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Heriot Watt University

Heriot-Watt University Library

Heriot-Watt University Library

Issue 100 - January 2003

Edited by:

Roddy MacLeod (R.A.MacLeod@hw.ac.uk),

Catherine Ure and Catherine Ferguson.

COMMENT

Merry Christmas, and a 'guid' New Year, to all readers.

100 not out!

Yes! This is the 100th issue of Internet Resources Newsletter. In fact, there is even more to celebrate, with the news that this newsletter now has over 11,000 subscribers to the email version!

I would like to thank all of those people, past and present, who have helped with the production of 'IRN'. They include Gordon Andrew, who helped to set up and edit the very first issue of the newsletter, published way back in October 1994. Gordon continued to be involved until October 1997 when he changed jobs. I'd also like to thank Catherine Ure and Cath Ferguson who help to edit the newsletter, and Dave Bond, who often sorts out technical hitches. Also, many thanks go to Alison McNab, Ian Winship, 'Kebbie' and everyone else who has, over the years, sent in details of Web sites for inclusion in IRN.

Very many thanks also go to Free Pint: http://www.freepint.com/ , who kindly distribute the email version of this newsletter. This is a good opportunity to congratulate William Hann, of Free Pint, who recently won the Jason Farradene Award for outstanding work in the information field.

A message from the Librarian

I would like all the regular readers of the Internet Resources Newsletter to join with me in congratulating the editors on the production of Issue 100. The IRN began in 1994 in the days of Gopher and WAIS and only as the web was developing. Few then realised the importance of the Internet and the impact that it would have on all our lives, and it is a tribute to Roddy and the others who have helped over the years that they, like many librarians, recognised its potential for the discovery and delivery of information.

The IRN began as a tool to alert staff and students of Heriot Watt University to the potential of the Internet and “to help you exploit the resources of the Internet, to help you find the useful information out there, and help you use the various tools and information retrieval methods available.” Very soon it was accessed from outside the University and it now has over 11,000 regular readers from countries all over the world, and has attracted a string of favourable comments and reviews.

We now look forward to Issue 200.

Michael Breaks
University Librarian

More Blogs

Here are some more Blogs of interest:

Eprintblog: http://eprintblog.crimsonblog.com/
Eprintblog aims to present information of interest to library staff working on, or wishing to start, eprint archives.

FOS News: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html
News from the free online scholarship (FOS) movement

Here are this month's news items of interest

Government to Extend the Impact of Freedom of Information
Public access to information from public bodies is to be extended as the government announces its intentions to repeal or amend up to one-hundred items of legislation which currently prohibit disclosure of information.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=1009
From: Managing Information News

JISC to fund e-publishing archive study
JISC has announced a one year consultancy study into the effects of licensing agreements on the future long-term security of digital archives. The study will evaluate previous licences via discussions with publishers and other stakeholders.
http://www.biblio-tech.com/UKSG/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ZID=467
From: Serials-eNews from UKSG

Wiley InterScience supports ATHENS authentication
John Wiley and JISC have announced that Wiley InterScience reference products would be available through the ATHENS authentication system in the UK.
http://www.biblio-tech.com/UKSG/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ZID=466
From: Serials-eNews from UKSG

SchlumbergerSema launch new business information portal
Schlumberger Sema has introduced a new business information portal named EuroInfoPool. The portal will distribute company information on the UK market , provided by the European Business Register (EBR).
http://www.biblio-tech.com/UKSG/SI_PD.cfm?PID=10&ZID=481
From: Serials-eNews from UKSG

According to new figures from the Department of Trade and Industry, half of UK firms now orders goods and services online
http://www.nua.com/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905358630&rel=true
From: NUA Internet Surveys

Students Push Social Consciousness Titles into eBook Charts
The critical perception of today's undergraduate students is called into question by the serious subject matter of the ebooks dominating the November Top 20 Best Read eBooks list.
http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=1018
From: Managing Information News

Random Quotes

"Research reveals that the European STM market grew strongly in comparison to business information, up to 5% to £220m in 2001" Information World Review, December 2002

Internet Resources Newsletter by email

Over 11,000 people now subscribe to the email version of this Newsletter! The number of subscribers has been increasing over the past few months, and very many thanks go to Free Pint who distribute the email version. To subscribe, at no cost, go to http://www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

Text version

A text only version of the Internet Resources Newsletter is now available at: http://www.hw.ac.uk/cgi-bin/parser.pl/0304/www.hw.ac.uk/libwww/irn/irn.html

A-Z NEW & NOTABLE WEB SITES

23rd ASME International Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Conference

http://www.asme.org/divisions/cie/events/cie2003/cie2003cfp.html

September 2-6, 2003 Chicago, Illinois.

