Last year was extremely productive for the library staff as we managed to complete many of the goals we set for ourselves.  We accomplished our 2014 goals while still delivering on research and information requests in a timely manner, ensuring our clients had a positive experience, that they wanted to repeat (and did).

Synapse was enhanced to include Altmetrics scores or attention metrics for each record,  if available – providing a way to measure the online presence of an author’s work in the digital environment. We also managed to ingest another two years of retrospective published literature (2003 and 2004) further expanding this important resource whose content supports the Cancer Center Support Grant (Core Grant).

BrowZine, a mobile app for tablets and smart phones, was implemented. BrowZine allows users to access and browse the MSK Library’s ejournals/open access titles via one simple interface, from different publishers. A LibGuide was developed to provide additional information on how to take advantage of this great new resource. Continue reading →

In early December Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced a one-year pilot which will enable researchers who have individual subscriptions or access to institutional Nature subscriptions, the option to share content from these titles with their colleagues as well as those individuals who are non-subscribers via email, social media and web pages. This will be made possible with ReadCube, a software platform, that will host and display read-only versions of the articles’ PDFs. Continue reading →

Often on the way home from work I see many individuals on the train with their heads down – they are not sleeping; the majority of them are swiping their mobile device screen, searching for that one specific app they have downloaded to keep them occupied or entertained on their journey home.  I have to admit that I too have a few go-to apps (yes, my list includes Angry Birds!) that help to pass the time as I head home and my list continues to grow, although lately I find myself asking – Do I really need this one?  Continue reading →