Category: News

Empowering Nurses: Resources for Success

National Nurses Week begins on May 6 and concludes on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Sponsored by the American Nurses Association (ANA), it honors the more than five million nurses whose expertise, compassion, and leadership are vital to healthcare. The 2026 theme, “The Power of Nurses™,” shines a light on the impact nurses have on… Read more Empowering Nurses: Resources for Success

New Library Entry Policy

Beginning April 27, Lane Library entrance doors will be card-access only. All School of Medicine (SOM) affiliates, including medical and PA students, and hospital employees must swipe their SOM or hospital badges at the outside card reader to enter the library during open business hours. The card reader is located on the concrete column in… Read more New Library Entry Policy

Explore the BioSci Careers Book Collection

The BioSci Careers Center in the School of Medicine provides programs that help students and trainees explore and prepare for a variety of career paths. In 2017, Lane Medical Library partnered with the BioSci Careers Center to manage a collection of print and digital books that support career path exploration. The Career Center continually updates… Read more Explore the BioSci Careers Book Collection

Celebrate National Library Week

What brings you joy? Whether it’s learning a new skill, completing an in-depth literature review, publishing an article in an open-access journal with no article processing charges, finding a quiet study space, or something else, you can find your joy at Lane Medical Library. National Library Week, April 19–25, 2026, is a time to celebrate… Read more Celebrate National Library Week

Celebrate Women's History Month

March is Women’s History Month! We are celebrating by sharing materials from our collection that highlight and honor women’s contributions to medicine. Book Collection Highlights What we bring to the practice of medicine: perspectives from women physiciansedited by Kimberly Greene-Liebowitz and Dana Corriel Women and the Practice of Medicine : a New History (1950-2020)Lucille A. Lester Twice as Hard : the Stories of… Read more Celebrate Women's History Month

New Read & Publish Agreement with Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott)

Lane Medical Library recently entered a Read & Publish Agreement with Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott) to support Open Access publishing for current Stanford authors. Under the terms of this landmark agreement, 100% of the article processing charge (APC) cost is covered for current Stanford corresponding authors. How It Works Eligibility: Current Stanford corresponding authors Journals: Included… Read more New Read & Publish Agreement with Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott)

Upcoming ORCID Community Workshops

At Lane Library, we regularly help Stanford researchers navigate ORCID and its growing role across the research ecosystem, including connections to NIH, Scopus, Web of Science, publishers, and Stanford systems. To support this work, we recommend two upcoming free online events hosted by the ORCID US Community that provide both foundational and next-step guidance.                          ORCID… Read more Upcoming ORCID Community Workshops

Celebrate Black History Month

Lane Library celebrates Black History Month this February by showcasing our resources and services that support health equity and diversity. We invite the Stanford Medicine community to visit the library (in-person or online) to explore our spaces and browse our collections.  Visit the D-CORE Space Lane Library is home to the Diversity Center of Representation… Read more Celebrate Black History Month

Celebrate Love Data Week

Love Data Week is an annual festival highlighting topics, opportunities, and services relevant to data in research. Love Data Week 2026 will take place February 9-13, 2026. This year’s Love Data Week theme is “Where’s the Data?” – a way to get people thinking about data’s journey from collection through storage and preservation.  Stanford Libraries… Read more Celebrate Love Data Week

Women in Data Science Virtual Conference

Join us for Lane Medical Library’s eighth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional conference. “Ready, FAIR, Go! Making Clinical and Biomedical Data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable”  is this year’s theme for the half-day virtual conference. The event will explore how women are incorporating FAIR data principles into their work. This year, our conference coincides… Read more Women in Data Science Virtual Conference