Academia

http://www.ybp.com/academia/academiahome.htm

An online magazine and resource for academic libraries.

Different address from the one mentioned in issue 40.

AgNIC

http://www.agnic.org/

New address from the one mentioned in issue 14. "AgNIC is a guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet as selected by the National Agricultural Library, Land-Grant Universities, and other institutions"

all4engineers

http://www.all4engineers.com/index.php?lng=en

A German site, especially for automobile engineers.

American Telecommunications Certification Body: ATCB

http://www.atcb.com/

Certification Services for Wireless Equipment Manufacturers.

An Advanced Lightweight Architecture for Accessing Scientific Collections: ARION

http://dlforum.external.forth.gr:8080/

ARION is aiming to provide a new generation of Digital Library services for the searching and retrieval of digital scientific collections that reside within research and consultancy organisations. These collections contain data, programs and tools in various scientific areas and incorporate applications of different domains of knowledge.

ARC - A Cross Archive Search Service

http://arc.cs.odu.edu/

"Arc is an experimental research service of Digital Library Research group at Old Dominion University. Arc is used to investigate issues in harvesting OAI compliant repositories and making them accessible through a unified search interface. It is not a production service and may be subject to unscheduled service interruptions and anomalies."

Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

http://www.aiqs.com.au/

The Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS) is the regulatory body of the profession. Through its leadership, standards and code of ethics, it ensures that practising Quantity Surveyors are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of professional excellence.

autoindex

http://www.autoindex.org/

World car catalogue.

Between the Stacks

http://www.betweenthestacks.com/

"Founded by Allen Williams, an MLIS graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (1999) -- the mission of Between the Stacks is to foster a greater sense of community in the field of library and information science.

To meet this goal, Between the Stacks launched in November 2002 and is an online community representing all information professionals, from library students to library directors -- in all library related professions. BTS provides a common area where ideas and support can be shared via discussion forums."

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

http://www.bibalex.gov.eg/

"The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is not only a Library. It is also an integrated cultural complex, with libraries, museums, exhibition areas, educational centers and an international conference center."

BiologyBrowser

http://www.biologybrowser.com/

The new web page that serves as a starting point for anyone seeking biology information on the Internet.

BriefMe Marketing e-zine

http://marketing.briefme.com/

Marketing tips.

Canadian Civil Engineering History and Heritage

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/civileng/

"Come and explore Canada's rich history of Civil Engineering achievements and impressive structures."

Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries: CIDL

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cidl/

The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL) is an alliance of Canadian libraries and organizations that recognizes the growing importance of digital information, and wishes to collaborate to ensure better use of digital information and better service to its users.

Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors

http://www.ciqs.org/

The Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors was founded early in 1959 and registered under the Dominion of Canada Companies Act in November 1959.

Centre for Teaching Mathematics

http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/maths/ctmhome/ctm.html

This is based at the University of Plymouth.

Centuries of Civil Engineering

http://www.lindahall.org/pubserv/hos/civil/

A Rare Book Exhibition Celebrating the Heritage of Civil Engineering

Chandos Publishing

http://www.library-chandospublishing.com/

Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Limited is pleased to announce the launch of a new web site for its new series of books aimed at Information Professionals.

Charleston Advisor

http://www.charlestonco.com/

Critical reviews of web products for information professionals.

Council on Library and Information Resources

http://www.clir.org/

CLIR is an independent, nonprofit organization. Through projects, programs, and publications, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come.

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat: CTBUH

http://www.lehigh.edu/~inctbuh/

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international non-profit organization sponsored by architectural, engineering, planning, and construction professionals, was established to facilitate professional exchanges among those involved in all aspects of the planning, design, construction and operation of tall buildings and the urban habitat.

Creative Archiving at Michigan and Leeds Emulating the Old on the New: CAMiLEON

http://www.si.umich.edu/CAMILEON/

The CAMiLEON Project is developing and evaluating a range technical strategies for the long term preservation of digital materials. User evaluation studies and a preservation cost analysis are providing answers as to when and where these strategies will be used. The project is a joint undertaking between the Universities of Michigan (USA) and Leeds (UK) and is funded by JISC and NSF.

DELOS Network of Excellence on Digital Libraries

http://delos-noe.iei.pi.cnr.it/

DELOS is an initiative funded by the European Commission's Information Society Technologies 5th Framework Programme (IST-FP5).

Derwent Web of Software

http://www.derwent.com/webofsoftware/

Derwent Web of SoftwareSM is the only web-based repository of all the information needed to launch a global software or business methods prior-art search, bringing together patents, journal articles, technical publications and disclosures, along with links to intellectually selected and indexed websites.

DisasterHelp.gov

https://disasterhelp.gov/portal/

DisasterHelp.gov is designed to assist victims of disasters in locating the resources they need. The goal of the site is to combine the resources of all the federal agencies in our partnership in one central location.

