Category: News

Participate in the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference

Women in Data Science (WiDS) aims to inspire and educate data scientists worldwide, regardless of gender, and to support women in the field. Join the 24-hour virtual data science conference on March 8, and save the date for Lane Library’s regional WiDS event on May 5. WiDS started as a one-day technical conference at Stanford… Read more Participate in the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Worldwide Conference

Attend the 2021 Katherine D. McCormick Distinguished Lecture

Register for the webinar “mRNA as Medicine” with Melissa Moore, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Platform Research at Moderna Therapeutics on International Women’s Day, Monday, March 8, 2021 at 11:00PM via Zoom. A new class of drugs wherein cells are programmed with synthetic messenger RNAs (mRNAs) to make any desired protein (e.g., cytoplasmic, intraorganelle, membrane-bound, secreted)… Read more Attend the 2021 Katherine D. McCormick Distinguished Lecture

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Jeff Codori

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Jeff Codori, our Access Services Specialist. What do I do at the library?  These days I do all the physical stuff, from processing and scanning books and journals for interlibrary loan, to processing the books and journals for the book… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Jeff Codori

13th-Century Medical Book in Lane Library Now Digitized

Thousands of rare books are housed in The Medical History Center, located in Lane Library. Now you can view the oldest book in the collection online. The oldest book in the collection is a 13th-century Arabic manuscript that was part of an encyclopedia called “The Comprehensive Book on the Art of Medicine” (الشامل في الصناعة… Read more 13th-Century Medical Book in Lane Library Now Digitized

Join the Women in Technology Media Discussion Group’s First Meeting on Allyship in Action

Register to participate in a new media-based discussion group we are launching in partnership with Stanford’s Women in Technology (WIT) group. The discussion group meets quarterly to explore issues related to gender in technology and leadership using the written word, videos, and audio recordings. The group provides a professional development opportunity to Stanford WIT members… Read more Join the Women in Technology Media Discussion Group’s First Meeting on Allyship in Action

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Judy Washburn

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Judy Washburn, our Serials Specialist. What do I do at Lane Library? I catalog records of books or periodicals that are available to our users.  I add the URL so patrons can get the online copy of the title on… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Judy Washburn

Happy Open Access Week!

Open Access Week, held October 19-25, is an international event dedicated to making openness the default for research within the scholarly community. The theme for this year’s Open Access Week is “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.” Lane Library is participating with programming to help you increase openness in your… Read more Happy Open Access Week!

Now Available: Request & Pickup Materials

Need access to print materials? Starting September 29th, Lane Library is launching a contactless materials pickup service. Any Stanford Medicine-affiliated users with full library privileges including all SHC and LPCH staff, can request print books from Lane Library’s on-site collection and select off-site locations, including course reserves materials with 14-day or 28-day loan periods. Requesting… Read more Now Available: Request & Pickup Materials

Trust in Peer Review

To celebrate Peer Review Week, we interviewed Dr. Malathi Srinivasan, Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Primary Care and Population Health, about trust in the peer-review process. Dr. Srinivasan was Senior Associate Editor and Editorial Fellowship Director for the Journal of General Internal Medicine. In conversation with Web Services Librarian, Amanda Woodward, Dr.… Read more Trust in Peer Review

Celebrate Peer Review Week

Peer Review Week is an annual global event that puts a spotlight on peer review and its essential role in maintaining scientific quality. This year, Peer Review Week is dedicated to the theme of Trust in Peer Review. Peer review has been a formal part of scientific communication since the publication of scientific journals more… Read more Celebrate Peer Review Week