Announcements
Introducing Aeon
We are very excited to announce that Archives and Rare Books has decided to implement Aeon, a library requesting software created for special collections.
Becker Blog
Science and Informatics
Hands-on training for RNA-seq data analysis in Partek Flow – September 29, 2016
Becker Library will host a workshop for RNA-Seq data analysis in Partek Flow on September 29, 2016, in Farrell Learning and Teaching Center – Holden Auditorium. This workshop is free and open to all at WUSTL.
Archives and Rare Books
New Glaser Gallery Exhibit – A Legacy of Achievement
The Becker Library is very pleased to announce a new exhibit A Legacy of Achievement: Washington University School of Dental Medicine is now open in the newly renovated Glaser Gallery on the 7th floor of the library.
Mastering Information
Banned Medical Books
Every year the Office of Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association celebrates Banned Book Week. This year, Banned Book Week runs September 25 − October 1.
Mastering Information
Healthcare resources for refugee and immigrant patient populations
Last year over 1600 refugees settled in Missouri and an estimated 3.7% of the state’s population is made up of immigrants from around the world.
Archives and Rare Books
Phrenology exemplified and illustrated or Scraps no. 7 by D.C. Johnston, Boston, 1837
Phrenology has many definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary. My favorite is:
The theory that the mental powers or characteristics of an individual consist of separate faculties, each of which has its location in an organ found in a definite region of the surface of the brain, the size or development of which is commensurate with the development of the particular faculty; the study of the external conformation of the cranium as an index to the position and degree of development of the various faculties. (Phrenology, Oxford English Dictionary c 2016)
Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Publishing Round-up September 2016
Scholarly Publishing Round-up September 2016
Science and Informatics
Genomics in Medicine: 2016-2017 series begins August 31st
Genomics in Medicine: 2016-2017 seminar series
WHEN: Wednesdays at 4:00 PM
WHERE: Holden Auditorium, Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
Scholarly Publishing
NIH Public Access Policy and Biosketch: Upcoming Classes
Mark your calendars for two upcoming classes.
Archives and Rare Books
A Touch of Medical Humor
This work is disrespectfully dedicated to those who feel that a knowledge of the Human Body, sufficient for the needs of the future Medical Practitioner, can be adequately obtained without post-mortem investigation. It will be seen that with the aid of a few objects borrowed from the gardener, or cook (if she be out), the [Read more]