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Library Staff Spotlight: Antonio DeRosa

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The NY/NJ MLA Annual Chapter meeting was held on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.  Entitled “Batten Down the Hatches!  Safeguarding our Libraries and Responding to Disaster”, attendees listened to first-hand experiences from two of their colleagues regarding Hurricane Sandy Recovery.

In addition, the day would not have been complete without acknowledging members who give back to their association.  A welcomed suprise was received by Antonio DeRosa, MSKCC reference librarian who was honored at this meeting.

The Outstanding Achievement by a New Member Award is given to an individual that has been a member of the chapter for less than 5 years. The recipient of this award has shown excellence in participating in the chapter by serving on various committees, in official positions, or has contributed substantially to the overall success of the chapter.

Congratulations go out to Antonio on receiving this well-deserved award!

ORCID and You: Establishing ORCID IDs at MSKCC

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Since its launch in October 2012, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) registry has issued over 300,000 (as of 09/27/2013) unique identifiers to researchers and scholars from around the world.  These persistent identifiers, each one a 16-digit number, expressed as a URL unique to the individual, serves a valuable purpose – to eliminate author name ambiguity and improve discoverability to one’s research and scholarly works. Continue reading →

Searching for Funding? Start Your Search with the Grants and Funding LibGuide

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The Grants and Funding LibGuide  was recently updated by the guide owner and MSK Reference Librarian, Isabel Sulimanoff.

This LibGuide provides a great starting point to available resources including a link to Research Technology and Management (link available to MSK staff only while on the network). This MSKCC department administers grant applications and awards.

From this LibGuide, you’ll be able to locate governmental and private grants and funding opportunities as well as a variety of databases and sources for the nursing community. In addition, funding RSS feeds have been set up and a selection of sources for grant writing tips has been showcased.

If you are aware of a funding source not cited, feel free to let us know.