to highlight how organizations can work internally to address racial equity.

Kerrissey, M.J. & Kuznetsova, M. , 2022. Killing the Pager at ZSFG , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract This case is about organizational change and technology. It follows the efforts of one physician as they try to move their department past using the pager, a device that persisted in American medicine despite having long been outdated by superior communication technology. The case reveals the complex organizational factors that have made this persistence possible, such as differing interdepartmental priorities, the perceived benefits of simple technology, and the potential drawbacks of applying typical continuous improvement approaches to technology change. Ultimately the physician in the case is not able to rid their department of the pager, despite pursuing a thorough continuous improvement effort and piloting a viable alternative; the case ends with the physician having an opportunity to try again and asks students to assess whether doing so is wise. The case can be used in class to help students apply the general concepts of organizational change to the particular context of technology, discuss the forces of stasis and change in medicine, and to familiarize students with the uses and limits of continuous improvement methods. 

Yatsko, P. & Koh, H. , 2021. Dr. Joan Reede and the Embedding of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Harvard Medical School , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract For more than 30 years, Dr. Joan Reede worked to increase the diversity of voices and viewpoints heard at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and at its affiliate teaching hospitals and institutes. Reede, HMS’s inaugural dean for Diversity and Community Partnership, as well as a professor and physician, conceived and launched more than 20 programs to improve the recruitment, retention, and promotion of individuals from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in medicine (UiMs). These efforts have substantially diversified physician faculty at HMS and built pipelines for UiM talent into academic medicine and biosciences. Reede helped embed the promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) not only into Harvard Medical School’s mission and community values, but also into the DEI agenda in academic medicine nationally. To do so, she found allies and formed enduring coalitions based on shared ownership. She bootstrapped and hustled for resources when few readily existed. And she persuaded skeptics by building programs using data-driven approaches. She also overcame discriminatory behaviors and other obstacles synonymous with being Black and female in American society. Strong core values and sense of purpose were keys to her resilience, as well as to her leadership in the ongoing effort to give historically marginalized groups greater voice in medicine and science.

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In February 2015, technical staff reviewed the results from a jointly conducted study on malaria control. This study had major implications for malaria in Zambia—and elsewhere. The preliminary analysis strongly suggested that the study’s Mass Drug Administration (MDA) strategy was reducing the incidence of malaria disease. In addition, MDA seemed to be driving down the infection reservoir among asymptomatic people in the study area of the Southern Province of Zambia. Further analysis with mathematical models indicated that if the intervention was sustained so current trends continued, then the MDA strategy would make it possible to eliminate malaria in the Southern Province. 

If malaria could be eliminated in one region of Zambia, that would provide new evidence and motivation to work towards elimination throughout the country, an ambitious goal. But it would not be easy to move from conducting one technical study in a single region to creating a national strategy for malaria elimination. The scientists realized that their new data and analyses—of malaria infections, mosquito populations, and community health worker activities—were not enough. A national malaria elimination effort would require mobilizing many partners, national and local leaders, and community members, and convincing them to get on board with this new approach. 

Teaching note available for faculty/instructors .

Holman, S.R. & Balsari, S. , 2017. Stampede at the Kumbh Mela: Preventable Accident? , Harvard University: Global Health Education and Learning Incubator. Access online Abstract This teaching case describes the fatal stampede in Allahabad, India during the 2013 Kumbh Mela festival, and the lessons it offers for thinking about global health risks and responses to unintentional accidents and injuries related to mass gatherings. The case is part of a teaching pack, “Accidents & Injuries: Lessons from a Stampede,” which also includes a companion instructor’s guide, discussion guide, role-play exercise, annotated bibliography, and glossary of terms. The case is suitable for undergraduate and graduate classes in the study of religion, humanitarian aid, public health, and emergency medicine with a focus on disaster management.

This case describes and explores the development of the first medical transitions clinic in Louisiana by a group of community members, health professionals, and students at Tulane Medical School in 2015.  The context surrounding health in metro New Orleans, the social and structural determinants of health, and mass incarceration and correctional health care are described in detail. The case elucidates why and how the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) clinic was established, including the operationalization of the clinic and the challenges to providing healthcare to this population. The case describes the central role of medical students as case managers at the FIT clinic, and how community organizations were engaged in care provision and the development of the model.  The case concludes with a discussion of the importance of advocacy amongst health care professionals.

