Archives and Rare Books
Happy Valentine’s Day from Becker Archives!
Send your science-loving sweetie a valentine from Becker Archives and Rare Books!
Becker Blog
Archives and Rare Books
Comrades in science? U.S.-U.S.S.R. exchanges in health and medicine
As the United States and the Soviet Union vied for global dominance during the Cold War, they also engaged in scientific and technical exchanges—including in the fields of health and medicine. These exchanges ranged from informal delegations to state-sponsored visits, and they often included scientists affiliated with universities and hospitals. Read more about how Washington [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Becker Archives and Rare Books has a new digital exhibition space!
Archivists, Rare Books Librarians, and Library IT staff have been hard at work revamping our digital exhibition space. Some of our older exhibits have been migrated to the new platform, Omeka S, and others have been given a bit of a refresh. And now that the archivists and librarians have spent some time familiarizing themselves [Read more]
Science and Informatics
A Becker Guide for Proteomics Data Repositories Part 3
In the first two parts of this blog series, I introduced the main player in the proteomics data repository ecosystem, the ProteomeXchange (PX) Consortium. Outside of the PX Consortium, there are an additional handful of repositories holding proteomics data. These additional repositories serve special cases or certain scientific communities, but it may be useful for [Read more]
Science and Informatics
Where can you find free bioinformatics and genomics training resources on campus?
A plethora of learning resources for bioinformatics and genomics are available on the web, but did you know that you can find a wide variety of free learning resources on campus here at WashU? Do you need to learn fundamentals of bioinformatics and computational genomics? Are you interested in learning more about techniques and tools [Read more]
Scholarly Publishing
The Updated 2024 NIH Public Access Policy for Publications
The updated NIH Public Access Policy (2024 Public Access Policy) for publications was issued on December 17, 2024. The updated 2024 Public Access Policy includes two supplemental notices: Publication Costs and Government Use License Use and Rights, and one revised notice: Revision: Notice of Updated Effective Date for the 2024 NIH Public Access Policy, issued on [Read more]
Scholarly Publishing
January 2025 Scholarly Communications Round-up
Learn more about the new ICMJE recommendations, Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate, and Public Domain Day.
Science and Informatics
A Becker Guide for Proteomics Data Repositories Part 2
In the first part of this blog series, I provided an overview of the ProteomeXChange (PX) Consortium and introduced its most important member – the PRIDE Database. I also introduced ProteomeCentral, the common portal providing the ability to browse and search all of the public datasets within the PX Consortium member repositories. Here in the [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
Reproductive Rights: Highlights from Becker Archives and Rare Books
Reproductive rights in America are constantly changing. But how did we get here? Historical context can help us understand our current moment and even possible futures. Becker Library has a variety of historic materials that shed light on the history of reproductive rights at WashU and in St. Louis.
Announcements
Open October 2024
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]