Rush University Medical Center Library COVID-19 updates
All library facilities, including the computer labs and study spaces, are closed indefinitely.
The library will continue to operate online during COVID-19 related closures. Contact librarians and library staff to schedule an appointment, ask for assistance accessing resources from off campus, or anything else.
Assistance via live chat and email will be available every day during the library's open hours.
Until further notice, in response to COVID-19, I-Share requesting and Statewide Library Delivery are temporarily suspended, and both Rush and I-Share library materials will not be considered overdue.
Online resources and events
Rush University Medical Center COVID-19 resources
Access RUMC's COVID-19 resources on Inside Rush, including COVID-19 Science, a top-level hub for researchers as well as a resource for students. Available to RUMC users; off campus, sign in with your Rush username and password.
Using AccessMedicine Distance Learning content
AccessMedicine's tips on finding and deploying e-learning content for distance students in this YouTube video. Rush users can sign in to AccessMedicine with their Rush username and password here. Important: review the library's directions on preparing off-campus links to our resources.
New Library Director to Join Rush
We’d like to announce that Scott Thomson, MS, MLIS, AHIP, has accepted the position of director of the Library of Rush University Medical Center. Mr. Thomson is coming to us from Rosalind Franklin University, where he has served as library director since 2013. Mr. Thomson joined Rush on February 24th.
In his tenure at Rosalind Franklin, Mr. Thomson modernized the library to reflect the needs and future demands of health sciences libraries. His work there inspired our library staff to visit Rosalind Franklin last year to learn about modernization of health sciences libraries.
Mr. Thomson earned a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University, a master of library and information science from Dominican University and a master of science in health administration from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Please join us in welcoming Mr. Thomson to Rush.
