September 2003
Monday 29 September 2025
- e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology, SciELO - :: The Surface Science Society of Japan has created the e-Journal of Surface Science and Nanotechnology. The papers are referreed, but the English on the journal homepage needs some serious editing. :: SciELO Brazil:The Scientific Electronic Library Online - SciELO... (16:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 25 September 2025
- Web Research Guide from Elsevier - :: From Sitelines:Elsevier has produced a highly readable Web Research Guide, aimed "at scientists, faculty members students, researchers and authors who have access to ScienceDirect. Although clearly intended to promote ScienceDirect, the general suggestions about search tools, written by an... (21:18 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 24 September 2025
- Librarian On-Site! - Remote Service to Engineering Students - :: I'm writing this from Computer Laboratory E2-006, in the Engineering Teaching & Learning Complex of the University of Alberta. Today we begin our Librarian On-Site! service for the Faculty of Engineering students and staff. When this blog began in... (21:43 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 22 September 2025
- Databases and The Ethics of Sharing Passwords - :: Randy Cohen writes perhaps my favorite column, The Ethicist (ID and PW: podbay), for the NYTimes Magazine. He is the author of The Good, The Bad & The Difference: How to Tell Right From Wrong in Everyday Situations. In... (05:05 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 17 September 2025
- Engineers and Weblogs - :: Karen Auguston Field, Chief Editor of Design News, describes Why Every Engineer Needs a Weblog.... (18:13 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Monday 15 September 2025
- Virtual Museums and Public Understanding of Science and Culture - "This Web page offers a retrospective of a symposium held in May 2002 by The Nobel Foundation. "The purpose of the symposium was to explore how scientific and cultural institutions can use Internet and the new information technology to promote... (16:04 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Thursday 11 September 2025
- ACS Analyzes WTC Dust; Edward Teller Dies - :: The American Chemical Society is holding its annual meeting in NYC this week, and researchers still do not know if there are any long-term effects to be expected.When the World Trade Center collapsed, more than a million tonnes of... (15:50 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 10 September 2025
- Site Will Be Down Briefly - :: This is to let you know that in a day or two, The (sci-tech) Library Question will be offline. I'm switching service providers, and will need to move my domain over to the new host. This will take 24-48... (03:09 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Friday 5 September 2025
- Science and Technology Libraries - Opportunity for Publication - :: Are you working on a project or research that would be of interest to your fellow scitech librarians?The following message appeared on STS-L, and is worth sharing here:"Science & Technology Libraries published by the Haworth Press seeks articles for... (11:09 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
Wednesday 3 September 2025
- Mixed-Bag Special - :: Walt Crawford, in the latest issue of Cites & Incites, v3, n11, Sept 2003, offers commentary and observation on open access, blogging, and provides a summary of his survey of DVD durability. Definitely worth a look. :: Classes began... (15:11 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)