This teaching case study examines psychological trauma in a community context and the relevance, both positive and negative, of social determinants of health. Healthy People 2020 views people residing in communities with large-scale psychological trauma as an emerging issue in mental health and mental health disorders (Healthy People, 2016). The case study, which focuses on Newark, New Jersey, addresses three of the five key determinants of health: social and community context, health and health care, and neighborhood and built environment. The three key determinants are addressed using psychological trauma as an exemplar in the context of trauma-informed systems. The social and community context is addressed using concepts of social cohesion, civic participation, and discrimination. Access to health and health care are addressed with discussion of access to mental health and primary care services, health literacy, and the medical home model. Neighborhood and built environment are viewed through the lens of available government and NGO programs and resources to improve the physical environment with a focus on quality of housing, crime and violence, and environmental conditions. Upstream interventions designed to improve mental health and well-being that support trauma-informed systems are analyzed. The use of Newark as the case study setting allows a real-life exploration of each of these three key determinants of health.

This case study has four sections – introduction, case study, side bar, and vignettes. Learners should work through the case, access appropriate resources, and work in a team for successful completion.

In the aftermath of the atrocities endured by the Cambodian people, Friends-International (FI) was established in 1994 to address some of the many protection needs faced by the country’s marginalized children and youth. In the intervening quarter century, FI has grown substantially, both in the scope and complexity of its operations. The organization’s core mission consists of providing comprehensive, innovative, and high quality services to children, youth, and their families, based on a child rights-based approach that informs all of the organization’s programs. FI has established a strong and highly respected presence in Cambodia, building social services for children, operating effective social businesses , and initiating the global ChildSafe Movement. Over time , they have expanded their community-based model to multiple countries. But amidst their expansion, FI has continued to face financial insecurity and a constantly shifting landscape of challenging child protection concerns. At what point might they have been trying to do too much, possibly unduly stretching themselves across too many sectors and borders? Innovation had been a core strength of FI, but was it always appropriate to innovate? The case addresses these common problems.

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On February 1, 2020, Jessie Gaeta, the chief medical officer for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), received news that a student in Boston had tested positive for the novel coronavirus virus that causes COVID-19 disease. Since mid-January, Gaeta had been following reports of the mysterious virus that had been sickening people in China. Gaeta was concerned. Having worked for BHCHP for 18 years, she understood how vulnerable people experiencing homelessness were to infectious diseases. She knew that the nonprofit program, as the primary medical provider for Boston’s homeless population, would have to lead the city’s response for that marginalized community. She also knew that BHCHP, as the homeless community’s key medical advocate, not only needed to alert local government, shelters, hospitals, and other partners in the city’s homeless support network, but do so in a way that spurred action in time to prevent illness and death. 

The case study details how BHCHP’s nine-person incident command team quickly reorganized the program and built a detailed response, including drastically reducing traditional primary care services, ramping up telehealth, and redeploying and managing staff. It describes how the team worked with partners and quickly designed, staffed, and made operational three small alternative sites for homeless patients, despite numerous challenges. The case then ends with an unwelcome discovery: BHCHP’s first universal testing event at a large city shelter revealed that one-third of nearly 400 people there had contracted COVID-19, that most of the infected individuals did not report symptoms, and that other large city shelters were likely experiencing similar outbreaks. To understand how BHCHP and its partners subsequently popped up within a few days a 500-bed field hospital, which BHCHP managed and staffed for the next two months, see Boston Health Care for the Homeless (B): Disaster Medicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic.  

Guerra, I., et al. , 2019. SALUDos: Healthcare for Migrant Seasonal Farm Workers , Harvard University: Social Medicine Consortium. Download free of charge Abstract The SALUDos program began in 2008 as a response to an influx of migrant seasonal farm workers (MSFWs) at a mobile medical unit serving homeless persons in Santa Clara County in Northern California. The program offered patients free and low-cost primary care services, linkage to resources, and advocacy.  As the farm workers involved in this program became more involved in their primary care, they advocated for evening hours, transportation, linkage to coverage programs, and health education resources to better understand their medical and psychological conditions. During continual modifications of the SALUDos program, the team sought to understand and address large-scale social forces affecting migrant health through interventions to mitigate health inequities. Teaching note available for faculty/instructors.

Weinberger, E. , 2017. Coloring the Narrative: How to Use Storytelling to Create Social Change in Skin Tone Ideals , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED). Download free of charge Abstract Many millions of people around the world experience the pervasive, and often painful, societal messages of colorism, where lighter skin tones are asserted to be more attractive and to reflect greater affluence, power, education, and social status. Even in places where the destructive effects of colorism are fairly well understood, far less is known about the problem of skin-lightening (really, it’s “skin bleaching”) creams and lotions, and the health risks that consumers assume with these products. In this teaching case, the protagonists are two women who have recently immigrated to the United States from Nigeria and Thailand, both with a life-time of experience with these products like many of the women of their home countries. As the story unfolds, they struggle along with the rest of the characters to copy with the push and pull of community norms vs. commercial influences and the challenge of promoting community health in the face of many societal and corporate obstacles. How can the deeply ingrained messages of colorism be effectively confronted and transformed to advance social change without alienating the community members we may most want to reach? Teaching note and supplemental slides available for faculty/instructors .

