Author: Paul Schoening

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Archives and Rare Books

Travel Scholarships Available for Archives and Rare Books Collections Use

By — July 21, 2023

Bernard Becker Medical Library is fortunate to have robust collections in archives and rare books that document the history of medicine from the late 15th century up to the present. Subjects in which the library’s holdings are particularly strong include ophthalmology and optics, neurology, deaf education and the history of dentistry. To encourage researchers living  [Read more]

Announcements, Archives and Rare Books

Travel Scholarships Available for Archives and Rare Books Collections Use

By — February 21, 2023

To encourage researchers living more than 100 miles from St. Louis to use these collections, Becker Library offers two grants annually of up to $1,000 each to help defray the costs of travel, lodging, food and photo reproductions. Covered expenses will be reimbursed at the conclusion of the visit. Apply by March 1, 2023.

Announcements

HELIOS: Demonstrating WashU’s commitment to open research

By and — October 10, 2022

While WashU is engaged in a variety of initiatives supporting open scholarship — and we encourage you to review other Open October programs to learn about them — one that merits special attention this year is WashU’s participation in the Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS).

Archives and Rare Books

Travel Scholarships Available for Archives and Rare Books Collections Use

By — July 12, 2022

Bernard Becker Medical Library is fortunate to have robust collections in archives and rare books that document the history of medicine from the late 15th century up to the present. Subjects in which the library’s holdings are particularly strong include ophthalmology and optics, neurology, deaf education, and the history of dentistry. In order to encourage  [Read more]

Announcements

New quiet study space opened on the sixth floor

By — April 26, 2022

Becker Library has added a new quiet study area. The Center for the History of Medicine space on the 6th floor of the library is now available to School of Medicine students and faculty for quiet study – no reservations required. The library opened the space in response to student requests for more study areas  [Read more]

Announcements

Becker Library releases FY21 annual report

By — November 5, 2021

From the Director I am the first to admit that I vastly underestimated the staying power of the COVID-19 pandemic and the enduring changes that it has brought to our lives and work. The vision of everyone returning to work at the library is a distant memory, replaced by the new reality of a hybrid workforce  [Read more]

Announcements

Becker launches Center for Health and Science Communication

By — September 24, 2021

Becker Library and the Office of Health Information and Data Science are pleased to announce the launch of the Center for Health and Science Communication in order to support the campus community in these increasingly essential competencies. The new center was created in collaboration with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Medical Education, Office  [Read more]

Scholarly Publishing

25% off Elsevier open access processing charges for WashU authors

By — May 6, 2021

As we announced last year, Washington University’s contract with Elsevier extends a 25% discount on article processing charges for open access articles in most Elsevier journals. Please check the Washington University in St. Louis Journal Finder List to confirm eligible titles. The discount applies to corresponding authors from Washington University in St. Louis whose manuscripts were  [Read more]

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