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Recently articles written by Alan Doss and Matt Stirling, Librarians at the Scientific Library, were highlighted in the NCI at Frederick Poster online newsletter.  Read on to find out more about an analysis of the NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications database and the virtual discussion with the Patient-Derived Models Repository (PDMR) group.

Analysis of NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications

The Scientific Library’s NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications database, as its name implies, provides a repository of citations to works authored by NCI at Frederick researchers. The Library recently ran an analysis on the references that had been added to the database during the period from October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 and reported the results of that analysis in the NCI at Frederick Poster newsletter.  The report titled “NCI at Frederick Publications: October-December 2020” highlighted some of the topics covered in the referenced publications, as well as the number of citations they had garnered to date in the Web of Science database. Top journals they were published in, and top institutions the authors had collaborated with were also highlighted in this third in a series of quarterly analyses on NCI at Frederick Scientific Publications.

Virtual Discussion Features the NCI Patient-Derived Models Repository

The Scientific Library recently hosted its first virtual discussion of 2021, featuring Yvonne A. Evrard, Ph.D., operations manager for the NCI Patient-Derived Models Repository (PDMR) at NCI at Frederick and the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL). These virtual discussions are one way the Library uses its position as a research information hub to engage scientific researchers through collaboration, interaction, and discussion.

The PDMR is a national repository of cancer models sourced from patients. It is being developed by the NCI to serve as a resource for academic and commercial investigators in their drug discovery and development research efforts.

To read the full article published in the Poster newsletter, please visit this link.

LIBRARY ORIENTATIONS

Library Orientation sessions are held monthly via WebEx on Thursdays from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.  The dates of upcoming sessions are April 8, May 13, and June 10.  We invite all employees to attend these sessions to learn about the many services and resources offered by the Library.  Registration is not required.

If you are not able to make it to our scheduled webinars, our librarians can work with your schedule to provide one-on-one training at your convenience via WebEx or  Skype.  For questions, or if you have a suggestion for a class offering, please contact us with your thoughts.

NOTE: All Library Instruction during Spring 2021 will be given via WebEx webinars.

RESOURCE TRAINING

 The Library’s instruction team is pleased to announce that the Spring 2021 Resource Training Schedule is available on the Library’s Orientations and Classes website.  Class dates and descriptions are also linked on the Events Calendar.  Registration announcements & WebEx meeting links will be sent on the NCIF community listservs.

MANAGING REFERENCES WITH ENDNOTE

Thursday, May 6, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

CLINICALTRIALS.GOV: SEARCHING FOR CLINICAL STUDIES

Thursday, May 27, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

TOOLS TO STAY CURRENT IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH

Tuesday, June 22, 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Photo Library has been a service of the NOAA Central Library since 1998. Their new Photo Library, launched in 2019, organizes approximately 80,000 images into broad collections which are further arranged into specific galleries. Images within the NOAA Photo Library are contributed by NOAA staff and help depict NOAA’s work to explain and interpret our changing environment. The collection includes thousands of weather and space images, hundreds of images of shores and coastal seas, and thousands of marine species images ranging from whales to the most minute plankton. (Source: About the NOAA Photo Library)

RESOURCE OF THE MONTH WEBINARS

Each month the Library will feature a different resource and offer a 30-minute webinar to provide more information.  Watch for announcements about the resources highlighted in 2021 or contact the Library for more information:

APRIL – CANCER IMAGING ARCHIVE (TCIA)

The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) provides hosting and de-identification services which take the burden of data sharing off researchers. This presentation will teach attendees about the various ways to access existing data as well as learn how to submit new data for potential inclusion in TCIA.

Wednesday, April 7, 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

MAY – METADRUG

MetaDrug is a web tool that can predict possible therapeutic activities, metabolites, toxicities, and more for novel compounds.  Attend this brief webinar to learn more about this unique resource.

Thursday, May 20, 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

June – BIOCYC

BioCYC contains comprehensive genome and pathways information for more than 14,000 microbial organisms and provides tools for searching and exploring those pathways and genomes.  In this webinar, you will learn how to search this resource to find pathways of interest, as well as genes, enzymes, and more.

Thursday, June 24, 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

During the week of April 4-10, 2021, the Library invites you to help us in celebrating National Library Week.  This week-long observation by the American Library Association originated in 1958 to encourage people to read and visit their local libraries. This year’s theme is “Welcome to Your Library” and the staff is eager to greet patrons when in-person operation is resumed.  In the interim, we would like to welcome you to explore the many services that continue beyond the four walls of a building.  Even during the challenges presented by this past year’s pandemic, the Scientific Library staff is providing information services while working remotely.  These services include access to electronic journal articles and books, Interlibrary Loan, and training classes.  The Library Staff continues to be available to answer your questions via the Library’s email address NCIFredLibrary@mail.nih.gov or at the main Library telephone number 301-846-1093.  Watch for the fun trivia questions about libraries and librarians who were featured in popular movies coming to your email during National Library Week with the link to the answers on Friday, April 10 on the Library’s webpage.  Please, continue to visit us virtually until we can once again welcome you to your Library.

Building Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models on Google Cloud Platform: A Comprehensive Guide for Beginners [CS([1] 
Bisong, Ekaba. Apress, 2019.
Description:  This book helps you to understand the principles and fundamentals of machine learning and deep learning, the algorithms, how to use them, when to use them, and how to interpret your results.

Handbook of Biomarkers and Precision Medicine
Carini, Claudio, et al. CRC Press, 2019.
Description:  This book offers detailed insights into biomarker discovery, validation and diagnostic development with implementation strategies, as well as lessons-learned from successful Precision Medicine case studies.

Phenotypic Drug Discovery
Isherwood, Beverley, et al. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Description:  This book elaborates on fundamental capabilities required for phenotypic drug discovery and uses case studies to illustrate approaches and key success factors.