Jessie Gaeta, the chief medical officer for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), learned on April 7, 2020 that the City of Boston needed BHCHP to design and staff in 48 hours one half of Boston Hope, a 1,000-bed field hospital for patients infected with COVID-19. The mysterious new coronavirus spreading around the world was now running rampant within BHCHP's highly vulnerable patient population: people experiencing homelessness in Boston. A nonprofit community health center, BHCHP for 35 years had been the primary care provider for Boston's homeless community. Over the preceding month, BHCHP's nine-person incident command team, spearheaded by Gaeta and CEO Barry Bock, had spent long hours reorganizing the program. (See Boston Health Care for the Homeless (A): Preparing for the COVID-19 Pandemic.) BHCHP leaders now confronted the most urgent challenge of their long medical careers. Without previous experience in large-scale disaster medicine, Gaeta and her colleagues had in short order to design and implement a disaster medicine model for COVID-19 that served the unique needs of people experiencing homelessness.

This case study recounts the decisive actions BHCHP leaders took to uncover unexpectedly widespread COVID-19 infection among Boston's homeless community in early April 2020. It details how they overcame their exhaustion to quickly design, staff, and operate the newly erected Boston Hope field hospital for the city's homeless COVID-19 patients. It then shows how they adjusted their disaster medicine model when faced with on-the-ground realities at Boston Hope regarding patients' psychological needs, limited English capabilities, substance use disorders, staff stress and burnout, and other issues.

Yatsko, P. & Koh, H. , 2017. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, Military Health System Reform, and National Digital Health Strategy , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Dr. Jonathan Woodson faced more formidable challenges than most in his storied medical, public health, and military career, starting with multiple rotations in combat zones around the world. He subsequently took on ever more complicated assignments, including reforming the country’s bloated Military Health System (MHS) in his role as assistant secretary of defense for health affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense from 2010 to 2016. As the director of Boston University’s Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy starting in 2016, he devised a National Digital Health Strategy (NDHS) to harness the myriad disparate health care innovations taking place around the country, with the goal of making the U.S. health care system more efficient, patient-centered, safe, and equitable for all Americans. How did Woodson—who was also a major general in the U.S. Army Reserves and a skilled vascular surgeon—approach such complicated problems? In-depth research and analysis, careful stakeholder review, strategic coalition building, and clear, insightful communication were some of the critical leadership skills Woodson employed to achieve his missions.

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Quelch, J.A. & Rodriguez, M. , 2013. Glaxosmithkline in China (Parts A, B, & C) , Harvard Business Publishing. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Four GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health care system and the pressure on companies to adhere to local customs while still observing local laws.

Yatsko, P. & Koh, H. , 2017. Gina McCarthy and the Making of the Clean Power Plan , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract As administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2013-2017), Gina McCarthy faced a daunting challenge: to write a technically airtight and legally defensible regulation, the Clean Power Plan, to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants. The task required deep understanding of current trends in the electric power sector and how regional markets operate to ensure that EPA actions to curb carbon pollution would not threaten energy reliability or affordability. The initiative, officially launched in 2013, was key to U.S. action and leadership on climate change during the Obama administration's second term. McCarthy could count on industry and other players to resist proposed changes. Extensive and thoughtful stakeholder outreach and communication were hallmarks of EPA's approach under McCarthy. The strategies used provide a prominent example for leaders mandated to craft complex regulations in a contentious environment.

Weinberger, E. , 2014. Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED). Download free of charge Abstract How does one learn to become an effective advocate? “Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry” tells the story of protagonist Joe Wendell, known as Wendell, an emergency room nurse and widower raising a teenage daughter in Franklin, a largely working class town in the fictional US state of Columbia. One day his daughter announces she would like to have breast implants. The distressing news prompts Wendell into new, unforeseen directions as he learns all he can about implants and surgery, the “beauty culture” permeating society especially in his community, and the psychological development of teenagers. Though relieved to find out that as long as she is a minor she cannot legally obtain the surgery without his consent (and, no doubt, without his cash), Wendell starts to believe that greater protections for teen girls in Columbia are needed. In this effort he is guided by the confident figure of Anna Pinto, director of a community center in an East Franklin neighborhood with a vibrant Brazilian-American community where cosmetic surgery, especially for girls and young women, is something she perceives to be a particular problem and has some ideas about how to address. Teaching note available for faculty/instructors .

Siegrist, R. & Kalenderian, E. , 2012. Casey Dental Associates , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Dr. Casey had just come out of a long meeting with his business manager, Linda Baker, and he was quite concerned. She shared with him that his practice was losing $10,000 a month on monthly revenues of approximately $90,000. Just six months ago he had opened a new office and expected his profit to be growing rather than shrinking. Did he make the wrong decision? He wondered what he should be doing to at least get back to a breakeven level for his practice as a whole.

