Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News April 2025 Archive

The Duke Libraries recently transitioned to a new circulation system and will no longer provide automatic renewals of library books and other materials for faculty.  Moving forward, at the end of each academic year you should return materials you are no longer using and will need to renew the materials that you intend to continue using.

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Every two years, we seek input on the services and resources of the Library & Archives through a survey directly emailed to a random sample of Duke Health faculty and students. If you have received an email invitation to participate, please complete the survey to let us know how we are doing! The survey is open until April 22, 2025.

If you would like to share any other information with us, please email Megan.vonisenburg@duke.edu.

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The DUHS Nursing Poster Repository launches on April 11, 2025

Where? MEDSpace   Please follow the instructions

What is it?

• Centralized digital space for Duke nurses to showcase and access poster presentations from state, regional, and national conferences
• Voluntary archive starting with posters presented in January 2025
• Tool to preserve and share Duke nursing scholarly works

Why use it?

• Enhance scholarly accessibility…

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Uyen Nguyen is the most recent addition to our staff at the Medical Center Library. She was born in the city of Hanoi in Vietnam. Growing up, Uyen always knew she wanted a job that would allow her to support people in a service-related field. After moving to the U.S. at 16, she began to think more about what her career path might be.

 During the pandemic, Uyen used much of the initial lockdown time for self-reflection and gaining perspective. She explored opportunities in national nonprofit fields and considered whether her path might lead abroad or keep her stateside. While working at the Goucher College Library, she quickly realized how much she enjoyed this line of work. Not long after, she saw a job posting here at the Duke Medical Center Library and applied. 

In…

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Ever dreamed of studying or Zooming by a fireplace in an 18th-century English estate? Good news—you can (sort of) at the Medical Center Library! 

Welcome to the Richmond House Room!

Here are a few fun facts about this unique space:       
Donated to Duke in 1956 by Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans and Karl Bock, the Richmond House Room is a 1730 period room containing pine paneling, bookcase doors, and fireplace surround removed from the Richmond House in Plaistow, England - once the seat of the Duke of Richmond. It was first reassembled in 1956 in the original Duke Hospital Library on the ground floor of the Davidson building and then moved to its…

Have you ever struggled to keep track of your publications or differentiate your work from others with similar names? ORCID, a global non-profit organization, is here to help, offering a unique digital identifier that ensures you are always connected to your research and that it is always correctly attributed.

What is ORCID?
ORCID (pronounced ORKID or ORK ID) provides unique identifiers designed to distinguish authors across the publishing landscape. By adding and configuring your ORCID to your scholarly profile, you can automatically push updates to and from various data sources, making your life easier.

Benefits of ORCID

• Universal Identifier: Your ORCID iD is not restricted…

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