Over 14,000 pages from 1,358 unique medical works from the early to mid-1800s have joined the Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC), thanks to a CLIR grant awarded to Jefferson and six collaborating institutions last winter.
The collection of records provides a comprehensive look at the history of medical education in Philadelphia through the end of the Civil War. It offers a glimpse of the voices of medical greats such as Thomas Mütter, Samuel Gross, and George McClellan, as well as the often unheard voices of students. Records include class notes and dissertations, matriculation records, commencement addresses, faculty lecture notes and more.
To view the materials in the JDC:
1) Search using terms “FTHNN” and/or “CLIR” to browse materials specific to the CLIR project. Browse all CLIR materials here.
Page from Stephen A. Garrison’s 1827 student notebook
2) Find all materials from the grant in these collections*:
As of today, November 21, the Center for Teaching and Learning will now be called The Academic Commons (AC). We may have a new name, but don’t worry, our services and staff are not changing.
The Academic Commons (AC) is Jefferson’s reimagined infrastructure supporting the life cycle of academic discovery and learning.
What We Do
We provide educational technologies and instructional design support to deliver academic content in engaging ways to students. We offer support for the LabArchives electronic research notebook used by all research labs across Jefferson and support for the publication of Jefferson’s research through our Media Services and the Office for Professional Writing, Publishing, and Communications. We organize and provide access to published information and resources through the University Libraries, preserve Jefferson-related materials in the Jefferson Digital Commons and the Libraries’ Archives & Special Collections.
Who We Are
The AC includes:
Jefferson University Libraries
Abington Dixon Library
Paul J. Gutman Library
Special Collections
Archives, Textile
Industry Historical Collection, & Materials Library
Textile and Costume
Collection at The Design Center
Senator Arlen Specter
Archives
Scott Memorial Library
Thomas Jefferson University Archives & Special
Collections
Jefferson Digital Commons
Educational Technology Support
Team
Instructional Design Team
Media Services
Graphics & Medical Illustration
Photography
Video
AV services (for the Center City campus)
Office for Professional Writing, Publishing, and Communications
Work With Us
The Academic Commons supports all Jefferson students, staff, and faculty to help you meet academic, professional, and creative goals. We can help you: develop effective teaching practices, design your best work, get published in academic journals and best communicate your message, and find appropriate resources and information for learning and scholarship.
Jefferson’s first annual International Write-In on December 4, 2019, is a day-long series of events showcasing writing resources for faculty, postdocs, and students, taking place in the libraries on both the Center City and the East Falls campuses. The event also provides students with a welcoming place to come and write with the support of writing tutors, librarians, and their peers. International Write-Ins are held at colleges around the globe to celebrate writing and foster a campus writing community.
In Scott Memorial Library on the Center City campus, the event will kick off with a featured noon-time speaker, Steven J. Zullo, PhD, from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health. Dr. Zullo will share insights into the peer review process for research papers and grant proposals, including how to make the NIH reviewer happy. Learn more about the speaker presentation here.
Other scheduled events on the Center City campus include:
Citation Station: Receive help with APA & using RefWorks, F1000, EndNote, & Grammarly
Adobe 101: Learn about how you can download and use the Adobe Creative Cloud and its apps, including PhotoShop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro
DEW IT: Drop Everything & Write: Practice brainstorming & freewriting techniques
Film screening of “Paywall: The Business of Scholarship”
Show Me the Money: Information on funding sources for your research and open access publishing
In the Paul J. Gutman Library on the East Falls campus, the event will provide a relaxed atmosphere for student writers to make progress on their end-of-semester papers, eat some holiday treats, and receive on-the-spot assistance. Teresa Edge and Daniel Verbit, two of Gutman’s fabulous librarians, will be available from 2 – 5pm for drop-in research help. Additionally, one of the Academic Success Center’s professional writing tutors, Lauren-Elise Kadel, PhD, will be circulating the room to answer writing-related questions and provide feedback. You can learn more about Dr. Kadel from her profile in the March 2018 Academic Success Center newsletter. Dr. Kadel will also facilitate a series of five-minute “ignite” talks at the beginning of each hour:
Thesis Statements: Learn how to write concise thesis statements
that advance your argument and provide your readers with an overview of your
paper
Rhetorical Concepts: Receive an overview of how key rhetorical
concepts like genre, audience, and purpose can help you refine your writing
Research Writing: Develop your strategies for finding, quoting,
paraphrasing, and citing sources
Revision Strategies: Acquire new revision techniques like
reverse outlining, reading aloud, and color blocking to help you “re-see” your
writing
The Write-In on both campuses will run from noon – 8 pm. The
Center City location is Scott Memorial Library, 200A, and the East Falls
location is the Paul J. Gutman Library Instructional Space.