Cohen, A.P., Madden, S.L. & Kane, N.M. , 2016. Reducing Sharps Injuries in Massachusetts Hospitals , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract As Angela Laramie compiled her thirteenth annual report on sharps injuries (SIs) among hospital workers for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Occupational Health Surveillance Program, she noted that the prevalence of injuries had remained at the same level for six years in a row. From 2002 through 2009, the SI rates had trended downward as hospitals implemented sharps injury prevention plans, but starting in 2009, the decline in rates and number of sharps injuries appeared to have stalled. Angela hoped to evaluate the reasons for the apparent lack of progress over the last few years, and to reassess the state’s approach: were the data they had been collecting adequate to meaningfully capture the sources and incidence of SIs in Massachusetts hospital workers? Did it clearly indicate where interventions should be targeted? Were there other data that could help her better understand the flat trend line? What did the data tell her, and what more should she know?

Quelch, J.A. & Weber, J. , 2014. Pfizer Astrazeneca: Marketing an Acquisition (Parts A & B) , Harvard Business Publishing. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract In 2014, Pfizer proposed a friendly acquisition of AstraZeneca, but the AstraZeneca board resisted over price and strategy concerns. Was this good for pharmaceutical consumers? Pfizer, like pharmaceutical companies in general, faced difficulties in growing sales due to the challenges of developing new drugs. Over the previous decade or more, Pfizer had pursued acquisitions as a way to acquire new drugs, increase sales, and to reduce costs by combining operations and cutting staff. Pfizer, a U.S. company, was also interested in AstraZeneca, a U.K. company, as a way to reduce its corporate taxes. In recent years, AstraZeneca had significantly strengthened its pipeline of potential new drugs and its board felt it was in a strong position to go it alone. The company's CEO also indicated that an acquisition would be disruptive to its drug development efforts and delay new drugs coming to market. U.K. politicians expressed concerns over downsizing and job losses in the economically important pharmaceutical sector. The case allows readers to explore who benefits from a potential acquisition (shareholders, employees, drug consumers) and which of these stakeholders should be considered when deciding on an acquisition.

2019. The Case Centre . Visit website A non-profit clearing house for materials on the case method, the Case Centre holds a large and diverse collection of cases, articles, book chapters and teaching materials, including the collections of leading business schools across the globe.

Datar, S.M., Cyr, L. & Bowler, C.N. , 2018. Innovation at Insigne Health , Harvard Business Publishing: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health case collection. Available from Harvard Business Publishing Abstract Insigne Health is a for-profit, integrated health insurer/health care provider whose leadership believes that by shifting members' focus from "sickness" to "well-being" it could increase the overall health of its insured population and decrease the resources it spends each year on delivering care. The case puts students in the role of design researcher charged with understanding the member segment about which Insigne Health leadership is most concerned: The "silent middle." This cohort represents 70% of membership and is "neither sick nor well." Without changes in a range of behaviors, these members may be quietly developing conditions that will evolve into costly chronic diseases. From interviews included in the case, students uncover insights into member behavior and, based on these insights, generate and develop concepts to help members change behaviors and lead healthier lives.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Modern Library Design

A public library helps bridge the digital divide through modern library design., historic building, new opportunities.

The Free Library of Philadelphia’s Parkway Central location is the library system’s hub and a striking example of Beaux Arts architecture. The building opened in 1927 and originally featured reading rooms and other public spaces along with restricted areas that included administrative offices, mechanical rooms, and an enormous four-story room that stored approximately one million books on six tiers of stacks.

Despite the building’s large size, only a third of its space was open to the public. The need for an addition or expansion became evident in the 1960s, but efforts to add on to the historic structure repeatedly ended in disappointment. In 2006 the library’s leadership began exploring ways to repurpose space within the existing building, rather than pursuing an expansion.

The primary goal was to create more public spaces that would help bridge the city’s “digital divide,” the growing gap between residents who had convenient, affordable internet access and those who did not. Providing powerful wifi access, meeting spaces, and other resources would create more opportunities for the city’s residents. The library’s leadership hoped to accomplish these goals without expanding the building’s footprint.

" We really began looking at the possibilities: What was the potential for this building to give more? "

- Siobhan Reardon , President and Director of the Free Library of Philadelphia

" We wanted to give more space back to the public, and it all started with trying to figure out how to move a million books. "

- James Pecora , Vice President of Property Management

Translating ideas into reality

Tackling an extensive renovation in a beloved historic building is no easy task. For five years, the local Spacesaver consultant worked with library staff and the architectural team to bring the architect’s vision to life. His services were backed up by Spacesaver’s world-class engineering and manufacturing expertise.

