Dear Pediatrics faculty, staff, and researchers,
Hello from the UW Health Sciences Library (HSL)! Here to improve your work are HSL's fall resources and news.
Personnel changes
Retirement: Our Social Work librarian, Lynly Beard, retired at the end of June 2023. Lynly was an expert on research impact, EndNote, and building and sustaining connections with faculty. We'll miss her! Until a new librarian is hired for this position, social work questions will be distributed among the rest of the librarian team. Please reach out via Ask Us for support from your Health Sciences Librarians.
New Hire: Please welcome our new School of Medicine librarian Rachel Blume! Rachel brings six years' experience in medical librarianship and collection development, most recently at Baylor University in Waco, TX, as a Health Sciences Librarian. At Baylor, she engaged in research services, teaching, collection development, and community engagement with five health sciences schools and departments. She holds certifications in Systematic Reviews from the Medical Library Association (MLA) and Faculty Success from the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity. Also a researcher and author, she presented at the 2021 MLA Annual Conference on aligning a medical library's instructional vision for local health programs' curricula using the steps of evidence-based practice.
Increased access to New England Journal of Medicine resources
The HSL expanded the UW's access to the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) by subscribing to the following three NEJM resources.
- NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery
- Healthcare executives, clinical leaders, and clinicians share innovative ideas, real-life examples, and practical applications to help organizations address urgent healthcare challenges and enhance healthcare delivery.
- NEJM Evidence
- The new monthly digital journal launched in January 2023 presents innovative, original research and fresh, bold ideas in clinical trial design and clinical decision-making.
- NEJM Journal Watch
- Practicing physician editors carefully curate the most important research and guidelines from over 150 medical journals and deliver clear, succinct summaries plus expert commentary to help clinicians stay informed and practice confidently.
View all UW NEJM subscription resources!
UW Libraries Faculty Guide and HSL updates
The UW Libraries Faculty Guide has been updated for the Fall Quarter. This guide provides a basic overview of UW Libraries' teaching and research support, tools, and other resources. For additional updates about Health Sciences Library updates, check out our Guide to What's New for newly-added journals, tools, and research guides, or our HSL News page for events and other resources.
Free ORCID Workshop for Researchers on November 16
An ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) is a persistent unique identifier used to link researchers with their work accurately. It can help you save time and get credit for your work in funding, publishing, and research reporting workflows. Funding organizations, publishers, and research institutions are increasingly requiring or asking for ORCID iDs from researchers, so this workshop will help you make sure you are ahead of the game.
When: November 16, 2023 at 10 am Pacific Time
Register: Event Registration (recording sent to all who register)
We will cover:
- An overview of the benefits of ORCID for researchers
- How ORCID can help you save time throughout the research landscape
- Tips and tricks for keeping your ORCID record up-to-date
This workshop is especially relevant to anyone who is or will be seeking grant funding from US federal agencies, as ORCID is being included in federal agencies' funding policies due to the National Security Presidential Memo 33 (NSPM-33). No prior experience with ORCID is necessary. The session recording will be sent to all who register.
Hosted by the ORCID US Community
Open Access partnerships for UW authors and researchers – new in 2023
Dryad, an open data publishing platform and development community. The Dryad Data Platform is a curated resource that makes research data discoverable, freely reusable, and citable. As a generalist repository, Dryad accepts data regardless of data type, format, content, or disciplinary focus.
Because UW Libraries is covering the full cost of membership, UW users will not have to pay a fee to deposit data in Dryad. Conducting NIH-funded research? Dryad is one of their recommended Generalist Repositories.
Get started with the Dryad Research Guide.
PLOS Journals: UW has expanded its Read and Publish agreement with PLOS to provide APC-free publishing for UW corresponding authors publishing in all PLOS journals. Under the terms of the expanded agreement:
- 100% of the Article Processing Charge (APC) is covered for eligible UW corresponding authors.
- Articles are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 License.
View UW Libraries' other support for UW authors who publish openly.
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