Posts are written by library staff and reflect their personal opinions not necessarily those of MSK.
MSK Library will be closed and our online services will be offline on Thursday, November 26 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
We will be back online on Friday, November 27. The Library’s physical space will re-open on Monday, November 30.
Visit our virtual services page to learn more about our online services, or make a reservation to visit the Library in person.
We wish the MSK community a safe and restful holiday.
On Friday, September 25, 2020, the Library hosted our first ever virtual Advancing Authorship event, Preprints in the Time of COVID-19.
We heard from Dr. John Inglis of Cold Spring Laboratory, founder of preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv. We also heard from MSK authors about their decision to publish their COVID-19 related research as preprints, including Dr. Elizabeth Robilotti, Dr. Lior Braunstein, and Dr. Marin Hultcrantz. Overall, we had 149 attendees, and an engaging Q&A session.
Screen Shot from “Preprints in the Time of COVID-19.”
If you attended, but didn’t have a chance to fill out our post-event survey, there’s still time!
Questions? Have an idea for a future Advancing Authorship event? Please contact asklibrarian@mskcc.org.
Join the MSK Library in recognizing International Open Access Week being held October 19-25. We will be featuring five open access publications by MSK authors and will showcase one each day (Monday to Friday) as a Today’s Science Sparks on the Library Website. You can also browse the Today’s Science Sparks’ archives to find other open access articles.
International Open Access Week, a global event now entering its thirteenth year, is an opportunity for librarians and information professionals to engage with their communities about the benefits of open access and to increase awareness of the role open access plays in the scholarly communication ecosystem. This year’s theme is very timely, with a focus on “Open with Purpose: Taking Action to Build Structural Equity and Inclusion.”
If you want to learn more about other open access resources, please feel free to check out our Open Access LibGuide. This subject-specific guide contains information about Predatory Publishing, Preprints, and Info for MSK Authors.
I would also like to highlight MSK-related COVID-19 research publications, as these works are publicly available to both researchers and interested readers. As of October 14, MSK authors have contributed 184 works and we see this number growing at a steady pace.
Finally, if you wish to further embrace the open access week experience, you can participate by following the conversation on Twitter during this time frame and tweeting your thoughts. Don’t forget to include the official hashtag — #OAWeek.
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services