Off-site book storage

The first step was to figure out how to store nearly one million books while also keeping them accessible. Spacesaver provided shelving for the library’s off-site location, creating a solution that allowed staff to promptly retrieve and replace volumes on request.

On-site book storage

In an effort to keep as many volumes on site as possible, the local Spacesaver consultant designed three high-density shelving systems in the library’s lower level. The systems were custom manufactured to fit around structural columns and varying ceiling heights to create a solution that makes optimal use of the available space.

Spacesaver high-density shelving systems in the library’s lower level kept materials accessible on site while also freeing up space for modern uses.

The art walls.

The “bookshelves” or art walls in The Common presented a number of creative challenges for Spacesaver’s engineers. Working from conceptual drawings, they figured out how to integrate monitors and glass panels into the shelving, and they designed shelves that fit around structural columns and appear to extend through the ceiling. An in-house project manager scheduled weekly calls with the local sales representative, the engineering team, the general contractor, and the architecture team to ensure that all aspects of the project were proceeding as planned. Several months before the installation date, the Spacesaver team provided a prototype ahead of time to ensure a perfect fit.

The end result is an inspiring space that invites all city residents to learn, collaborate, and explore new opportunities.

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Rethinking Libraries

Discover how the role of the library is evolving to advance changes in technology, pedagogy and learning.

Do e-books, digital information and active learning mean that campus libraries will inevitably become a thing of the past? Absolutely not. Books on shelves may be becoming more dormant, but progressive schools everywhere are discovering ways to transform their libraries into dynamic flexible learning spaces for diverse ways of learning and knowledge creation.

Traditionally, libraries were very rigid places where people could go to look up information that they didn’t have access to elsewhere. “There were lots of rules. Don’t talk. Move that book to that table only. Definitely don’t have any food in here. Don’t move the furniture,” recalls Jim Brockman, a high school assistant principal in St. Louis, Mo. But now, he says, “It’s tools. It’s opportunities. It’s collaboration spaces. It’s meeting experts in fields and being able to pick the brain of those people and to pursue their passions. That’s the library of today.”

In fact, on some campuses, the role of the library has changed so dramatically that the building now bears a new name: the learning commons.

Steelcase Education has closely studied this rapid evolution of libraries: visiting campuses, interviewing, observing and listening. Learnings from educators, librarians and administrators, uncovered new insights into ways the library can be reinvented for what’s now, and what’s next.

Libraries are a catalyst for evolution on campus.

Often the largest learning environment on campus, the library is a place where students can feel inspired and supported. It’s also a place to build skills that may not be taught in classrooms – across-the-disciplines investigations, hands-on creative explorations of ideas or gaining new technology skills, for example. In fact, today’s libraries are as likely to have a café, a maker space and a digital scholarship center as they are to contain reading rooms, study carrels and seemingly endless stacks of books.

Expanding on their legacy role as an academic hub that’s the heart of the campus, today’s libraries are rapidly morphing into multipurpose places of connection where students, faculty, library staff and even members of the community can work and interact freely, developing the cognitive, social and emotional competencies that are essential for meaningful impact in today’s world.

“Libraries of the future are innovative and collaborative and inspirational….They’re places for community and academic support as well as social spaces.” Ann Roll I Associate Dean of collections and Scholarly Communications California State University, Fullerton

Libraries are interdisciplinary, inclusive and inspiring.

Most people go to the library for the same reason: to learn something they don’t already know. As several librarians described to us, libraries are places where journeys of discovery begin. For that reason, a library should be a nonthreatening place that feels like it belongs to each person who uses it, whether you’re a tenured Ph.D. faculty member or a first-generation college student — a place where everyone is a learner and even students can be teachers.

“We really transformed our service model to encourage student experts to train their peers and I’ve seen that succeed in a variety of ways,” says Alison Benadetti, a library director at UCLA. Student-to-student writing consultation services, student library assistants and student aides for freshmen in a special program are all available here.

Libraries are at the intersection of scholarly, social and emotional needs.

Today’s libraries are increasingly a gathering spot where students can develop across multiple dimensions, not just gain what can be learned from books.

“We need to think about the library as not just a place to provide help and support, but also as a second home, a space that feels welcoming and not intimidating,” says Carlos Rodriguez, dean of the university library at Cal-State in Los Angeles. “Ideally, the space can adapt and be the container for the expertise, the interactions and the services – a place where students can discover not just new information and new knowledge, but also really discover themselves and how they can contribute to society.”

Libraries are adaptable, scholarly spaces that support the rhythm and range of learning.

Learning isn’t just a single mode. It’s a changing rhythm of focus and interaction, collaborating and socializing, rest and rejuvenation. It’s working with technologies as well as books, whiteboards and sticky notes. It’s people finding out how and where they work best, depending on their task and mood. The library plays a huge role in making all that happen when it offers choices that support the different rhythms of scholarship and the differing needs of people.

