http://stlq.info/ Occasional postings about issues and concerns of interest (but not restricted to) engineering and scitech librarians. en-us randy@podbaydoor.com 2005-03-31T14:40:05-07:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001882.html :: Links to the presentations from Computers In Libraries 2005 are available on the Information Today web site. (Via: Science Library Pad.)... 1882@http://stlq.info/ Conferences/Meetings 2005-03-31T14:40:05-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001880.html :: From a post on CHMINF-L:Presenters have now been selected for the Poster Session, "Better Understanding Your Users," being cosponsored by the Chemistry, PAM, and Sci-Tech Divisions at the upcoming SLA meeting in Toronto . A list of the presenters... 1880@http://stlq.info/ SLA 2005-03-30T11:36:00-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001878.html :: I am obviously having trouble keeping up with Walt Crawford. I missed noting the v5 n2: Midwinter 2005 issue of Cites & Incites Insights, which appeared between January and February. When you are finished with that issue, check out... 1878@http://stlq.info/ Comment and Opinion 2005-03-29T09:05:10-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001877.html :: Excerpted from a post on CHMINF-L, David R Lide, Editor-in-Chief, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, explains the policy of updating HCP: Each annual edition provides an opportunity to add new material, update/expand existing tables, and correct errors. Certainly,... 1877@http://stlq.info/ Chemistry 2005-03-29T08:53:28-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001876.html :: From a message sent by Christine Orr of AIP, which appeared on various listservs:The American Institute of Physics is pleased to announce that beginning this week, all AIP journal abstract pages will carry a message informing users that their... 1876@http://stlq.info/ Physics 2005-03-29T08:45:17-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001872.html :: Copyright reform took a step forward today in Canada:On March 24, the ministers of Canadian Heritage and Industry released a Statement outlining the Government's proposals for amendments to the Copyright Act that would address the short-term group of reform... 1872@http://stlq.info/ Copyright (Canada) 2005-03-24T12:00:04-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001871.html :: Recently I posted a short review of Carl Selinger's new book, "Stuff You Don't Learn In Engineering School: Skills For Success In The Real World." Carl read the review, and submitted a timely comment regarding the importance of information... 1871@http://stlq.info/ Book Reviews 2005-03-24T11:08:22-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001870.html :: I've written previously about working with engineering design students (in mechanical, chemical, materials engineering classes) by helping them create weblogs to use for project management. The students are working in groups of four, and I've helped a number of... 1870@http://stlq.info/ Blogging 2005-03-24T10:52:26-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001869.html :: From the Elsevier site, Scirus now includes patent data:Amsterdam, 22 March 2005 – Elsevier today announced that its free science-specific search engine, Scirus, has now indexed 13 million patents. Patents indexed in Scirus include those from the United States... 1869@http://stlq.info/ Patents 2005-03-22T15:17:01-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001866.html :: Word is out that President Bill Clinton has been added to the list of general session speakers at SLA in Toronto. From a post on SLA-ENG today:This morning it was announced to the Board, that former President Bill Clinton... 1866@http://stlq.info/ SLA 2005-03-22T14:33:34-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001865.html :: George Porter sent word about the following new open access journal for organic chemistry:San Diego, CA.: The prestigious Beilstein-Institut today announced the launch of the first major Open Access journal for organic chemistry. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry will... 1865@http://stlq.info/ Chemistry 2005-03-22T13:54:35-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001864.html :: Cindi Trainor has added all the slides and such from the OpenURL Cybertour she did at CiL 2005. She then posted links to the Instant Messaging Cybertour she did at CiL as well.... 1864@http://stlq.info/ Conferences/Meetings 2005-03-22T13:39:57-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001863.html :: Comments were received regarding resources mentioned in previous entries, and I felt the information was important enough to be added to a new post.Regarding the entry, Review of Web of Science (2004 version) and Scopus, Christina Pikas advised that... 1863@http://stlq.info/ Scopus 2005-03-22T10:25:44-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001862.html :: For further coverage of Computers in Libraries, please check my friend Cindi Trainor's observations from the second and third days, her final thoughts, and while you're at it, send her much sympathy after reading about her and her family's... 1862@http://stlq.info/ Conferences/Meetings 2005-03-21T13:30:12-07:00 http://stlq.info/archives/001861.html :: The Creative Commons, the group working to reform copyright, announced in November 2004 the creation of the Science Commons:The mission of Science Commons is to encourage scientific innovation by making it easier for scientists, universities, and industries to use... 1861@http://stlq.info/ In The News 2005-03-21T13:13:14-07:00