-- Primo is a new search tool at the Washington University Libraries. It provides one-stop access to the Libraries' collections by searching across hundreds of catalogs, indexes, and databases. It does not include MOBIUS (although it links to MOBIUS like our Classic Catalog) nor does it include the Becker Medical Library Catalog. It does include many articles from Web of Science and Scopus and many other databases but does not seem to include PubMed. I will post more about coverage and use as I learn more. More info.
-- Social media icons have been added to PubMed entries, so you can more easily promote your publications on Facebook, etc. Becker Briefs has a longer post about this: Social Media Sharing from PubMed
-- ChemIDplus is a dictionary of over 400,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, and structures). New features recently announced include a 3D button, enhanced structure box and IPhone- and Android-compatible displays.
-- In May 2013, I blogged about Desjardins-Proulx P, White EP, Adamson JJ, Ram K, Poisot T, et al. (2013) The Case for Open Preprints in Biology. PLoS Biol 11(5): e1001563. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001563. Ethan White continues to write about preprints in ecology/population-biology on Jabberwocky Ecology blog: Which preprint server should I use? and Why the Ecology Letters editorial board should reconsider its No vote on preprints
-- Self-curation is a phrase I've begun to hear recently; perhaps it's a librarian-thing but a few recent posts seem to be talking about the same concept to me, so I thought I'd share them: Updating, updating, and updating some more (a checklist for new publications); Do You Have Your ORCID Identifier Yet?; Ten things you need to know about ORCID right now.
-- Early preview! The Missouri Botanical Garden Library is planning to join MOBIUS in Spring 2015. This should be a real benefit to plant biologists and science historians.
-- Scholarly communications / open access news: I continue to post on the Scholarly Communications @ WU blog. You might want to check out the posts from July: Save the Date: Avoiding Common Ethical Pitfalls in Research, Sept. 9; Visibility and Impact of Your Research.