“We need to have the space, the seating, the tools, the technology, and we need the ability to use it all in a coordinated way,” says Chris Carter, director of organizational effectiveness for the libraries at the University of Texas at Austin. “Throughout the day, the space will change from one use to another. We need it to be seamless. We need it to be self-service. And we need the space itself to support all the different types of functions.”

Connect + Collaborate: Create spaces that support formal and informal learning that allow for creativity and sharing.

Focus + Be Productive: Create spaces to concentrate and focus while considering comfort, security and wellbeing.

A New Spatial Paradigm

Libraries used to be defined by what was in them – i.e., the books on the shelves. More and more, they’re being defined by what happens in them. Rather than a singular focus of, “I go, I read, I leave,” educators are looking for ways to create libraries that have a more dynamic purpose.

Accomplishing all that requires more than a mindset shift; it also requires embracing a shift in design principles in order to create formal, informal and social learning spaces that support expanded services and technologies plus a wide range of user behaviors, preferences and activities. For most libraries, the biggest challenge involves designing for connection and collaboration, while still fully supporting individual discovery. This requires very carefully planning adjacencies and the relationships between people, tools, furniture and the overall space. Access to power and necessary technologies everywhere has become essential, as well as easy-to-spot areas where help is available, whether from peers, faculty or library staff.

Different types of seating and tables should comfortably support postures appropriate to the task – whether that’s sitting up straight, perching, lounging or standing. Additionally, providing different levels and types of privacy – visual, acoustical and territorial — helps people be more productive and feel at ease. And easy-to-move furniture, whiteboards, privacy screens and dividers encourage adapting spaces to fit the needs of the moment, while also ensuring future flexibility for the library as a whole.

No question, libraries are changing. Rather than staying stuck in the past, leading educators are stepping up to the challenge: thinking through opportunities, changing course and leveraging the power of space to support new ways of discovery and learning.

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Today’s college students want access to books and other materials in the format of their choice, and often that’s online in the palm of their hand. The University Libraries at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill is using OverDrive Academic’s innovative digital reading platform to diversify its library collections by adding custom ebook and audiobook content to meet students’ desire for anytime, anywhere reading options.

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How Libraries Can Support Their Communities’ Digital Needs More Effectively

The pandemic has exposed significant gaps in access to computers and high speed internet service among low-income families in particular.

A 2020 Library Journal survey of public libraries across the United States, developed in coordination with Spectrum Enterprise, reveals how libraries have played a vital role in bringing digital resources to stakeholders during the pandemic.

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Video Streaming Service Meets Library Patrons’ Multiple Needs for Entertainment, Research, and More

Many public libraries have struggled to support their patrons’ needs with remote access to services during the pandemic. But in Ocean County, New Jersey, the library’s 600,000-plus members have enjoyed unlimited access to more than 28,000 hours of carefully curated streaming video content available on any device through a service called Access Video On Demand, from Infobase.

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How Libraries Are Essential Broadband Partners in Their Communities

At a time when more students are learning remotely and many office spaces have remained closed, libraries have been instrumental in making sure that community members without home broadband access aren’t left behind.

A new Library Journal survey of public libraries across the United States, developed in coordination with Spectrum Enterprise, sought to identify the key challenges and opportunities libraries experience with providing internet and WiFi access to their constituents.

Posted:  Nov 2019

Digital Humanities in Action: How Academic Libraries Play a Prominent Role in Advancing Digital Humanities on Campus

The use of digital humanities capabilities is transforming the study of humanities at colleges and universities worldwide—and academic libraries are playing a central role in guiding the use of these technologies.  Download the white paper that highlights the conclusions from a study involving nearly 200 academic librarians from around the world, conducted in June and July 2019 by Library Journal in conjunction with Gale, a Cengage Company.

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Austin Public Library and LaptopsAnytime Invest in Community Change, One Device at a Time

Austin Public Library had a vision for the new Central Library—create a sense of community in a growing downtown. This case study explores how LaptopsAnytime helped fulfill that vision with five self-service kiosks. Each 30-device kiosk accommodates multiple device types so patrons find their laptop or tablet of choice.

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Information & Media Literacy: Skills Needed in Today’s World

Extraordinary digital innovation has brought about a global information society and has radically changed information access and standards of authority and reliability — straining the educational and labor market infrastructures needed to confront this change. Read the LearningExpress-sponsored white paper on skills needed in today’s world to decipher information sources.

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Aggregating the results of over 2,000 summer reading programs, and looking deeper at the libraries which have run the highest participation summer programs, our data shows that seemingly small decisions about registration, logging, incentives, and other features can have a measurable impact. This report provides an overview of key insights and recommends some best practices that are enabling top-performing libraries to get the most out of their reading programs.

