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Health Informatics Chair Addresses Academic Medicine Question of the Year
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The current issue of Academic Medicine contains essays responding to the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2011 question of the year "What improvements in medical education will lead to better health for individuals and populations?" The response written by Dr Mary Moore, Chair of the Department of Health Informatics and Executive Director of the Calder Memorial Library, on behalf of the Association of American Health Sciences Libraries, was accepted for inclusion in the issue. Her article, entitled Teaching Physicians to Make Informed Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty: Librarians and Informaticians on the Health Care Team, addresses the role librarians play in the health care team and led to an invitation to Dr Moore to present at the AAMC conference this weekend. Read this article and more, ranging from translational science implications to personalized medicine, in the November issue, which is available to both subscribers and non-subscribers.
Copyright and Open Access
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Many who question the Open Access movement do so out of the belief that if they do not relinquish their copyright to the publisher, their article will not get published. This is not the case. Retaining copyright is important because it allows authors to control their own intellectual output. Publishers understand the importance of retaining copyright, which is why they often ask to hold the copyright of an article. Still, a great many publishers allow their authors to retain their copyright and to put copies of their publications into repositories, once the article has been a published (a post-print). Fewer publishers allow for depositing pre-prints (articles which have not yet been published) but some publishers do allow this to happen even while they are publishing the article. In some cases the article in the repository may not contain all of the images or extra information that the final published article contains, but it may provide information which can lead to better science.
To view publishers’ copyright and archiving policies, visit the following website: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Addressing Three Open Access Myths
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Myth 1:
Open-access journals are not peer-reviewed and they publish low quality articles.
◊ The reality is that open access journals (e.g. PLoS Biology, BMC Biology, Nucleic Acids Research, Molecular Systems Biology, etc.) follow similar peer-review guidelines as do other high quality, scholarly journals. The selection criteria of more than 7000 journals published in The Directory of Open Access Journals is that their journals "should exercise quality control on submitted papers through an editor, editorial board, and/or a peer-review system" criteria. Just like any journal, quality of an open access journal is judged by the content of its articles.
Myth 2:
Open-access journals have lower Impact Factors.
◊ The reality is that high impact factors are found in open access journals across many disciplines. Search them in The Directory of Open Access Journals or browse through the titles in Ulrichsweb.
Myth 3:
Open-access articles are not copyrighted.
◊ The reality is that if you publish in an open access journal you may be able to retain copyright of your article, or be required to grant the publisher copyright, in the same manner that if you published in a controlled access (traditional subscription) journal. Many open-access journals allow authors to retain copyright of their work, yet most controlled access journals have agreements requiring transfer of copyright to the publisher. The publisher, in turn, could restrict you from reusing the content of your work in teaching and in other publications. There is no final settlement regarding a copyright policy and all open access journals. Yet, an author, when self-publishing on the Internet, can attach a Creative Commons License and instruct readers what he/she allows as far as copying, distributing, printing, or linking his/her work.
To find about more Open Access myths:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/inquiry/myths/?myth=all
http://www.lib.umn.edu/scholcom/top5myths.phtml
http://guides.lib.unc.edu/content.php?pid=121319
Calder Library Brings National Expert on Scholarly Publishing to the Miller School for Open Access Week
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Heather Joseph, Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, will lecture on open access publishing and its implications for research and scholarly communication at the Calder Memorial Library History of Medicine Room (3rd floor) on Friday, October 28, at 3:00 PM.
Open access has been a hot news topic recently, with faculty from Princeton, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Duke and others opting to maintain the copyright on their own publications, for the purpose of increasing worldwide access to their work. For more information, see the Library’s portal on open access.
The event will include remarks by Miller School of Medicine Dean Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D., and a brief demonstration of the University of Miami Institutional Repository by John Renaud, M.L.S. Light refreshments will be served.
Ms. Joseph has served as the Executive Director of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition since 2005. In that capacity, she works to support broadening access to the results of scholarly research through enabling open access publishing, archiving and policies on a local, national and international level.
Prior to coming to SPARC, she spent 15 years as a publisher in both commercial and not-for-profit publishing organizations. She served as the publishing director at the American Society for Cell Biology, which became the first journal to commit its full content to the NIH’s pioneering open repository, PubMed Central, and subsequently served on the NIH/National Library of Medicine National Advisory Committee for the project.
Ms. Joseph serves on the Board of Directors of numerous not-for-profit organizations, and recently completed a term as the elected president of the Society for Scholarly Publishing.
Exhibit at the Calder Library Features Women in Medicine
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The Louis Calder Memorial Library is hosting the National Library of Medicine’s traveling exhibit, Changing the Face of Medicine, through November 6.
