December 2023 | Issue 410

Lesley Skalla, Research & Education

A common request from our faculty, students, and staff is for assistance with all aspects of publishing and scholarly communications:

• How do I find the best journal for my next manuscript?
• Is there help at Duke with paying an Article Processing Charge?
• How can I tell if a journal is a predatory journal?

The answers to these and similar questions can be found on the Medical Center Library & Archives Website via our Scholarly Communications Hub.

Linked from the Website main page under "Our Expertise" and located in the Training and Consulting section of our site, Scholarly Communications features extensive FAQs and links to resources and guidance to help you publish your work, measure your research impact, and engage in open science. We have also created a page on libraries and publishers to provide further information about how we decide what to license for our constituents.

For example, under publish your work, we provide links to Guides that will help you get started with getting published, scientific writing, and basic copyright issues. You can also peruse our FAQs covering a range of questions, from how to determine if a journal email solicitation is credible to whether you should consider using ChatGPT in writing your manuscripts.  

The measure your research impact section provides resources and guidance on research impact metrics that are sometimes used to support tenure & promotion, justify requests for grant applications, and find potential collaborators. Our research impact FAQs spotlight common questions such as how to find journal impact factors and why your h-index may be different on different sites.

Finally, engage in open science is a gateway to resources that will help you make your publications and data more widely accessible. The open science FAQs walk you through questions on data sharing, ORCIDs, transformative agreements, and the ins and outs of sharing your manuscript as a preprint.

We welcome your questions and feedback. Please send us an email at medical-librarian@duke.edu.

Lucy Waldrop, Assistant Director for Medical Center Archives

In the June 2023 issue of our newsletter, we featured the brief history of the “Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology” (CHMEP). In this issue, we highlight the working relationship between CHMEP and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Apollo Missions in the 1960s and 1970s. 

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union, the two super powers to emerge after World War II, competed for supremacy in all areas across the globe, into the atmosphere, and beyond. During the Space Race (1955-1975), each country raced to see who would be the first to demonstrate their superiority through rocketry and spaceflight. The Space Race drove many technological advances during this period of time. 

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to land a person safely on the Moon by the end of the 1960s.

The result of this challenge was the creation of the Apollo Program (1961-1972) by NASA with the goal of landing astronauts on the moon and safely bringing them home by the end of the 1960s. Between 1961 and 1972, there were 17 Apollo Missions. Apollo 11 was the first mission to achieve a Moon landing on July 20, 1969. The mission was crewed by Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. The last Apollo Mission, Apollo 17 in December 1972, was the sixth mission to land people on the Moon and traversed the greatest distance using the Lunar Rover Vehicle, returning the greatest number of rock and soil samples of all the missions.

The CHMEP has a long history of collaboration with NASA. Frank Gregory Hall, the physiologist the laboratory is named after, contributed to the development of the pressure suits NASA astronauts use today. The Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology Records contains documents pertaining to the Center’s work with NASA on the Apollo Missions. The bulk of the materials are lantern slides depicting the Moon landing, technical drawings of space illustrations and equipment, and testing results. In addition to the lantern slides, there is also a signed photograph by the astronauts of the Apollo 11 Mission.

To view materials from the Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology collection, contact the Medical Center Archives staff or visit the Finding Aid. To learn even more about CHMEP, stay tuned to future issues of the newsletter.

References

“The Apollo Missions.” National Air and Space Museum.  
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/apollo-missions

“Creation of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Environmental Physiology.” Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology. 
https://anesthesiology.duke.edu/hyperbaric-center/chamber/creation

“The Space Race.” National Air and Space Museum. 
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/space-race 

Katherine Smith, Content & Discovery

Engel Collection, Reading Room, Level 1

We have added several new titles to one of the Library’s popular collections, established in memory of Dr. Frank Engel, who always thought students should have other reading sources that took them beyond their traditional medical studies. Reviews are excerpted from the publisher.

Taking Care: The Story of Nursing and Its Power to Change Our World           
Sarah DiGregorio

Journalist Sarah DiGregorio chronicles the lives of nurses in the past and tells the stories of those today. These caregivers are at the vital intersection of health care and community, often invisible, but actively changing the world. This absorbing and empathetic work combines storytelling with nuanced reporting, examining how we have always tried to care for each other, the incredible ways we have succeeded, and the ways in which we have failed.

My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's            
Sandeep Jauhar

In this intimate memoir rich with humor and heartbreak, Jauhar relates how his immigrant father and extended family felt, quarreled, and found their way through the dissolution of a cherished life. He lucidly exposes what happens in the brain as we age and our memory falters, exploring everything from ancient conceptions of the mind to the most cutting-edge neurological and bioethical research.

