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Friday 30 January 2026
- The Year 1000: A Legacy of Science & Technology - :: The Year 1000: A Legacy of Science & Technology, is a new online exhibition from the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology."Sometimes when people think about the year 1000, they think of a time of darkness and... (09:47 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 28 January 2026
- Web Sites of Interest - :: A couple of web sites discovered via the EEVL catalogue and the EEVL Current Awareness Service:E-STREAMS publishes "electronic reviews of science & technology references covering engineering, agriculture, medicine and science. Each issue contains 30+ STM reviews, covering new titles... (11:10 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 23 December 2025
- OUP and continuous online publication model - :: Back in August we posted about OUP's move towards experimenting with new online publishing model. A few more details have been released. Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) is adopting a continuous online... (09:28 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 27 November 2025
- New Web Sites of Interest - :: New and interesting web sites, featuring descriptions from the EEVL Catalogue.Ethics in Computing. "Ethics in Computing is a guide to topics such as privacy, intellectual property, computer abuse, commerce, social justice and speech issues. It also covers basic ethical... (15:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 10 November 2025
- Science Photography - A very interesting image found via The Daily Trudge: All the Water and Air in the World, a clever conceptual image by Dr Adam Nieman that reveals what would happen if the world's water or air were lumped together in... (11:49 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Interview with Tim Berners-Lee - :: Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the world wide web in 1989. He shares his ideas of a more "intelligent" web in this interview from the BBC. :: Today's website is from the Life Sciences Libraries at the University... (20:16 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Tuesday 5 August 2025
- EEVL News and Enhancements - :: Roddy MacLeod sends word about the latest news from EEVL, available in the current issue of Ariadne. Thanks, Roddy.... (10:54 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Saturday 5 July 2025
- About.com Adopts a Blogging Model - :: An interesting entry from Sitelines mentions that About.com, historically one of my favorite subject-based portal sites, has adopted a blogging model based somewhat on MT, changing the appearance of each subject page. See examples here and here. RSS is... (15:41 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 28 May 2025
- Sci/Tech Web Awards 2003 - Scientific American has announced its Sci/Tech Web Awards 2003. Fifty sites were chosen from ten different subject categories. Winners from 2002 and 2001 are also available. (From: Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends)... (12:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)