Healey Library

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☀️📚 Summer Reading Picks

Looking for your next great read this summer? Here are 10 engaging, thought-provoking books, whether you want something light, emotional, strange, or deeply reflective.

#SummerReading #UMB #HealeyLibrary #CollegeReads #BookRecommendations

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Happy Graduation, Beacons! 🎓💙💛

The audio for this video is UMass Boston’s alma mater, “To UMass Boston.” Watch the full performance, lyrics by Professor of Music David Patterson and sung by UMass Boston students, on UMass Boston’s YouTube channel: https://t.co/c7Vg634h9w

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☀️ Summer hours are here at Healey Library! Whether you’re taking classes, researching, or just looking for a quiet study spot, we’ve got you covered all summer long 📖✨

We’ll see you this summer!💛

#HealeyLibrary #UMassBoston #SummerSemester #LibraryHours #StudySpace

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📚 Finals season is here and Healey Library wants to help you succeed! 💛💙

Plan your study sessions accordingly, and good luck on finals! ✨

#HealeyLibrary #UMassBoston #FinalsWeek #StudySpot #LibraryHours

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Stop by to say hello and take a break with a therapy dog!

Philameno from Pause for Paws will be at Healey Library - 2nd Floor lounge area - on Wednesday, May 6, from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Enjoy a moment of calm as we approach the last week of classes.

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📚 Then and now: still a community.

Our historical collections tell powerful stories. Today, those stories reach even further.

🌍 Last year, ScholarWorks logged over 650,000 downloads of UMass Boston scholarship worldwide.

#NationalLibraryWeek #ScholarWorks

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📸 A glimpse into the past, students are gathering for a dedication ceremony outside of Healey Library.

💻 Fast forward to today: the UMass Boston community performed over 700,000 searches on UMBrella last year, with 1.2 million+ electronic resource hits.

#NationalLibraryWeek

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🚧Blueprint to reality!
This historic photo captures the construction of the Healey Library, now a foundation of UMass Boston.
📚Did you know? Last year alone, we borrowed over 4,000 items from partner libraries and lent nearly 6,000 to others.
#NationalLibraryWeek #UMassBoston

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🏛️ Students once gathered by the windows of our original library spaces, different building, same dedication to learning.

📊 Today, our librarians and archivists teach around 400 classes each year, helping students build essential research skills.

#NationalLibraryWeek

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Happy Earth Day!

Pick up a free packet of seeds from Healey Library, 2nd floor and plant seeds to spread nature and beauty, where we live, study and work.

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Stop by the Earth Day Activities Fair today between 11AM-2PM at the Campus Center Terrace to browse the book cart and say hello! 🌈🌍🌞

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📚✨ It’s National Library Week!
We’re kicking things off with a look back at our roots, when the library lived in Park Square in downtown Boston.
📖Healey Library now holds over 400,000 print books and 1.25 MILLION electronic titles!
#NationalLibraryWeek #UMassBoston

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Join us for Pages on the Lawn today from 10:30AM-1:30PM at the Campus Center Front Lawn. Stop by for snacks and to browse books from the Beacon Book Swap Cart.🍃🌍🌞📚

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Healey Library hosted the Provost's Book Party celebrating faculty publications from the 2024-2025 Academic Year. If you are interested in reading any of these works, stop by our display on the 2nd floor of Healey Library and visit https://t.co/CSRwKpqJi2 to reserve a copy!

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Stop by and say hello or grab a book at one of the events we are tabling at this Spring! April 21st: 10:30-1:30, Campus Center Lawn; April 21st: 11-12:30, Campus Center Terrace; April 22nd: 11-2, Campus Center Terrace; May 7th: 11-3 Campus Center Lawn. 🌻🌎📚

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Happy Student Employee Appreciation Week to all of our Healey Library student staff members! Thank you for all you do and we are grateful to work with you and learn from you every day!

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Got 5 minutes? Help Healey Library test‑drive the new UMBrella interface before launch! Healey Library, 2nd Floor Lobby on Tue, 4/14, 12–2 PM. Stop by, try a quick task, and grab a snack! Participants can enter our umbrella giveaway! Questions? [email protected]

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Other top items include:
Biological Science
Calculator, Texas Instruments TI-30XS
Common Sense Mathematics
Learning and Memory: From Brain to Behavior

#UMassBoston #HealeyLibrary #LibraryLoans #StudySmart #StudentLife

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It is time to celebrate poetry! ✨📚

Tell us your favorite poem in the comments! Whether it’s a classic you love, a line that stuck with you, or a hidden gem you think everyone should read, we want to hear it.

#HealeyLibrary #PoetryLovers #Bookstagram

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Pushti’s favorite study spot 📖✨ #umb #umassboston #healeylibrary #studyspot