From Andrea Duda, ISTL Editor
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (www.istl.org) is an open access journal published by the Science and Technology Section of ACRL. We are recruiting new members for our panel of referees.
ISTL publishes substantive material of interest to science and technology librarians. It serves as a vehicle for sci-tech librarians to share [...]
The 2009 SLA All Sciences Online Poster Session is starting today, Thursday October 15. The conference features posters originally presented last June at the SLA Annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The divisions sponsoring and participating in this conference are Biomedical & Life Sciences; Chemistry; Engineering; Food, Agriculture & Nutrition; Physics, Astronomy, Mathematics; Science-Technology. The online conference [...]
This sounds like a really interesting event: the STELLA Unconference in Denver will be January 8-9th, 2010 at the University of Denver. This meeting, organized by Joe Kraus from the University of Denver, is for any person interested in scientific, technical and engineering resources. The acronym stands for Science, Technology & Engineering Library Leaders in Action.
Registration is [...]
Just a bit of sad news, the University of California – Davis decided to close down its Physical Science and Engineering Library. Budget cuts are said to be the reason behind the decision.
400,000 items will be moved to other campus libraries as well as other institutions. The library will close by 2011. The decision doesn’t [...]
I’ve been pondering bookplates as a fundraiser for a long while now. The administrative hurdles and my lack of time are enough to not do anything much about it right now. But could virtual bookplates be the solution?
Found via the Libology Blog, a program at the University of Florida Smathers Libraries are doing just that.
An [...]
The Yale Libraries have debuted the new MyCopy service by Springer. Has your library?
Library patrons can now order their personal soft cover books via MyCopy.
Following the successful completion of the MyCopy pilot project, Springer has extended this eBook service to all academic libraries in the USA and Canada that have purchased Springer eBook Collections.
All [...]
I have a dream. And it could be easily enough achieved I guess. I would love to have a few ebook readers to loan out to my users. I know of a few libraries that offer Kindles in circulation, like Texas A&M and Princeton. Penn State and Sony recently announced a project where Sony donated [...]
ACRL has just approved the formation of a new Health Science Special Interest Group. The Interest Group will be added to the dues renewal starting in September.
However, there is an existing Google Group. There will also be a meeting at ALA Chicago, in the ACRL Suite. If you are interested (even if not a ALA/ACRL [...]
I linked a few months ago to a flash mob at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. More recently, several hundreds of students tried to enter the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga library during finals week. Two nights ago, it the was the William T. Young Library at the University of Kentucky to be visited by, [...]
In a report on a USF study, that I found a little disheartening, it was concluded that, while college students do use social media, they don’t use Twitter much and remain unaware of its use for business/professional purposes.
So, they use it to connect with friends, but couldn’t care less about businesses, brands or organizations [...]
The Internet Resources column in the April issue of C&RL News (vol. 70, no. 4) offers a useful list of resources to help academic librarians with the research component of their workload. The column, by Laurie L. Putnam, is entitled Professional Writing and Publishing: Resources for Librarians.
OCLC and Ebsco have announced an agreement that makes it possible for libraries that subscribe to both WorldCat Local and EBSCOhost services to provide their users with online access to the full text of electronic content.
My system has a WorldCat Local beta installation (and several Ebsco products). Users who have tried the beta have really [...]
An interesting list of tips, apps, and resources for teachers on Twitter (100 of them). May be more geared toward K-12 but still some good ideas for the higher ed crowd.
I’m playing with the idea of a session for my faculty.
Steve Ostrem at Library Journal wrote a nice article on how librarians can use Google Book Search for reference, research and collection development.
Particularly interesting, and new, is the “popular passages” search, the subject headings, the ability to clip and paste from public-domain works and the personalization options now offered via “My Library” with a [...]
Today, March 24th, is Ada Lovelace Day. It is an international day that wants to draw attention to women excelling in technology.
I would like to highlight two women here that I admire for their technological skills. I also have the pleasure of knowing them personally and, bonus, they’re librarians!
Jill Hurst-Wahl is an expert on [...]
As the first USF librarian at the Lakeland campus (now Polytechnic), I opened the USF Polytechnic Library in January 2007 and have developed its various services.
I've held positions as information broker, Internet consultant and academic librarian in Canada, the US and Europe.
A blogger since 2001, I've created and maintained several sites in, and outside, of the biblioblogosphere.
I'm active in SLA, and currently serve as Chair of the Information Technology Division.