No registration needed. Drop in any time to attend an event or
to get writing support. Use #intlwritein19 to connect with other writers
participating in the 2019 International Write-In, which is taking place this
year across the globe from December 2nd – December 12th.
Take a trip down memory lane with four recorded discussions about the beginning years of Jefferson’s East Falls campus.
Interviews were conducted by Kelsey Duinkerken, Special Collections & Digital Services Librarian, with Stan Gorski, Gutman Library Director (retired in September 2019).
Conversations delve into the history of Jefferson’s East Falls campus and its previous institutions (Philadelphia Textile School, Philadelphia Textile Institute, Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, and Philadelphia University)
This selection of oral histories is part of Jefferson’s oral histories collection. Hear the complete collection, which includes interviews with the first women to graduate from Jefferson, on the Jefferson Digital Commons, the university’s institutional repository.
SciFinder, a chemistry database from the Chemical Abstract Service, has come to Gutman!
SciFinder is a research discovery application from the Chemical Abstracts Service that provides integrated access to references, substances, and reactions in chemistry and related sciences.
Canvas, Jefferson’s new learning management system, will replace Blackboard on June 30, 2020. That means that courses in Blackboard will retire. Are you prepared?
What does this mean for faculty? Any course that extends beyond June 30, 2020, MUST be created in Canvas All newly developed courses should be created in Canvas, not Blackboard
If you are interested in offering a course on Canvas for Spring 2020, email Julie Phillips with course details.
Attend a Canvas workshop and you’ll receive free swag: notepads, pens, tumblers, portable phone chargers
What can faculty do
now?
Join Growing with Canvas, Jefferson’s self-directed
online training
If your school isn’t on Canvas yet, PLEASE contact us today to get started.
*Schools & Groups: Institute of Emerging Health Professions, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, College of Health Professions, College of Life Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Design, Engineering, and Commerce, Jefferson University Radiology Education Institute *
If you are interested in offering a course on Canvas for Spring 2020, please email Julie Phillips with course details.
“The Art of Art Therapy Students” exhibit is on display at the Gutman Library (1st and 2nd floor), on Jefferson’s East Falls Campus, and is up through January 15, 2020.
The art was made by art therapy specialization students in the Community and Trauma Counseling Program at Jefferson. In these pieces, students explore themselves, their relationships, and their life experiences, in the service of learning how to help others use art-making in the context of psychotherapy and counseling.
Come see the artwork and support these student artists!
Artists Featured: Kelly Abramowitz Shea Andrews Kelly Clement Bethanne Frazer Ella Gluckman Isabelle Hsu Gabriela Medeiros CTC 653-1 Class
The Jefferson Digital Commons (JDC) quarterly report for July – September 2019 is now available. Check out the full report to see a list of what was added and what people are saying about the JDC.
Inside this report, you’ll find:
Articles
Conferences
From the Archives
Grand Rounds and Lectures
Journals and Newsletters
Master of Population Health Capstone Presentations
Master of Public Health Capstone Presentations
Posters
What People Are Saying About the Jefferson Digital Commons
October 21 – 27, 2019 marks Open Access Week, a global event where advocates engage communities to teach them about the benefits of Open Access. What is Open Access? According to SPARC, Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment.
Here at Jefferson, we celebrated Open Access throughout October, with events, documentary screenings, games and more. We hope you enjoyed it! Make sure to follow us on Twitter (@GutmanLibrary,@SMLibrary_TJU) and tell us why you support Open Access using the hashtag #openaccess2019.
