National Postdoc Appreciation Week
Every year in the 3rd week of September, Universities across the United States take part in the National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW). This year, Postdoc Appreciation Week is September 15-19. The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPA) and Stanford University Postdoctoral Association (SURPAS) are hosting a variety of events throughout the week. You can find out more on their website.
At Lane Library, we want to show our appreciation with a round-up of the best tools for Postdocs. You can explore all our resources and services on our library website. Here are the top library tools to help during your time at Stanford:
Library Classes & Events
We offer regular classes on topics including data science, literature searching, and writing & publishing. Registration is free, and most classes are taught over Zoom. This week, we have a slate of classes specifically designed to help Postdocs advance in their careers:
Data Analysis with R for Beginners, Part 1
Mon, September 15 @ 1 PM – 2 PM, In-Person
Maximizing Your Research Impact
Tues, September 16, @ 1 PM – 2 PM, Zoom
Data Analysis with R for Beginners, Part 2
Wed, September 17 @ 1 PM – 2 PM, In-Person
Bioinformatics Office Hours
Get help in person or on Zoom using bash, R, Python, Git, or Sherlock (Stanford’s research computing cluster) for academic purposes. These Office Hours occur from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PST every Wednesday in the Lane Library Consulting Area.
Specialty & Research Help Guides
Explore online guides created by our library staff to curate resources, provide instruction on research topics, and share information about events and exhibits.
Here are some guides that are particularly useful for Postdocs’ needs:
Open Access Publishing: This guide shares information about what open access is, as well as options for publishing open access.
ORCID ID for Researchers: This guide shares information about how to set up and maintain your ORCID ID.
Research Impact: This guide covers different ways to measure the impact of your research.
Research Integrity: This guide includes tools designed to help you maintain the research integrity of your work.
2025 Research Impact Challenge: This guide offers five practical tasks you can do to boost the impact of your research.
Research Services
Get expert assistance on topics related to medical education, evidence-based medicine, scholarly communications, research impact, and the management and sharing of research data from our Research & Instruction librarians.
If you have any questions about these services or any Lane Library resources, please reach out to us for help.
