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The crisis in scholarly publishing is far from over. Prices for journals, especially electronic versions, continue to increase far beyond the standard inflationary rates for other materials, and librarians continue to fight back against unreasonable prices and contract terms. However, both the publishing industry and scholars are experimenting with different models and new approaches for offering journals. We do not have to look outside the campus walls to find examples of people who are trying to stop the crisis. Our own Duke University Press and Dr. Darell D. Bigner, Deputy Director, Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, have become change agents in the arena of scholarly publishing.
Unhappy with the one commercially published journal in the area, Dr. Bigner accepted the challenge of starting a new journal for the Society for Neuro-Oncology. In his editorial in the premier issue (January 1999) of Neuro-Oncology, he states that the “goals set in the very beginning were to publish a journal that was affordable for both individuals and institutions,” while ensuring rapid and fair review of manuscripts. “To launch a journal at these affordable prices, we reasoned it would be impossible for us to do so by employing a commercial publishing house.” With funding from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, the Society was able to self-publish for several years.
Dr. Bigner and the Society made other important decisions that are all part of the scholarly communication process. The journal would be published on the Internet, providing quick and easy access to a worldwide audience, and enabling the papers to appear online before the printed copies were delivered. In addition, copyright ownership would reside with the author. The Society would retain the rights to publish the article on the Internet and in hard copy, but all other rights would remain with the contributors.
As the initial grant support for the journal was coming to an end, the Society turned to Duke University Press as a financial and editorial partner. Both share the goal of “making scholarly information available to and affordable for the greatest number of readers.” For the Society, this meant that Duke University Press would bring its years of experience with thirty other journals to the partnership and continue to work on library-friendly publishing policies. For the Press, this provided an opportunity for entering the STM (scientific, technical and medical) journal market. The relationship also garnered the endorsement of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition), an initiative of the Association of Research Libraries.
With this successful partnership well underway since 2003, Duke University Press is interested in publishing other bio-medical journals. In July 2005, the Press launched its new e-Duke Scholarly Collection. The collection is hosted by HighWire Press at Stanford University, which provides a very robust publishing platform for other major medical journals, such as JAMA and the New England Journal of Medicine. This positions the Press well for working with other scholarly biomedical societies, that want to try an alternative to self-publishing or working with larger commercial publishers.
How successful has this publishing venture been? In 2003, Dr. Bigner was able to announce that Neuro-Oncology had debuted in the ISI impact factor rankings. The initial ranking was 2.717, which placed the journal in the middle of the rankings with competing titles. The following year, the impact factor rose to 3.365, and in 2004, it increased to 3.907. This new impact factor also increased the journal’s overall standing with other journals, placing it at number 32 among the 121 oncology journals and number 15 among the 140 clinical neurology titles. This clearly demonstrates that alternatives to commercial publishers, like self-publishing and university presses, can compete with prestigious journals already in the field. I encourage all of you who work on editorial boards or with societies to give some thought to alternate pathways for publishing journals.
If you are interested in more information about Duke University Press, visit their Website at http://dukeupress.edu/index.shtml or contact Erich Staib, Journal Acquisitions Editor (erich.staib@dukeupress.edu), or Steve Cohn, Director, at 687-3600. To access the journal Neuro-Oncology, connect to our e-journals page on DUMCL Online at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/find/ejournals.
Have you ever wondered who are the most prolific authors in a subject area or what institutions have published the most in a specific field? Well, the ISI Web of Science database (http://isiknowledge.com/wos/) now offers an “Analyze Results” feature to help users identify research patterns and trends. The Analyze Tool refines searches by filtering the results and isolating only the items of interest. For example, you could use this tool to find what subject categories Duke Medical Center authors have published the most in during the past year.