Devote a day to writing at our Fall Writing Retreat, hosted by the Office for Professional Writing, Publishing, and Communication (OPWPC). The retreat will provide you with protected time to write in a comfortable, supportive environment. Writing consultants will be on hand to give feedback or guidance if you need them. Register here.
Date and location: Saturday, October 12, from 8 am – 5 pm in
Scott Memorial Library, Room 200A.
Canvas, Jefferson’s new learning management system, is coming! Canvas will replace Blackboard in June 2020. To help you prepare for the switch, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is hosting workshops and one-on-one Canvas consultations.
Did you know that Jefferson can help cover the cost of
getting published?
The Jefferson Open Access Publishing Fund provides financial support to faculty, students, and staff who wish to publish in Open Access (OA) journals. Financial support primarily covers Article Processing Charges.
Jefferson will provide up to $2,500 per article, and the amount provided is based on the number of contributing Jefferson authors.
Funds are provided on a first-come, first-approved basis so
hurry and apply today!
Learn more about the Jefferson Open Access Publishing Fund and apply here. Check out a list of last year’s funded projects here.
Stan Gorski, director of the Paul J. Gutman Library on the East Falls Campus, retires this week after 37 years with the university! Read below for a Q&A with Stan where he looks back at his career and what lies ahead:
How has your job at the University changed over the years? I started as a part-time evening librarian in the old Pastore Library in the early ’80s. Around the same time, I organized and developed the rare book collection and school archives. This became my main role until the late ’80s when I was hired as a full-time librarian in charge of interlibrary loan and reference. However, as my responsibilities changed over the years, I was always involved with special collections. I acted as interim director on three occasions and became associate director in 2010. With the retirement of Karen Albert in 2016, I was made director of the library.
What have been some of your favorite University moments or projects? In the planning for the new Gutman library in the late ’80s, all the librarians were included in designing the interior space. Brainstorming the future needs of students in a new building was a fulfilling experience. I also was part of the team that planned and coordinated the development of the “Single Bullet” exhibition highlighting Arlen Specter’s role in the Warren Commission. By bringing together students, faculty, librarians and outside experts, it was a true collaborative learning experience.
What’s something people would be surprised to find out about you? I’m an avid reader of science fiction and mysteries. I also collect science fiction first editions and sell at regional rare book fairs. I always have been interested in art, and in the ’70s, I studied at the Barnes Institute under Violette de Mazia.
What’s the first thing you will do in retirement? My daughter asked me and my wife to come to Chicago and help with the preparations for the christening of my first grandchild.
Congratulations, Stan and thank you for all you have done! Enjoy retirement!
This August,Jefferson University Libraries (Paul J. Gutman Library, Scott Memorial Library, Wilmer Library) launched a new website! Check out theupdated site (library.jefferson.edu) to take a peek at our new look.
So, what’s new? More resources! Now that all three libraries are on the same website, you can access online resources from other libraries. Browse what is available on the search and check out the events and programs happening at different library locations.
On the updated Gutman and Scott homepages, you can search each library’s physical and online collections, reserve meeting space, request interlibrary loan services, chat with a librarian immediately, and request a consultation.
And don’t miss the Jefferson Libraries blog, where we’ll highlight new resources, promote upcoming events in the libraries and Design Center, and share university and library news.
We hope you enjoy the new Jefferson University Libraries website!
If you are writing for publication or developing conference presentations, let us help! Workshops will be held in the Gutman Library one Tuesday a month starting in September. Get tips and tools to prioritize writing, discover the habits of successful writers, learn how to assess a journal’s impact factor, and more.
Join us on Tuesday, September 10, from 1:15 – 2:15 pm, for our first workshop: Introduction to the OPWPC as a Resource. Check out the complete list of workshops at both Gutman Library (East Falls) and Scott Memorial Library (Center City) and sign up here.
Looking for one-on-one help? Our experts will be on-site for individual consultations on Tuesdays in the library throughout the year. At a consultation, we’ll offer feedback and guidance, whether you need motivation getting started on a manuscript or presentation, advice on structure and flow, or feedback on a finished draft. Below is our one-on-one consultation schedule. Email an OPWPC expert to set up a meeting.
