Biology Library News

Upcoming workshops and events

-- Teaching Center Blackboard classes available this summer. Sign up now.

-- "Enhancing the Visibility and Impact of Your Research" Thursday, May 22, 12-1 pm, Schwarz Auditorium on the Medical Campus, (from Office of Faculty Affairs Thursday Topics series). Cathy Sarli from the Becker Medical Library will present this very informative workshop, which will cover various strategies for participants to consider as they undertake research activities. The strategies are divided into three categories: 1) Preparing for Publication, 2) Dissemination, and 3) Tracking Your Research. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to better understand tools and approaches that can be used to enhance author profiles, promote discoverability and access of research findings, and document evidence of research impact. The strategies presented in this workshop can be used for the following purposes:
o Establish author name/profiles
o Utilize new methods of dissemination to supplement traditional publishing methods
o Identify possible collaborators
o Discover how research findings are being used
o Quantify the return on research investment
o Justify future requests for funding
Registration not necessary.

Library Collection De-Accessioning News

There are now two tabs on Collection Space Management @ Washington University Libraries:

1. "For Librarian/Faculty Review" contains lists of items selected for withdrawal due to criteria such as very low use, easy availability elsewhere or online, etc. When you believe an item on that page should be kept in the WU Libraries, please make a Comment on the page or contact Ruth Lewis promptly.
2. "For Giveaway" contains lists of paper books which have already been reviewed and will be offered to Better World Books or discarded if noone from the WU community asks to have them. If you want any of those items for your personal collections, please make a Comment on the page or contact Ruth Lewis promptly.

Review times at each stage tend to be short, about 2 weeks, so you should probably check the page twice a month if you want to know about all this activity. I will still email biology faculty when I see lists containing biology-related titles, but I will stop emailing about every list that is produced, unless I hear that you want such notification.

Upcoming workshops and events

      -- Research Studio: Introduction to WordPress, April 15, 2-3 pm, Arc Lab, level A, Olin Library. See 3 Reasons Every Grad Student Should Learn WordPress

      -- The Affect of Artificial Humans: Models, Images and Automata symposium on April 30 noon-5.

      -- More spring events added to history and philosophy of medicine and science list

      -- Other upcoming library workshops | Upcoming library events

Upcoming workshops and events for biofolk, Feb. 2014 and later

      -- Complimentary MATLAB seminars for educators, academic researchers and students at Washington University St Louis:
Session 1: Medical Image Processing with MATLAB, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Medical Campus, McDonnell Medical Sciences Building, Erlanger Auditorium
This seminar will be particularly valuable for anyone intending to use MATLAB to process, analyze and visualize medical images. View complete session description and register
Session 2: Mathematical Modeling with MATLAB, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Danforth Campus, Busch Hall, Room 100
Mathematical models are critical to understanding and accurately simulating the behavior of complex systems. They enable important tasks such as forecasting system behavior for various “what if” scenarios, characterizing system response, and designing control systems. View complete session description and register

      -- Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly Communications at the Modern Language Association, will be speaking about "The Digital Futures of Scholarship" on March 5 at 4 pm in January 110. Reception following in the East Asian Library. More information.

      -- Micah Altman, Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries, on "State-of-the-Art Informatics for Research Reproducibility, Reliability, and Reuse: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Data Management" on March 6 at 4 pm in Women's Building Formal Lounge. More information.

      -- Olin Library to Give a "Taste of Technology", 11-1, Olin Library lobby, March 13 and 19.

      -- NIH Public Access Policy overview available Thursday March 20, 2014, at noon, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center room 214 on the medical campus. More info and registration . If you would like to arrange a presentation for a group on the Danforth Campus, please let Ruth Lewis know. Thanks.

