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OA Week, A Global Event, October 19-25, 2015

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This year marks Open Access (OA) Week’s eighth year and events have been scheduled around the world to bring attention to what open access means for research, researchers, and publishers.

OA Week continues to be an important event designed to raise awareness of the benefits of supporting an open access environment, as well as, the value and impact open access content delivers to the reader. For our part, the MSK Library is committed to the principles of open access to scholarly peer-reviewed literature as a means to accelerate scientific discovery and improve patient care.

Again this year during OA Week, the Library website will feature OA publications by MSK authors in our Today’s Science Sparks section. You can also look for the open access button located next to OA citations found in the Today’s Science Sparks archives. Continue reading →

Breast Cancer, Immunotherapy, and Cancer Care Outcomes

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Surfing the web retrieved these selected informational items:

  • A series of comments regarding an essay entitled “The Breast Cancer Gene and Me” (NY Times Sunday Review, Sep 27) included one by Dr. Kenneth Offit, Chief, Clinical Genetics Service from MSK.

Did You Know? October is National Medical Librarians Month

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The MSK Library just wanted to let you know that National Medical Librarians Month (NMLM) has arrived.  NMLM was established by the Medical Library Association in 1997 to raise awareness of the important role that medical librarians play in your medical and research activities. This year’s theme, “Are You a Risk Taker?“ is an opportunity for us to remind our user community that we are here to help support their information needs.   Our ongoing goals are to provide relevant and quality resources, as well as services and expertise that will impact and enhance education, patient care, and research excellence.

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