The Challenge: Breaking Out from Data Silos

In this case study, interim CEO Michael Gannon explores the challenges Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) faced in providing digital services to its patrons.

He says that the library’s digital needs ranged from event management to a mobile app, and that it had become increasingly difficult to manage the different systems. For all their usefulness, the different systems were “silos” incapable of talking to one another.

Using the Communico suite, PGCMLS migrated from a fragmented, multi-vendor approach to an integrated cloud based platform.  They now find themselves able to provide what their customers expect.

Posted:  Sep 2017

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Gail Borden PL serves the fifth largest population in Illinois with a circulation of more than 2 million items. They were challenged to find efficiencies that would result in overall cost savings, free up staff time and put more attention on customer engagement. Their partnership with Customized Library Services by Baker & Taylor allowed them to meet those goals and work on some important new initiatives that had been on their wish list. Download the case study to see how this partnership improved their Tech Services Department.

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Why Now is the Time to Move to a Collaborative Web Based ILS Platform

More and more libraries are finding that their proprietary, client based ILS products are no longer fulfilling their needs. Locked down systems that provide little in the way of open collaboration and interoperability are losing ground to more progressive, lightweight platforms that are open to working with other third party systems and provide unfettered access to the libraries’ own data. Learn how a public library system replaced their client based proprietary ILS and how that change opened doors to other improvements within their library that they never would have explored otherwise.

Sponsor:  SAGE

Posted:  Apr 2017

As change comes to academic institutions of all types—four-year colleges and universities, community colleges, technical and vocational schools, and professional schools—their library services are changing as well.  LJ ’s 2016 Academic Movers present a snapshot of some of the large and small shifts happening on campuses worldwide. The interviews featured in this collection, sponsored by SAGE Publishing, offer a closer look at the innovative work they’re doing to meet those changes head-on.

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A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Furniture for Your Library

What integral elements  of design and construction create the most effective library furniture for contemporary libraries? Because the answer is not always obvious, AGATI has compiled all dimensions of our experience building furniture for academic and public libraries into a short paper just for librarians looking to create the best learning environments possible for their patrons.

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10 Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating Public Computing Solutions

When searching for the right public computing solution, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the options out there. Librarians always want to ensure they’re getting the best solution for their needs. Knowing the right questions to ask saves time, and ensures librarians make a good purchase decision. This document outlines the  10 Key Questions to Ask When Evaluating Public Computing Solutions . It is a must-have for all library technology decision-makers.

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Learn How Public Libraries Can Deliver Accredited High School Diplomas to Adults

Read about Denver Public Library’s (DPL) solution to a challenge uncovered in their community needs assessment—14 percent of their adults population did not complete high school.

To address this local educational crisis, DPL implemented the program Career Online High School, a high school completion program that allows libraries to offer accredited high school diplomas and career certificates to adult learners.

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Finding New Life in an Old Space: Making the move from library to media center

The very idea of libraries is evolving. Traditional hushed, book-lined environments are being replaced by contemporary workspaces and becoming hubs of collaboration. School Outfitters had an opportunity to work with a local school to modernize their space, transforming it from a sparsely-populated room to one of the busiest in the building.

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Data-Driven Decision Making Ideally Locates New Library Construction

How well do you know your community? Who are they? What are they interested in? How do you know?

Public libraries are the core of their communities and with Analytics On Demand, you can take data-driven decision making and community engagement to the next level.

Learn how Dedham Public Library determined where to build new library and developed new services with  Gale’s Analytics On Demand .

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Not many libraries migrate to a new integrated library system (ILS) twice in one year – but the Blount County Public Library (BCPL) did! This case study explores BCPL Director, K.C. Williams’ experience and their decision to leave the statewide system and implement Atriuum to meet their needs.

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Every day, Spartanburg County Public Libraries uses Comprise’s revolutionary unified payment solution to process tens of thousands of dollars in payments for print services, fines and fees, and donations; most of it without staff involvement! Libraries that have executed the unified payment system have seen their total revenues grow, perfect audits, and happier staff & patrons, which the Spartanburg County Public Libraries can vouch for.

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Increasingly, libraries are looking to replace the traditional online catalog with a discovery layer that’s more engaging and visually appealing. A new approach to discovery combines the catalog with the library’s website. Now library users have a single environment to explore not only collections, but also the wide array of services the library offers.

Iguana is a web portal and discovery platform that brings a library’s website and catalog together in one environment. Implemented world-wide, Iguana is becoming the platform of choice for libraries looking to revamp their web presence while providing users a best-in-breed discovery service. At Kingston Frontenac Public Library in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, the library has seen the benefits: more engaged users who explore collections and partake in the many services that the library offers.

