Library News
Yale School of Nursing jumps in USNWR rankings
Mar 14, 2017
In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, Yale School of Nursing (YSN) has risen 13 places to number 6 in the overall rankings, and is now ranked number 8 in its Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. Congratulations to our colleagues at YSN! Click here to read more about how YSN performed in the USNWR rankings.
Yale University closed Tuesday, March 14
Mar 13, 2017
Yale University, including Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, March 14, due to the forecast nor'easter. We will re-open Wednesday morning at the usual time. Stay home and off the roads tomorrow, and see you Wednesday!
Musical Revue
Mar 2, 2017
Friday, April 7 at 12:00 pm, Historical Library
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Come to the Medical Historical Library for a live musical revue of selections from our exhibit “Yale Medicine Goes to War, 1917.” Bring your lunches and enjoy the medically themed ballads and marches inspired by the nation’s entrance into World War I. Songs will be performed by library and development staff members, and doctors from the Medical School. Join us!
69th Annual Lecture of the Associates of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Feb 13, 2017
Please join us for the 69th Annual Lecture of the Associates of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.
March 29th, 2017 at 4:00pm
Reception to follow.
“HIV/AIDS from A(labama) to Z(ambia): Research and response since 1981”
Sten H. Vermund, M.D., Ph.D.
Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Public Health
Dean of Public Health
Professor of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine
Classes, consultations, and Cushing Center tour are cancelled today
Feb 9, 2017
All of today's scheduled classes, consultations, and the Cushing Center tour are canceled due to the blizzard.
Love Your Data Week -- celebrate with us!
Feb 8, 2017
Love Your Data week is coming! Libraries at Yale are celebrating this international event to help researchers take better care of their data.
#LoveYourData events at Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Data Horror Stories -- Brown Bag Lunch, 2/13/2017
Some cases are good examples; others are horrible warnings. Share your experience with data disasters over lunch on Monday. Click here for more details and registration (encouraged but not required).
Data Valentines -- 2/15/2017
On Tuesday you'll... Read More
Color Our Collections Week - 2017!
Feb 7, 2017
Just in case you missed our #ColorOurCollections week, fear not! We've got you covered.
Following the lead of the New York Academy of Medicine (please visit their website, which includes not only the CWML, but several other examples of coloring pages by numerous other libraries, museums, and universities), we have rendered some of our digital images into coloring pages.
To see our examples from this year and last, please click on the following links:
The 2017 Cushing/Whitney Medical Library... Read More
Report from the field: Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature
Feb 6, 2017
Like other staff at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, I sometimes benefit from professional development support from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. With their generous support, I participated in #GL18, Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature, at the New York Academy of Medicine. Some key themes:
First, from the perspective of the researcher: keep an open mind about the types of documents that might be relevant, or even essential, to a research question. Perhaps you could mine... Read More
Workshop: Increasing the Openness and Reproducibility of Your Research
Feb 3, 2017
Increasing the Openness and Reproducibility of Your Research
Friday, March 3, 2017
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Yale Center for Research Computing Auditorium
(Registration required)
There are many actions researchers can take to increase the openness and reproducibility of their work. Please join us for a workshop from the Center for Open Science to learn easy, practical steps that increase research reproducibility. Participants will gain a foundation for incorporating reproducible, transparent... Read More
Taylor & Francis unavailable January 26 from 6-10pm
Jan 24, 2017
Taylor & Francis Online will be undergoing routine database maintenance on Wednesday, January 26th from 6 PM to 10 PM EST. During this 4-hour window Taylor & Francis Online will not be available; please use the eLibrary to see if the content you need is available via another source.