The Samuel J. Wood Library currently holds licenses to over 35 scientific software products that can assist you with your research at Weill Cornell Medicine. To help you explore and gain access to these programs, we’ve recently launched the Scientific Software Hub.

On October 10 at 10 p.m., we’re improving our login experience so you don’t have to sign in as often. When you sign into any WCM website that uses Web Login, you will have the option to choose a Session Duration. This allows you to select among 15 minutes (the current duration), 30 minutes, one hour, four hours, and eight hours.

Starting on Wednesday, October 11 ITS will require all users to use Duo two-factor authentication to access your WCM email account from off campus (i.e., outside of the WCMC network) when using the following applications:

October is National Medical Librarians Month! To celebrate, our Tech Tuesday demos will focus on various library services available to faculty, staff, and students.

Upcoming schedule and topics

During the month of October, we’ll be hosting these topics. Download our flyer to keep at your desk: 

Tuesday, October 3

Should I upgrade to the new macOS High Sierra 10.13?

Yes, feel free to upgrade to the latest version, but please note the exceptions below:

ITS is hosting another Transcribathon on Thursday, October 5! Volunteers help us access scans of original, handwritten medical records from the 19th century, and transcribe and edit them in Word documents. Designated event coordinators will be on hand to answer questions and provide guidance on how the transcriptions should be formatted.

Loretta Merlo, circulation manager, transcribes 19th-century case files at the Transcribathon.