The National Science Foundation, the Public Library of Science, and the San Diego Supercomputing Center are hoping that their new Web site — billed as a YouTube for scientists — will “move science beyond the printed word and lecture theater taking advantage of the internet as a communication medium where scientists young and old have [...]

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has joined BioMed Central as a member.  That means HHMI will now pay the article processing charges for all research published by HHMI investigators in BioMed Central journals.  The funding will come out of a central HHMI publishing fund, rather than investigators’ grant funds.  The agreement takes effect September 1st, 2007.
If you have grant [...]

Faculty and Instructors:
If you will need library items or audiovisual materials put on course reserve for fall courses, please submit your request(s) ASAP.
To request a PRINT item be put on reserve at the Circulation Desk, please fill out this electronic form: http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/SML/services/reserves.html or call the Library with questions: 215-503-6994.
To request an AUDIOVISUAL be put on [...]

Since January the Library has offered side-by-side access to MD Consult using 2 different login systems.  Reference librarians have helped those who used the personal account features of the old system to move their settings to personal accounts in the new system.
As of August 16, links to MD Consult now automatically use the new system.  [...]

Yes, we know the semester is getting under way and we all have tons of work to look forward to.  But everyone needs a little balance to stay sane –  get some exercise, get together with friends, maybe even read a good book. Remember that the Scott Memorial Library has a collection of popular reading books [...]

RefWorks has come out with some exciting new features for its summer update!
New Mac Write-N-Cite
A Citation Editor has been added for Mac users. No more manual entry of in-text switches to include page numbers, hide text, add text and more! The RefWorks online help section and Basic tutorial module give instructions for editing [...]

Over 100,000 images in medical history, biomedical sciences and clinical medicine have been opened for free public access by the Wellcome Library (http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/). Creative Commons licensing allows reuse of the images for non-profit purposes, as long as appropriate attribution is made, so the collection is a wonderful resource for educators. It is fully [...]

The latest art exhibit at Scott Memorial Library features paintings of modern scenes in Philadelphia by Bettina Kusel.  The show will be available on the second floor of the Library until mid-September; it is open to the public.Â
The artist’s statement:
“You can see here what I always wanted to paint about Philadelphia: cloudy skies, desperately empty spaces, sometimes derelict [...]