Category: News

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

Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, Dean of Stanford School of Medicine, recently shared his 2025 winter reading list on social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, & Instagram). Describing his recommendations, Dean Minor stated: As the year winds down, I’ve been drawn to stories that celebrate our shared humanity and the experiences that connect us all.This year’s winter booklist explores the… Read more Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Holiday Hours

We wish you a relaxing and joyful holiday season! Lane Medical Library will be closed during Stanford University’s Winter Closure, but our online resources are always accessible on our website.  Winter Intersession Winter Intersession hours will begin on Monday, December 15, and end on Friday, December 19. Winter Closure Hours & Services Lane Medical Library will… Read more Holiday Hours

Winter Food Drive with Samaritan House

Lane Library is hosting a Winter Food Drive in partnership with Samaritan House, a nonprofit organization that provides food, shelter, healthcare, and other services to the working poor in San Mateo County. To participate, please bring non-perishable food items to Lane Library from November 21 to December 12. We will have a donation bin near… Read more Winter Food Drive with Samaritan House

Thanksgiving Week Hours

In observance of Thanksgiving, the Lane Medical Library will close early on Wednesday, November 26, at 5:00 p.m. We will be closed from Thursday, November 27, through Saturday, November 29. During this closure, all services will be unavailable. We will be open on Sunday, November 30 from 1 pm to 6 pm. We are grateful… Read more Thanksgiving Week Hours

Announcing the 2025 Research Impact Challenge Winners

Please join us in recognizing the winners of the 2025 Research Impact Challenge Raffle! Congrats to everyone who participated in the challenge activities this year. Missed the challenge this year? You can continue to take advantage of the 2025 challenges on the Research Impact Challenge Guide. For more information on the use and assessment of… Read more Announcing the 2025 Research Impact Challenge Winners

Meet Our Research & Instruction Team for National Medical Librarians’ Month

October is National Medical Librarians Month, an annual observance led by the Medical Library Association (MLA) to raise awareness of the vital role medical librarians and health information professionals play in patient care, research, and education. To celebrate, we are spotlighting our Research and Instruction Team— librarians who provide education and research-related support to the… Read more Meet Our Research & Instruction Team for National Medical Librarians’ Month

Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era

Peer review is facing a profound transformation as we enter into the revolutionary age of artificial intelligence (AI), offering new opportunities and posing fresh challenges for research integrity. In acknowledgement of this transformation, the theme for Peer Review Week this year is “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era.” To celebrate Peer Review Week, we… Read more Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era

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… Read more National Postdoc Appreciation Week