Archive for May, 2005

New paper by Trapped Ion Dynamics Lab

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Anthony Iavarone and Joel Parks of Rowland’s Trapped Ion Dynamics lab
published a paper in Journal of the American Chemical Society on
gas-phase protein unfolding. 

Technology Review on collaborative citizen journalism

Monday, May 23rd, 2005

Guide to webfeeds

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

Teri Vogel of UCSD has a very thorough presentation on feeds.  She
eschews the names “RSS” and “Atom” for the term “webfeeds,” advocating
function over “techspeak.” Her slides demonstrate the range of
applications for feeds, including journals, journal searches, new book
lists, catalog searches, and many others.  (Source: Peter Scott’s
Library Blog)

Study on scientists and journal usage

Friday, May 13th, 2005

A set of slides by Carol Tenopir from a presentation at an AAAS forum
documents the many ways by which scientists access information, and how
usage has grown over time.  (source: PAMNET-L)

New National Academy members

Wednesday, May 4th, 2005

The National Academies of Science announced 72 new members, including a
record 19 women. (Source: Chronicle of Higher Education)