We are pleased to announce that Cantron (Tré) Quarles has joined Becker Library as a Librarian in Health Information Services. Tré will be a key contributor to Becker’s systematic and scoping review service, in addition to providing valuable reference assistance and library instruction. Prior to coming to WashU, Tré worked at Harvard Medical School’s Countway [Read more]
After 34 years – 26 of those as the director of Becker Library – I have decided to step away from Washington University. My last official day will be Friday, January 2. From my start as a research associate in medical informatics to building the medical school’s central IT organization and ultimately overseeing the Becker Medical Library, [Read more]
On October 28, the library opened its doors for a lively and engaging open house that brought together faculty, staff, and students from WashU and the medical campus. From 3 to 5 p.m., attendees explored the library’s newly refreshed spaces, rediscovered its wide range of resources and services, and connected with the librarians and staff [Read more]
Becker Library now offers jigsaw puzzles for check out! Puzzles can be borrowed for 4 weeks and are located on the lower level across from the vending machines. Puzzles are a fun way to keep your mind active, ease stress, and provide a mental break during busy days. Becker’s collection has a variety of themes [Read more]
With the new fiscal year Becker Library has new faces in leadership positions. Debbie Thomas, the Associate Director for Health Information Services and Collection Management, retired from her position after more than 10 years of service at the library. Debbie’s background as a hospital librarian and her commitment to service won her the respect of all [Read more]
WashU Libraries and Becker Medical Library are pleased to announce a new tool to support WashU authors as part of an ongoing effort to reduce barriers to open access publishing for the university community. The WashU APC Waiver Finder allows users to search for journals participating in more than 20 publisher agreements secured to date [Read more]
Becker Medical Library and WashU Libraries are pleased to announce a new publish and read agreement for journals published by Bentham Science. The agreement allows WashU corresponding authors a full waiver of Article Processing Charges (APCs) to publish their works under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) Open Access license. The agreement places [Read more]
Bernard Becker Medical Library and WashU Libraries participate in a number of agreements with publishers that offer WashU authors waivers and discounts for Open Access articles. If you are preparing a manuscript and want to publish under an Open Access license, consider a journal that is among the 20 agreements Becker Library has with publishers that [Read more]
Now that October has come and gone, I’d like to take a minute to reflect on our recent Open October programming. Open October is an annual, month-long series of events highlighting trends in open science, open data and open access presented by Bernard Becker Medical Library in collaboration with Washington University Libraries. The goal of [Read more]
Did you know that WashU Libraries provides campus wide access to a collection of popular ebook/audiobook and streaming movie titles? The Overdrive Collection provides access to thousands of titles that you can stream from the “Libby” app. To start using the collection, simply download the app to your preferred device or visit on your browser, [Read more]