The exhibit highlights the contributions of female physicians and researchers to the practice and study of medicine from Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D., the first female doctor in the United States, to Antonia Novella, M.D., the nation’s first female surgeon general. Calder Library invites you to come learn more about the lives and accomplishments of the many female physicians featured in this outstanding exhibit, including a special section on the contributions of University of Miami female physicians and researchers.
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New Photographer in Biomedical Communications
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We are pleased to announce that Biomedical Communications has a new team member – photographer Jorge Perez. Jorge has over ten years of experience as a senior photographer with the City of Miami and has covered thousands of major events, including visits by U.S. Presidents and Senators, foreign heads of state, stars of the entertainment industry, and leaders of the University of Miami.
Please do not hesitate to contact Biomedical Communications at 305-243-6783 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to request any of our services, including medical, surgical, and on-site photography, as well as photographic restoration.
Library Book Sale is Back
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It's that time of year again! The popular Calder Library book sale is back! Come to the library and see what gems you can find! All books will be priced between $1 and $5, and the proceeds will benefit United Way and the library. The books will be on sale between Wednesday, October 5, and Wednesday, October 26, in the library's lobby on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information, please call 305-243-6901.
Barbara Sorondo Joins Library Staff
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The Calder Library is pleased to announce that Barbara Sorondo has joined the staff as Manager, Library Services Interlibrary Loan department. Barbara comes to the library with a strong background in biomedical and library sciences. She completed her Master of Science in Library and Information Studies at Florida State University in August 2011, and earned a Master of Science in Psychology from Florida International University (FIU) in August 2010. For the past year, Barbara served as a medical library volunteer at Miami Children's Hospital, providing reference and technical assistance. She also served as a Research Assistant in the Infant Development Laboratory and the Neurocognitive Development Laboratory at FIU and the University of Miami, respectively. She gained teaching experience conducting lectures and review sessions for undergraduate students as a Teaching Assistant in the Department of Psychology at FIU. Please join us in welcoming Barbara. We look forward to seeing how her experience and enthusiasm add to the services we are able to offer our clients.
MD Conference Express Trial
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Are you looking for the reports from the most influential conferences? The Calder Library is featuring a temporary trial of MD Conference Express, where you have access to peer-reviewed conference highlights reports.
With travel funds decreasing across the nation, it may not be possible to attend every conference. To keep up-to-date you can check out the highlights reports from conferences such as the American College of Cardiology, the American Diabetes Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and more. The MD Conference Express team works with the conference steering committees to select which topics will have an immediate impact on a clinician's practice. Medical writers then create highlights reports using primary source data. The researchers who presented the live talks are invited to review these reports and provide feedback to ensure accuracy. The e-book versions of the reports allow users the ability to electronically browse and even search for particular authors, institutions, and topics. Please take a look at this resource, and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. what you think. We look forward to hearing your This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.!
Find the Information You Need Faster and More Effectively
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In our ongoing efforts to enhance and improve services to our users, we have implemented a new and improved federated search engine, 360 Search. The simple search interface unifies results for e-journals, e-books, and other library materials. It then sorts thousands of results into clusters that make it easy to cut through clutter and find meaningful content. Just type your topic in the search box in the upper-left hand corner of the homepage, and you will see your search results organized by topic, source, and more.
We have also created custom search categories which are targeted towards our main user groups. Subject searching can be found on the following portals listed on our website: Students, Consumer Health, Physicians/Clinicians, and Researchers.
Users can now find answers faster by eliminating information overload as 360 Search provides a quick, intuitive path to results that share common topics, dates, journals, and authors. Also, there is a seamless integration to full-text, whereby users are presented with links to the full-text articles based on our subscriptions. In addition, patrons are now able to export selected citations to any bibliographic citation manager (like RefWorks) or email selected citations in either plain text or HTML.
More E-Books Available for You
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In our continuing efforts to make information easier for you to find, all of the books above and more are now easy to search and find in our library's catalog. If you are interested in browsing e-books by subject, you can also do so on our e-book page. Please let us know what else we can do to make your learning and research process easier. In the meantime, check out these books:
Anatomy Demystified by Dale P. Layman, c2004.
Cellular Physiology by David Landowne, c2006
Conduct Disorders in Childhood & Adolescence by Jonathan Hill and Barbara Maughan, c2001
Disorders of Volition by Natalie Sebanz and Wolfgang Prinz, c2006
Schaum’s Outline of Biochemistry by Philip Kuchel, c2009
Skin Cancer by Keyvan Nouri, c2008