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2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Stephanie Schweiker ‘Using video-based chemistry resources to improve learning outcomes and engagement.’
The 2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight the use of video resources to support learning outcomes and increase student engagement in STEM education. Below you can read the winning entry by the 2022 JoVE...
Sep 27th 11 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Armando Gonzalez Sanchez ‘JoVE videos help support lab training and real-life application of research findings.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training and share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find inspiration...
Sep 26th 9 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Victoria Alonso’s ‘How publishing with JoVE increased her research visibility & paved the way for interdisciplinary collaboration.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training or share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find inspiration...
Sep 23rd 8 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Ajay Rajaram ‘The use of videos to highlight new research in predicting brain injury in newborn infants.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training, plus share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find...
Sep 23rd 8 min read -
JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards 2022 – The Winners
We’re in awe of all the STEM educators, researchers and libarians who entered the awards this year and we salute their hard work, dedication and talent. Our winners, in, the second year of the awards, have shown how they have used STEM video in...
Sep 20th 10 min read -
How streaming media can help meet CCC’s Vision for Success Goals
The CCC adopted Vision for Success back in 2017, and, in the Chancellor’s words, it has ‘served as our collective North Star’. Now, reinvigorated by a substantial budget, it’s been rebranded as Reaffirming Equity in a Time of Recovery; you...
Sep 16th 8 min read -
JoVE in Action: 3 ways to use JoVE videos before, during and after class by Dr. Hagit Frenkel
Dr. Hagit Frenkel is a Senior Instructor at the Department of Biology, University of Haifa, Israel. She teaches chemistry and biochemistry courses to biology and medical science students and conservation science courses to second-degree students in...
Sep 6th 6 min read -
Increasing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at California Community Colleges – your guide to the Governor’s Roadmap funding
California's 116 community colleges play a vital role in reducing social inequalities, serving the state's public health needs and educating the future workforce. With a focus on equity and student success, the Governor's Roadmap recognizes higher...
Sep 3rd 7 min read -
Digital Transformation Series: 3 ways to make lab technology & methods accessible through videos.
Digital transformation in Higher Education has become crucial for enhancing learning experiences. Bringing digital resources like videos into STEM classrooms promotes interactive learning, accessibility and discussion. With this series, we aim to...
Jul 13th 7 min read -
12 out of 13 students prefer learning Microbiology with JoVE videos: Dr. Sahar A. El-Shatoury
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators worldwide have used JoVE to support their teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be helpful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their science and lab...
Jun 22nd 5 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 Librarian Innovation Award will recognize librarians who have supported learning outcomes and increased student engagement in STEM education at their institutions using video resources. Submit your entry for your chance to be one of the...
Jun 16th 6 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Research Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 JoVE Research Innovation awards aim to support and recognize creative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training or share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. Three winners will be confirmed globally. JoVE will provide...
Jun 16th 6 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 JoVE Education Innovation award aims to support and recognize educators who have supported learning outcomes and increased student engagement in STEM education at their institutions using video resources. Three winners will be confirmed...
Jun 16th 7 min read -
The JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards are back!
We are excited to announce that the JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards are back for 2022! Now in their second year, the awards aim to support individuals from the scientific and academic communities who are taking active...
Apr 13th 6 min read -
Want to pursue STEM librarianship? Here’s what you should know!
The role of academic librarians has adapted to keep up with broader shifts in technology, society and demographics. Today librarians have to be more tech-savvy since their job functions involve helping scholars access and interpret data. JoVE...
Apr 4th 6 min read -
Tips to transform your courses with video resources: Dr. Eric Greska
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators worldwide have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be helpful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their science...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
Dr. Magdalena Wajrak recommends using videos and animations for better student performance.
Dr. Magdalena Wajrak, the Senior Chemistry Lecturer at the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, started using JoVE in 2021 for high-quality videos and animations to better prepare her students for the lab classes. She says that JoVE videos...
Feb 3rd 4 min read -
Videos are significant for critical concept comprehension and its applications: Dr. Tao Zhang.
Dr. Tao Zhang is a Lecturer and Work Placement Coordinator (Pharmacy Technician Studies) at the Technological University of Dublin. He started using JoVE videos in 2019 as an emergency response for lectures and practical lab arrangements. He says...
Jan 19th 5 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Videos in 2021
With over 27 million video views and more than 25 thousand videos integrated into courses and lab training modules in 2021, 1500+ institutions worldwide, including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, continue to benefit from using...
Jan 13th 2 min read -
Reimagining Course-based Research Experience (CRE) courses: Joslyn Mills, Brown University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 30th 9 min read -
Adaptation of online lab work to “dry lab”: Biljana Mojsoska, Roskilde University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist researchers worldwide in joining the future-focused research network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes, notes,...
Nov 25th 12 min read -
Playful Physiology for Physiotherapists: Kate Grafton, Leeds Beckett University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 24th 10 min read -
Psychology Quips or How to Use Students’ Smartphones to Your Advantage
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 23rd 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Dr. Katja Köhler berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Laborkursen einsetzt
Dr. Katja Köhler ist Direktorin des CAL (Center for Active Learning) an der ETH Zürich und unterrichtet in Grundkursen der Genetik und Zellbiologie Studierende der Biologie, Pharmazie und Medizin. Zu Ihren Aufgaben gehört ebenfalls die...
Nov 22nd 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Charles Clark ‘Live streaming the unseen: How to use real-time video streaming in the lab.’
Single Cell Analysis Project This blog post highlights the 2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award winner Charles Clark’s winning entry in which he reveals how to use real-time video streaming in the lab and its benefits. Charles’ current...
Nov 19th 7 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr. Shefaly Shorey’s Webinar: “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 12th 7 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Eric Hamlett ‘Adapting international research conferences to virtual web-based systems’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 8th 5 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Claudia Jorgensen: “How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 7th 7 min read -
Highlighting 7 JoVE publications authored by Nobel laureates
While the 2021 Nobel Prizes are being announced, we take the opportunity to highlight all our Nobel laureates, and the research articles they published in JoVE; The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 Michael...
Oct 6th 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Joana Kramer “Establishing ‘Radio Views’ as a digital platform.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 5th 4 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winner Jay Michael O. Diola’s JoVE Webinar
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 30th 8 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr Glenn Hurst’s Webinar: “Actively engaging digitally native students with social media.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 28th 9 min read -
2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Dr. Shefaly Shorey “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 23rd 4 min read -
JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Dr Glenn Hurst “Actively engaging digitally native students with social media.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 17th 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winner: Gabriele (Gabi) Tanis “The Journey to Building an eLibrary Portal in a Large R&D Organization”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 14th 5 min read -
JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winners: Mbangsi Mary Ann Zithem and Jay Michael O. Diola ‘Simplifying and delivering library resources virtually.’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians around the world have used visual resources to support their remote efforts....
Sep 9th 7 min read -
JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Claudia Jorgensen ‘How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians around the world have used visual resources to support their remote efforts....
Sep 7th 4 min read -
Meet our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Award Winners
The 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards recognize innovation and excellence amongst members of the science community who developed new mechanisms to cope with rapid changes, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sep 2nd 16 min read -
Meet our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards Judges…
Thank you to everyone who applied for our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards! JoVE is set to announce the award winners in just a few days, and in the meantime, we’re thrilled to introduce our amazing panel of judges....
Aug 25th 14 min read -
Back to the lab after lockdown? Some changes in research may continue indefinitely…
When COVID-19 first started, laboratories around the world scrambled to make operating decisions with little time to implement changes. Some shut down, some moved to minimal functioning, while the rest did their best to stay partially operational...
Jul 15th 9 min read -
Last week to apply to the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards!
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a testing ground for innovations. The crisis brought upon a persistent question: With millions of students, researchers, and educators across the world forced to stay home, how could the education world assure quick...
Jul 8th 7 min read -
Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Educational Videos
In last week’s JoVE webinar, Dr. Ella Maysami - Lecturer in Neuroscience, KIITE Fellow in Curriculum Design and Internationalisation, Keele University, England and Dr. Tsaffrir Zor - Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv...
Jul 1st 9 min read -
Engaging Students Through Blended Learning: Takeaways From a Medical Professor
Professor Gian Battista Parigi is the President of the Committee for International Cooperation for Development (CICOPS) & Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Pavia, Italy. When COVID-19 struck last year, Prof....
Jun 24th 8 min read -
How Can You Keep Students Engaged in Science Courses?
The need for instructors to find effective ways to support students and to keep them engaged is now more important than ever. The use of traditional print-based methods of teaching might not be enough to keep the current tech-savvy generation...
Jun 17th 7 min read -
How JoVE videos help boost students’ confidence in the laboratory
The use of videos in instruction has become increasingly common in science courses worldwide. Step-by-step video demonstrations of experiments help students become familiar with the method & equipment before entering the lab. When...
Jun 10th 6 min read -
Every Colored Dot in This Photo Is a Cell. How Was it Made?
You might have heard of Pointillism: a genre of art pioneered in the 1880s, in which colored dots are shaped into beautiful patterns. The image above could easily be a modern example of this classic genre — except that the colored dots...
Jun 2nd 4 min read -
Virtual Lab Training: The Travel-Free Approach Scientists Are Opting For
For years, scientific researchers have encountered the need to travel for training. Sometimes, this involves traveling to laboratories on the other side of the country — or even the world — to learn an essential research method under the...
May 27th 8 min read -
The ‘Netflix’ of Science Education | JoVE
When Mohammed Khurram Javed — a materials science student at Nankai University — needed to learn more about crystal growth, he did what any student would do: look it up online. Try as he might, however, he simply couldn’t find an...
May 18th 10 min read -
Visually Explained: How Exactly Are Vaccines Developed?
Within a few months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories around the world had successfully developed vaccine technologies and begun clinical trials. Some months after that, vaccine manufacturing and distribution had entered full...
May 12th 3 min read -
Librarians on User Outreach & Resourcing: Takeaways from ACRL 2021
What are the most successful ways librarians have interacted with faculty and students during the pandemic? What are some new channels they used for outreach, and how do they evaluate new resources? As the long-term need for virtual...
May 4th 11 min read -
How Effective is the Use of Video in Scientific Research & Lab Training?
Scientific publishing has traditionally been dominated by text-only journal articles. Yet it is often difficult to capture crucial details of scientific methods using text alone. To effectively communicate and visualize nuances associated with the...
Apr 22nd 3 min read -
Learning and Dissemination on Twitter: A Conversation with Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi
Dr. Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI@Pooh_Velagapudi JoVE Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi is a structural and interventional cardiologist, educator, and social media strategist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We spoke to...
