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 […]
Perelman School of Medicine, winner of Memmys 2019 Music Video Contest!
The University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine Library announced the winners of the 2019 Memmys, a student-produced, music video contest. Each year, three schools are selected to receive a Memmys […]
Meet Varvara: Models of Excellence Honorable Mention recipient for creation of Biomedical Library’s 3D Printing Service
Have you been enjoying our blog’s 3D Print of the Week feature? Well, this blog post introduces you to the person behind our 3D printing operation: Varvara (also known as Barbara) Kountouzi, […]
Making connections: Blackwell Regional Library receives Penn Medicine grant for its consumer health book collection
First in a series of posts about libraries as connectors. However libraries and the forms of communicating information have evolved over history, one of the most central, most important, and perennial roles […]
Meet Manuel: Director of Data & Innovation Services at the Biomedical Library
Manuel de la Cruz Gutierrez — formerly our Research & Knowledge Management Librarian — has assumed a new role as Director of Data & Innovation Services at the Biomedical Library. In this role, […]
Penn Libraries Intern Receives “Up and Comer” Award!

Last fall, I nominated one of my office buddies, Liz Jenkins, an intern at the Biomedical and Veterinary Medicine Libraries and a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) student at Drexel University, […]