American Sirens: The incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's...           
Kevin Hazzard

Journalist and paramedic Kevin Hazzard tells the dramatic story of a group of young, undereducated Black men forging a new frontier of healthcare. He follows a rich cast of characters that include John Moon, an orphan who found his calling as a paramedic; Peter Safar, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented CPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service; and Nancy Caroline, an idealistic young doctor who turned a scrappy team into an international leader.

The Autumn Ghost: How the Battle Against a Polio Epidemic Revolutionized...           
Hannah Wunsch

In The Autumn Ghost, Dr. Hannah Wunsch traces the origins of two innovations back to a polio epidemic in the Autumn of 1952. Drawing together compelling testimony from doctors, nurses, medical students, and patients, Wunsch relates a gripping tale of an epidemic that changed the world.

Living Medicine: Don Thomas, Marrow Transplantation, and the Cell Therapy Revolution           
Frederick R. Appelbaum

A sweeping biography of the visionary behind bone marrow transplantation and the story of the diseases cured by Don Thomas's discovery. Appelbaum, informed by personal connection with Thomas and decades in the field, tells us the secrets of Thomas's success: his unique characteristics, how he created an effective team of researchers, and how he overcame the technical obstacles of marrow transplantation.

Lucy Waldrop, Archives Assistant Director and Technical Services Head

Digital repositories are “the technical infrastructure, services, and resources for the storage and management of digital information” (Society of American Archivist’s Dictionary of Archives Terminology). MEDSpace is the Duke University Medical Center Archives’ Digital Repository.

Did you know that MEDSpace contains numerous publications from across Duke Health, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and other affiliated programs? Below is a list of some of the publications available to peruse. While some of them are now defunct, others are updated as new ones become available.

• Duke Nursing Magazine    
  Duke University School of Nursing 
• BreakThroughs Magazine and Cancer Center Notes Magazine           
  Duke Cancer Institute
• Vital Science Magazine           
  Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore 
• DukeMed Voices           
  Duke University School of Medicine students 
• Duke OB/GYN Magazine           
  Duke Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

In addition to publications, MEDSpace also contains a wealth of digital information documenting the history of Duke Medicine and its affiliated schools and programs. It contains nearly 700 photographs as well as medical illustrations, artwork, and medical artifacts.

• Historical Images Documenting Duke Health 
• Duke Health Historical Collections
• Duke Medical Center Publications 

To learn more about DUMC history, visit the Duke University Medical Center Archives Website, ask us a question, or email us. 

Lesley Skalla, Research & Education

The new NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy went into effect in January 2023. This means that if you are submitting a NIH grant application that will produce scientific data, you need to include a 1-2 page data management plan that describes the type and format of data you plan to collect or produce and how you will share and preserve it. The new NIH DMS Policy establishes the expectation that data sharing is a fundamental component of the research process, maximizing the public’s access to NIH-funded research results. 

Here is the latest on the NIH DMS Policy: 

NIH Application Budgeting Instructions Update: NIH will no longer require a single Data Management & Sharing cost line item in proposal budgets! For applications submitted on or after October 5, 2023, DMS costs should be requested in appropriate cost categories (e.g., personnel, equipment, supplies, and other expenses). For more information, see Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Costs.

Do you need to revise your approved NIH DMS plan? Your plan is a living document and can be updated as needed (e.g., you identified a better data repository for your data). Effective October 12, 2023, changes to an approved DMS plan must be submitted using the Prior Approval Module in eRA Commons. For more information, see Prior Approval Requests for Revisions to an Approved DMS Plan Must be Submitted Using the Prior Approval Module.

Do you have questions about your DMS plan? Bring them along with your draft plan to our weekly online NIH DMSP Office Hours held every Thursday at 9 am. A data management consultant from either the Duke Office of Scientific Integrity, the Duke University Libraries, or the Medical Center Library & Archives will provide you with customized help. To register, go to MCL Classes and look for the next available “NIH Data Management & Sharing Plan (DMSP) Office Hours.”

Please contact Lesley Skalla if you have additional questions about the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy.  

More than 75 Duke University and School of Medicine faculty, staff, and students joined the animal assisted therapy group, Stampede of Love, on November 8, 2023. This was an opportunity to relax, de-stress, and share some special moments and photo ops with the adorable therapy horses, Lola and Kiwi.