Apr 8th 7 min read -
Introducing the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards…
We’re excited to announce the 2021 JoVE Innovation Awards! This past year has been one of great disruption, but also one of great innovation. Faced with novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the science research and education...
Apr 7th 3 min read -
Scientists Are Moving to Visual Standard Operating Procedures – Here’s Why
“Videos are great training tools and serve as visual standard operating procedures in my lab,” says Dr. Raja Sriperumbudur, Director of In-Vivo Resource Center at Biogen. “[Video protocols] are easy to reproduce because you have all the...
Mar 31st 7 min read -
Tips for Teaching with Video via Your Learning Management System (LMS)
Using high-quality educational videos in your science instruction can have numerous benefits, research shows. It can help students better engage with complex material, enhance comprehension, and improve their test performance. For these reasons,...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
How Effective are Videos for Teaching Science? Here’s What the Research Says
For years, many educators have been using instructional videos in innovative ways to support science courses and laboratory classes. The shift to remote learning last spring has led even more science instructors to utilize video resources, and many...
Mar 17th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enabling Educational Flexibility in Chemistry Lab Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Mar 4th 6 min read -
Adjusting to the New Normal: Librarians Discuss Challenges & Opportunities
Ellen C. Kimbro is a Reference Librarian at Meharry Medical College, and Megan Toups is a STEM Librarian (Research and Instruction Services) at the Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University. Both Ellen and Megan began their positions...
Feb 26th 9 min read -
Overcoming the Challenges of Hybrid Courses: 7 Takeaways from Science Instructors
Last fall, Dr. Meghan Porter (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington) and Dr. Johnny El-Rady (Instructor, Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida) adopted models of...
Feb 23rd 17 min read -
From Microbial Ecology to Cancer Research: A Conversation with Dr. Laura Sanchez
Dr. Laura M. Sanchez is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz. A marine natural product chemist by training, her research focuses on the use of mass spectrometry to understand microbe and...
Feb 11th 9 min read -
Exploring the Chemistry of Proteins: A Conversation with Dr. Flora Meilleur
Dr. Flora Meilleur is a structural biologist specializing in protein chemistry and neutron crystallography at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. She is also an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Department...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Building a Virtual (Reality) Classroom: A Conversation with Dr. Amaya Arigita-García
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Amaya Arigita-García is a scientist, professor and the Director of Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Applied Sciences at the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid, Spain. She conducts...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Where Engineering Meets Architecture: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Villanueva
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Paula Villanueva is an architect, engineer, researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Structures and Physics at the Technical University of Madrid. She recently co-authored a JoVE...
Feb 11th 7 min read -
Diving into Ph.D. Life: A Conversation with Adeline Williams
Adeline Williams, a third-year Ph.D. student at Colorado State University, is co-guest editing a JoVE Methods collection on transgenic manipulation of arthropod vectors with her PI Ken Olson. Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in...
Feb 10th 9 min read -
Developing New Antibiotic Drugs: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Read this blog post in German here. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann is a senior research scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland. Her current research focuses on characterizing new natural products — compounds found in...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
Visualizing the Zebrafish: 5 Exciting Research Protocols, in Video
As a model organism, zebrafish are wonderfully versatile — they are used in research areas ranging from toxicology to molecular genetics to behavior. To celebrate the zebrafish, we’ve brought together five recent video articles from JoVE...
Feb 2nd 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Preparing Students for Lab Work in a Biological Research Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 27th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: Improving the Chemistry Lab Class Experience
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 19th 7 min read -
How the Aranne Central Library in Israel Helps its Researchers & Educators Benefit from JoVE Videos
With over 20,000 students and 1,000 faculty members, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of the leading research and teaching universities in Israel. The Aranne Central Library is an intellectual hub for visitors from across the Negev, and is...
Jan 14th 10 min read -
5 Online Assessment Ideas for Your Science Course
As we enter a new year and a new semester, hybrid and remote teaching continue to be the preferred formats of instruction at many institutions around the world. Many instructors have begun embracing these models by building variety into the graded...
Jan 12th 12 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Unique Lab Project for an Online Biotechnology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 5th 10 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Video Articles in 2020
2020 has been a difficult year but the scientific community has continued to push through the obstacles it has posed, making groundbreaking discoveries, developing new technologies and methods, and constantly reaching new frontiers in the quest for...
Dec 29th 2 min read -
How to Improve Laboratory Productivity: 5 Tips from Librarians
Looking for actionable ways to improve productivity in your lab? We spoke with 5 librarians who work closely with scientists and research students in their institution, providing them with resources, ideas and tools to help them achieve their...
Dec 22nd 9 min read -
Alternative Academic Careers: A Conversation with Guest Editor Milka Kostic
Dr. Milka Kostic is guest editing a JoVE Methods Collection on Small Molecule Screening Strategies: Lead Identification and Validation. After realizing that a traditional academic career was not the right fit for her, a fortuitous event led JoVE...
Dec 15th 10 min read -
Make a Wish for a JoVE Video: The Story of Dr. Lyra
In a chemistry lab, in a land far away,our friend Dr. Lyra and all her lab membersare working away on a very special projectto spread some light and cheer this December. See, the story began with a dropped video call,with video so distorted,...
Dec 9th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: Helping Students with Concept Mapping in Biology, Using Videos
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Dec 1st 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Video to Support Community College Biology Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 24th 8 min read -
Developing Interest in the Retina: A Conversation with Guest Editor Sruti Patoori
Sruti Patoori, a newly minted Ph.D. graduate and current postdoc at Thomas Jefferson University, is in the midst of guest editing a JoVE Methods Collection on Molecular Methods in the Study of Vertebrate Retinal Development. The collection-which is...
Nov 19th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enhancing Virtual Labs in a General Chemistry II Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 17th 7 min read -
5 Ways to Use Video to Support STEM Students at Community Colleges
As a greater number of students head to community colleges to begin their journey in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the need to find effective ways to support them — as well as their STEM course instructors...
Nov 10th 11 min read -
10 Remote Learning Challenges and Effective Ways to Address Them
At our three-part webinar series in October, science professors Dr. Dawn Bazely, Dr. Nir Ohad and Peter Ronai and librarian Liz Grace spoke about their experiences of shifting to remote learning in the spring: — Dr. Dawn Bazely...
Nov 4th 14 min read -
Making the Most of Hybrid Learning: 5 Tips From Prof. Peter Ronai & Dr. Nir Ohad
When COVID-19 struck earlier this year, Prof. Peter Ronai (Clinical Professor of Exercise Science at Sacred Heart University) and Dr. Nir Ohad (Director of the Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security at Tel Aviv University) both looked...
Oct 29th 11 min read -
How Can Libraries Meet Remote Learning Challenges? 5 Tips From Librarian Liz Grace
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Grace is the Head of Collections & Systems at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Edward G. Miner Library. When her institution shifted to remote learning earlier this year, Liz and her colleagues worked...
Oct 23rd 8 min read -
Dr. Dawn Bazely’s Top 5 Tips for Building a Remote Science Lab Kit
In March, Dr. Dawn Bazely — University Professor in the Department of Biology at York University — was faced with the task of transforming her Biodiversity & Watershed Management field course into a fully remote format. She devoted over...
Oct 21st 9 min read -
6 Tips for Effectively Using Video in Remote STEM Courses
Over spring and summer this year, educators worldwide developed innovative ways to transform their science courses into remote or hybrid formats. Chief among these was using video to address unique remote learning difficulties: e.g., diversifying...
Oct 15th 11 min read -
JoVE Playlist: Understanding CRISPR, the Nobel Prize–Winning Genetic Tool
On October 7th, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on developing the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool. This method allows researchers to target and alter specific sequences of...
Oct 13th 2 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in an Online Biology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Oct 6th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Teach Virtual Organic Chemistry Labs
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 29th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Develop a Low-Cost, Online Biology Course for Non-Majors
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 23rd 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 15th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching a Biomedical Sciences Research Class Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 8th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Creating a Flipped Lab for a Biochemistry Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 1st 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Videos to Teach Inorganic Chemistry Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 25th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Bring a General Chemistry Lab Course Online
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 18th 7 min read -
JoVE Helps Educators and Scientists Worldwide Shift to Remote Laboratory Work
CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 18, 2020 — As institutions worldwide implement remote and hybrid forms of instruction and scientific research, JoVE is helping many science, engineering, and medicine instructors and scientists face up to a difficult...
Aug 18th 8 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Virtual Immunology Lab Exercise
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 11th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: How Are Students in Hybrid STEM Classes Using Videos for Lab Preparation?
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 4th 6 min read -
Northeastern University Expands JoVE Partnership; Providing STEM Videos Campuswide and to Local High Schools
The expanded partnership will provide the full JoVE video library to all Northeastern faculty, staff, and students as well as offer the same resources for free to Boston Public High Schools to support STEM education Cambridge, MA, July 29,...
Jul 29th 4 min read -
JoVE and Biogen to Provide Somerville Public Schools with STEM Video Learning Resources
Cambridge, MA, July 20, 2020 – JoVE is collaborating with Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) to support the remote learning needs of Somerville Public Schools (SPS) by providing access to JoVE’s one of a kind Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)...
Jul 20th 6 min read -
Reminder: Free Access to JoVE Education Ends June 15th
The past few months have presented the education community with a unique challenge with the sudden transition to remote learning due to COVID-19. Educators and students have risen to the occasion by supporting and learning from each other....
Jun 8th 3 min read -
JoVE offers FREE ACCESS to extensive STEM education video library to aid remote teaching & learning as COVID-19 pandemic shuts down classrooms around the world
Cambridge, MA, March 12, 2020. As a growing number of colleges, universities, and secondary schools are moving classes online “until further notice” to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many faculty face a difficult mid-term pivot...
Mar 12th 4 min read -
Librarian Spotlight 2019
As the academic library evolved from providing the internet as a service to providing services through the internet, the role of the librarian has expanded beyond guarding the silence in a room full of books. Reference librarian Hillary...
Dec 23rd 7 min read -
Experts: Librarians Can Help Students Pass MCAT
Pre-med students face great burdens and challenges when preparing for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The process can be overwhelming. Purchasing preparation materials or hiring private tutors can be expensive and out of the reach...
Oct 4th 5 min read -
JoVE Video Gains in K-12, China, and More
As a science video solutions provider, JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers globally. We’re excited and proud to list the names of institutions that either are new to us, or have expanded their existing...
