Academic Commons News

Researchers, register for the 3^rd annual Research Compliance Symposium on Tuesday, May 13^th, 9:00 am-12:30 pm, hosted by the Jefferson Office of Research Integrity, Conduct & Compliance. Visit their SharePoint site for recordings from past symposia.

• PubPeer – post-publication peer review
• Proofig – AI-based image analysis software for detecting manipulation and duplication in scientific images
• iThenticate – plagiarism detection tool
• LabArchives – electronic lab notebook
• Cloud storage solutions - iSilon, OneDrive and Box

Register for the 3rd annual Research Compliance Symposium.

January marks National Blood Donor Month and is the perfect time to donate blood. In the United States, someone needs blood every two seconds (American Red Cross). Your donation to the Jefferson Blood Donation Center can provide a lifeline to individuals in our area. You’ll also receive a voucher for a FREE Wawa coffee for blood donations all month. Walk into the Blood Donation Center (111 South 10th Street, Suite 1114, Street Level) or schedule your appointment online. 

Explore the library resources below for information on the history of blood donations, blood transfusions, and the “black market” of blood.

eBooks

• All Blood Counts: A Manual for Blood Conservation and Patient Blood Management 
• Banking on the Body: The Market in Blood, Milk, and Sperm in Modern America 
• Blood Matters: Studies in European Literature and Thought, 1400-1700 
• The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy
• History of Blood Donation and Transfusion Medicine
• Last Best Gifts: Altruism and the Market for Human Blood and Organs 
• Life on Ice: A History of New Uses for Cold Blood 
• Modern Blood Banking & Transfusion Practices  
• Strange Blood: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond 

• Transfusion Blood and Sympathy in the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination 
   

Graphic Medicine

• Blood of the Paladin 
  
  

Journal

• Transfusion  

Ally Awareness Week is a weeklong celebration of Ally, the tool within Canvas that helps instructors improve course accessibility and offers learners alternative file formats to download. 

The contest encourages educators to make “fixes” to their content and win prizes! There are three winning categories: 

• most fixes in a single course

• most fixes overall

• biggest increase in accessibility for a single course

The winners will each receive a Jefferson-branded sweatshirt. Fixes will be posted anonymously on our Fix Your Content Contest Leaderboard the week of January 13. 

Where can instructors find information about how to use Ally?
Check out the Ally Quick Start for Instructors and visit our Ally Resources page for written guides and self-paced learning modules on the tool. 

Where can students find information on Ally?
View our Using Ally in Canvas student guide to learn more about alternative file formats that are available to download in Canvas. Also, check out the Ally Quick Start for Students guide.