Blog Buzz: January 1 – January 7

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Science and medical librarianship blog roundup:

  • MassGenomics posted an interesting essay, titled “The Year of the Exome,” about recent advances made in targeted exome sequencing, and the potential of next generation sequencing technologies for identifying the underlying genetics of rare diseases.
  • Andrew Sullivan discusses the recent New Yorker article by Jonah Lehrer on the “decline effect”. This unexplained tendency of research results measuring the same phenomena shrinking over time undermines the validity of the scientific method.
  • Here’s a wonderful article on using Twitter as an information discovery source. Following smart people in your field on Twitter can lead you quickly and easily to information sources you would not have found on your own.
  • Nature Publishing Group launched a new, all open-access journal, Scientific Reports, which will cover all branches of the life sciences as well as physics.

Free Repository of Posters Available from Faculty of 1000

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Faculty of 1000 has created a site to serve as a free repository of posters delivered at life sciences and medical conferences. Because information delivered in posters is often lost once a conference is over, their objective is to “provide a permanent, structured environment for the deposition of posters as well as a trustworthy venue for ongoing discussion and development of the information being presented.”

To view posters or submit a poster, go to the Faculty of 1000 site and click on the link to “Posters” on the top of the home page. To access Faculty of 1000 on the Library’s Web site, type Faculty of 1000 in the Eresources Title Search box, or navigate to Faculty of 1000 by clicking on the link to Databases from the Library’s Web site.