Accelerating access to biomedical evidence
Tweet “Eighty percent of American internet users, or some 113 million adults, have searched for information on at least one of seventeen health topics. Information professionals in a variety of settings are just as likely as librarians in hospital or medical centers to encounter requests for useful health information. Usefulness can be calculated as relevancy [...]
Sun, May 30 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet The University of North Texas at Denton hosted an Open Access Symposium on May 18, 2010, part of their ongoing initiative to establish a campus open access policy. UNT would be the first public university in Texas, and only the second public university in the U.S., after the University of Kansas, to formalize a requirement [...]
Fri, May 28 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Every academic library needs a Tschera Connell on their staff, but of course, not every academic library has the vision to know that green open access is the way for researchers to go. Back a few weeks ago I posted the slam dunk article by Alma Swan explaining the open access boost and summarizing [...]
Tue, May 25 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet There are at least three top-shelf sites for health sciences shared instructional material: Browse for learning materials in the MERLOT Health Sciences collection by subject. The MERLOT Peer Review Process for evaluating learning materials follows the model of peer review of scholarship. Each MERLOT peer review is conducted by at least two higher education faculty members [...]
Fri, May 21 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet The World Health Organization, in recognition of the need for barrier-free access to global health resources, makes PDF copies of most of its publications available on their web site. Similar to the National Academies Press, print versions can also be purchased when needed or desired. The World Health Report Annual report with an expert [...]
Tue, May 18 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet The American Society for Microbiology(ASM) is one of the most distinguished and successful biomedical science publishers. ASM is already a full participant in PubMed Central for all of its non-open journals, offering free access at six months after publication, in effect already complying with the six month intent of the FRPAA legislative proposal. Now [...]
Sun, May 16 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet From the transcript of the 2007 Medical Library Association awards luncheon presentation on May 21, 2007 ( I added the hypertext links and emphasis): “The Thomson Scientific/Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award is sponsored by Thomson Scientific and recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of technology to the delivery of health sciences information, to [...]
Wed, May 12 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet Remember a couple of years ago when there were smart and careful investors that nevertheless were tempted by the promise of easy money and a facade of offices and statements that masked a scheme that only truly rewarded the perpetrator? Now we have a term for a possible confidence game being played on scientists seeking [...]
Tue, May 11 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet The YouTube version of Dr. Lipman’s comments (below) is a sample, compared to his extended remarks that can be viewed at the Columbia University Scholarly Communication website. Have about 50 minutes available for this version. The YouTube version is a 10 minute highlight.
Wed, May 5 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tweet The mission statement of the AACR and its Foundation for the Prevention and Cure of Cancer lays out a compelling rationale for individual and corporate support of their efforts: Prevent and cure cancer through research, education, communication and collaboration Foster cancer research and related biomedical science Accelerate the dissemination of new research findings among scientists [...]
Tue, May 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
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