tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33348352011-06-08T01:07:41.155-04:00englibEngineering LibrariesCWnoreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-1139636533034011332006-02-11T00:41:00.000-05:002006-02-11T00:42:13.046-05:00EngLibCWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-1088043528924175062004-06-23T22:18:00.000-04:002004-06-23T22:18:48.923-04:00englib.infoCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-1084191757809226692004-05-10T08:22:00.000-04:002004-05-10T08:22:37.810-04:00englib.infoCWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-788181102002-07-11T09:38:00.000-04:002002-07-11T09:38:39.003-04:00Englig is moving! I have my own domain now (thanks to my Sweet Half for this advance birthday gift) and here is the new URL, http://www.englib.info/. All the archives have also been moved. See you there.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-786216422002-07-06T14:08:00.000-04:002002-07-06T14:08:06.110-04:00One last thing about ASEE 02. I forgot to mention that the Best Reference Work Award, presented by the ELD-ASEE, was won this year by one of own faculty, Dr Waldemar Karkowski. Dr Karkowsi is the director of the Center of Industrial Ergonomics here at the University of Louisville. The book he edited, the International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors won the prize with 97% of the Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-785172862002-07-03T14:25:00.000-04:002002-07-03T14:28:23.000-04:00Pheewww, here goes:
MDL has released Commander 6 for Beilstein CrossFire. See your vendor or consortia because I can't seem to find updated info on http://www.beilstein.com/.
IEEE just published their IEEE-USA Salary Survey. Order at http://www.ieeeusa.org/catalog/01salary.html.
The SLA-ENG division has started a Diversity and Mentoring discussion list. The list will foster many-to-many Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-782329862002-06-26T14:35:00.000-04:002002-06-26T14:36:24.000-04:00Hello again! I hope everybody had a good time at SLA, ALA, ASEE, IATUL and tutti quanti! I did so myself and took a few days of vacation as well. There is a ton of news to blog and I will need a bit of time to sort it out. But first, my travel voucher... :)
For those who attented my poster session at ASEE (with my colleague Jan Kulkarni), technical problems are preventing me at the moment from Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-774183302002-06-06T10:08:00.000-04:002002-06-06T10:08:58.710-04:00The State University of New York (SUNY) has just changed his library management software, going from MultiLis to Ex Libris' ALEPH 500. The SUNY Morrisville College Library (serving Agriculture science and various AS and AAS degrees in science and technology) is the first location where ALEPH 500 is being deployed. The rest of the libraries will get the new software over the next two years. To Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-772259362002-06-01T15:01:00.000-04:002002-06-01T17:08:44.000-04:00This week I visited the Shaver Engineering Library at the University of Lexington, KY. They have a most peculiar room to house their Standards: the ladies restrooms! Alas, there is no more sanitary equipment (or is this a good thing? :) ) but the tile, mirrors and feminine products dispenser were still there. Director James Manasco wouldn't show us what was in the men restrooms... Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-771908152002-05-31T14:05:00.000-04:002002-05-31T14:14:31.000-04:00Quick SLA news:
- Sci-Tech News, the bulletin for the Engineering, Sciences and Technology SLA Divisions will not be mailed in time for SLA in June. A special edition can be found at http://www.geocities.com/tomosif/.
- For a list of Sci-Tech Division activities in Los Angeles, check http://www.libraries.psu.edu/crsweb/lifesci/bioinfo/schedule02.html; for Chemistry, http://www.sla.org/division/Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-768933942002-05-23T15:29:00.000-04:002002-05-23T15:38:16.000-04:00They come to your desk, they have a question, they use the latest buzzwords. Now, you will remain cool and unfazed with the help of this list. At the end of the article, another URL for buzzwords, essential to the corporate world.
Have fun with Google Labs (and it may pass for work too :) ). Technical developments with one of the current top search engines that you can play with.