      -- Enhancing the Visibility and Impact of Your Research, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Noon - 1 pm, on the Medical Campus in Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Room 214 A/B. The workshop will cover various strategies for participants to consider as they undertake research activities. The strategies are divided into three categories: 1) Preparing for Publication, 2) Dissemination, and 3) Tracking Your Research. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to better understand tools and approaches that can be used to enhance author profiles, promote discoverability and access of research findings, and document evidence of research impact. The strategies presented in this workshop can be used for the following purposes:
- Establish author name/profiles
- Utilize new methods of dissemination to supplement traditional publishing methods
- Identify possible collaborators
- Discover how research findings are being used
- Quantify the return on research investment
- Justify future requests for funding
The lecture is sponsored by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, NIH award UL1 TR000448. Registration is not required but please register to have a reminder email sent before the session.

      -- Research Studio: Introduction to WordPress, April 15, 2-3 pm, Arc Lab, level A, Olin Library. See 3 Reasons Every Grad Student Should Learn WordPress

      -- The Affect of Artificial Humans: Models, Images and Automata symposium on April 30 will be noon-5 instead of 10-3 as previously announced.

      -- More spring events added to history and philosophy of medicine and science list

      -- Other upcoming library workshops

Where have all the oversized books gone and other collection news

The Libraries are exploring options to expand space for special collections on Olin Library Level B (where paper biology books and journals are kept). Planning is in the early stages. As a first step, oversized books and A and Z call numbers have been moved from Olin Level B to West Campus. You will be able to REQUEST those items through the catalog for delivery when you need them. (More info at Collection Projects.)

Call numbers (Q-QR, R, S, T, etc.) will be using fewer shelves on Level B in future; this is possible in part because of purchased online journal backfiles which will allow us to keep fewer paper volumes with minimal inconvenience. I expect to be reviewing lists of very-low-use, readily-available titles throughout the coming semester; for more about that work see Collection Management Guidelines and Procedures, December 2013. I'm told that lists of books being withdrawn will be posted on libguides.wustl.edu/collections for a short time in case any faculty want to claim them before they are sent to book vendors or to disposal. The first list will be posted Feb. 24 for 1 week. Please keep Ruth Lewis informed about any questions or concerns. Thank you.

Upcoming workshops and events

      -- Spring Research Studio Series Gets Underway. Some sessions are repeated from the fall and a few are new, such as, Introduction to Data Management, From Collection to Analysis, Basic Data Management using SPSS and Intermediate Data Management using SPSS

      -- 4 Zotero classes are scheduled for spring. Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, and create citations. Please see the library Zotero guide, libguides.wustl.edu/zotero, for times and registration links.

      -- A few events which may interest biofolk have been added to Spring 2014 talks at WU on the history of science, medicine, technology.

      -- Partek Genomics Suite workshops at medical campus, Farrell Learnigng & Teaching Center, Room 602:
Please use links for more information and registration. Preregistration is required.
Feb. 10 - Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression with Partek Genomics Suite
Feb. 11 - Analyzing Copy Number Array Data with Partek Genomics Suite

      -- Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly Communications at the Modern Language Association, will be speaking about "The Digital Futures of Scholarship" on March 5 at 4 pm in January 110. Reception following in the East Asian Library. More info and optional preregistration.

      -- NIH Public Access Policy overview available Thursday March 20, 2014, at noon, at the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center room 214 on the medical campus. More info and registration . If you would like to arrange a presentation for a group on the Danforth Campus, please let Ruth Lewis know. Thanks.

      -- Enhancing the Visibility and Impact of Your Research, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Noon - 1 pm, on the Medical Campus in Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, Room 214 A/B. The workshop will cover various strategies for participants to consider as they undertake research activities. The strategies are divided into three categories: 1) Preparing for Publication, 2) Dissemination, and 3) Tracking Your Research. After attending this workshop, participants will be able to better understand tools and approaches that can be used to enhance author profiles, promote discoverability and access of research findings, and document evidence of research impact. The strategies presented in this workshop can be used for the following purposes:
- Establish author name/profiles
- Utilize new methods of dissemination to supplement traditional publishing methods
- Identify possible collaborators
- Discover how research findings are being used
- Quantify the return on research investment
- Justify future requests for funding
The lecture is sponsored by the Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, NIH award UL1 TR000448. Registration is not required but if please register to have a reminder email sent before the session.

