Staff Highlights: Librarian wins Sewell Award to attend APHA

Please join the WHSC Library in congratulating our colleague Erin Reardon who has been selected as a recipient of the Sewell Stipend Travel Award for librarians to participate in the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association. The Sewell Stipend covers the cost of membership and early-bird conference registration for a librarian to attend Read More …

You Spoke/We Listened: WHSC Library updates from the Library Voice Survey

  Emory Libraries launched a university-wide engagement survey in the spring of 2022. Over 100 faculty and students from across the WHSC schools and programs responded. Here are some changes at the WHSC Library in response to our user feedback: Updated headphones, laptop adapters, earplugs, and other materials are available for checkout at the Information Read More …

Highlighting Emory’s Breast-Cancer Related Publications for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The WHSC Library is recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness month by highlighting the research being done by Emory University faculty, staff, and students. The following link in PubMed highlights the over 1700k peer-reviewed publications from Emory authors, including 80 clinical trials in novel treatment efforts and 24 systematic reviews and meta-analyses, representing the highest Read More …

Oct 5th @ 2pm Webinar: Harnessing AI’s ability for population health from medical images

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents Hidden in plain sight: Harnessing AI’s ability for population health from medical images. Date/Time: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 at 2 pm Register: https://emorylibraries.libcal.com/event/11342541 Speakers: Judy Gichoya, MD, MS Dr. Judy Gichoya will present a talk titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Harnessing AI’s Ability for Population Health Read More …

Celebrating our Library Authors: Staff Publication Highlights for October’s National Medical Librarians Month

In honor of October as National Medical Librarians Month, the WHSC Library is celebrating the 13 publications authored by our Informationists over the past year (with four more in the pipeline as Epub ahead of print. Many of our librarians spend weeks and months collaborating on intensive evidence synthesis projects such as systematic reviews, providing Read More …

WHSC Library 100th Anniversary Celebration Event, Sept 14 3:30-5:30pm.

The WHSC Library invites you to our 100th Anniversary Celebration Event, featuring keynote speaker Dr. Patricia Brennan, director of the National Library of Medicine! Where: Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building auditorium When: Thursday, September 14, 3:30pm – 5:30pm, Reception to Follow This free, in-person event is cosponsored by Emory’s Center for AI Learning. Click Read More …

Two New Library Workshops to Build your Advanced Searching Skills

This fall, we’re offering two new one-hour workshops to our class lineup: Advanced PubMed Searching, and Searching Embase! Advanced PubMed Searching will cover the building blocks of advanced searching, from using MeSH terms and keywords to Boolean operators and truncation. Users will learn how to navigate the MeSH database and build an effective, comprehensive search Read More …