In 2012, HS/HSL received NIH funding to develop SHARE (Student Health Advocates Redefining Empowerment), a 3 year project aimed at developing students’ skills to advocate for better health at the personal, family, and community level. The challenges faced during the third year of Project SHARE included: Refine lessons developed in SHARE years 1 and 2; Standardize lesson plans of 12 SHARE instructors; Generalize lesson content and experiential learning activities to allow for use nationwide. The curriculum is expected to be published online by August 2014.

The COVID-19 Pandemic began in Maryland in March 2020, as a result the University of Maryland, Baltimore went to telework. These emails reflect the HSHSL's decisions surrounding COVID-19 and the accomplishments for September 2020.

It is no secret that libraries have struggled with annual increases in subscription costs of print-based journals, joined now by increases in license fees and other associated costs for electronic resources. Unfortunately, traditional sources of funding fail to keep pace in support of these escalating expenses. We became intrigued with the idea of dramatizing for our users the similarities between the costs of needed resources, and a variety of real-world goods. We assembled an exhibit in a variety of media, to demonstrate these comparisons. Scanned copies of journal covers lay side-by-side with ads for such desirables as world cruises, luxurious sport cars, and refrigerator/freezers. This offered an interesting perspective on the nature of many "must-have" titles, as they are likened to big-ticket items that many of us can never afford. Individual cost factoids decorated study tables and restroom stalls, reminding the public about discrepancies between rising costs and dwindling available funds, and dispelling the misconception that "tuition covers it." Selected examples graced the screen of our web page. A common theme throughout was the fact that when we buy these expensive items, we do so every year, at progressively higher costs each time. This poster affords a glimpse of our presentation, and a look at some of the interesting comparisons.