Question: Ebsco’s Curriculum Builder

Hello, Has anyone had installation experience using Ebsco’s Curriculum Builder within the Blackboard LMS?  Especially, if you’re also using OpenAthens as your identity software. We feel that our IT department has not installed Curriculum Builder optimally. At the moment, it requires at least 3 clicks to embed a DOI link from one

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Streaming Breath/Auscultation Audio

PCOM library is looking for a collection of online breath and auscultation sounds (a.k.a. heart and lung sounds) for purchase. We’ve found a lot of on tape and CD (from 1980’s, 1990s), but we’d like online streaming audio (MP3, MP4 formats or equivalents) of the actual sounds. We do not maintain a

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Call for Papers – JAMA Medical Education Theme Issue 2016

Call for Papers – JAMA Medical Education Theme Issue 2016 Here is an opportunity for those of us who are engaged in teaching activities: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__jama.jamanetwork.com_article.aspx-3Farticleid-3D2499260&d=BQIFAw&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=AXtpFLtuqK0MbU9VOwJXzQ&m=7u3ws5GCBZpsguBtj33BiabJT6GtCtQ6lboArPC3qCM&s=IY7ZqzhSO768-BiaYgBFPPCBn_geOSQ85SOSs_k5dhs&e   From the instructions: “While these topics remain of interest for the 2016 Medical Education theme issue, other potential topics include (but are by no means limited

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Research Data Curation Bibliography now available

Digital Scholarship has released Version 5 of the Research Data Curation Bibliography. This selective bibliography includes over 350 English-language articles, books, and technical reports that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions. http://digital-scholarship.org/rdcb/rdcb.htm Most sources have been published from January 2009 through December

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ACRL Seeks Feedback on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education

ACRL Seeks Feedback on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education ACRL’s Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education Task Force seeks feedback on the initial draft of the association’s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. The Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education, adopted by ACRL in 2000, have

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Call for Applications: Evidence Based Library and Information Practice

Call for Applications:  Evidence Based Library and Information Practice Evidence Summaries Writers EBLIP seeks to add six writers to the Evidence Summaries Team. Evidence Summaries provide critical appraisal syntheses for specific research articles. These research synopses provide readers with information regarding the original research article’s validity and reliability, thus providing information on the presence or

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ACA Resources

From NLM . . . We recently posted on our website two new resource briefs to help answer questions from professionals and families about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Resources for Professionals directs readers to a selection of resources about the ACA and its major provisions,

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