Oct 2nd 5 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2019
Make the Research Difference There are dozens of ways for you to support faculty research! Consider all the librarian techno-tools and programs. Read all about it in this blog by academic medical librarian Dr. Parveen Babbar...
Oct 1st 3 min read -
K-12 Schools Hungrily Consuming Quality Science Video
The demand for quality science education videos keeps growing in the K-12 market. In fact, just this past month, we added two great subscribers to our roster, including Monmouth County Voctional School District, New Jersey, and the Episcopal...
Sep 26th 8 min read -
Turkish STEM Librarian Uses Databases to Support Science
Our university is established on the theme of health. It conducts education and training activities exclusively in health care. Through its two main hospitals, it also provides convenient health services to students. Another of the...
Sep 17th 7 min read -
JoVE Customer Success: Serving Librarians, Faculty, Researchers
Name: Claire WinthropTitle: Director of JoVE Customer SuccessDegree: Master of Business Administration, Suffolk University Tell me about what you do. I came on board to build a team to help our existing subscribers become aware of JoVE...
Sep 11th 4 min read -
When STEM Ed Fails Students
Science is hard. It involves complicated concepts, intricate experiments, and advanced equipment. And our traditional textbook-based, lecture-centric teaching methods are demonstrably outdated. A well-known 2013 U.S. Department of Education...
Aug 28th 6 min read -
JoVE Closes Summer With Gains in North America, Biopharma, and K-12
JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers in labs and classrooms across the globe. We appreciate each subscriber and are excited to help each of them change how science is taught and done. The following organizations are either...
Aug 27th 5 min read -
JoVE in Germany: Advancing Science Research and Teaching
Germany is a leader in scientific teaching and research, with a wealth of national history and culture. Its science focus is part of the reason why the country has the strongest economy in Europe, and is its top industrial giant. Germany is also...
Aug 20th 6 min read -
This Indian Academic Librarian Promotes Domain Information Expertise
First, about me: I am a deputy librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, with 14 years of experience in my job. Now, as for JNU: It’s a premier university for research in physical and chemical sciences and mathematics. The...
Aug 14th 5 min read -
Helping Libraries Get JoVE Subscription Value
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Colin Treanor Title: Onboarding and Curriculum...
Jul 25th 9 min read -
How Medical Librarians Can Provide Resource Access 24/7
First, about me: I have been working as senior documentation officer and head, National Documentation Centre (NDC), National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) in New Delhi for 21 years. My colleagues and I work to support the...
Jul 24th 6 min read -
AWS Migration Will Support JoVE Growth/Viewer Satisfaction
JoVE recently reached two milestones: as of 2018, 6 million-plus viewers access JoVE.com annually, and we now stream 10,000-plus videos. We’re committed to both creating great science video content and providing the best viewer experience...
Jul 17th 4 min read -
How These Research Librarians Juice STEM Lab Productivity
I’ll start with a question: How are you or your library helping to boost the lab productivity of science students and faculty? We know that researchers and students face an increasing (and sometimes overwhelming) deluge of scientific...
Jul 11th 7 min read -
Making STEM Research A Pleasure
The Edward G. Miner Library is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Currently, library staff are taking steps to make searching for scientific research a more efficient and pleasant experience. We are doing this by preparing our...
Jun 27th 9 min read -
How This Librarian Uses New Tech to Promote STEM
As an emerging technologies librarian with a background in academic health sciences, I draw on both traditional areas of practice and new information tools. This way, I provide just-in-time instruction and research support services to...
Jun 3rd 5 min read -
How This Librarian Promoted a ResearchHub
I am a health sciences librarian at the Spokane Academic Library at Washington State University (WSU). As an institution, WSU places great emphasis on the development of its research infrastructure and support. This is because of its “Drive...
May 14th 5 min read -
Librarian Supports Campus Research Via Data Solution
At the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), we work to support the lab productivity of students and researchers. Our college’s mission statement says: “Students will demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry by...
May 6th 5 min read -
JoVE’s Award-Winning Librarians Travel to Conferences of Their Choice
I’m delighted to announce the three winners of JoVE’s third annual Librarian Travel Award. We selected the trio from more than 20 STEM librarian contestants who submitted high-quality essays describing how they help students and researchers...
Apr 25th 4 min read -
Building Great Classroom Activities: Lego of Your Doubt
Lego bricks are well suited for classroom use for a couple of reasons: They are almost universally recognisableAnd the bricks are clearly toys I’ll develop these two points more. As for 1), it's because everyone knows what to...
Apr 22nd 6 min read -
Ingenuity for Undergraduate Lab Productivity: Thinking Outside the Box to Serve Diverse University
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay As the STEM Librarian at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), I work to improve the lab productivity of a diverse population of individuals ranging from undergraduate students to faculty investigators....
Apr 19th 8 min read -
Messy Field, Tidy Data: Teaching Graduate Students Data Collection Techniques for Field Research
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay As a brand new librarian, and as a liaison to several different science departments including entomology, geology, and biology, I am working to find creative ways to reach students in non-traditional...
Apr 17th 7 min read -
Increasing Lab Productivity by Integrating ELNs
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay Advances in technology have resulted in research teams working in a hybrid environment; data streaming from lab instruments and calculations, notes, etc. written in a print notebook. Some researchers...
Apr 17th 8 min read -
The Netherlands Cancer Institute and JoVE
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is a research institute and specialized clinic, combining cancer care, research and international exchange of knowledge. Its core tasks are excellent care and innovation, national and international...
Mar 7th 9 min read -
How JoVE Sci-Ed Videos Overcome English-Chinese Language Gap for Biochemistry Students
By adopting JoVE Science Education videos for her laboratory course, a ShanghaiTech University’s biochemistry instructor saves significant time and effort in class and during lesson preparations — while her students improve their English...
Jan 9th 4 min read -
Three STEM Librarian Challenges SOLVED
When I began my position as a science and engineering librarian last year, I quickly learned that many of my library instruction practices weren’t relevant to the needs of my new user community. The nature of STEM research and teaching requires...
Dec 11th 7 min read -
STEM Librarian: Outreach Not for “Faint of Heart”
Tell us something about your background, and how it’s contributed to your particular outreach methods. I have worked diligently as an academic STEM librarian for the past eight years to become increasingly effective at library outreach. At...
Nov 28th 10 min read -
STEM Librarian: Outreach Started Day One
Kortney Rupp is the chemical information librarian and liaison to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). She is also a first-class sponsor of library interaction and was willing to share some of...
Nov 15th 10 min read -
Scientific Background Helps This STEM Librarian “Get” Outreach
University of Toronto, Mississauga Library Science Liaison Librarian Jessica Hanley is our source for this Q&A discussing about outreach methods. Please tell us about your science background. Before I became a librarian, I completed a...
Nov 13th 11 min read -
How Librarians Taught Researchers to Publish Via a Game
Catherine Parker is the Collections & Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Huddersfield, England. She and her colleagues created a game-based resource to engage researchers with the key concepts and tools required to meet the...
Nov 6th 9 min read -
User Experience Key to Successful Patronage in STEM Libraries
This blog is the result of a collaboration by librarians at NTNU University Library in Norway: Idun Knutsdatter Østerdal, Senior Librarian; Una Ersdal, Adviser; Karen Johanne Buset, Head of Section; Astrid Kilvik, Research Librarian; Liv Inger...
Nov 6th 8 min read -
Getting Liaison Librarians To Talk Scholarly Talk Via Boot Camp
Jeanne Hoover is the scholarly communication librarian and head of service for the research and scholarly communication department; Cindy Shirkey is head of collection development at East Carolina University. The library system is a leader...
Oct 30th 8 min read -
Move from Bio-Techie to Bibliotech Enhances STEM Librarian’s Outreach
Dorit van-Moppes is unique for a STEM librarian: she actually started as a biotech scientific researcher before starting her current career. She is in the Zalman Arrane Library, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Van-Moppes...
Oct 25th 13 min read -
How STEM Faculty/Student Outreach Is Key To Library Ops
Assistant Librarian for Access and Outreach Services Mount Saint Mary College Jen Park is a winner of the JoVE Librarian Travel Award, and attended the 2018 Charleston Conference. Perhaps we can start by discussing the importance of...
Oct 23rd 11 min read -
How JoVE Helped Librarians With Student/Faculty Outreach
Lucie Tryoen is an electronic resources librarian at the University of Evry-Val d’Essonne in France. Her excellence in library outreach and her ability to define her approach to it won her a JoVE travel award to the Charleston Library...
Oct 18th 10 min read -
Librarian on the “Domino Effect” of Faculty Partnerships
Bertha Chang has been an engineering subject liaison at North Carolina State University since 2011. She recently won a JoVE Librarian Travel Award to attend the 2018 Charleston Conference. Tell us something about how you began to...
Oct 9th 13 min read -
Librarians Share Tried-and-Tested Library Student Outreach Methods and Tools
As we know, STEM librarians must actively engage and work with their on-campus student constituents. Luckily, there are more methods than ever, with those that are web-based, such as email and internet social media, frequently augmenting the...
Sep 13th 8 min read -
Four Great STEM Librarian Communicators Head to Charleston Conference
It’s clear the constantly changing role of STEM librarians demands more active outreach to faculty and students. As the leading producer of video resources for scientific research and education, we have a vested interest in assisting librarians in...
Sep 10th 5 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2018
Welcome to JoVE's "Librarian Impact" newsletter: A free, monthly, STEM-librarian focused publication for academic, corporate, and medical audiences. We offer articles, Q&As, librarian blogs, and more, all in the interest to promote your career...
Aug 31st 3 min read -
Using the Lightboard for Inclusive Teaching
Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian at Northwestern University Libraries, is interested in incorporating social justice principles into STEM librarianship. She provides interdisciplinary research support to STEM scholars and departments. She joined...
Aug 30th 8 min read -
STEM Librarians Rate Faculty Interaction Method Success, Share Advice
In our previous blog, we discussed the gaps between librarians and their scientific audiences. Now we’ll look at ways STEM librarians are successfully bridging those gaps. Librarians compensate via various types of personal meetings and similar...
Aug 23rd 7 min read -
Exciting Times for STEM Librarians: Q&A With UC Berkeley’s Kortney Rupp
Chemical Information Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, Kortney Rupp blends two different skill sets. Since June 2017, her job has required her to identify and solve information management challenges and issues involved in...
Aug 21st 13 min read -
STEM Librarians Face Gap With Science Audiences, Survey Indicates
We know the role of academic STEM librarians is constantly changing. As part of this, the role of librarian is expanding beyond just being a curator of books, periodicals and similar content. Many librarians are responding to this shift, becoming...
