The MSK Library will be closed on Monday, September 5 in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. We will re-open on Tuesday, September 6.
We wish the MSK community a safe and restful holiday.
Available Online: Virtual Connections, MSK Library Report 2020 – 2021
I am delighted to present to our readers and library users our Library Report, highlighting staff accomplishments for 2020 and 2021. This report celebrates many of our successes and marks our progress over the last two years. We highlight key improvements to our operations and services, share client impact stories and metrics, and showcase library staff’s publications.
I am particularly proud of the client impact stories we selected to write about – how we listened to library users and MSK staff to craft our Library Strategic Plan and roadmap for the next three years, reimagined services to address workflows impacted by COVID-19, transitioned to an online training model, supported the Global Cancer Disparity Initiatives, continued to assist MSK authors, and shared information about the rise of preprint servers.
I hope this report will serve to spark interest in MSK staff to take a few moments to explore a new resource, service, or call us to collaborate on a team project. If you want to learn more about the MSK Library or the services we provide, do not hesitate to contact me.
Donna Gibson
Director, Library Services
New Synapse Group: Graduate Medical Education
Working with the Office of Graduate Medical Education, we’ve created a Synapse group to help track publications that include MSK trainees as authors. Over 150 trainees have been added to the group, who thus far in 2022 collaborated on at least 309 publications at MSK. We further broke down the trainees into 12 sub-groups relating to their clinical training program, such as Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery etc., to allow for more granularity in highlighting publications by training program.
MSK offers approximately 100 clinical training programs that range from residency level programs to advanced fellowship programs. “Our goal is to provide our trainees with top-notch clinical and scientific training and personalized guidance to become outstanding members of the medical community in their respective discipline.”
If you are interested in creating a Synapse group for your department, or wish to learn more about how groups can help you track publications, please contact us.