JABSOM Library: Library Updates

National Library Week 2020

There is, you know, quite a bit going on the world. This year’s National Library Week, we’ve tried to highlight some resources that may assist and hopefully entertain you a little while we all buckle down to outlast this. You can read more about all our suggestions here at the 2020 National Library Guide. Take a break! Watch a movie! Learn how to cook because your favorite restaurant is closed and if you get scurvy it’ll be real embarrassing!

Now for a few un-fun, but highly useful, links:

Senator Schatz has a comprehensive list of links to relief programs available to Hawai’i residents. There is specific information for higher education students.

This is Lifeline Crisis Chat available across the US. It’s free. It’s online. It’s 24/7. NAMI has also put together a guide with suggestions and resources.

If you are experiencing food insecurity, you are not alone. The Pantry has online registration. You can place an order for specific food and drive thru for pick up!

The state unemployment portal is struggling under the volume, but you can get started there.

We know that it is a strange time to be a medical student. It is a strange time to be a librarian, too, quite frankly. But we have been well-trained with graduate degrees and highly refined google skills to find things that our patrons need. If YOU need anything during this time, you can reach out to us and we will help. Here are some of the ways you can reach us:

• We’re on ZOOM weekdays 8-5: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/8086920810
• We have forwarded our phone to the back office, where we are working: 808-692-0810
• As a group, we monitor the library email here: hslinfo@hawaii.edu
• You can reach Melissa at: mkahili@hawaii.edu
• Hilda’s email is: baroza@hawaii.edu
• KJ’s the most compulsively online of us, and her email is: hillgren@hawaii.edu
• Kris is the director and her email is: krisa@hawaii.edu

We ALL miss you and you can reach out to us ANY time. Even if you just want to place a request for a specific info desk candy or talk about your dogs (KJ loves to talk about your dogs) or if you need a pan de sal recipe (that’s more Hilda’s specialty).