Aug 10th 10 min read -
JoVE Kicks Off STEM Library Survey Series
Did you know that some three-fourths of STEM librarians believe that holding in-person meetings and consultations is the most effective way to interact with their faculty constituents? Neither did we, until we began our STEM Library Survey Series...
Aug 9th 4 min read -
Librarians: Play Your Role Enabling Active STEM Classrooms
Given that research has revealed 60 percent of STEM students don’t graduate (or switch majors), science teaching clearly must change accordingly. One promising approach is “active learning,” which can boost performance by directly...
Jul 25th 4 min read -
Webinar: Librarians Help Address Scientific Reproducibility Crisis
We know that scientific reproducibility is a major problem. However, you may not know that in dollar costs alone, we face these grim stats: In the United States alone, the National Institutes of Health spends about $40 billion annually...
Jul 24th 3 min read -
Librarian Urges Colleagues To Prioritize Marketing
The following is a guest blog from Michelle Kraft, the director of the Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library at the Cleveland Clinic. You can follow her blog here. The availability of online resources has made it easier for patrons to find...
Jul 23rd 7 min read -
When A STEM Librarian Cuts Loose On YouTube: Information Outreach
Library liaison outreach is a tough and often unrewarding enterprise. I ask myself: "Are my emails actually landing in front of interested eyes? How many people recognize me when I walk by their office?" So, video is another tool I use to help folks...
Jun 25th 6 min read -
Biomedical Librarians: Be Embedded, Be Visible, Be Relevant!
Librarians can do more to tackle reproducibility and improve medical research, says UK EQUATOR CENTRE Senior Research Information Specialist Shona Kirtley. Shona has wide-ranging experience in the provision of evidence-based health information, and...
May 29th 12 min read -
Collaborating And Partnering Tools For Academic Library Success
Tracy Englert is an associate professor and science and technology librarian at The University of Southern Mississippi. She has worked at the university since 2001, and her role includes providing traditional reference services to faculty and...
May 8th 11 min read -
How A Librarian Aids In Active Learning In STEM Classes
An eight years medical library veteran, Bethany McGowan is an assistant professor and health sciences information specialist at Purdue University. She joined the university in 2015, and in her role, she serves as librarian liaison to the nursing,...
Apr 30th 10 min read -
You CAN Take the Librarian Out Of The Library
As a first-year science and math librarian at James Madison University, I have been searching for ways to build relationships with over 1,700 students and 163 faculty members. These relationships can lead to trust and lead me into more classrooms...
Apr 23rd 10 min read -
Librarians Boldly Going … Where They (Generally) Haven’t Gone Before
Students from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Arizona recently toured a cave bedecked with rare and delicate Southwestern Native American art, notes a Library Journal article. This, even though the cave location was secret, to...
Apr 16th 5 min read -
What To Do About The Reproducibility Crisis
(Note: This is the third installment of three in a blog series titled “Scientist In Librarian’s Clothing.” In part one, librarian Letisha R. Wyatt, Ph.D., discussed the chaotic life of being a neuroscience researcher; in part two, she covered...
Apr 12th 4 min read -
How Scientists and Librarians Can Tackle the Reproducibility Crisis – Together
(Note: This is the second installment of three in a blog series titled “A Scientist in Librarian’s Clothing.” In part one, librarian Letisha R. Wyatt, Ph.D., discussed the challenging life of being an academic researcher.) Prior to taking...
Apr 5th 7 min read -
A Scientist in Librarian’s Clothing: Part One
This is the first a three-part series. In it, we will hear from Dr. Letisha R. Wyatt, who has the unique distinction of being both a scientist and an academic librarian. She therefore has a unique perspective on the relationship between librarians...
Apr 5th 7 min read -
Brandeis MakerLab Draws STEM Students Into Library
To reinvent the traditional academic library’s role, staff members at Brandeis University are building new collaborative spaces. For the last three years, the Brandeis University library has steadily nurtured this innovation program — called...
Mar 14th 6 min read -
Recent efficacy study shows JoVE videos can immediately enhance STEM curriculum – significantly improving student performance and confidence
Since 2010, JoVE has been creating and releasing science education video collections for undergraduate and graduate classes in multiple fields. The general feedback we have received from our community of users, authors, and...
Feb 23rd 14 min read -
Bioengineering Educational Videos to Bridge Students to the Real World
Happy National Engineering Week! Throughout my education, I have seen that students respond better to dynamic learning — having a firsthand experience by doing it themselves or watching key techniques and concepts visualized to better understand...
Feb 21st 14 min read -
Librarians Getting Up-to-Date on Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
Librarians to Partner with Scientists to Fight the Reproducibility Crisis
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
Libraries’ Acquisition Decisions Should Take Into Account Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
Librarians Have the Skills to Advocate for Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 4 min read -
Librarians Need Institutional Buy-In to Promote Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 2 min read -
5 Tips to Engage and Educate Your Science Students
It can be difficult to get science students out of the lab and into the library. Yet, these students have as much of a need for your libraryʼs resources as any other patron. No one librarian can help every early-career scientist: success requires...
Nov 7th 4 min read -
Linking Data Management and Sharing with Reproducibility
Researchers today are generating more data than ever before - in genomics alone, researchers are expected to generate up to 40 exabytes (or 40 billion gigabytes) of data by 2025. If they ever hope to make any sense out of this mountain of data,...
Nov 1st 10 min read -
Libraries Crucial to Preparing Students for STEM Jobs
Forty-nine % of all STEM students switch majors or drop out before graduating. Here’s the good news: librarians are positioned to save the day with new technology and a new role on campus. Science librarians play a critical role in the modern...
Oct 31st 7 min read -
Reproducibility Librarian? Yes, That Should Be Your Next Job
Vicky Steeves (@VickySteeves) is the first Research Data Management and Reproducibility Librarian ever! She has held this position at NYU since August 2015 and just published the article Reproducibility Librarianship in “Collaborative...
Oct 27th 14 min read -
Librarians: Advocate for Research Reproducibility
Lutishoor (Luti) Salisbury is a science librarian and head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Library at the University of Arkansas. She won a travel grant from JoVE to attend the Charleston Conference. She will share her deep...
Oct 9th 8 min read -
Systematic Reviews Crucial to Research Reproducibility
Cynthia Thomes is a reference and instruction librarian at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Cynthia won a travel grant from JoVE to attend the Charleston Conference and will be speaking about the importance of reproducibility in...
Oct 9th 9 min read -
Reproducibility an Expertise Boundary Pusher for Traditional Librarians
Franklin Sayre (@mysnuggle) serves as the Pharmacy Librarian at the University of Minnesota where his focus is on serving the education and research needs of students, faculty, and researchers. He won a travel grant from JoVE to attend...
Oct 9th 8 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Hillary Fox
Hillary Fox is bringing library support into nursing classes with her embedded librarian program at the University of West Florida. Read more to explore her initiative and see what it can offer your institution! Working to advance research...
Aug 15th 10 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Dean Giustini
Introducing Dean Giustini, a medical librarian at the University of British Columbia, an advocate for reproducibility and grey literature searching, and our newest Librarian Spotlight! Working to advance research reproducibility at your...
Aug 9th 10 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Linda Hasman
In our newest Librarian Spotlight, Linda Hasman, shares her reproducibility initiatives with any librarian ready to make an impact on the next generation of scientists. See what her plans can do for your patrons! Linda Hasman is leading the...
Aug 2nd 8 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Letisha Wyatt, Ph.D.
Learn how Letisha Wyatt, Ph.D., one of our first JoVE Librarian Travel Award recipients, is improving research reproducibility and bringing the lessons she learned in her science career to the other side of the collections desk. Letisha Wyatt...
Jul 26th 9 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Mellanye Lackey
Mellanye Lackey from the University of Utah, discusses her work on reproducibility, the impact of JoVE on research transparency, and redefining what a librarian does. Mellanye Lackey is the Associate Director for Education and Research at the...
Jul 12th 6 min read -
Introducing Our JoVE Librarian Travel Award Recipients for MLA ‘17
On our 10th Anniversary, we announced our Librarian Travel Award to recognize librarians who are leading innovative initiatives to raise awareness of science’s reproducibility crisis. Meet our three award recipients and learn about the work...
Apr 19th 11 min read -
New Role for Academic Librarians in Research
The library on campus used to be a hot spot of activity and learning for researchers, but is it still the valuable resource it once was? How is it adapting to the digital age? And, with all these questions arising, what kind of role do academic...
Aug 3rd 11 min read -
Introducing JoVE Science Education!
Let’s face it, research science isn’t easy to get into. Due to a rich history and thousands of researchers adding to the knowledge pool almost daily, there is a steep learning curve that those interested in the sciences need to overcome to...
May 1st 3 min read -
This October in JoVE
Want to know what to expect from the October issue of This Month in JoVE? Whether it's identifying cell types with green fluorescent protein, binding tissue together with chitosan-a polymers or removing axons from neurons, all six sections of JoVE...
Oct 3rd 6 min read -
July This Month In JoVE: Applied Physics, Hearts, and Spider Silk
This July JoVE, is proud to launch the first and only scientific video publication for physics and engineering. Historically, JoVE has focused primarily on biomedical research and has developed subsections for Bioengineering, Clinical and...
Jul 5th 2 min read -
JoVE Makes an Impact in Canada
As many of you know, JoVE appeared on CTV National News this past weekend. Though JoVE was founded in and operates out of Cambridge, MA we are an international journal, with video-articles published from 35 countries, including over 100 articles...
Jan 17th 3 min read -
Library Education Through Animation
Could cartoons help students learn more about library services? Todd Vandenbark, Web Services Librarian at the University of Utah's health sciences library is trying to find out. Vandenbark developed two animated videos about inter-library loans...
Nov 17th 3 min read -
JoVE Turns Five!
JoVE turned five this month. That’s right, it’s the fifth anniversary of the publication date of the first JoVE video protocol. A lot has changed since those early days. Back then, we still weren’t sure if we were going to be a journal or an...
Nov 2nd 2 min read
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JoVE offers FREE ACCESS to extensive STEM education video library to aid remote teaching & learning as COVID-19 pandemic shuts down classrooms around the world
Cambridge, MA, March 12, 2020. As a growing number of colleges, universities, and secondary schools are moving classes online “until further notice” to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, many faculty face a difficult mid-term pivot...
