Another Call for Open Access

This week's Chronicle of Higher Education features a 'Research and Publishing' story "DOUBLE COUP FOR OPEN ACCESS: American and British Lawmakers Endorse Open-Access Publishing." The focus of this initiative is on medical research, but there are implications for all scientific publishing.

Password information to access the Chronicle for IfA users is available on the Library's Journals page.

New Books!

Now on the New Book shelf:

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences v. 32 (2004) [REF QE 1 A674 vol 32 2004]

IAU Symposium 210: "Modelling of Stellar Atmospheres" [REF IAU Symp. 210]

IAU Symposium 217: "Recycling Intergalactic and Interstellar Matter" [REF IAU Symp. 217]

 

Chronicle of Higher Education

The lead story in the current issue of Chronicle of Higher Education is the firing of Evan Dobelle.

AAS AAS Fellowship Opportunities

The American Astronomical Society updated its Fellowship Opportunities page today.

New Tech Note

Some clarification about checking library holdings from online bookstores:

The check is being done by ISBN, so a bookmarklet can be created for any site (not just Amazon and B&N) that uses the ISBN as part of the URL for the record.

BUT, this means that if the library has the book in a different format (hardcover instead of paperback), and therefore a different ISBN, the record may not show. Of course, you can always click on "Other Editions" and check from those pages.

This probably won't happen very often with science and reference books that are usually only published in one format, but just be aware...