Scholarly Publishing Round-up November 2016 Federally Funded Research Results Are Becoming More Open and Accessible by Jerry Sheehan from the office of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Sixteen Federal agencies now require researchers to ensure free public access to peer-reviewed publications resulting from all newly funded research, with a delay of [Read more]
In 1880, a year after St. Louis Children’s Hospital’s opening; the newly minted hospital published its first annual report. In addition to a list of hospital officers and a report of the hospital Board of Managers, the 1879-1880 annual report included a list of the various donors and donations given to the new hospital. Monetary donations are listed alongside gifts of items such as blankets, pillows, and cribs. These usual donations are interspaced with eclectic items that the people of St. Louis gifted to their new children’s hospital.
“Open in Action” is the theme for this year’s International Open Access Week, which begins October 24. Established by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week highlights the importance of making research and scholarly works more openly available, and how institutions, researchers, librarians, students, and others are making that happen.
October is Health Literacy Month. To celebrate, we’re kicking off a new Becker Brief series, “Health Literacy & Communication Round-up.” Here we will highlight current research, upcoming training opportunities, and new resources on these two critical topics.
The Bernard Becker Medical Library has a new Subject Guide, Test Preparation Resources, that highlights a number of print and electronic test preperation resources to help you study for boards and shelf exams.
The end of fall is the season when the veil between our world and the spirit world is thinnest. That means Halloween is the best possible time to try to communicate with ghosts and spirits!
Join us for some Halloween fun! Becker Library is hosting its second annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest from October 24-28 in the library atrium. Anyone may enter. Simply bring your decorated pumpkin to the library during regular hours on October 24. The top two carved, painted or otherwise decorated pumpkins will win a prize. Staff and patrons may vote in the [Read more]
Washington University School of Medicine will host the first WashU Epigenome Day on November 21, 2016 from 10am to 5:30pm. This event is free and open to the public and includes:
Please welcome our newest addition to Becker Medical Library: Mortimer, the Disarticulated Skeleton!
A scientist from QIAGEN will be on campus to lead an Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) training workshop on Wednesday, October 19th.
The workshop will run from 12:30-3:30 in Holden Auditorium and will be hands-on, so please bring your laptop.