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Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: Join Us in Exploring Medical History

May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Medical History Center in Lane Library has resources to explore this rich history. Resources include: An online exhibit features one of the earliest Asian graduates of Cooper Medical College (the school that later became Stanford Medicine). Dr. Iga Mori (毛利伊賀) received his… Read more Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: Join Us in Exploring Medical History

Empowering Nurses: Resources for Success

National Nurses Week kicks off on May 6th and culminates on Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12th. This week serves as a dedicated time to recognize the extraordinary contributions nurses and the nursing profession make to our communities. As the American Nurses Association (ANA) website details, the celebration has since expanded to encompass the entire month… Read more Empowering Nurses: Resources for Success

Black Maternal Health Week

Every year, Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) shines a spotlight on a critical public health issue: the racial disparities in maternal health outcomes. Black women in the United States are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women according to the CDC. This week is a time to raise awareness,… Read more Black Maternal Health Week

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Mindy Chang

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Mindy Chang, our new Library Specialist. What do you do at the library? I am a Library Specialist 3 on the Access Services team. Besides helping patrons at the front desk, I manage the online registration process for library classes… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Mindy Chang

Women in Data Science Virtual Conference

Join us for Lane Medical Library’s sixth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) regional event. This year’s half-day virtual conference will focus on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and Health Equity. WiDS Stanford @ Lane Medical Library is independently organized by Lane Library to be part of the mission to increase the participation of women… Read more Women in Data Science Virtual Conference

Med Tool Madness

📚 🏀 Get ready to hit the court with #MedToolMadness this March! Lane Library’s point-of-care tools are going head-to-head in a thrilling face-off inspired by the NCAA Men’s Basketball March Madness tournament. This March we will be highlighting eight point-of-care tools across our social media profiles. Starting March 19, the tools will be going head-to-head… Read more Med Tool Madness

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Anu Moorthy

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Anu Moorthy, Electronic Resources Librarian.  What do you do at the library? I am the new electronic resources librarian, and my primary role is to work with vendors and electronic resources. I will lead and administer day-to-day operations in electronic… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Anu Moorthy

Color Our Collections

Do you like to relax or express your creativity by coloring in images? If so, check out our submission for this year’s Color Our Collections project! Every year the New York Academy of Medicine calls for libraries and archives to contribute historical images from their collections for people to color. The Medical History Center has… Read more Color Our Collections

Celebrate Black History Month: A Journey through Lane Library

Lane Library celebrates Black History Month this February by proudly showcasing our diverse resources. We invite the Stanford Medicine community to visit the library (in-person or online) to explore our spaces and exhibits and browse our collections.  Visit the D-CORE Space Lane Library is proud to house the Diversity Center of Representation and Empowerment (D-CORE),… Read more Celebrate Black History Month: A Journey through Lane Library

Public Domain Day 2024

January 1st, 2024, is Public Domain Day. Copyright laws vary by country, but in the United States, works registered or first published in the U.S. in 1928 enter the public domain on January 1st, 2024! The Public Domain and You Did you know that copyright can expire? When the copyright of a work expires, the… Read more Public Domain Day 2024