Strauss Library Wishes!

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Strauss Library Wishes was open from September 18th until October 8th, 2023.

Below are wishes that faculty, staff, and students at Anschutz Campus have submitted to the library in previous years.

We have included wishes that were granted and wishes that were not granted.

Thank you for helping make the library everything you want it to be!

Collection Requests
Wish

UWorld question bank access for all CUSOM students

Wish Response

Thank you for submitting a library wish request for UWorld. We will get more information about UWorld and look into subscription options if our collection budget allows.

Please visit us again for Library Wishes Campaign updates.

Collection Requests
Wish

Med student curriculum of textbooks since they are not a part of the modern-day medical school curriculums.

Wish Response

The Library’s collection policy does not stipulate that we will supply textbooks for all classes across the curriculum; this would be cost-prohibitive and not possible. However, the Library does hold in its collections a number of eBooks that happen to be textbooks in multiple programs of study at Anschutz. If you would like to learn more about discovering and using the Library's eBooks in your studies, please contact AskUs.

Relaxation
Wish

For more napping places!

Wish Response

This is something that the library could consider in the future. There are various challenges to planning additional nap pods and appropriate sleeping spaces. Some data we have from samples over several years do not seem to indicate that both nap pods inside the study zone are in use at the same time very often.

Collection Requests
Wish

USMLE RX or Boards and Beyond subscriptions

Wish Response

Thank you for submitting a library wish request for USMLE RX and Boards and Beyond. We will get more information about those two resources, and look into subscription options if our collection budget allows.

Please visit us again for Library Wishes Campaign updates.

Open Access
Wish

Bring back the Open Access Fund for publication costs.

Wish Response

Thanks for asking about funds to support Open Access Article Processing Charges (APCs). At this time the library has no plans to provide OA funds for faculty and staff; however, the library has been having conversations with the Office of Research about support for OA on the campus. The library has an existing agreement with one publisher that allows Anschutz faculty to publish OA without APCs and a discount on APCs with another publisher. Reach out to AskUs if you’d like more information about those two options.

Services
Wish

I wish I had unlimited access to librarian services for review search strategies so CU can get more publications to its name

Wish Response

We share that same goal of elevating the research profile of the Anschutz Medical Campus. Faculty can use our Professional Literature Searching Service for Tier 1, fully-supported (i.e., systematic review) search projects or literature search building (Tier 2). While there is often a wait time for the literature searching service, we are excited to share that we have added a new member to the Education & Research team, which will allow us to serve more researchers and their projects in the future.

While paid literature searching is not available for student curriculum projects (MSAs, capstones, theses, etc), students are able to schedule 1-1 consultations for literature search assistance. Please use AskUs to request help with literature searching.

Study Rooms
Wish

I wish that there was a map of all the study rooms when you are making a booking on the LibCal website. It would make it easier to figure out where the rooms that you like and want to book are.

Wish Response

We cannot provide this map option at this time but do receive this comment from student users sometimes. We will look into a mapping add-on tool the vendor provides and consider other internal, homegrown methods to try and do this. Thank you.

Collection Requests
Wish

Subscription to UWorld!

Wish Response

Thank you for submitting a library wish request for UWorld. We will get more information about UWorld and look into subscription options if our collection budget allows.

Please visit us again for Library Wishes Campaign updates.

Collection Requests
Wish

Free UWorld, Free Amboss

Wish Response

Thank you for submitting a library wish request for AMBOSS and UWorld. We received multiple requests for AMBOSS and understand its importance for your study. We will investigate funding options. We will get more information about UWorld and look into subscription options if our collection budget allows.