Stanford Faculty Senate Approves an Open Access Policy

On November 19th, Stanford’s Faculty Senate approved an Open Access Policy for the university. The adoption of this policy demonstrates Stanford’s commitment to openness in research. The policy relates to self-archiving of scholarly work and does not dictate where authors can choose to publish their work. The policy includes three items, which we have summarized… Read more Stanford Faculty Senate Approves an Open Access Policy

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

Throughout the month of November, Lane Library is joining Stanford Palliative Care Center of Excellence and organizations across the nation to raise awareness of the benefits of palliative care. Palliative care (pronounced pal-lee-uh-tiv) is both a philosophy of care and a type of medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of… Read more November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

Celebrating National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week

From November 8th-14th, we are joining the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) in honoring the NP’s role in strengthening patient health amid the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme for this year’s celebration of NP Week is “NPs Moving Forward: Today. Tomorrow. Together.” The 2020 commemoration occurs as NPs combat COVID-19 and the… Read more Celebrating National Nurse Practitioner (NP) Week

Thanksgiving Hours and Winter Close Announcements

In observance of Thanksgiving, Lane Medical Library will be open with virtual hours from 8 am to 12 pm on Wednesday, November 25. The library will be closed from Thursday, November 26th through Sunday, November 29th. During this closure, all virtual and pickup services will be unavailable. Lane will also have an extended closure during… Read more Thanksgiving Hours and Winter Close Announcements

ClinicalKey for Nursing

Need nursing resources to inform patient care? ClinicalKey for Nursing is an online resource containing current, evidence-based information covering nearly every nursing specialty. Find disease overviews, scholarly articles, images, procedure videos, ebooks and more. ClinicalKey for Nursing provides helpful tools such as clinical calculators and patient education materials in multiple languages. The section on Nurse… Read more ClinicalKey for Nursing

Become a User Experience Tester

We are looking for people in the Stanford Medicine community to help us improve our website and web presence. Your feedback is essential to ensuring that our website is user friendly! Please sign up to share your thoughts by participating in: Surveys: We will occasionally send you brief surveys (5-10 minutes) about specific features and… Read more Become a User Experience Tester

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Youping Li

For National Medical Librarians Month, we are spotlighting a few of the amazing members of our library staff. This week meet Youping Li, our Course Reserve Coordinator. What do you do at the library? My title at Lane Library is Course Reserves Coordinator. In this role, I help professors make library resources available to their… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Youping Li

Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Heida Earnest

For National Medical Librarians Month, we are spotlighting a few of the amazing members of our library staff. This week meet Heida Earnest, our Metadata Management Specialist. What do you do at the library? I catalog serials, periodicals, and Medical Grand Rounds.  I am also the liaison to the Spiritual Care Department and the Palliative… Read more Meet Your Lane Library Staff: Heida Earnest

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!

New Online Exhibits from the Medical History Center

In celebration of Diversity Week, the Medical History Center is launching two new online exhibits. These are based on the physical exhibits you may have seen in the library foyer, and they highlight two nineteenth-century graduates of Cooper Medical College, the school that became Stanford Medicine. Adelaide Brown was one of the first women to… Read more New Online Exhibits from the Medical History Center