Lane Medical Library Celebrates Black History Month and a Commitment to Diversity

February is Black History Month! Here are a few ways you can celebrate: Explore Health Equity Resources In alignment with the goals of the Educational Programs & Services division of Stanford Medicine, Lane Medical Library has dedicated a portion of its collection budget to purchasing additional resources to further advance health equity. Additional topics of… Read more Lane Medical Library Celebrates Black History Month and a Commitment to Diversity

Need to Share Your Data? Try Dryad

Do you have questions about how and where to share your data to be in compliance with NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy? This policy expects that researchers will “maximize appropriate data sharing.” The Dryad Digital Repository may be a good solution for openly sharing your datasets. Dryad is a curated resource that makes research… Read more Need to Share Your Data? Try Dryad

Data SOS: What is the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy?

Welcome to Data SOS, a regular column from Lane Medical Library where we answer questions about data management and data sharing submitted by the Stanford Medicine community. If you have a question that you’d like to see addressed in a future column, please leave a comment or use this form. For our inaugural column, we… Read more Data SOS: What is the new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy?

Preprints Are Now in PubMed

The NIH Preprint Pilot, which aims to expand access to NIH-funded research by increasing the discoverability of preprints, entered its second phase on January 1, 2023. Read on to find out what this means for the Stanford Medicine community. What is It? Starting January 2023, phase two of the NIH Preprint Pilot begins. All preprints… Read more Preprints Are Now in PubMed

BoardVitals Annual Renewal

Every year, BoardVitals requires users to reconfirm their Stanford-associated registration in early February. This process should not wipe out your progress through the question banks. When BoardVitals prompts you to reconfirm your Stanford affiliation, you must use your Stanford email address to do so. If you experience any problems with the re-verification, you should contact… Read more BoardVitals Annual Renewal

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Amit Singh

Every month, we are spotlighting an amazing member of our library staff. This month meet Amit Singh, Clinical Informationist. What do you do at the library? I am the new Clinical Informationist for the Lane Library. My role entails working as a liaison between the Library and clinical and research faculty across the School of… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Amit Singh

American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and supplemental data sets

Data in the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) annual survey database is updated annually, usually in December. In addition to annual survey data, the AHA database includes supplemental datasets and provides quality data with extensive coverage of US hospitals and health systems. Coverage includes demographic, operations, financial, and IT characteristics.  AHA datasets can be used to research COVID-19… Read more American Hospital Association’s Annual Survey and supplemental data sets

Public Domain Day 2023

January 1st, 2023, is Public Domain Day. Copyright laws vary by country, but in the United States, works registered or first published in the U.S. in 1927 enter the public domain on January 1st, 2023! 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 2023

Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Lloyd B. Minor, MD, dean of Stanford School of Medicine, recently shared his new list of recommended reading for the winter on social media (Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter). Describing his recommendations, Dean Minor stated: For my recommended reading this winter, I was drawn to books that illuminated hidden worlds, shared insights about others, and challenged my assumptions.… Read more Dean Minor's Winter Reading List

Winter Closure Hours

We wish you a relaxing and joyful holiday season! Lane Library will be closed during Stanford University’s Winter Closure, but our online resources are always accessible on our website. Winter Closure Hours & Services Lane Library will be closed Wednesday, December 21 through Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Please submit your Literature Search Service requests and DocXpress… Read more Winter Closure Hours