“Sure, you’d rather focus on science than think about open access.  But the decisions made today about publishing models are relevant not only to your work, but also to the future of biomedical research.   So pay attention.”Â
Here’s your opportunity to catch up with the debate, read well-thought-out essays, and figure out where [...]

RefWorks has announced its webinar training schedule for December 2008.  All Jeffersonians are welcome to register for any of the workshops below.  They’re FREE! However, attendance is limited and registration is required. All times on the schedule are Eastern Standard Time.
RefWorks Fundamentals
This 75 minute session covers all the basics – creating a RefWorks account, importing [...]

The latest issue of Neuroinformatics describes the new Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF), an inventory of web-based neurosciences data, resources and tools for scientists and students:  http://nif.nih.gov.
An initiative of the National Institutes of Health Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, the NIF seeks to advance neuroscience research by enabling discovery and access to public research data and tools worldwide [...]

In early 2005, Thomas Jefferson University created a strategic plan to affirm Jefferson’s place as a leader in academic healthcare.
On November 21, TJU President Robert Barchi will provide an in-depth update on this plan, our progress in the areas of education, research and clinical practice, and the challenges that lie ahead.
Please join Dr. Barchi for [...]

The campus identity management system has recently experienced some difficulties, leading some Jeffersonians to be refused access when they tried to use JEFFLINE’s journals, databases, and other Campus Key-protected materials.  Â
If you are unable to log into a JEFFLINE resource, please notify the Reference Desk at 215-503-8150 or AskaLibrarian@jefferson.edu.  It will help Jeff-IT to diagnose [...]

From the press release:
The Journal of Biomedical Science is transitioning to open access format, published by BioMed Central. The journal is indexed in MEDLINE and Web of Science and has an Impact Factor of 2.02. It is now accepting submissions via its new BioMed Central website and will publish its first open access articles in [...]

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has released its latest Hospital Performance Report, covering October 2006 - September 2007.
The report includes information about risk-adjusted mortality, readmissions, lengths of hospitalization (stay), and hospital charges for patients admitted to 162 Pennsylvania hospitals. The print version evaluates hospital performance across 31 common medical procedures and treatments, [...]

Open access journal PLoS Medicine has published a paper that analyzes the current system of publishing medical and scientific research, and concludes that the system distorts the reality of scientific data that are generated in the laboratory and clinic.
The team of authors  - Neal Young of the National Institutes of Health; John Ioannidis of Tufts University School of [...]

The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) has released its latest report, Cardiac Surgery in Pennsylvania 2005-2006..
The report includes information about approximately 34,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) and/or valve surgeries performed in Pennsylvania hospitals in 2005 and 2006.  It shows the number of surgeries [...]

Open access publisher BioMed Central, US, has announced that it will publish the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), which was recently re-launched at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico.  After four years of collaboration with Medscape Journal of Medicine, which allowed JIAS to operate and grow under its umbrella, JIAS will now operate as an independent [...]

Psychiatry Online has added a new core textbook, and a new section of support for patients and their families.  You’ll find links to Psychiatry Online on JEFFLINE’s homepage (Quick links section), and on the Databases A-Z list. Â
From the publisher’s announcement:
TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENTS
Sure to become the standard text for all students and practicing [...]

Members of the Jefferson community:
The University Library Committee has prepared a draft of a policy for the withdrawal of print journal volumes.
As more journal publishers make older copy available in electronic format, the Committee wanted to ensure that a set of standards could be applied as decisions are made on a title-by-title basis to [...]

Natural Standard is our new source of evidence-based information about alternative and complementary therapies.  The publisher now offers free webinars for clinicians and health professionals.  Sign up now for one of the upcoming sessions this fall:
Acupuncture Therapy: Integrative Medicine for Patient-Centered Care
Presented by: David Sollars, MAc, LicAc, HMC

September 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern [...]

Times have changed on the Web since our last interface design was released in 2004, and AISR has changed the way we look at customer service. The 2004 site organized itself according to AISR’s departments and forced users (YOU) to figure out where in AISR to go for what you wanted.  The [...]

Do you need to identify impact factors for journals?
Do you need to see how journals are ranked in your field?
Journal Citation Reports serves up your answers.
The Library has just received the latest edition of JCR, covering publications for 2007.  It takes the publisher a long time to compile the information, so 2007 is actually hot [...]