“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 [...]

Mashup your data with Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth; build process models; create maps layered with your data.    Sound exciting?  Then you’ll want to try out the new ArcView software now available from AISR Learning Resources.Â
ArcView geographic information system (GIS) software is now available on all stations in the Scott LRC 30-seat computer classroom as [...]

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 [...]

Scientific organizations representing over 130 countries have agreed to overhaul existing world data centers and services to create a World Data System, the International Council for Science (ICSU) has announced. The existing networks for collecting, storing and distributing data in many areas of science are seen to be inadequate and not designed to enable the [...]

A message from Dean Cooter:
As you may know, a three-year classroom renovation project was approved last spring and the first phase of the project, which includes the “07″ (207, 307, 407) rooms in Jefferson Alumni Hall, began this summer. The first few months involved development of the floor plans and AV upgrades as well as [...]

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 [...]

October 14 was the first international Open Access Day.   In recognition of the day, several announcements were made:
1) BMJ celebrates 10 years of offering open access content online by formally declaring themselves as Open Access (OA) publishers.
In 1998, the British Medical Journal (BMJ), published by medical publisher BMJ Group, UK,  became the first major general [...]

In its most recent update, RefWorks has added 58 new output styles and a number of style corrections or enhancements.  This set emphasizes health literature heavily — all the new styles are now automatically included in your RefWorks account.  There’s no need to download anything or otherwise update your account.  You’ll find them now on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]