| 1. Perform a General Search by entering information in the following fields: |
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| 2005 | Duke or (Durham same NC) or 27710 or 27708 or 27706 or 27705 |
| 2. Click on the Analyze button located on the lower right hand side of the screen to go to the Analyze Results Tool. |  |
| 3. You now have the ability to generate a list by top Author, Country, Document Type, Institution Name, Language, Publication Year, Source Title, or Subject Category. From the menu shown, select the following options. |
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Select field to rank by: Subject Category Analyze: All (up to 2000 records) Set display options: Top 100 results Sort by: Record count |
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| 4. Click the Analyze button and wait while the server gathers and analyzes the data. If you are requesting an analysis of All records (up to 2000), you may need to click the analyze button again. Because some searches can take a considerable time to process, you may want to limit your queries at the onset to a particular time span (i.e., publication year). The searching default is from 1978 to present. |
| 5. Web of Science will return a list of subject categories with a count of the most records at the top. You can then select a category to view. |
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Selecting Oncology and clicking the View Records button will yield 416 records, rather that the 241 first shown, because the records will be drawn from the entire original set of results - not just the first 2000. To perform another analysis, select new options and press Analyze again. To select a set of records to view, check the appropriate boxes, then click View Records. |
Although direct export is not yet an option, analysis data may be saved to a text file or the results table may be copied into a Word or EXCEL file.
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Oral history has always been important to the Duke University Medical Center Archives. Former archivist, James Gifford, conducted oral history interviews with Duke doctors, scientists, and nurses, some of which became part of the material for his book, The Evolution of A Medical Center: A History of Medicine at Duke to 1941. These interviews exist in their original recorded form in the Archives. With the aid of a Josiah Trent Foundation Grant, many of them are being transcribed into text format for the first time to make them more available.
For the past two years, Jessica Roseberry, Oral History Program Coordinator, has actively pursued and preserved oral histories of Medical Center personnel. The participants have been a diverse group, including an interview with the Medical Center Library’s former Collection Development Librarian, Mary Ann Brown, prior to her retirement in 2004, and five interviews (more are planned) with medical school alumni who graduated in the 1940s. Some major initiatives of the Oral History Program are to preserve the voices of the earliest years of Duke Hospital and the Medical Center, to document the tenure of Dr. Ralph Snyderman, and to explore the history of the Duke University School of Nursing. This will be accomplished through interviews with both famous and lesser-known persons in the Medical Center, including spouses of professors, auxiliary volunteers, staff, famed scientists, and department chairs and chancellors.
With the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Hospital and Medical Center in full swing, the Archive’s Oral Hstory Program has played an active role in commemorating DUMC’s history for both internal and external audiences. The most obvious examples of this can be found in the pages of Dr. Walter Campbell’s forthcoming book, Foundations of Excellence, written in conjunction with the anniversary celebration. The book draws heavily on oral history interviews contained in the Archives - those recently conducted by Jessica Roseberry, as well as earlier incarnations by James Gifford. The interviews with medical school alumni who graduated in the 1940s will be used by the Alumni Association to write a series of celebratory articles honoring early graduates of the Duke University Medical School.
The Oral History Program has begun an initiative to place selected interviews or portions of interviews online via the Archives Website (http://archives.mc.duke.edu). This will make transcripts more accessible to those who wish to read them for research or for enjoyment. Interviews with Duke President Emeritus Keith Brodie (http://archives.mc.duke.edu/programs/oh/oh_brodie.pdf) and Dr. Jay Arena (http://archives.mc.duke.edu/programs/oh/oh_arena.pdf), a 1932 graduate and subsequent professor of pediatrics, are already available. The Archives has also purchased a digital recorder and editing software so that portions of interviews can be heard on the Web.
The interviews that compile the Oral History Program undergo specific and careful processing to bring them to completion. The progression requires thorough initial research, careful editing and auditing, a review by the interviewees, and the creation of metadata. All of these steps help to formulate a more accurate and accessible interview, enabling researchers to maximize their experience at the Archives.
In order to preserve and understand the growth of a vibrant community like the Duke University Medical Center and Health System, it is important to hear from the individual voices and personalities within its walls. Oral history interviews are powerful artifacts of history, story, and memory. This makes oral history a vital tool for viewing the many facets of the Medical Center’s past.
