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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Discussion of Research Administrators' Issues [mailto:RAMTALK@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Lori Ann M. Schultz<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2010 10:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> RAMTALK@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br><b>Subject:</b> FW: eRA Information: Act Now to Retain Your Commons Citations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Please forward to your NIH PIs/Co-PIs, and their staff. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ESubmission Update to Organization Officials [mailto:ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] <b>On Behalf Of </b>eRA Communications Office<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 08, 2010 6:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> ERA_COMMONS_ADMIN-L@LIST.NIH.GOV<br><b>Subject:</b> eRA Information: Act Now to Retain Your Commons Citations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>eRA Information: Act Now to Retain Your Commons Citations</span></i></b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Friday, October 8, 2010</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear Program Directors / Principal Investigators,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>eRA Commons and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) have partnered together to provide one comprehensive online bibliography portal. NCBI’s <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/" title="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/">“My NCBI” system</a> boasts a feature called “My Bibliography,” where users can create and store professional citations. </span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>As of July 23, 2010, PD/PIs are no longer able to enter citations manually into eRA Commons and must use My Bibliography to enter and maintain any citations they wish to have available in Commons.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In order to complete the integration of eRA Commons and My NCBI, citations that have been manually entered into Commons will be unavailable as of October 22, 2010. This includes citations that a Commons user has typed or copied and pasted directly into Commons, which are identified in Commons by a citation source of “PD/PI Entered.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To retain these citations (i.e. for use in a future progress report), PD/PIs must transfer them to a My NCBI account. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Several <a href="http://era.nih.gov/virtualschool/external/class_bib.htm" title="http://era.nih.gov/virtualschool/external/class_bib.htm"><span style='color:windowtext'>demos</span></a> released<span style='color:black'> this summer provide PD/PIs with step-by-step instructions for creating a My NCBI account and linking it to a Commons account, as well as other aspects of this systems integration.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Resources:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://era.nih.gov/ncbi/ncbi_overview.cfm" title="http://era.nih.gov/ncbi/ncbi_overview.cfm">Overview and Benefits</a></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-103.html" title="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-103.html">NIH Guide Notice</a> (Background)</span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://era.nih.gov/virtualschool/external/class_bib.htm" title="http://era.nih.gov/virtualschool/external/class_bib.htm">eRA Virtual School web-based demos</a></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helpmyncbi&part=MyNCBI" title="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=helpmyncbi&part=MyNCBI">My NCBI Help page</a></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://publicaccess.nih.gov/" title="http://publicaccess.nih.gov/">NIH Public Access Policy</a></span> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For My NCBI-specific questions, please <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/glance/contact_info.html">contact My NCBI</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For eRA Commons-related inquiries, please contact the eRA Help Desk at </span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'><a href="http://era.nih.gov/help" title="http://era.nih.gov/help">http://era.nih.gov/help</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:maroon'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(Preferred method of contact); 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