      -- I welcome your suggestions for additional events!

Mobius AV Loans

Some AV materials are now available from some MOBIUS libraries. In addition to borrowing books from other MOBIUS libraries, WU students, faculty, and staff can request DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and other AV materials from participating institutions for a 10-day loan period. As part of the agreement, WU will also be loaning some of our AV materials to others. You request AV materials from MOBIUS the same way you do books. The local borrowing period for our AV materials has increased to 14 days. So you can check out DVDs, etc., owned by WU Libraries for two weeks now!

Upcoming workshops and events

http://wulibraries.doattend.com/ continues to list workshops and other events. I welcome your suggestions for additional events.

NIH Public Access Policy overview at the medical campus, Thurs, December 5, 2013 - 12:00 PM - Register Now. Session will be held at Holden Auditorium at the Farrell Center. More info. If you would like to arrange a presentation for a group or an individual on the Danforth Campus, please let Ruth Lewis know. Thanks.

If you haven't registered for ITeach 2014, it's time to put this on your calendar. Register for Jan. 9 Teaching Symposium. Biofolk are offering some of the sessions, including Kathy Miller, Eleanor Pardini, Joan Strassmann and graduate student Boahemaa Adu-Oppong.

Upcoming workshops and events from WUSTL Libraries

-- http://wulibraries.doattend.com/ continues to list workshops and other events, including some upcoming Zotero workshops. I welcome your suggestions for additional events. I will be leading the Research Studio: How to Make Your Scholarly Work Open Access, Nov. 13, 1-2 pm, Olin Library Level A; biofolk may prefer to attend a similar discussion, Nov. 12, 9-10 am, McDonnell 362 as part of the Plant and Microbe SuperGroup meetings. This research guide is the outline of my plan for Nov. 12th.

-- Watch for many events during Geography Awareness Week, November 18-22, 2013 including a Symposium on Future Directions in GIS on Wednesday morning and ArcGIS for STEM Disciplines on Thursday afternoon. More info: http://gis.wustl.edu/.

-- NIH Public Access Policy overview at the medical campus, Thurs, December 5, 2013 - 12:00 PM - Register Now. Session will be held at Holden Auditorium at the Farrell Center. More info. If you would like to arrange a presentation for a group on the Danforth Campus, please let Ruth Lewis know. Thanks.

-- See also Upcoming events at WUSTL on the Scholarly Communications at WU Libraries blog.

Upcoming workshops and events, fall, 2013

New Workshop Series Geared for Grads, Faculty plus a growing list of workshops and other events at http://wulibraries.doattend.com/. Check them out! We hope to see you at some of them. I welcome your suggestions for additional events. I will be leading the Research Studio: How to Make Your Scholarly Work Open Access, Nov. 13, 1-2 pm, Olin Library Level A; biofolk may prefer to attend a similar discussion, Nov. 12, 9-10 am, McDonnell 362 as part of the Plant and Microbe SuperGroup meetings.

Remembering Rita Levi-Montalcini, 1909 - 2012 Memorial and Reception, October 15, 2013, 4-6 pm, Ginkgo Room, Olin Library Level 1. Co-sponsored by Washington University Woman’s Club, Biology Department, and Libraries. You may also be interested in other Fall 2013 talks at WU on the history of science, medicine, technology.

There are two sessions on the NIH Public Access Policy scheduled for fall 2013 at the medical campus:
Wed, October 2, 2013 - 12:00 PM - Register Now or Thurs, December 5, 2013 - 12:00 PM - Register Now. Both sessions will be held at Holden Auditorium at the Farrell Center. More info. If you would like to arrange a presentation for a group on the Danforth Campus, please let Ruth Lewis know. Thanks. Question for the Day: Do PMCIDs need to be included in NIH Biosketches?