New Entrance Gate System at Weill Cornell Medical College Library – Impacts MSK Library Users

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The Weill Cornell Medical (WMC) College Samuel J. Wood Library is installing a new entrance gate system.  This system will require all users, including those from Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), with valid IDs, to swipe their cards when entering and exiting the Library during regular hours of operation.

It is important for MSK library users to ensure that they are registered with their home institution if they want to maintain their access privileges to the WMC Library and be able to access their collection onsite.  

For any MSK library user, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact, Donna Gibson, Director of Library Services.

Extend the Power of your Endnote Desktop Program by Signing Up for Endnote Online

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If you haven’t done so recently, it is time to take a new look at EndnoteTM Online, formerly Endnote Web. EndnoteTM Online, a cloud-based version of the Endnote bibliographic citation management program, can be used as a stand-alone product or – better yet – to expand the capabilities of the already super useful Endnote desktop program.

What can you do with EndnoteTM Online that you cannot do with Endnote desktop alone?

  • Share Read/Write privileges to your EndnoteTM Online library with up to 15 others.
  • Use EndnoteTM Online’s unlimited cloud storage to store your personal full-text article PDFs. (Please note that due to copyright, the PDF attachments cannot be shared with others; only the citation information in the EndnoteTM Online library may be shared.)
  • Add citations to your Endnote library from anywhere you have Internet access – regardless of whether the device you are using has the Endnote desktop program loaded onto it or not.
  • Create mirror versions of your Endnote library on your desktop and in the cloud simply by clicking on the sync button when you are in the Endnote desktop version.
  • Use either version of Endnote to insert citations into your manuscript/paper. (Please note that you will need to download the “cite while you write” plug-in to computers that don’t already have the desktop version’s Endnote tab/macro in MS Word or set your preferences to either desktop or online on devices that do.

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Abuzz in the News

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  • The Supreme Court Decision on the Affordable Care Act is here. Slate reported on Robert’s two paragraphs demonstrating “judicial humility” and not undoing what the legislature intended to do. Some nice interactive coverage in the NY Times. Kaiser Health News lists continuing hurdles for the ACA.
  • Another Supreme Court decision about marriage was announced as I wrote this post, and it seems important to include it as well. Interactive NY Times coverage here.
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education has an overview of the plans and disputes surrounding NYPL’s iconic Schwarzman Building over the last few years called, The New York Public Library Wars. This fairly disheartening summary is by Scott Sherman of The Nation who has published a book on the subject.
  • In more positive news for our city’s public library systems, a historic $39 million budget increase for fiscal year 2016 will restore six day service in NYC’s public libraries, more in Library Journal.