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Q: I heard that faculty get free Harvard case content access. Where do I sign up? A: Faculty from any major college or university can sign up for a Harvard Business Publishing Educator account . These accounts give professors free access to most case study content - after they confirm your faculty standing - in order for you to evaluate materials for use in your class. Students must still purchase any materials assigned by for your course, or access it via the library's subscriptions (if available). Please note that Educator accounts are not affiliated with the library: we cannot grant access.

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Health sciences library hours.

• Today closed
• Monday 8am - 5pm
• Tuesday 8am - 5pm
• Wednesday 8am - 5pm
• Thursday 8am - 5pm
• Friday 8am - 5pm
• Saturday closed
• May 26 closed
• May 27 closed
• May 28 8am - 5pm
• May 29 8am - 5pm
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• May 31 8am - 5pm
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• Jun 10 8am - 5pm
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• Jun 12 8am - 5pm
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• Jun 14 8am - 5pm
• Jun 15 closed
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• Jun 17 8am - 5pm
• Jun 18 8am - 5pm
• Jun 19 10am - 5pm
• Jun 20 8am - 5pm
• Jun 21 8am - 5pm
• Jun 22 closed

Explore Health Sciences Topics

• Clinical Support
• Systematic Reviews
• Research Impact and Data Visualization
• AHEC Digital Library
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Course Reserves
• Citing & Writing Tools
• Health Literacy

Featured Guides

• (Allied) Health Sciences
• Bioinformatics
• Health Data & Statistics
• Health Literacy and Patient Education
• Medicine/Clinical
• Open Access and Scholarly Communications
• Public Health
• NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

Popular Guides

Health sciences library spaces.

Health Sciences Library – Basement

Health Sciences Library – Floor 1

Health Sciences Library – Floor 2

Upcoming health sciences library events, monday, june 10, 2024.

10am - 11am

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Wednesday, june 19, 2024, health sciences library projects.

Exploring UNC Research Networks and Impact Metrics with VOSViewer

Interactive network graphics of publication output, areas of research focus, and collaboration patterns offer a technological advance over static, flat images. VOSviewer Online allows users such as prospective faculty and students to explore data up close that show faculty research strengths and how a particular unit or school collaborates with other researchers and institutions around the world.

COVID-19 Research Output and Collaboration Analysis

Bibliometric analysis of UNC-Chapel Hill research output related to COVID-19 through April 2021. Includes author, institution, collaboration, and topic analyses.

Gillings School of Global Public Health 10-Year Research Analysis

The Health Sciences Library (HSL) has partnered with administration at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health (SPH) on a series of projects to reveal collaboration patterns of research faculty, illustrate evolution in research foci over time, and demonstrate SPH impact.

Health Sciences Library News

Appointment: Liaison to Dentistry and Systematic Review Coordinator 

A new website for the Health Sciences Library 

Carolina librarians edit “Perspectives on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Libraries”

Health sciences library partners.

HSL provides direct support to health affairs schools and UNC Medical Center :

• Adams School of Dentistry
• Eshelman School of Pharmacy
• Gillings School of Global Public Health
• UNC School of Medicine , including the Department of Health Sciences
• UNC School of Nursing

Our partners located at HSL include:

• Carolina Health Informatics Program
• Office of Interprofessional Education and Practice
• UNC Global Women’s Health

Health Sciences Library Staff

Hsl administration.

• Michelle Cawley - Interim AUL for Health Sciences and Director, Health Sciences Library
• Fei Yu - Health Technology and Informatics Librarian

HSL Clinical and Statewide Engagement

• Hannah Burrows - Community Outreach and Global Health Librarian
• Jamie Conklin - Health Sciences Librarian and Liaison to Nursing
• Beth Moreton - Nursing Liaison Librarian
• Terri Ottosen - Community Engagement and Health Literacy Librarian
• Lauren Tomola - AHEC Knowledge Management Librarian
• Sarah Wright - Head, Clinical and Statewide Engagement

HSL Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement

• Carrie Baldwin-SoRelle - Health Sciences Librarian and Liaison to School of Public Health
• Rebecca Carlson - HSL Librarian & Liaison to School of Pharmacy
• Adam Dodd - Applications Analyst
• Karen Grigg - Health Sciences Librarian for Collections & Instruction
• Barrie Hayes - Bioinformatics & Research Data Librarian
• Emily Jones - Liaison to Dentistry & Systematic Review Coordinator
• Barbara Renner - Liaison Librarian, Allied Health Sciences/Evaluation Specialist

HSL Information Access and Discovery

• Michael Campbell - Interlibrary Lending Specialist
• Chip GrawOzburn - Borrowing and Billing Specialist, Interlibrary Lending
• Antonio Gross - Information Associate and HSL Student Supervisor
• Lee Haney - Information Associate and Reserves Manager
• Stefanie Nutting - Information Associate & User Services Support Specialist
• Liza Philbeck - Information & Access Services Supervisor

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