The continued process of digitizing documents and materials in the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives has made new scans of St. Louis Children’s Hospital publications available in the archives database. These documents shed light on past lives and of turmoil and injustices overcome with perseverance.
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]
“How Did We Get Hear? Historic Hearing Devices 1800-2000” is a new digital exhibit from the Becker Archives that explores the long history of hearing devices, from mechanical conversation tubes to electronic transistor hearing aids. The exhibit features nearly 100 different hearing devices from Becker Archives’ Central Institute for the Deaf–Max A. Goldstein Historic Devices [Read more]
Since October 2022, the Bernard Becker Medical Library has been monitoring ORCID adoption among the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis faculty. This process was in response to the August 2022 White House Office of Science and Technology Policy memo: Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research, (OSTP Memo). In [Read more]
Chances are you’re familiar with the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words.” While this maxim originated with an American advertising firm in the 1920s, it is certainly applicable to images produced in early modern Europe. Many of the illustrative elements in books were meant to convey meanings on multiple levels. Elaborate title pages [Read more]
Learn more about an upcoming NIH Biosketch and SciENcv session, waivers or discounts for Article Processing Charges for Elsevier journals, and the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List. NIH Biosketch and NCBI SciENcv Join us for an upcoming Zoom session: NIH Biosketch and NCBI SciENcv, on November 21, 2025, 11 am to Noon. Are you preparing [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]
In preparation for the upcoming change to the Common Forms, the NIH announced a Preview of NIH Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support. Preview versions of the forms are now available in SciENcv, a tool from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The preview forms cannot be used for [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]
The Becker Archives is pleased to announce that an index of the Max A. Goldstein Collection of Scientific Articles on Otorhinolaryngology is now available on the Becker Archives Database. This collection features more than ten thousand scientific articles on subjects related to the study and practice of ear, nose, and throat medicine. The articles were [Read more]