Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News June 2025 Archive

📅 Library Closed for Juneteenth – Thursday, June 19

In honor of Juneteenth, the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives will be closed on Thursday, June 19. There will be no building access during this time.

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and celebrates Black freedom, resilience, and achievement. We encourage our community to take time to reflect, learn, and engage meaningfully with the significance of this day.

📚 Explore our guide to Black History at Duke Health for resources highlighting the legacy, contributions, and experiences of Black students, staff, and faculty at Duke.

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Categories: Alerts

Tags: holiday, hours

We have many spaces to sit and work in the library! We recently highlighted the Richmond House Room as a spot for library time travel and today we want to share some more information about another place in the library that might make you feel as you have traveled back in time! In the stairwell landing between levels 2 and 3 of the library is an interesting two-sided desk that has a long history at Duke.

Before it came to Duke, it was the property of the Reverend Henry Montagu Butler, D.D., headmaster of Harrow School (1859-1885), dean of Gloucester (1885-1886); master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1886-1918); and vice chancellor of Cambridge University (1889-1890). He used this desk at Harrow and later in his…

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📚 Need Help with NIH Compliance or SciENcv? Register for Office Hours! 

Do you have questions about NIH Public Access compliance, SciENcv, or managing your researcher profiles? You're not alone—and we're here to help!

Our Scholarly Communications Office Hours are informal, online sessions where you can meet one-on-one with a librarian to get support tailored to your needs. Whether you're:

• preparing for the NIH Public Access Policy changes coming July 1, 2025,
• submitting an article to NIHMS,
• building your Biographical Sketch in SciENcv, or
• connecting systems like ORCID, MyNCBI, and your profile in Scholars@Duke…

Categories: Classes

Tags: NIH Public Access Policy, NIHMS, SciENcv, scholarly communication

We’re so glad you’re here! The Duke Medical Center Library & Archives is more than just a place for books—it’s a hub for discovery, collaboration, and support. Whether you need evidence-based resources, expert help with research, or a quiet place to study, we’re here to help you succeed.

As you get started, here are our top tips.

💻 Bookmark our website. It’s your gateway to journals, eBooks, databases, and more—no paywalls! If you're off-site, just log in with your NetID. Look for the GetIt@Duke button in databases like PubMed to access full-text articles.

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