Mar 12th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 15th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Teach Virtual Organic Chemistry Labs
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 29th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Develop a Low-Cost, Online Biology Course for Non-Majors
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 23rd 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching a Biomedical Sciences Research Class Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 8th 6 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Video Articles in 2020
2020 has been a difficult year but the scientific community has continued to push through the obstacles it has posed, making groundbreaking discoveries, developing new technologies and methods, and constantly reaching new frontiers in the quest for...
Dec 29th 2 min read -
12 out of 13 students prefer learning Microbiology with JoVE videos: Dr. Sahar A. El-Shatoury
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators worldwide have used JoVE to support their teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be helpful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their science and lab...
Jun 22nd 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Creating a Flipped Lab for a Biochemistry Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 1st 5 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 Librarian Innovation Award will recognize librarians who have supported learning outcomes and increased student engagement in STEM education at their institutions using video resources. Submit your entry for your chance to be one of the...
Jun 16th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Videos to Teach Inorganic Chemistry Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 25th 6 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Research Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 JoVE Research Innovation awards aim to support and recognize creative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training or share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. Three winners will be confirmed globally. JoVE will provide...
Jun 16th 6 min read -
Introducing the 2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Award Judges
The 2022 JoVE Education Innovation award aims to support and recognize educators who have supported learning outcomes and increased student engagement in STEM education at their institutions using video resources. Three winners will be confirmed...
Jun 16th 7 min read -
The JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards are back!
We are excited to announce that the JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards are back for 2022! Now in their second year, the awards aim to support individuals from the scientific and academic communities who are taking active...
Apr 13th 6 min read -
The ‘Netflix’ of Science Education | JoVE
When Mohammed Khurram Javed — a materials science student at Nankai University — needed to learn more about crystal growth, he did what any student would do: look it up online. Try as he might, however, he simply couldn’t find an...
May 18th 10 min read -
How to Improve Laboratory Productivity: 5 Tips from Librarians
Looking for actionable ways to improve productivity in your lab? We spoke with 5 librarians who work closely with scientists and research students in their institution, providing them with resources, ideas and tools to help them achieve their...
Dec 22nd 9 min read -
Visualizing the Zebrafish: 5 Exciting Research Protocols, in Video
As a model organism, zebrafish are wonderfully versatile — they are used in research areas ranging from toxicology to molecular genetics to behavior. To celebrate the zebrafish, we’ve brought together five recent video articles from JoVE...
Feb 2nd 7 min read -
Reminder: Free Access to JoVE Education Ends June 15th
The past few months have presented the education community with a unique challenge with the sudden transition to remote learning due to COVID-19. Educators and students have risen to the occasion by supporting and learning from each other....
Jun 8th 3 min read -
Digital Transformation Series: 3 ways to make lab technology & methods accessible through videos.
Digital transformation in Higher Education has become crucial for enhancing learning experiences. Bringing digital resources like videos into STEM classrooms promotes interactive learning, accessibility and discussion. With this series, we aim to...
Jul 13th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: How Are Students in Hybrid STEM Classes Using Videos for Lab Preparation?
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 4th 6 min read -
Developing New Antibiotic Drugs: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Read this blog post in German here. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann is a senior research scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland. Her current research focuses on characterizing new natural products — compounds found in...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Virtual Immunology Lab Exercise
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 11th 6 min read -
New Role for Academic Librarians in Research
The library on campus used to be a hot spot of activity and learning for researchers, but is it still the valuable resource it once was? How is it adapting to the digital age? And, with all these questions arising, what kind of role do academic...
Aug 3rd 11 min read -
Librarian Spotlight 2019
As the academic library evolved from providing the internet as a service to providing services through the internet, the role of the librarian has expanded beyond guarding the silence in a room full of books. Reference librarian Hillary...
Dec 23rd 7 min read -
5 Ways to Use Video to Support STEM Students at Community Colleges
As a greater number of students head to community colleges to begin their journey in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the need to find effective ways to support them — as well as their STEM course instructors...
Nov 10th 11 min read -
Alternative Academic Careers: A Conversation with Guest Editor Milka Kostic
Dr. Milka Kostic is guest editing a JoVE Methods Collection on Small Molecule Screening Strategies: Lead Identification and Validation. After realizing that a traditional academic career was not the right fit for her, a fortuitous event led JoVE...
Dec 15th 10 min read -
Make a Wish for a JoVE Video: The Story of Dr. Lyra
In a chemistry lab, in a land far away,our friend Dr. Lyra and all her lab membersare working away on a very special projectto spread some light and cheer this December. See, the story began with a dropped video call,with video so distorted,...
Dec 9th 4 min read -
Want to pursue STEM librarianship? Here’s what you should know!
The role of academic librarians has adapted to keep up with broader shifts in technology, society and demographics. Today librarians have to be more tech-savvy since their job functions involve helping scholars access and interpret data. JoVE...
Apr 4th 6 min read -
Videos are significant for critical concept comprehension and its applications: Dr. Tao Zhang.
Dr. Tao Zhang is a Lecturer and Work Placement Coordinator (Pharmacy Technician Studies) at the Technological University of Dublin. He started using JoVE videos in 2019 as an emergency response for lectures and practical lab arrangements. He says...
Jan 19th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Bring a General Chemistry Lab Course Online
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 18th 7 min read -
Dr. Dawn Bazely’s Top 5 Tips for Building a Remote Science Lab Kit
In March, Dr. Dawn Bazely — University Professor in the Department of Biology at York University — was faced with the task of transforming her Biodiversity & Watershed Management field course into a fully remote format. She devoted over...
Oct 21st 9 min read -
JoVE Playlist: Understanding CRISPR, the Nobel Prize–Winning Genetic Tool
On October 7th, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on developing the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool. This method allows researchers to target and alter specific sequences of...
Oct 13th 2 min read -
Tips for Teaching with Video via Your Learning Management System (LMS)
Using high-quality educational videos in your science instruction can have numerous benefits, research shows. It can help students better engage with complex material, enhance comprehension, and improve their test performance. For these reasons,...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
JoVE Helps Educators and Scientists Worldwide Shift to Remote Laboratory Work
CAMBRIDGE, MA, August 18, 2020 — As institutions worldwide implement remote and hybrid forms of instruction and scientific research, JoVE is helping many science, engineering, and medicine instructors and scientists face up to a difficult...
Aug 18th 8 min read -
Highlighting 7 JoVE publications authored by Nobel laureates
While the 2021 Nobel Prizes are being announced, we take the opportunity to highlight all our Nobel laureates, and the research articles they published in JoVE; The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 Michael...
Oct 6th 5 min read -
Adaptation of online lab work to “dry lab”: Biljana Mojsoska, Roskilde University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist researchers worldwide in joining the future-focused research network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes, notes,...
Nov 25th 12 min read -
How Can Libraries Meet Remote Learning Challenges? 5 Tips From Librarian Liz Grace
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Grace is the Head of Collections & Systems at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Edward G. Miner Library. When her institution shifted to remote learning earlier this year, Liz and her colleagues worked...
Oct 23rd 8 min read -
10 Remote Learning Challenges and Effective Ways to Address Them
At our three-part webinar series in October, science professors Dr. Dawn Bazely, Dr. Nir Ohad and Peter Ronai and librarian Liz Grace spoke about their experiences of shifting to remote learning in the spring: — Dr. Dawn Bazely...
Nov 4th 14 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Videos in 2021
With over 27 million video views and more than 25 thousand videos integrated into courses and lab training modules in 2021, 1500+ institutions worldwide, including Harvard University and the University of Cambridge, continue to benefit from using...
Jan 13th 2 min read -
STEM Librarian: Outreach Not for “Faint of Heart”
Tell us something about your background, and how it’s contributed to your particular outreach methods. I have worked diligently as an academic STEM librarian for the past eight years to become increasingly effective at library outreach. At...
Nov 28th 10 min read -
Introducing the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards…
We’re excited to announce the 2021 JoVE Innovation Awards! This past year has been one of great disruption, but also one of great innovation. Faced with novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the science research and education...
Apr 7th 3 min read -
5 Online Assessment Ideas for Your Science Course
As we enter a new year and a new semester, hybrid and remote teaching continue to be the preferred formats of instruction at many institutions around the world. Many instructors have begun embracing these models by building variety into the graded...
Jan 12th 12 min read -
From Microbial Ecology to Cancer Research: A Conversation with Dr. Laura Sanchez
Dr. Laura M. Sanchez is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz. A marine natural product chemist by training, her research focuses on the use of mass spectrometry to understand microbe and...
Feb 11th 9 min read -
How Effective are Videos for Teaching Science? Here’s What the Research Says
For years, many educators have been using instructional videos in innovative ways to support science courses and laboratory classes. The shift to remote learning last spring has led even more science instructors to utilize video resources, and many...
Mar 17th 4 min read -
Biomedical Librarians: Be Embedded, Be Visible, Be Relevant!
Librarians can do more to tackle reproducibility and improve medical research, says UK EQUATOR CENTRE Senior Research Information Specialist Shona Kirtley. Shona has wide-ranging experience in the provision of evidence-based health information, and...
May 29th 12 min read -
Reimagining Course-based Research Experience (CRE) courses: Joslyn Mills, Brown University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 30th 9 min read -
STEM Librarians Face Gap With Science Audiences, Survey Indicates
We know the role of academic STEM librarians is constantly changing. As part of this, the role of librarian is expanding beyond just being a curator of books, periodicals and similar content. Many librarians are responding to this shift, becoming...
Aug 10th 10 min read -
AWS Migration Will Support JoVE Growth/Viewer Satisfaction
JoVE recently reached two milestones: as of 2018, 6 million-plus viewers access JoVE.com annually, and we now stream 10,000-plus videos. We’re committed to both creating great science video content and providing the best viewer experience...
Jul 17th 4 min read -
Using the Lightboard for Inclusive Teaching
Becca Greenstein, STEM Librarian at Northwestern University Libraries, is interested in incorporating social justice principles into STEM librarianship. She provides interdisciplinary research support to STEM scholars and departments. She joined...
Aug 30th 8 min read -
Making the Most of Hybrid Learning: 5 Tips From Prof. Peter Ronai & Dr. Nir Ohad
When COVID-19 struck earlier this year, Prof. Peter Ronai (Clinical Professor of Exercise Science at Sacred Heart University) and Dr. Nir Ohad (Director of the Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security at Tel Aviv University) both looked...
Oct 29th 11 min read -
JoVE in Germany: Advancing Science Research and Teaching
Germany is a leader in scientific teaching and research, with a wealth of national history and culture. Its science focus is part of the reason why the country has the strongest economy in Europe, and is its top industrial giant. Germany is also...