EBSCO Industries (CINAHL Information Systems)
Elsevier, Inc. (MD Consult and Scopus)
Gold Standard (Clinical Pharmacology)
J.A. Majors Company
National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)
Natural Standard
Ovid Technologies, Inc.
Thomson MICROMEDEX
Unbound Medicine, Inc.
WebMD, Inc. (ACP Medicine)
Winner (courtesy of Elsevier)  Kerry Hildreth Medicine |
Certificate Winner (courtesy of Elsevier)  Annie Taborn Searle Center |
Winner Winner (courtesy of Ovid)  Ivy Forkner School of Medicine |
DVD Player Winner (courtesy of Library)  Heidi Oehme School of Medicine |
Lifesavers Winner (courtesy of Library)  Daniel Pastula School of Medicine |
Winner (courtesy of Majors)  Christine Pritz Cancer Center |
Winner (courtesy of Majors)  Glenda Kendall Pediatric Central Collection |
Winner (courtesy of Majors)  LeeAnn Riggan Dermatology |
Charlie Lackey, Assistant Director of Cataloging and Collection Development Services, has been elected the Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the Resources and Technical Services Section, North Carolina Library Association.
Beverly Murphy, Assistant Director, Marketing and Publications, was named the 2005 Librarian of the Year by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association at their annual meeting in October.
2005 Library Staff Awards
| Customer Service Award Emily Glenn |
Random Acts of Kindness Barbara Busse |
| Shining Star Award Rusty Koonts |
Spirit Award Mira Waller |
| Teamwork Award (Group) LSC Transfer Task Force |
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| Lee Bowers | Michael Campbell |
| Mary Dean-Nelson | Robert James |
| Charlie Lackey | George Stephens |
| Hattie Vines | Julie Walker |
| Teamwork Award (Individual) Charlie Lackey |
Library staff presented the following initiatives during the poster sessions held at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association in Charlottesville, VA, October 5, 2005:Virginia Carden and Pat Thibodeau - Tracking Where Institutional Authors Publish.
Virginia Carden and Pat Thibodeau; KT Vaughan, Stefanie Warlick, and Carol G. Jenkins (Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) - Open Access Publishing Patterns: A Snapshot of Two Academic Medical Centers.
Karen Grigg and Charlie Lackey - Collection Development Retreat: Learning to Utilize All of Your Resources.
Hattie Vines and Ellen M. Stone (Duke University Hospital) - Forming a Partnership for Development of a Mental Status Instrument for Transplant Candidates.
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To avoid overdue fines, please pay particular attention to the pickup schedules, or return all journals, books, and interlibrary loan items directly to the Library. Audiovisuals should be returned to the Library Service Desk to avoid damaging them.Duke South Clinics
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To arrange for a session, please contact the librarian listed under your topic of interest.
MEDLINE: PubMed
Megan von Isenburg
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Anne Powers
919-660-1128
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First Tuesday of Every Month
12:15-12:45 pm
Megan von Isenburg
919-660-1131
Evidence-Based Medicine
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
Cumulative Index to Nursing and
Allied Health Literature (CINAHL)
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
EndNote: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Reference Manager: Saving and Importing Citations
Ginger Carden
919-660-1184
Grants Information on the Web
Community of Science and Other Resources
Anne Powers
919-660-1128
Clinical Tools
Connie Schardt
919-660-1124
Introduction to Sources for Health Statistics
Hattie Vines
919-660-1125
Self-Instruction
For self-paced learning, online tutorials for many of the Library’s resources can be found on the Tutorials and Training page of the Library’s Website at http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training.Featured Tutorial for October: EndNote - http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/endnote/
Customized Training
If you would like to schedule a customized training session for your department on specific resources or topics, please contact Connie Schardt, Education Coordinator, at 660-1124 to make arrangements. Sessions can be scheduled in the Medical Library Education Center (Room 104; Lower Level of the Library) or at a location within your department.
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