Category Archives: About the Library

75 Years! MSK Library Reaches Milestone Anniversary! #MSKLibrary75

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An image of Candles all in a row to celebrate the Library's 75th Anniversary.

We’re so excited!  And want to invite you to take a trip down memory lane with us.

How did we arrive at our anniversary date? While searching the MSK Archives, an annual report was located that references a library as early as 1921–1922. Upon further investigation, we uncovered that this was a departmental library and that the formation of the library that is the direct predecessor of the library we know today first opened its doors in April 1948. The library was dedicated and named in honor of Lee Coombe, the daughter of Reginald Coombe, the President of Memorial Hospital. The Lee Coombe Memorial Library was located in a building that was later named for Frank Howard.

Today, the MSK Library continues to support the clinical, research, administrative and educational needs of the Institution and beyond. Over the years, the Library has marked many changes, moving from print to a mostly digital collection, offering new services and resources that reflect the information needs of the medical and research activities of the organization, and providing a space where reflection, collaboration, and focus on scholarly activities was and continues to be encouraged and supported.

For the remainder of this year, we have plans to share a timeline of the MSK Library’s accomplishments, events, launches, and changes, starting in the late 1940s and working our way to the present. We plan to illustrate interesting facts about our early beginnings and how we evolved via the MSK Library Blog, our social media platforms, and OneMSK. We also will share fascinating tidbits about the history of health science libraries over the years.

We’ll be tagging all our posts, tweets, photos, and videos with the hashtag #MSKLibrary75.  Join our celebration tour to learn more about our history, our role within the Institution, and the services we provide. Subscribe to the MSK Library Blog, or follow us on Twitter, @MSKLibrary or Instagram, @msklibrary

Donna Gibson, Director, Library Services

Springer Nature No Longer Providing Manuscript Deposition Service

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Effective immediately, Springer Nature has decided to no longer offer a full manuscript deposition service to their NIH-funded authors. Authors (usually the corresponding author) or their assigned delegate, will now be responsible for handling the task of depositing the accepted manuscript in the NIH Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) system to fulfill any funder or institutional mandate. Instructions for this task can be found on the Memorial Sloan Kettering NIH Public Access Policy LibGuide. Look for the tab labelled, Submission Method C.

Springer Nature will continue to automatically deposit gold open access (OA) articles in PMC (PubMed Central) and EPMC (Europe PubMed Central) if the research paper meets the PMC deposition guidelines on publisher deposition of papers published open access. Authors can confirm if a journal has a full PMC deposition agreement by searching for the journal title here.

It is critical that authors provide details of the grant when submitting their manuscript for publication to enable Springer Nature to identify eligible OA NIH-funded articles for deposit in the NIHMS system.

Should you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to Donna Gibson, Director, Library Services.

Webinar: The “New” NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy: A Conversation

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This webinar is a great opportunity to learn more about the new NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy and its impact on grant applicants. Join us for a conversation that will touch on policy expectations, insights in how to prepare a data management plan, and advice for sharing data responsibly and safely.

A panel of MSK staff from various departments will be sharing their recent experiences with time for attendees to participate in an interactive Q&A discussion.

Date: Thursday, March 23, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM, EST
Location – Zoom Webinar – Register Now

Panelist Bios:

Roy Cambria, BS, CCRP, CIP, Director, Human Research Protection Program (HRPP), MSK
Roy has been at Memorial Sloan Kettering since 2005 and has held several positions in clinical research throughout his almost 18 year career with the institution. He began MSK as the Institutional Review Board/Privacy Board (IRB/PB) Coordinator until 2008 when he transitioned to project, and program based positions in the former Office of Clinical Research. He returned to the IRB/PB administration space in 2016 as the Human Research Protections Program Director. The MSK Human Research Protection Program Office is part of the Protocol Activation, Review and HRPP unit in Clinical Research Compliance Administration. As HRPP Director, Roy oversees the daily operations of the HRPP office and MSK’s 3 IRB/PBs. He is responsible for promoting the welfare and rights of human research participants, facilitation of excellence in human subjects research, and ensure timely and high quality review of research. In addition, he and the HRPP office are responsible for ensuring full compliance with Institutional, AAHRPP(Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs), State and Federal regulations, requirements and guidance regarding human subjects’ protection. Roy has served on the MSK IRB/PB since 2008 and is a member of the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) and a Certified IRB Professional (CIP).

Anthony Dellureficio, MLS, MSc, Associate Librarian, Data Management, MSK
Anthony joined the MSK Library in 2019 to help launch a new Research Data Management program to support researchers by developing, implementing, and integrating resources that focus on data management plan creation, data discovery, and data as a component of the publication process. Prior to joining MSK, Anthony led The New School Library and Archives systems and technology team for about ten years. He has previously worked as the digital archivist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, rare medical text cataloger at the Johns Hopkins Institute of the History of Medicine, and archivist at the Johns Hopkins Medical archives. His academic area of interest is in the history of classical genetics.

Kelly McConnell, PhD, Associate Attending Psychologist & co-Director of the Psycho-oncology of Aging and Cancer research laboratory in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MSK
Dr. Kelly McConnell’s research examines the nature and predictors of distress in older adult patients with cancer and their caregivers and care received at the end-of-life. She also examines the efficacy and implementation of interventions to reduce distress and increase rates of advance care planning in patients and caregivers. She has received NIH (K23, R21) and foundation (American Cancer Society, American Federation for Aging Research, RRF Foundation for Aging) grant funding for this research.

Joseph Olechnowicz, MA, Senior Editor, Department of Pediatrics, MSK
Joe Olechnowicz assists investigators with successfully communicating their scientific goals and asking for federal and philanthropic support for achieving them. He joined the Department of Pediatrics in 2008 initially contributing to protocol/project development activities (including protocol review activities of the department as well as the development of the FDA approved drug naxitamab) while also assisting with manuscript submissions and grant application and reporting.

Joe received his B.S. in biology from John Carroll University and his M.A. from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in biomedical ethics while also working in the lab of Dr. Sanford Markowitz on the genetics of familial colon cancer syndromes. He went on to work with Dr. Eric Kodish at the Cleveland Clinic analyzing the use of proxy consent and assent in clinical research involving children (Olechnowicz et al. Pediatrics, 2002). He then attempted to study the philosophy underpinning consent and intentional/free action (along with some other stuff) at Florida State University. He currently is employed using the skills he acquired during his academic activities, namely, writing concisely and precisely and making difficult scientific/conceptual explanations understandable.