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On Wednesday, July 9, Yale Library will upgrade the technology platform that supports all library services and operations. Some library services will be paused for several days before the upgrade. The library will begin bringing systems back online on July 9. This process may take several days; real-time updates will be posted to this page.  Users may experience some service delays or disruptions while systems are coming back online. Learn how this transition may affect you below:    Circulation  Yale Library’s catalog and service platform will be offline beginning July 2. Users may continue to borrow materials from the Medical Library's in-house print collection during this time.   However, materials at other Yale libraries (including LSF) will be unavailable for borrowing or requesting until service is restored on July 10.    Access to e-resources/course reserves links  Please be aware that starting June 25, access to e-resources through the full text “Yale Links” button may be impacted. If you encounter issues accessing a resource, please email AskYaleMedicalLibrary@yale.edu and we will do our best to find a workaround.  Interlibrary loan and evidence synthesis projects  The interlibrary loan service, which includes mail-to-address, BorrowDirect, and scans of general collections materials, will be paused beginning June 25, which may impact evidence synthesis and literature review service timelines. For urgent projects, reach out to your librarian.  We encourage you to submit requests for interlibrary loan as soon as possible to avoid delays.  Visit this page for information on how other Yale libraries will be affected.

NIH Common Forms Implementation for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support To further support a successful transition to the Common Forms, NIH is postponing the May 25, 2025 implementation for all applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs). NIH will issue future Guide Notices outlining the new effective date and additional implementation details as they are finalized. NIH applicants and recipients must continue to use the current NIH Biosketch and Other Support format pages for applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) and RPPRs.  ------------------- The Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is offering support with the NIH transition to Common Form through ScienCV platform (transition date pending). These instruction sessions will be offered in April and one-on-one sessions can also be scheduled. This move is part of a broader federal effort to standardize disclosure requirements and are intended to streamline disclosures and improve transparency. NIH's implementation will not change any collection fields but will maintain three specific data elements (Personal Statement, Contributions to Science, and Honors) through a separate NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement. Key updates include: Mandatory use of Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) for completing Common Forms and producing digitally certified PDFs for applications. Requirement for Senior/Key Personnel to enter their ORCID IDs into SciENcv and link them to their eRA Commons Personal Profile. The NIH will discontinue its Biographical Sketch format page, instead requiring the new Common Form and the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement. The NIH Other Support format page will be replaced by the Common Form for Current and Pending (Other) Support. View Yale's support page detailing the changes and recommended actions. For assistance, contanct Rolando Garcia-Milian, rolando.milian@yale.edu.

The Medical Historical Library in the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library is welcoming applications for a fellowship for the study of medical photographic history. The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical Photographic History supports the study of the history of medical photography at Yale, maximizing the research potential of the Stanley B. Burns, MD, Historic Medical Photography Collection. We welcome applications from all interested researchers, regardless of their institutional association, race, cultural background, ability, sexual orientation, gender, or socioeconomic status. Applications from scholars utilizing traditional methods of archival and bibliographic research are encouraged as are applications from individuals who wish to pursue creative, interdisciplinary, and non-traditional approaches to conducting research using the Stanley B. Burns, MD, Historic Medical Photography Collection and related visual collections at the Medical Historical Library. In any given year the award is up to $2,000 for one week of research. Funds may be used for transportation, housing, food, and photographic reproductions. The award is currently limited to residents of the United States and Canada. A complete fellowship application includes: A research proposal (1,200 words max) that outlines: Significance of the proposed collections research to your larger project Value of your project to your field  Feasibility of completing the scope of research proposed within the fellowship period Please note: If you anticipate consulting other Medical Historical Library materials beyond the Burns collection, please indicate those clearly in your application.  Budget  Curriculum vitae Two letters of recommendation  Please apply through this link. The deadline for applications is midnight, April 27th, 2025.

As of January 1, 2025, works published in 1929 in the United States are now in the Public Domain and no longer have copyright protection. Next year, published works from 1930 will go into the Public Domain. Some examples of works entering the Public Domain include: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf Mickey Mouse feature films, including The Karnival Kid (where we hear Mickey’s voice for the first time) Hallelujah (one of the first films from a major studio with an all African-American cast) Popeye and Tintin characters Fats Waller’s Ain’t Misbehavin' Gershwin’s An American in Paris Ravel’s Bolero Singin’ in the Rain. Visit this link to see more Public Domain content: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/2025/ To learn more about the Public Domain, please visit the Library of Congress, Copyright Office and Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Also, Cornell University Library maintains a very useful chart called Copyright Term and the Public Domain that can help in understanding copyright terms. Article prepared by Yale Library's Scholarly Communication and Collection Strategy department

The library has coordinated trial access to the Web of Science Research Assistant, which will run through December 20, 2024. The Research Assistant is a generative AI tool that helps locate key papers, manage research tasks, and visualize connections from the Web of Science Core Collection. Web of Science is a citation database that indexes leading scholarly articles in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. This resource is accessible from the Web of Science platform and a video introduction can be found here.  Your feedback on this resource would be greatly appreciated.