Aug 20th 6 min read -
2021 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winner: Gabriele (Gabi) Tanis “The Journey to Building an eLibrary Portal in a Large R&D Organization”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 14th 5 min read -
What To Do About The Reproducibility Crisis
(Note: This is the third installment of three in a blog series titled “Scientist In Librarian’s Clothing.” In part one, librarian Letisha R. Wyatt, Ph.D., discussed the chaotic life of being a neuroscience researcher; in part two, she covered...
Apr 12th 4 min read -
Three STEM Librarian Challenges SOLVED
When I began my position as a science and engineering librarian last year, I quickly learned that many of my library instruction practices weren’t relevant to the needs of my new user community. The nature of STEM research and teaching requires...
Dec 11th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enhancing Virtual Labs in a General Chemistry II Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 17th 7 min read -
Adjusting to the New Normal: Librarians Discuss Challenges & Opportunities
Ellen C. Kimbro is a Reference Librarian at Meharry Medical College, and Megan Toups is a STEM Librarian (Research and Instruction Services) at the Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University. Both Ellen and Megan began their positions...
Feb 26th 9 min read -
Dr. Magdalena Wajrak recommends using videos and animations for better student performance.
Dr. Magdalena Wajrak, the Senior Chemistry Lecturer at the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, started using JoVE in 2021 for high-quality videos and animations to better prepare her students for the lab classes. She says that JoVE videos...
Feb 3rd 4 min read -
Learning and Dissemination on Twitter: A Conversation with Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi
Dr. Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI@Pooh_Velagapudi JoVE Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi is a structural and interventional cardiologist, educator, and social media strategist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We spoke to...
Apr 8th 7 min read -
Meet our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Award Winners
The 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards recognize innovation and excellence amongst members of the science community who developed new mechanisms to cope with rapid changes, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Sep 2nd 16 min read -
Recent efficacy study shows JoVE videos can immediately enhance STEM curriculum – significantly improving student performance and confidence
Since 2010, JoVE has been creating and releasing science education video collections for undergraduate and graduate classes in multiple fields. The general feedback we have received from our community of users, authors, and...
Feb 23rd 14 min read -
Back to the lab after lockdown? Some changes in research may continue indefinitely…
When COVID-19 first started, laboratories around the world scrambled to make operating decisions with little time to implement changes. Some shut down, some moved to minimal functioning, while the rest did their best to stay partially operational...
Jul 15th 9 min read -
JoVE and Biogen to Provide Somerville Public Schools with STEM Video Learning Resources
Cambridge, MA, July 20, 2020 – JoVE is collaborating with Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) to support the remote learning needs of Somerville Public Schools (SPS) by providing access to JoVE’s one of a kind Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM)...
Jul 20th 6 min read -
Last week to apply to the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards!
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a testing ground for innovations. The crisis brought upon a persistent question: With millions of students, researchers, and educators across the world forced to stay home, how could the education world assure quick...
Jul 8th 7 min read -
6 Tips for Effectively Using Video in Remote STEM Courses
Over spring and summer this year, educators worldwide developed innovative ways to transform their science courses into remote or hybrid formats. Chief among these was using video to address unique remote learning difficulties: e.g., diversifying...
Oct 15th 11 min read -
Northeastern University Expands JoVE Partnership; Providing STEM Videos Campuswide and to Local High Schools
The expanded partnership will provide the full JoVE video library to all Northeastern faculty, staff, and students as well as offer the same resources for free to Boston Public High Schools to support STEM education Cambridge, MA, July 29,...
Jul 29th 4 min read -
JoVE Kicks Off STEM Library Survey Series
Did you know that some three-fourths of STEM librarians believe that holding in-person meetings and consultations is the most effective way to interact with their faculty constituents? Neither did we, until we began our STEM Library Survey Series...
Aug 9th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Unique Lab Project for an Online Biotechnology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 5th 10 min read -
Reproducibility Librarian? Yes, That Should Be Your Next Job
Vicky Steeves (@VickySteeves) is the first Research Data Management and Reproducibility Librarian ever! She has held this position at NYU since August 2015 and just published the article Reproducibility Librarianship in “Collaborative...
Oct 27th 14 min read -
Webinar: Librarians Help Address Scientific Reproducibility Crisis
We know that scientific reproducibility is a major problem. However, you may not know that in dollar costs alone, we face these grim stats: In the United States alone, the National Institutes of Health spends about $40 billion annually...
Jul 24th 3 min read -
JoVE in Action: Improving the Chemistry Lab Class Experience
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 19th 7 min read -
Playful Physiology for Physiotherapists: Kate Grafton, Leeds Beckett University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 24th 10 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Charles Clark ‘Live streaming the unseen: How to use real-time video streaming in the lab.’
Single Cell Analysis Project This blog post highlights the 2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award winner Charles Clark’s winning entry in which he reveals how to use real-time video streaming in the lab and its benefits. Charles’ current...
Nov 19th 7 min read -
How A Librarian Aids In Active Learning In STEM Classes
An eight years medical library veteran, Bethany McGowan is an assistant professor and health sciences information specialist at Purdue University. She joined the university in 2015, and in her role, she serves as librarian liaison to the nursing,...
Apr 30th 10 min read -
Brandeis MakerLab Draws STEM Students Into Library
To reinvent the traditional academic library’s role, staff members at Brandeis University are building new collaborative spaces. For the last three years, the Brandeis University library has steadily nurtured this innovation program — called...
Mar 14th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Video to Support Community College Biology Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 24th 8 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in an Online Biology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Oct 6th 7 min read -
Experts: Librarians Can Help Students Pass MCAT
Pre-med students face great burdens and challenges when preparing for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The process can be overwhelming. Purchasing preparation materials or hiring private tutors can be expensive and out of the reach...
Oct 4th 5 min read -
How Effective is the Use of Video in Scientific Research & Lab Training?
Scientific publishing has traditionally been dominated by text-only journal articles. Yet it is often difficult to capture crucial details of scientific methods using text alone. To effectively communicate and visualize nuances associated with the...
Apr 22nd 3 min read -
Scientists Are Moving to Visual Standard Operating Procedures – Here’s Why
“Videos are great training tools and serve as visual standard operating procedures in my lab,” says Dr. Raja Sriperumbudur, Director of In-Vivo Resource Center at Biogen. “[Video protocols] are easy to reproduce because you have all the...
Mar 31st 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enabling Educational Flexibility in Chemistry Lab Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Mar 4th 6 min read -
Systematic Reviews Crucial to Research Reproducibility
Cynthia Thomes is a reference and instruction librarian at University of Maryland University College (UMUC). Cynthia won a travel grant from JoVE to attend the Charleston Conference and will be speaking about the importance of reproducibility in...
Oct 9th 9 min read -
How JoVE videos help boost students’ confidence in the laboratory
The use of videos in instruction has become increasingly common in science courses worldwide. Step-by-step video demonstrations of experiments help students become familiar with the method & equipment before entering the lab. When...
Jun 10th 6 min read -
How Medical Librarians Can Provide Resource Access 24/7
First, about me: I have been working as senior documentation officer and head, National Documentation Centre (NDC), National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) in New Delhi for 21 years. My colleagues and I work to support the...
Jul 24th 6 min read -
Libraries Crucial to Preparing Students for STEM Jobs
Forty-nine % of all STEM students switch majors or drop out before graduating. Here’s the good news: librarians are positioned to save the day with new technology and a new role on campus. Science librarians play a critical role in the modern...
Oct 31st 7 min read -
Every Colored Dot in This Photo Is a Cell. How Was it Made?
You might have heard of Pointillism: a genre of art pioneered in the 1880s, in which colored dots are shaped into beautiful patterns. The image above could easily be a modern example of this classic genre — except that the colored dots...
Jun 2nd 4 min read -
Four Great STEM Librarian Communicators Head to Charleston Conference
It’s clear the constantly changing role of STEM librarians demands more active outreach to faculty and students. As the leading producer of video resources for scientific research and education, we have a vested interest in assisting librarians in...
Sep 10th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Helping Students with Concept Mapping in Biology, Using Videos
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Dec 1st 7 min read -
Ingenuity for Undergraduate Lab Productivity: Thinking Outside the Box to Serve Diverse University
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay As the STEM Librarian at Eastern Michigan University (EMU), I work to improve the lab productivity of a diverse population of individuals ranging from undergraduate students to faculty investigators....
Apr 19th 8 min read -
JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winners: Mbangsi Mary Ann Zithem and Jay Michael O. Diola ‘Simplifying and delivering library resources virtually.’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians around the world have used visual resources to support their remote efforts....
Sep 9th 7 min read -
Increasing Lab Productivity by Integrating ELNs
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay Advances in technology have resulted in research teams working in a hybrid environment; data streaming from lab instruments and calculations, notes, etc. written in a print notebook. Some researchers...
Apr 17th 8 min read -
When A STEM Librarian Cuts Loose On YouTube: Information Outreach
Library liaison outreach is a tough and often unrewarding enterprise. I ask myself: "Are my emails actually landing in front of interested eyes? How many people recognize me when I walk by their office?" So, video is another tool I use to help folks...
Jun 25th 6 min read -
How Can You Keep Students Engaged in Science Courses?
The need for instructors to find effective ways to support students and to keep them engaged is now more important than ever. The use of traditional print-based methods of teaching might not be enough to keep the current tech-savvy generation...
Jun 17th 7 min read -
Meet our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards Judges…
Thank you to everyone who applied for our 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards! JoVE is set to announce the award winners in just a few days, and in the meantime, we’re thrilled to introduce our amazing panel of judges....
Aug 25th 14 min read -
User Experience Key to Successful Patronage in STEM Libraries
This blog is the result of a collaboration by librarians at NTNU University Library in Norway: Idun Knutsdatter Østerdal, Senior Librarian; Una Ersdal, Adviser; Karen Johanne Buset, Head of Section; Astrid Kilvik, Research Librarian; Liv Inger...
Nov 6th 8 min read -
How the Aranne Central Library in Israel Helps its Researchers & Educators Benefit from JoVE Videos
With over 20,000 students and 1,000 faculty members, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of the leading research and teaching universities in Israel. The Aranne Central Library is an intellectual hub for visitors from across the Negev, and is...
Jan 14th 10 min read -
Tips to transform your courses with video resources: Dr. Eric Greska
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators worldwide have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be helpful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their science...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
How This Librarian Uses New Tech to Promote STEM
As an emerging technologies librarian with a background in academic health sciences, I draw on both traditional areas of practice and new information tools. This way, I provide just-in-time instruction and research support services to...