Another schoolCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-767006102002-05-18T15:03:00.000-04:002002-05-18T15:14:56.000-04:00Do you remember the Public Library of Science's call for a boycott last April? To this day, over 30 000 scientists had signed an open letter to ask the scientific publishers to make their content freely accessible online once it hits 6 months of age. If not, after September 2001, the signers would have stopped publishing, subscribing or acting as editor for any publisher not meeting their Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-763457872002-05-09T11:26:00.000-04:002002-05-09T11:36:00.000-04:00Go try an IOP search! IOP is experimenting with clustering software - Vivismo - for results lists. Any list with more than 25 results can be clustered into topics. You can then have access to the full text of the articles found. In the window you have open or, in a new window! (Yes, I have a thing with new browser windows) How are the topics determined? "The Vivisimo algorithm puts documents Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-761276202002-05-03T14:37:00.000-04:002002-05-03T14:41:06.000-04:00You may have noticed yesterday that my links had a new window as a target. I suddenly realized that it bugs me on the blogs I read, so why was I doing it on mine? :)
LSSI is launching a bi-monthly award, the Samuel Swett Green Award for the Best Virtual Reference Transcript. The competition is open to all reference staff using any virtual reference software that can produce an electronic Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-760773612002-05-02T09:10:00.000-04:002002-05-02T10:50:21.000-04:00Yesterday, the ACS launched the free trial of their full-text Archives database for their journals. Only institutional ACS Web Edition subscribers can subscribe for the trial though. Articles included come from all titles (except the most recent) from their first year of publication. The trial ends July 1st 2002.
You now need a subscription to access Computer Reviews. The beta testing is over Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-760069642002-04-30T13:44:00.000-04:002002-04-30T13:45:05.000-04:00Tonigh on PBS, NOVA presents Why the Towers Fell , a documentary on the collapse of the World Trade Center and the following investigation by forensic engineers.
ISI announces improvements to BIOSIS Previews and Web of Science. They also are announcing Web of Knowledge, a portal to all their online ressources including a tool offering the possibility of cross-searching the content.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-758077452002-04-25T09:40:00.000-04:002002-04-25T09:43:42.000-04:00The Engineering Division of SLA is looking for nominations for its 2001/2002 Ei/SLA Engineering Librarian Award. They're looking to reward great accomplishments and contributions from members of the Engineering Librarian profession. See the website for more details.
At MLA in May, IEEE will test its forthcoming Biomedical Engineering Library online collection. Attendants are invited to attend Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-755632082002-04-18T18:50:00.000-04:002002-04-18T18:50:40.520-04:00IoP has launched a portal on Bose-Einstein condensation and matter wave called BEC Matters: news, websites, conference information and direct access, when subscribing, to the full text of relevant articles in IoP journals.
Some improvements were also added to their search engine: search history, default searches and new modes of exportation of results.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-754614592002-04-16T08:50:00.000-04:002002-04-16T08:50:37.653-04:00Technology Grant News just published its latest issue. The serial informs non-profit organizations about various funding for technology use and science education programs. Subscription is $125/$85 depending on status.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-753591902002-04-13T10:13:00.000-04:002002-04-13T10:14:24.000-04:00Next Tuesday, April 16th, is the last day for the early bird registration to the ASEE annual conference. A whopping $352 instead of whopping-er $407. Anyone who is a member, can you tell me if you think this is a good association to be part of?
May 1st is the last day to the early bird registration for SLA in Los Angeles. $250 instead of $295.
Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-752446642002-04-10T09:44:00.000-04:002002-04-10T09:44:44.896-04:00Those attending the SLA Annual Conference in Los Angeles can sign up to visit the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on June 13. Tour includes a multimedia presentation and visits to the JPL Museum, Space Flight Operations Facility, Micro-Devices Lab, Regional Planetary Image Facility, and JPL Library. Check your registration papers or contact Carol Reese for more details.
Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-751055652002-04-06T09:27:00.000-05:002002-04-06T09:28:37.000-05:00My deep apologies to my dear beloved; he is the one who found the High Energy Physics Libraries webzine for me. Talk about a librarian with a messy inbox!Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-750730072002-04-05T09:49:00.000-05:002002-04-05T09:54:50.000-05:00What is nice with a blog is that you start paying attention to a lot more things in case of something of interest for the blog pops up (!). For example, I read on a listserv about the webzine High Energy Physics Libraries whose aim is "to discuss issues relevant to high energy physics libraries from the point of view of both information workers and library clients".
