News about the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we teach, learn, and do research. Emory Libraries is conducting a survey of its students, faculty, and staff to learn more about their fall 2020 experiences with remote teaching and learning, virtual library resources and services, and online workshops to learn what improvements can be made. Please Read More …
Dr. Ronald Calbrese will be the featured speaker at the Emory Libraries and Information Technology Services and WHSC-Data Initiative’s virtual seminar series on November 20th at 2 pm. He is a Senior Editor for eLife. The journal’s mission includes “accelerat[ting] discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible Read More …
The Medical Library Association (MLA) has designated October as National Medical Librarians Month to raise awareness of the important role of the health information professional. At the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, the informationists facilitate your work as health care professionals, educators, and students by: Locating, evaluating, synthesizing authoritative information to support research, education, and Read More …
The WHSC Library will not be reducing hours or closing after the Thanksgiving holiday. We will continue the Fall 2020 hours by appointment, as established for the COVID pandemic period, through Thursday, December 17, 2020. Please see below for additional information. Through December 17, 2020: Monday – Thursday 8 AM – 10 PM Friday 8 Read More …
Emory Libraries and the Emory Libraries Student Ambassadors (ELSA) are hosting a virtual “Library Day” event on Tuesday, October 20th from 4-6 pm. Get to know about the libraries and the Cox Hall Computing Center; hear about the various libraries’ resources and upcoming activities; meet your subject librarians and find out more about the ELSA Read More …
The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is the virtual host for this year’s Transforming Research Conference. Information can be found below. There is still time to register; Emory Postdocs and graduate students contact Jeremy Kupsco (jkupsco [at] emory [dot] edu) for a discounted $25 registration fee. Featured speakers/moderators Deborah Watkins Bruner, RN, PhD, Read More …
To celebrate, we have curated a collection of materials that illustrate the history and breadth of the profession and its’ global impact. The materials relate to clinical practice, population health, leadership, ethics, interdisciplinary care and personal narratives. They represent a small portion of the over 8,000 titles in our collection of books dedicated to the Read More …
Below is a recent article published on the University Library’s News Blog: Commercial Textbooks Present Challenges in a Virtual Environment As we start the fall 2020 semester, staff at Emory Libraries are working hard to provide alternative access to the print course reserves collection, which has historically housed a significant number of required textbooks. However, Read More …
Emory Libraries and Information Technology Services are partnering with the WHSC-Data initiative to host a virtual seminar series this summer and fall dedicated to topics related to Rigor and Reproducibility. The second seminar in this series is “Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series Making Reproducibility Practical: Using R and R Markdown.” Featured Speaker: Melinda Higgins, PhD. Read More …
Do you have a specific question about EndNote or have a question about what steps are involved in a systematic review? The WHSC Library Informationists and Librarians are offering Zoom “office hours” throughout the Fall Semester on a variety of topics. See the full Zoom “office hours” on our workshops/training page. Register for a topic Read More …