If you are writing for publication, all your work should be Open Access to be eligible for the next REF in 2020.  For further information visit the Open Access website – www.openaccess.cam.ac.uk or email them directly info@openaccess.cam.ac.uk The Medical Library has a display of books on writing skills and writing for publication – see photo […]

Social networking services aimed specifically at academics boast millions of users. Academia.edu, one of the most successful commercial platforms in this area, claims 33 million people have signed up their service, sharing 10 million uploaded papers on a site which enjoys 36 million unique visitors a month. How can researchers, particularly those at the beginning […]

Are you an early career researcher or PhD candidate? Do you want to know more about open access publishing and the opportunities that it offers? Come along to this interactive talk in Cambridge to find out about the benefits of open access publishing. This event features talks from open access publishers and looks at the […]

Your votes for new desk lamps have been counted, and the clear winner in our recent poll of library users is the small black anglepoise lamp. We will be buying more of this style of lamp, and you should see them on desks in the reading room in the near future. The other styles of […]

The LibAIR wifi network is being shut down. This will allow for greater signal strength for the Uni Of Cam / Eduroam wifi networks. All existing University of Cambridge library users, you can use your RAVEN login to access Uni of Cam wifi, or configure your device to use the Eduroam service. Details of both […]

René Laennec would be 235 today.  He invented the stethoscope in 1816 while working at the Hôpital Necker .  Although the stethoscope has evolved since Lannec day it is still one of the most recognised items of medical equipment. Made of wood and brass, this is one of the original stethoscopes belonging to the French […]