The Pew Research Center recently released a report on Americans’ thoughts on how well they believe their local libraries serve their users and how library users excel over others in learning activities. Interestingly, these same users are not all aware of important educational services their libraries provide. This begs the question, are you aware of the key services the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Medical Library provides to you?
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Library Week Internet Round-up
The American Library Association (ALA ) has released a State of America’s Libraries Report 2016 to coincide with the celebration of Library Week. Dig in!
On the CILIP Blog, Moira Bent offers a nice list of Six Tips for Librarians to Engage With Their Research Community.
An explanation of how DNA is folded, by Carl Zimmer, is part of the STAT News series Science Happens!, Episode Five: Everything You Thought You Knew About the Shape of DNA is Wrong.
A recent study found a link between higher levels of vegetation around homes and lower death rates in women. More in this press release from the NIH.
Influential Execs and Amazing Gut Microbia Top the News this Week
Craig Thompson, MD, President and CEO of MSK, makes the list of one of the Top 50 Most Influential Physician Executives and Leaders of 2016. The advances in cancer treatment and research has brought Dr. Thompson and MSK to the forefront of medical research and leadership. According to Thompson, “We’re really at a pivotal time when we can deliver on all the basic research and translational research from the past 25 years” leading to targeted treatments for individual tumors. “This isn’t science fiction. We’re doing it every day.”
Becker’s Hospital Review asked Craig to discuss their 7 questions about hospital leadership and management.
Craig Thompson was also the keynote speaker at the March 31st Lasker Lessons in Leadership Lecture in Bethesda, MD. He discussed the leadership strategies and the difference between leadership and management.
View the lecture here: Lasker Lessons in Leadership: Leadership in Medicine/Public Health Continue reading