Since COVID hit nearly a year ago, the staff at the Biomedical Library have developed and maintained a Covid-19 library guide that lists significant international, national, and regional websites focused on providing […]
Meet Yen, Biomedical Library Intern, and introducing the Benjamin Rush Portal
You can view the portal by clicking here! Yen will present the portal at an upcoming Penn Libraries Presents event. Register here! Meet the Biomedical Library’s library and information science intern, Yen […]
Biomed/Nursing Library Tutorials
The staff at the Biomedical Library have produced a collection of videos describing resources and outlining some of the services available to Penn’s health science community. Since many of us continue to […]
Cheers to Kathleen Fox, Garfield Resident Librarian 2018-2020
It is time to bid farewell to Kathleen Fox as she concludes her two-year Garfield Residency in Science Librarianship. The residency was established by the late Eugene Garfield, founder of the Institute […]
Judith Currano named 2020 American Chemical Society Fellow
Judith Currano, Head of the Penn Libraries Chemistry Library, has been elected as a 2020 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS is one of the largest scientific organizations in the […]
Welcome Hannah Rutledge, PhD, new Director, Biomedical Library
We are pleased to welcome Hannah Rutledge, PhD, as the new Director of the Biomedical Library. Hannah comes to Penn from Emory University’s Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library where she served as Interim Co-Associate Director and Head of Clinical […]
Barbara Cavanaugh moves up from leadership of Penn’s Biomedical Library
As Penn Libraries begins to implement a new Strategic Plan, Barbara Cavanaugh will be taking on a larger role in planning for the future of Penn’s health sciences and STEM libraries in […]
Get ready! New PubMed Launches May 18, 2020
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is updating PubMed and will officially launch NEW PubMed on or after May 18, 2020. The new, responsive design is mobile friendly and reflects NLM’s ongoing […]
ORCiD IDs Required by Recipients of NIH Funding
Effective October 1st of this year, the NIH, CDC, and AHRQ are requiring all individuals who receive awards for research training, research education, fellowship, and career development to register an ORCiD ID (Original Researcher and Contributor Identifier). ORCiD IDs are free to obtain, and are used to distinguish individual researchers. Think […]
Partnering in Guatemala with clinical researchers and librarians within the Guatemala-Penn Partnership
The Biomedical Library has been an active member of the Guatemala-Penn Partnership for many years and recently I was able to contribute to its ongoing work. From January 9th – 12th of […]
