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]
JoVE Core Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics is a comprehensive collection that delves into the essential concepts underlying pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, illuminating the principles behind drug movement, absorption, and response mechanisms.
The initial release comprises 51 animated videos, which take viewers through topics like drug absorption, pharmacokinetic modeling, and biostatistics. These lessons provide a thorough understanding of how drugs interact within the human body, from the cellular level to systemic effects. They also explore the influence of biostatistical analysis on pharmacokinetics, covering critical topics such as data variability, hypothesis testing, and statistical inference.
During the 2023-2024 academic year Becker Library continued to make significant contributions in support of the medical school’s faculty, staff and students. Highlights of activities in our areas of expertise include: Biomedical Information Data and Research Computing Health and Science Communication History of Medicine Institutional Knowledge Medical Center Archives Scholarly Communications and Research Impact Searching [Read more]
Earlier this year, Washington University Libraries and Bernard Becker Medical Library signed a four-year (2024-2027) transformative Open Access (OA) agreement with Elsevier that provides access to additional journal content, makes it free to read and share, and offers WashU authors waivers and discounts for OA publishing. Under the agreement, WashU corresponding authors are eligible for [Read more]
Come check out Becker Library’s very first curated Staff Picks collection, specially selected by our knowledgeable Information Services Desk staff, which highlights our Health and Wellness collection. This unique collection will be available at Becker Library, 1st floor, from July 9 through Aug. 31. Stop by Becker Library today to discover these handpicked titles that [Read more]