Jun 3rd 5 min read -
Turkish STEM Librarian Uses Databases to Support Science
Our university is established on the theme of health. It conducts education and training activities exclusively in health care. Through its two main hospitals, it also provides convenient health services to students. Another of the...
Sep 17th 7 min read -
Psychology Quips or How to Use Students’ Smartphones to Your Advantage
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 23rd 6 min read -
Exploring the Chemistry of Proteins: A Conversation with Dr. Flora Meilleur
Dr. Flora Meilleur is a structural biologist specializing in protein chemistry and neutron crystallography at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. She is also an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Department...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Dean Giustini
Introducing Dean Giustini, a medical librarian at the University of British Columbia, an advocate for reproducibility and grey literature searching, and our newest Librarian Spotlight! Working to advance research reproducibility at your...
Aug 9th 10 min read -
K-12 Schools Hungrily Consuming Quality Science Video
The demand for quality science education videos keeps growing in the K-12 market. In fact, just this past month, we added two great subscribers to our roster, including Monmouth County Voctional School District, New Jersey, and the Episcopal...
Sep 26th 8 min read -
Building Great Classroom Activities: Lego of Your Doubt
Lego bricks are well suited for classroom use for a couple of reasons: They are almost universally recognisableAnd the bricks are clearly toys I’ll develop these two points more. As for 1), it's because everyone knows what to...
Apr 22nd 6 min read -
How These Research Librarians Juice STEM Lab Productivity
I’ll start with a question: How are you or your library helping to boost the lab productivity of science students and faculty? We know that researchers and students face an increasing (and sometimes overwhelming) deluge of scientific...
Jul 11th 7 min read -
Helping Libraries Get JoVE Subscription Value
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Colin Treanor Title: Onboarding and Curriculum...
Jul 25th 9 min read -
How Scientists and Librarians Can Tackle the Reproducibility Crisis – Together
(Note: This is the second installment of three in a blog series titled “A Scientist in Librarian’s Clothing.” In part one, librarian Letisha R. Wyatt, Ph.D., discussed the challenging life of being an academic researcher.) Prior to taking...
Apr 5th 7 min read -
Librarian Urges Colleagues To Prioritize Marketing
The following is a guest blog from Michelle Kraft, the director of the Floyd D. Loop Alumni Library at the Cleveland Clinic. You can follow her blog here. The availability of online resources has made it easier for patrons to find...
Jul 23rd 7 min read -
You CAN Take the Librarian Out Of The Library
As a first-year science and math librarian at James Madison University, I have been searching for ways to build relationships with over 1,700 students and 163 faculty members. These relationships can lead to trust and lead me into more classrooms...
Apr 23rd 10 min read -
STEM Librarians Rate Faculty Interaction Method Success, Share Advice
In our previous blog, we discussed the gaps between librarians and their scientific audiences. Now we’ll look at ways STEM librarians are successfully bridging those gaps. Librarians compensate via various types of personal meetings and similar...
Aug 23rd 7 min read -
Making STEM Research A Pleasure
The Edward G. Miner Library is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center. Currently, library staff are taking steps to make searching for scientific research a more efficient and pleasant experience. We are doing this by preparing our...
Jun 27th 9 min read -
Librarians on User Outreach & Resourcing: Takeaways from ACRL 2021
What are the most successful ways librarians have interacted with faculty and students during the pandemic? What are some new channels they used for outreach, and how do they evaluate new resources? As the long-term need for virtual...
May 4th 11 min read -
Linking Data Management and Sharing with Reproducibility
Researchers today are generating more data than ever before - in genomics alone, researchers are expected to generate up to 40 exabytes (or 40 billion gigabytes) of data by 2025. If they ever hope to make any sense out of this mountain of data,...
Nov 1st 10 min read -
Developing Interest in the Retina: A Conversation with Guest Editor Sruti Patoori
Sruti Patoori, a newly minted Ph.D. graduate and current postdoc at Thomas Jefferson University, is in the midst of guest editing a JoVE Methods Collection on Molecular Methods in the Study of Vertebrate Retinal Development. The collection-which is...
Nov 19th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: Dr. Katja Köhler berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Laborkursen einsetzt
Dr. Katja Köhler ist Direktorin des CAL (Center for Active Learning) an der ETH Zürich und unterrichtet in Grundkursen der Genetik und Zellbiologie Studierende der Biologie, Pharmazie und Medizin. Zu Ihren Aufgaben gehört ebenfalls die...
Nov 22nd 5 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Claudia Jorgensen: “How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 7th 7 min read -
Virtual Lab Training: The Travel-Free Approach Scientists Are Opting For
For years, scientific researchers have encountered the need to travel for training. Sometimes, this involves traveling to laboratories on the other side of the country — or even the world — to learn an essential research method under the...
May 27th 8 min read -
JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Claudia Jorgensen ‘How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians around the world have used visual resources to support their remote efforts....
Sep 7th 4 min read -
Diving into Ph.D. Life: A Conversation with Adeline Williams
Adeline Williams, a third-year Ph.D. student at Colorado State University, is co-guest editing a JoVE Methods collection on transgenic manipulation of arthropod vectors with her PI Ken Olson. Ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in...
Feb 10th 9 min read -
Visually Explained: How Exactly Are Vaccines Developed?
Within a few months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories around the world had successfully developed vaccine technologies and begun clinical trials. Some months after that, vaccine manufacturing and distribution had entered full...
May 12th 3 min read -
JoVE in Action: Preparing Students for Lab Work in a Biological Research Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 27th 9 min read -
This Indian Academic Librarian Promotes Domain Information Expertise
First, about me: I am a deputy librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, with 14 years of experience in my job. Now, as for JNU: It’s a premier university for research in physical and chemical sciences and mathematics. The...
Aug 14th 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Joana Kramer “Establishing ‘Radio Views’ as a digital platform.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 5th 4 min read -
Librarian Supports Campus Research Via Data Solution
At the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), we work to support the lab productivity of students and researchers. Our college’s mission statement says: “Students will demonstrate an understanding of scientific inquiry by...
May 6th 5 min read -
JoVE Video Gains in K-12, China, and More
As a science video solutions provider, JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers globally. We’re excited and proud to list the names of institutions that either are new to us, or have expanded their existing...
Oct 2nd 5 min read -
Messy Field, Tidy Data: Teaching Graduate Students Data Collection Techniques for Field Research
2019 JoVE Librarian Travel Award Winning Essay As a brand new librarian, and as a liaison to several different science departments including entomology, geology, and biology, I am working to find creative ways to reach students in non-traditional...
Apr 17th 7 min read -
Introducing Our JoVE Librarian Travel Award Recipients for MLA ‘17
On our 10th Anniversary, we announced our Librarian Travel Award to recognize librarians who are leading innovative initiatives to raise awareness of science’s reproducibility crisis. Meet our three award recipients and learn about the work...
Apr 19th 11 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr. Shefaly Shorey’s Webinar: “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 12th 7 min read -
A Scientist in Librarian’s Clothing: Part One
This is the first a three-part series. In it, we will hear from Dr. Letisha R. Wyatt, who has the unique distinction of being both a scientist and an academic librarian. She therefore has a unique perspective on the relationship between librarians...
Apr 5th 7 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2019
Make the Research Difference There are dozens of ways for you to support faculty research! Consider all the librarian techno-tools and programs. Read all about it in this blog by academic medical librarian Dr. Parveen Babbar...
Oct 1st 3 min read -
How Librarians Taught Researchers to Publish Via a Game
Catherine Parker is the Collections & Scholarly Communications Librarian at the University of Huddersfield, England. She and her colleagues created a game-based resource to engage researchers with the key concepts and tools required to meet the...
Nov 6th 9 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Mellanye Lackey
Mellanye Lackey from the University of Utah, discusses her work on reproducibility, the impact of JoVE on research transparency, and redefining what a librarian does. Mellanye Lackey is the Associate Director for Education and Research at the...
Jul 12th 6 min read -
Exciting Times for STEM Librarians: Q&A With UC Berkeley’s Kortney Rupp
Chemical Information Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, Kortney Rupp blends two different skill sets. Since June 2017, her job has required her to identify and solve information management challenges and issues involved in...
Aug 21st 13 min read -
Reproducibility an Expertise Boundary Pusher for Traditional Librarians
Franklin Sayre (@mysnuggle) serves as the Pharmacy Librarian at the University of Minnesota where his focus is on serving the education and research needs of students, faculty, and researchers. He won a travel grant from JoVE to attend...
Oct 9th 8 min read -
Scientific Background Helps This STEM Librarian “Get” Outreach
University of Toronto, Mississauga Library Science Liaison Librarian Jessica Hanley is our source for this Q&A discussing about outreach methods. Please tell us about your science background. Before I became a librarian, I completed a...
Nov 13th 11 min read -
Overcoming the Challenges of Hybrid Courses: 7 Takeaways from Science Instructors
Last fall, Dr. Meghan Porter (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington) and Dr. Johnny El-Rady (Instructor, Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida) adopted models of...
Feb 23rd 17 min read -
Librarians: Play Your Role Enabling Active STEM Classrooms
Given that research has revealed 60 percent of STEM students don’t graduate (or switch majors), science teaching clearly must change accordingly. One promising approach is “active learning,” which can boost performance by directly...
Jul 25th 4 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Linda Hasman
In our newest Librarian Spotlight, Linda Hasman, shares her reproducibility initiatives with any librarian ready to make an impact on the next generation of scientists. See what her plans can do for your patrons! Linda Hasman is leading the...
Aug 2nd 8 min read -
JoVE Customer Success: Serving Librarians, Faculty, Researchers
Name: Claire WinthropTitle: Director of JoVE Customer SuccessDegree: Master of Business Administration, Suffolk University Tell me about what you do. I came on board to build a team to help our existing subscribers become aware of JoVE...
Sep 11th 4 min read -
Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Educational Videos
In last week’s JoVE webinar, Dr. Ella Maysami - Lecturer in Neuroscience, KIITE Fellow in Curriculum Design and Internationalisation, Keele University, England and Dr. Tsaffrir Zor - Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv...
Jul 1st 9 min read -
JoVE’s Award-Winning Librarians Travel to Conferences of Their Choice
I’m delighted to announce the three winners of JoVE’s third annual Librarian Travel Award. We selected the trio from more than 20 STEM librarian contestants who submitted high-quality essays describing how they help students and researchers...
Apr 25th 4 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Eric Hamlett ‘Adapting international research conferences to virtual web-based systems’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 8th 5 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Letisha Wyatt, Ph.D.
