The Library has put together some resources for this year's Black History Month. You can find a display of print books on the first floor of Sherman Fairchild, and you can find a more extensive Black History Month resource guide online with events, ebooks, local Black-owned bookstores, and more.
Funder Compliance Support
Grant recipients are regularly asked by their funding agencies to provide reports (progress or final) that collect and present information following meticulous guidelines. To assist with these pursuits, library staff are available to work with principal investigators, grant managers, and division administrators to ensure they meet compliance requirements to receive and maintain funding from these government agencies. The Library can assist with collaborator reports, data management plans, manuscript and data deposit, ORCID profiles, and other required documentation.
Come by Sherman Fairchild Library and check out our new Shush Booths! The two booths on the first floor of SFL—modeled on vintage phone booths—provide a quiet space to make a call, attend a Zoom meeting, or collect your thoughts in private. The Shush Booths are available on a first come, first served basis.
As of 2024, the Library is adding an additional two The Company of Biologists titles to our Read & Publish Agreement. Since 2021, Caltech authors have enjoyed free, Open Access publishing in three The Company of Biologist titles. Starting in January, Caltech corresponding authors publishing in Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open will be able to enjoy Open Access publishing without any author processing charges (APCs).
2023 DATAWorks! Prize
The Caltech Library was awarded a 2023 DATAWorks! Prize for Biology & Biological Engineering Librarian Kristin Briney's file naming convention worksheet. Kristin said, "I’m excited to share this tool with everyone as I firmly believe that naming data files descriptively and consistently makes it so much easier to reuse that data in the future."