TGIF. No offense to lawyers..Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-114549092002-04-04T10:48:00.000-05:002002-04-04T10:48:14.020-05:00Reading the April issue of the Smithsonian, I saw that the National Museum of American History in Washington is displaying since February an exhibit about teaching math in America. The exhibit is ongoing. In the same issue of the magazine, there is also an article about the new Alexandria library, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-114510982002-04-04T08:37:00.000-05:002002-04-04T08:37:02.886-05:00OT and 2 years old but amusing and still current. As we know, libraries are The Scourge of Publishing.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-113771902002-04-02T09:54:00.000-05:002002-04-02T11:26:35.000-05:00Now, it up to the Physics department to hold its annual Bullit Lecture at the University of Louisville. The guest speaker is Fred Espenak from the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and the title of the lecture is "Solar Eclipses and Mysteries of the Sun". April 13, 7:30PM at the Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium, on campus.
An association I didn't know about, and good scholarships offered. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-112534442002-03-29T13:21:00.000-05:002002-03-29T13:24:45.000-05:00For the directors among us, April 1st is the last day for the early-bird registration rate for IATUL 2002. The conference is in Kansas City, June 2-6.
If not, I'm not in a good mood today because I had planned and got a grant to go to a seminar in April that was cancelled this morning... Isn't 8 people enough to hold a seminar on KM?Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-111452612002-03-26T14:48:00.000-05:002002-04-02T10:00:49.000-05:00For those in the Louisville, KY area, the Mathematics department at the University of Louisville is presenting his annual Bullit Lecture. The guest is Keith Devlin from Stanford University, aka NPR's the Math Guy. The lecture is about the New Geometries of Animals, Flowers, Art and the Human Body.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-108694242002-03-18T15:52:00.000-05:002002-03-18T15:55:36.000-05:00Last January, the Engineering Library of the University of Cincinnati reopened after intensive renovations of historic Baldwin Hall. Among the new features is the Info Commons, a 24-hour card access area with an open computer facility and two computer classrooms. For more details, see here.
Nominations are sought for the positions of Director and Secretary/Treasurer at the Engineering Libraries Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-105612072002-03-09T12:39:00.000-05:002002-03-09T12:39:43.063-05:00Today is the International Women Day. Bid a good day to all the female librarians and the female engineers you know (that should respectively an high number and a low number, regrettably for the engineers). This is the ACRL Women's Studies websites about women in science and technology.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-104878432002-03-07T08:46:00.000-05:002002-03-07T09:42:17.000-05:00OK, slight OT blog today.
Blake Carver, publisher of LISnews.com, made his Top 10 librarian personalities on the Web. Let's hope one day to make the list.
The Net has self-organizing properties, via communities of interest. Read more here. Somehow, I'm not totally surprised by this discovery.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-102720142002-03-01T13:54:00.000-05:002002-03-07T09:36:22.000-05:00Always an important subject - and I hope not a disregarded one - ethics. The Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands is holding the Research in Ethics and Engineering conference on April 25 and 26. More details at http://onlineethics.org/events/index.htm.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-99732572002-02-21T15:27:00.000-05:002002-03-07T09:36:05.000-05:00Voting ends on March 1st for the SLA Sci-Tech Division elections. To get more info, we are not sure, but maybe James Manasco would be of help (manasco@pop.uky.edu). The ballot was distributed on the mailing list.Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-98883532002-02-19T11:28:00.000-05:002002-03-07T09:35:51.000-05:00netConnect, the Library Journal, the School Libray Journal and Jones e-global have set up an award to recognize the unique contributions libraries have made in building the World Wide Web. Nomination period ends April 15. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-98534042002-02-18T13:34:00.000-05:002002-03-07T09:35:29.000-05:00Elections are now taking place for the 2002/03 SLA office. On the ballot are three science/engineering librarians. For President-Elect, Mrs G. Lynn (Tinsley) Berard, who is Head of the Science Libraries at Carnegie Mellon University and Mrs Cynthia V. Hill, Manager of the Sun Library, of Sun Microsystems, Inc; for Division Cabinet Chair - Elect, Mrs Wei Wei, who is the Computer Science Librarian Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-97687252002-02-15T16:03:00.000-05:002002-02-18T13:04:45.000-05:00So, yes, it is only our second day of posting but, the Olympics are on and these people are most likely graduates in computer science engineering. Very cool camera technology.
Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334835.post-97255082002-02-14T13:26:00.000-05:002002-03-03T13:45:14.000-05:00Hey! Our first post!
The new address for the Association of American Engineering Societies (AAES) is 1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 906, Washington, D.C. 20036-5104. They moved into the Washington office of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME).Cnoreply@blogger.com