Stampede of Love is a nonprofit organization that specializes in animal-assisted therapy, with miniature horses as their primary ambassadors of love. These therapy horses, being smaller in size, are perfect for navigating indoor spaces and mingling with people, making them ideal for visits to hospitals, nursing homes, and even libraries!

Neal Fricks, Content & Discovery

Did you know that dry erase marker kits can be checked out at our Library Service Desk using your DukeID? 

These sets are loaned for two hours at a time and can be used on any of the dry erase boards located throughout the Library, including the four walls in Room 212E on Level 2R. 

Simply visit our Service Desk on Level 2R and let the staff know that you would like to borrow one of our dry erase marker kits. We’ll take it from there!

Mindy Guzman, Program Assistant, Administration 

The Medical Center Archives team continued the annual tradition of showcasing some of the best archival materials during their “It Came from the Archives” Halloween event on October 31st. Rebecca Williams, Archives Librarian for Research, Outreach, and Education, set up an array of displays throughout the Library's Reading Room and Richmond House Room featuring items that patrons rarely get to see and touch. Multiple visitors came through to read, listen to, and explore the highlighted materials.  

Some features included death masks of Wilburt Davison and Robert Randolph Jones, beautiful medical illustrations, and fallout shelter materials. Some materials like autopsy protocols and reports from the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission were quite serious, while others provided a lighter display such as a humorous Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology softball jersey or Dennis the Menace cartoons from the Duke Poison Control Center. 

Archives staff are happy to assist you at any time with research inquiries, locating materials for your research, remote consultation via our online request form and visits by appointments. Please contact us for more information.  

We invite you all to join us again next year for another display of historical publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and much more. 

We offer a varriety of online classes on research and searching topics every month. All classes are free and offered virtually, though registration through our Website is required. In addition to these classes, you can also request an online session for yourself or a group or schedule an appointment for a research consultation.

Li Ma, Associate Director, Content & Discovery

Duke University Libraries and the Duke Medical Center Library & Archives have entered into a two-year publishing agreement with PLOS, a non-profit scientific Open Access publisher with global reach. This agreement provides authors affiliated with Duke University, Duke Health, and Duke Kunshan University with unlimited, no-fee publishing in all fourteen PLOS journals, two of which have been recently added - PLOS Mental Health and PLOS Complex Systems. Coverage includes articles accepted between January 3, 2023 and December 31, 2024, with all published articles being immediately Open Access and free to read for everyone.

The PLOS agreement expands publishing opportunities for all Duke authors by eliminating expensive Article-Processing-Charges (APC), which are usually paid by authors and range from $800 to $5,300 per article for PLOS journals. Duke researchers are able to make their scholarship freely accessible to the world, helping to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion for both authors and readers.

This is the third transformative open access agreement for the Medical Center Library & Archives demonstrating our commitment to supporting innovative, sustainable, and equitable scholarly publishing models. The other two agreements are with Cambridge University Press and the journals BMJ Case Reports and BMJ Open Quality.

Details for Duke Authors     
      
Who is eligible to participate?       
Any corresponding author or contributing author affiliated with Duke University, Duke Health, and Duke Kunshan University is covered under this agreement. This includes faculty, staff, students, and residents.

What journals are included?       
This agreement covers articles published in 12 PLOS journals: PLOS Biology, PLOS Climate, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Global Public Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, PLOS Water, PLOS Mental Health, and PLOS Complex Systems.  

How does the agreement work?  

• As of January 3, 2023, the PLOS agreement provides Duke-affiliated corresponding authors with unlimited, no-fee publishing in all twelve PLOS journals.  
• While there are different business models for publication fees for PLOS journals, this agreement ensures that Duke corresponding authors will pay no fee for any article accepted by any PLOS journal.
• Though the author experience will vary slightly according to the three different business models for PLOS journals, this agreement covers all publication fees regardless of the business model.The three models are:
  • PLOS Community Action Publishing (CAP) includes PLOS Medicine, PLOS Biology, and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation 
  • Flat Fees includes PLOS ONE, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, and PLOS Digital Health, and PLOS Complex Systems 
  • PLOS Global Equity model includes PLOS Water, PLOS Climate, PLOS Global Public Health, and PLOS Mental Health
• The agreement also ensures a 25% article publication fee discount for Duke-affiliated contributing authors for PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation (CAP titles).  

How many articles can you publish for free under this agreement?       
Publication is unlimited through the length of the agreement.       
      
How do you participate?  

