Due to the delays of full implementation of the new OvidSP interface and because of low registration numbers, Del and Liz have decided to cancel the two Ovid Update workshops we had scheduled for January 31 and February 6. Instead, Del and Liz will offer individual or small group consultations.
All registrants have been notified of this via email. I have removed these classes from the UMN Libraries Workshops page, the AHC Events Calendar and the UMN Events Calendar. I have closed these sessions on the Bio-Med workshops page and have added a note that the sessions have been canceled, but that folks can request consultations. If anyone happens to show up on January 31 at 9:00 am for the session, please refer them to Liz.
If anyone has any questions about this, please see me, Del or Liz.
Thanks,
Martha
Hi all,
Today I was sent an email by a SON faculty member about the new NIH Mandate. He also sent it to Linda and Kevin Messner, so somewhere out there we're listed as being contacts for this stuff.
This faculty member sent me a list of publications that he'd like to add to PubMed Central, however only one of these may be actually covered by the mandate. He wanted to work with someone from the Libraries to determine if he could deposit these in PubMed Central -- it's good that he's thinking of us :)
After consulting with Wayne, he determined that the major question was did he still have access to the final version of the manuscript. I'm still waiting to hear from him about this issue.
While many publishers may allow post-print archiving, they generally will not allow an author to submit a PDF version of their paper for this purpose. They own this iteration of the work.
So it's time to become more aware of this issue and it probably would be a timely discussion for our next reference training or liaison groups too.
Lisa
As you know, the National Institutes of Health have recently instituted the NIH Manuscript Submission System, to facilitate compliance with the new NIH Public Access Policy , per Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008). The law states:
The Director of the National Institutes of Health shall require that all investigators funded by the NIH submit or have submitted for them to the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication: Provided, That the NIH shall implement the public access policy in a manner consistent with copyright law.
I believe that the Scholarly Communication Collaborative is working on a toolkit of resources regarding the NIHMS, but, in the meantime, here are a few links you might find useful if you get any reference questions or want to find out more about it:
- NIH Public Access Policy Overview: This provides a nice overview of the policy.
- NIH Manuscript Submission System: News & Updates, Help: Provides links to log into the NIHMS System, to search the NIHMS Grants Database, to various FAQ and Help pages, and to contact information for the NIH.
- NIHMS System Slide Show Help: The NIH has assembled a set of online tutorials on the following topics: Submission Help for Principal Investigators, Login Help, Submission Help for non-PI Submitters, and Miscellaneous Help Items.
I am adding these links to the Reference Quicklinks. Also, if you get questions about this at the Reference Desk, please do not hesitate to refer current UMN-Twin Cities students, staff and faculty to the liaison librarian for their department or school.
Thanks,
Martha
There was an article on the front page of the Star/Tribune yesterday about a bioartificial heart. One of the authors, Doris Taylor, is here at the University of Minnesota. I just got a question about the article and you might too. The article is in Nature Medicine, 2008 Jan 13 [Epub ahead of print]. The PMID number is 18193059. Here is the Find It link: http://tc.liblink.umn.edu/sfx_local?sid=Entrez:PubMed&id=pmid:18193059
Del
Hello-
I just wanted to elaborate on Amy's earlier blog post about Frontiers in Bioscience. As many of you know, Frontiers in Bioscience has always been one of the more complicated ejournals to access because it has a particularly complicated method of authentication, with a unique password for each year. As of 2008, it has gotten even more complicated. For 2008 issues only, there is not only a separate password but also a separate username. Also, 2008 articles are available ONLY in the filetype PDF Type II (previous volumes are still available only in PDF Type I). Also, once you are on the publisher's page for Frontiers in Bioscience and you finally get to the correct page to enter the aforementioned username and password, make sure you scroll down to the second set of fields for entering a username and password under where it says Access by Subscription (not Purchase the selected article).
I hope that this information is helpful.
Cheers,
Martha
The 2008 username and password are now available. Please note 2008 articles are only available in PDF Type II format and now require both a username and password.
This has been updated on the Find it link.
We have not yet received the 2008 password for Frontiers in Bioscience. We will let you know as soon as it is available. Thank you.
Amy