Learn how Letisha Wyatt, Ph.D., one of our first JoVE Librarian Travel Award recipients, is improving research reproducibility and bringing the lessons she learned in her science career to the other side of the collections desk. Letisha Wyatt...
Jul 26th 9 min read -
JoVE Closes Summer With Gains in North America, Biopharma, and K-12
JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers in labs and classrooms across the globe. We appreciate each subscriber and are excited to help each of them change how science is taught and done. The following organizations are either...
Aug 27th 5 min read -
Librarians Share Tried-and-Tested Library Student Outreach Methods and Tools
As we know, STEM librarians must actively engage and work with their on-campus student constituents. Luckily, there are more methods than ever, with those that are web-based, such as email and internet social media, frequently augmenting the...
Sep 13th 8 min read -
Engaging Students Through Blended Learning: Takeaways From a Medical Professor
Professor Gian Battista Parigi is the President of the Committee for International Cooperation for Development (CICOPS) & Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Pavia, Italy. When COVID-19 struck last year, Prof....
Jun 24th 8 min read -
Librarian Spotlight: Hillary Fox
Hillary Fox is bringing library support into nursing classes with her embedded librarian program at the University of West Florida. Read more to explore her initiative and see what it can offer your institution! Working to advance research...
Aug 15th 10 min read -
Collaborating And Partnering Tools For Academic Library Success
Tracy Englert is an associate professor and science and technology librarian at The University of Southern Mississippi. She has worked at the university since 2001, and her role includes providing traditional reference services to faculty and...
May 8th 11 min read -
Increasing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at California Community Colleges – your guide to the Governor’s Roadmap funding
California's 116 community colleges play a vital role in reducing social inequalities, serving the state's public health needs and educating the future workforce. With a focus on equity and student success, the Governor's Roadmap recognizes higher...
Sep 3rd 7 min read -
Library Education Through Animation
Could cartoons help students learn more about library services? Todd Vandenbark, Web Services Librarian at the University of Utah's health sciences library is trying to find out. Vandenbark developed two animated videos about inter-library loans...
Nov 17th 3 min read -
Introducing JoVE Science Education!
Let’s face it, research science isn’t easy to get into. Due to a rich history and thousands of researchers adding to the knowledge pool almost daily, there is a steep learning curve that those interested in the sciences need to overcome to...
May 1st 3 min read -
Librarians Boldly Going … Where They (Generally) Haven’t Gone Before
Students from the University of Oklahoma and the University of Arizona recently toured a cave bedecked with rare and delicate Southwestern Native American art, notes a Library Journal article. This, even though the cave location was secret, to...
Apr 16th 5 min read -
Librarians: Advocate for Research Reproducibility
Lutishoor (Luti) Salisbury is a science librarian and head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Library at the University of Arkansas. She won a travel grant from JoVE to attend the Charleston Conference. She will share her deep...
Oct 9th 8 min read -
Getting Liaison Librarians To Talk Scholarly Talk Via Boot Camp
Jeanne Hoover is the scholarly communication librarian and head of service for the research and scholarly communication department; Cindy Shirkey is head of collection development at East Carolina University. The library system is a leader...
Oct 30th 8 min read -
STEM Librarian: Outreach Started Day One
Kortney Rupp is the chemical information librarian and liaison to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). She is also a first-class sponsor of library interaction and was willing to share some of...
Nov 15th 10 min read -
Librarian on the “Domino Effect” of Faculty Partnerships
Bertha Chang has been an engineering subject liaison at North Carolina State University since 2011. She recently won a JoVE Librarian Travel Award to attend the 2018 Charleston Conference. Tell us something about how you began to...
Oct 9th 13 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Librarian Innovation Award Winner Jay Michael O. Diola’s JoVE Webinar
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 30th 8 min read -
Building a Virtual (Reality) Classroom: A Conversation with Dr. Amaya Arigita-García
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Amaya Arigita-García is a scientist, professor and the Director of Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Applied Sciences at the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid, Spain. She conducts...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
How This Librarian Promoted a ResearchHub
I am a health sciences librarian at the Spokane Academic Library at Washington State University (WSU). As an institution, WSU places great emphasis on the development of its research infrastructure and support. This is because of its “Drive...
May 14th 5 min read -
How STEM Faculty/Student Outreach Is Key To Library Ops
Assistant Librarian for Access and Outreach Services Mount Saint Mary College Jen Park is a winner of the JoVE Librarian Travel Award, and attended the 2018 Charleston Conference. Perhaps we can start by discussing the importance of...
Oct 23rd 11 min read -
JoVE Turns Five!
JoVE turned five this month. That’s right, it’s the fifth anniversary of the publication date of the first JoVE video protocol. A lot has changed since those early days. Back then, we still weren’t sure if we were going to be a journal or an...
Nov 2nd 2 min read -
JoVE in Action: 3 ways to use JoVE videos before, during and after class by Dr. Hagit Frenkel
Dr. Hagit Frenkel is a Senior Instructor at the Department of Biology, University of Haifa, Israel. She teaches chemistry and biochemistry courses to biology and medical science students and conservation science courses to second-degree students in...
Sep 6th 6 min read -
Libraries’ Acquisition Decisions Should Take Into Account Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
When STEM Ed Fails Students
Science is hard. It involves complicated concepts, intricate experiments, and advanced equipment. And our traditional textbook-based, lecture-centric teaching methods are demonstrably outdated. A well-known 2013 U.S. Department of Education...
Aug 28th 6 min read -
Librarians Need Institutional Buy-In to Promote Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 2 min read -
Where Engineering Meets Architecture: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Villanueva
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Paula Villanueva is an architect, engineer, researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Structures and Physics at the Technical University of Madrid. She recently co-authored a JoVE...
Feb 11th 7 min read -
JoVE Makes an Impact in Canada
As many of you know, JoVE appeared on CTV National News this past weekend. Though JoVE was founded in and operates out of Cambridge, MA we are an international journal, with video-articles published from 35 countries, including over 100 articles...
Jan 17th 3 min read -
Move from Bio-Techie to Bibliotech Enhances STEM Librarian’s Outreach
Dorit van-Moppes is unique for a STEM librarian: she actually started as a biotech scientific researcher before starting her current career. She is in the Zalman Arrane Library, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Van-Moppes...
Oct 25th 13 min read -
Librarians Getting Up-to-Date on Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
5 Tips to Engage and Educate Your Science Students
It can be difficult to get science students out of the lab and into the library. Yet, these students have as much of a need for your libraryʼs resources as any other patron. No one librarian can help every early-career scientist: success requires...
Nov 7th 4 min read -
Librarians to Partner with Scientists to Fight the Reproducibility Crisis
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 3 min read -
Librarians Have the Skills to Advocate for Reproducibility
It’s estimated that only around 20% of published research can be reproduced by other research labs. Does that mean 80% of research is wrong? No, thankfully. What it means is that scientists are spending more of their time and resources trying to...
Nov 14th 4 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2018
Welcome to JoVE's "Librarian Impact" newsletter: A free, monthly, STEM-librarian focused publication for academic, corporate, and medical audiences. We offer articles, Q&As, librarian blogs, and more, all in the interest to promote your career...
Aug 31st 3 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr Glenn Hurst’s Webinar: “Actively engaging digitally native students with social media.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 28th 9 min read -
How JoVE Sci-Ed Videos Overcome English-Chinese Language Gap for Biochemistry Students
By adopting JoVE Science Education videos for her laboratory course, a ShanghaiTech University’s biochemistry instructor saves significant time and effort in class and during lesson preparations — while her students improve their English...
Jan 9th 4 min read -
JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards 2022 – The Winners
We’re in awe of all the STEM educators, researchers and libarians who entered the awards this year and we salute their hard work, dedication and talent. Our winners, in, the second year of the awards, have shown how they have used STEM video in...
Sep 20th 10 min read -
The Netherlands Cancer Institute and JoVE
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is a research institute and specialized clinic, combining cancer care, research and international exchange of knowledge. Its core tasks are excellent care and innovation, national and international...
Mar 7th 9 min read -
Bioengineering Educational Videos to Bridge Students to the Real World
Happy National Engineering Week! Throughout my education, I have seen that students respond better to dynamic learning — having a firsthand experience by doing it themselves or watching key techniques and concepts visualized to better understand...
Feb 21st 14 min read -
How streaming media can help meet CCC’s Vision for Success Goals
The CCC adopted Vision for Success back in 2017, and, in the Chancellor’s words, it has ‘served as our collective North Star’. Now, reinvigorated by a substantial budget, it’s been rebranded as Reaffirming Equity in a Time of Recovery; you...
Sep 16th 8 min read -
2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Stephanie Schweiker ‘Using video-based chemistry resources to improve learning outcomes and engagement.’
The 2022 JoVE Educator Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight the use of video resources to support learning outcomes and increase student engagement in STEM education. Below you can read the winning entry by the 2022 JoVE...
Sep 27th 11 min read -
JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Dr Glenn Hurst “Actively engaging digitally native students with social media.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 17th 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner: Dr. Shefaly Shorey “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Sep 23rd 4 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Armando Gonzalez Sanchez ‘JoVE videos help support lab training and real-life application of research findings.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training and share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find inspiration...
Sep 26th 9 min read -
How JoVE Helped Librarians With Student/Faculty Outreach
Lucie Tryoen is an electronic resources librarian at the University of Evry-Val d’Essonne in France. Her excellence in library outreach and her ability to define her approach to it won her a JoVE travel award to the Charleston Library...
Oct 18th 10 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Victoria Alonso’s ‘How publishing with JoVE increased her research visibility & paved the way for interdisciplinary collaboration.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training or share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find inspiration...
Sep 23rd 8 min read -
2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Dr. Ajay Rajaram ‘The use of videos to highlight new research in predicting brain injury in newborn infants.’
The 2022 JoVE Researcher Innovation Awards have paved the way to highlight innovative uses of JoVE videos to conduct research and training, plus share knowledge outside the physical laboratory. We hope these blog posts will help you find...
Sep 23rd 8 min read -
July This Month In JoVE: Applied Physics, Hearts, and Spider Silk
This July JoVE, is proud to launch the first and only scientific video publication for physics and engineering. Historically, JoVE has focused primarily on biomedical research and has developed subsections for Bioengineering, Clinical and...
Jul 5th 2 min read -
This October in JoVE
Want to know what to expect from the October issue of This Month in JoVE? Whether it's identifying cell types with green fluorescent protein, binding tissue together with chitosan-a polymers or removing axons from neurons, all six sections of JoVE...
Oct 3rd 6 min read