• Use your Duke email account when submitting the manuscript.
• List Duke University as your institutional affiliation.
• For the CAP titles (PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation), authors should take no action until the article is accepted.  
• For the Flat Fee and Global Equity titles (PLOS Climate, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Digital Health, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Global Public Health, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Water, PLOS Mental Health, and PLOS Complex Systems).
  • You will need to properly self-identify during manuscript submission.
  • At the payment step, accept all charges. If you have used your Duke email account, you will not receive an invoice. If you end up receiving an invoice in error, you may reach out to the PLOS customer service.
  • For more information, see PLOS Publishing FAQs.

For additional details, see Getting Published: Open Access Options at Duke. If you have any questions about this agreement, please contact mclibrary-collections@duke.edu.

Goldstein KM, Patel DB, Van Loon KA, Shapiro A, Rushton S, Lewinski AA, Lanford TJ, Cantrell S, Zullig LL, Wilson SM, Shepherd-Banigan M, Alton Dailey S, Sims C, Robinson C, Chawla N, Bosworth HB, Hamilton A, Naylor J, Gierisch JM. (2023). Optimizing the Equitable Deployment of Virtual Care for Women: Protocol for a Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Examining Patient and Provider Perspectives Supplemented with Primary Qualitative Data. Health Equity. Sep 13;7(1):570-580. 

Ramirez MM, Shepherd MH, Melnick SJ, Hanebuth C, Bazemore C, Couce L, Hendren S, Horn ME. (2023). Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Physical Therapy Practice for Neck Pain: An Overview of Reviews. J Patient Rep Outcomes. Oct 2;7(1):97. 

Bagheri K, Anastasio AT, Poehlein E, Green CL, Aitchison AH, Cantor N, Hendren S, Adams SB. (2023). Outcomes After Total Ankle Arthroplasty with an Average Follow-up of 10 years: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Foot Ankle Surg. Sep 22:S1268-7731(23)00180-7. 

Record SM, Chanenchuk T, Parrish KM, Kaplan SJ, Kimmick G, Plichta JK. (2023), Prognostic Tools for Older Women with Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review. Medicina (Kaunas). Aug 30;59(9):1576. 

Cary MP Jr, Zink A, Wei S, Olson A, Yan M, Senior R, Bessias S, Gadhoumi K, Jean-Pierre G, Wang D, Ledbetter LS, Economou-Zavlanos NJ, Obermeyer Z, Pencina MJ. (2023). Mitigating Racial And Ethnic Bias And Advancing Health Equity In Clinical Algorithms: A Scoping Review. Health Aff (Millwood). Oct;42(10):1359-1368. 

Koppel PD, Park HK, Ledbetter LS, Wang EJ, Rink LC, De Gagne JC. (2023). Rapport Between Nurses and Adult Patients with Cancer in Ambulatory Oncology Care Settings: A Scoping Review. Int J Nurs Stud. Sep 25;149:104611. Epub ahead of print. 

Medical Center Library & Archives staff presented the following initiatives during the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association in Pittsburgh, PA, October 15-17, 2023.

Presentations

Beth Blackwood and Lesley Skalla, Research & Education Librarians – Flipped Workshop: New Instructional Methods for Highly Technical Processes: Librarian instructors piloted a series of virtual "flipped workshops" to help introduce and train NSF researchers on the new grant applicant requirement to create and submit a biographical sketch using the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) tool. Participants were asked to volunteer, share their screens, and follow the instructor's steps live.

Chapter Officers and Committees

Beverly Murphy, Assistant Director, Communications and Web Content Management and Liaison to DUHS Hospital Nursing and Watts College of Nursing – Served in her role as MAC/MLA Chapter Council Representative and MAC Executive Board member. She also served as MAC Registration Committee Chair.

Brandi Tuttle, Research & Education Librarian – Served as a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, working on the meeting land acknowledgement and the programming, which included a riveting presentation about environmental advocacy by the featured speaker, Miguel Sague, Jr., Council of Three Rivers American Indian Center in Pittsburgh. 

Attendees

Mindy Guzman, Program Assistant, Administration – Attended the MAC Annual Meeting in order to get a more broad idea of how a library workshop and conference is designed and maintained in preparation for the upcoming EBP meeting this spring at Duke.

Free copies of Foundations for Excellence: 75 years of Duke Medicine by Walter E. Campbell are available at the Medical Center Library & Archives on Level 2R. This historical look at the development of the Duke medical center, hospital, school of medicine, and research enterprise is waiting to become a part of your personal library or take a few copies to give as gifts.

Have a free book on us...  Come and get your copy!

Book Tree created by Randy Marsh

The Medical Center Library & Archives offers online training on a variety of topics. Request an online session for yourself or a group, schedule an appointment for a research consultation, or register for a class.

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