Discover France

http://www.discover-france.info/

A travel guide site.

ECDL 2003

http://www.ecdl2003.org/

Augsut 17-22, Trondheim, Norway. ECDL 2003 is the 7th conference in the series of European Digital Library conferences. ECDL has become the major European forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, practical, and social issues.

ECEG 2003 The 3rd European Conference on E-Government

http://www.mcil.co.uk/2n-eceg2003-home.htm

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 3-4 July 2003.

econometriclinks.com

http://econometriclinks.com/

New address for econometriclinks.com the Econometric Links of the Econometrics Journal.

Electronic Journal for the Integration of Technology in Education

http://ejite.isu.edu/

Published by the students and faculty of the Idaho State Universtiy Educational Technology Program.

Electronic Journals in the Field of Education

http://aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html

From AERA SIG

ELectronic Society for Social Scientists: ELSSS

http://www.elsss.org.uk/

"ELSSS, the ELectronic Society for Social Scientists is a not-for-profit organisation aimed at solving the ever deepening crisis in scholarly and scientific communication created by the pricing policies of some commercial publishers that have forced libraries in the developed world to cut their journal portfolios and to slash their book collection and that have priced developing and transition economies out of the knowledge loop altogether "

Eprintblog

http://eprintblog.crimsonblog.com/

Eprintblog aims to present information of interest to library staff working on, or wishing to start, eprint archives.

Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2002)

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072778/html/

Full text ebook from the National Research Council (NRC), Center for Education (CFE).

FirstStop

http://www.firststopwebsearch.com/

"FirstStop is an award winning, customizable multi-search engine has been described as the "FASTEST no-nonsense meta search for the net"

Forum for the Future of Higher Education

http://www.educause.edu/forum/

"The Forum for the Future of Higher Education is a community of academic leaders and scholars who convene annually to explore new thinking in higher education. The Forum facilitates shared inquiry and collaboration on issues likely to influence the future of higher education, primarily in economics, strategy, learning, and technology. The Forum sponsors and creates research, presents scholarship at annual Aspen symposia, and disseminates findings throughout higher education. The Forum is an independent, nonprofit organization resident at MIT. Previously the Forum was resident at Columbia, Stanford, and Yale. "

High Rankings

http://www.highrankings.com/

Expert Search Engine Optimization

IEE Recruitment database and engineering job opportunities

http://www.iee.org/EduCareers/JobsOn/

Careers: Opportunities and Resources.

Index Translationum

http://www.unesco.org/culture/xtrans/

Index Translationum data base contains cumulative bibliographical information on books translated and published in about a hundred of UNESCO's Member States since 1979 and totalizing some 1,300,000 notices in all disciplines: literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history and so forth.

Info@UK

http://infoatuk.britishcouncil.org/

The December issue of Info@UK is now available. Info@UK is a monthly guide to major developments and news on the UK Information Society. It is compiled for the British Council by the Information Management Research Institute, Northumbria University.

Information Retrieval in Chemistry

http://macedonia.chem.demokritos.gr/

From the Institute of Physical Chemistry NCSR 'Demokritos', Athens, Hellas

InfoSECURITYnetBASE

http://www.infosecuritynetbase.com/

A subscription service from CRC Press.

International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering: IABSE

http://www.iabse.ethz.ch/

The "International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering" (IABSE) is a non-profit scientific society established in 1929 to promote the international exchange of knowledge in the field of structural engineering.

International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures

http://www.cedex.es/lceym/ia_iass/ia_iass.html

The IASS, founded by Eduardo Torroja in 1959, has as its goal the achievement of further progress through an interchange of ideas among all those interested in lightweight structural systems such as lattice, tension, membrane, and shell structures.

International Navigation Association: PIANC

http://www.pianc-aipcn.org/

The International Navigation Association (PIANC) homepage provides information about the purpose and ongoing work of the organization.

Internet and Higher Education

http://www.sbe.nova.edu/ihe/

The Internet and Higher Education is a quarterly journal designed to reach those faculty, staff, and administrators charged with the responsibility of enhancing instructional practices and productivity via the use of Information Technology (IT) and the Internet.

Different address from the one mentioned in issue 45.

intraLibrary

http://www.intrallect.com/intra/index.htm

intraLibrary enables groups of trainers and content authors to store, share and re-use learning resources using a simple, web-based interface. IntraLibrary encourages content creators, such as university teaching staff or corporate training staff, to granularise their learning content into lots of smaller learning objects.

Irish Building Industry Directory

http://www.irishbuildingindustry.ie/

"The highly successful Irish Building Industry Directory is the definitive guide to the Irish construction industry and is now in it's sixth edition since 1997."

Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship

http://www.istl.org/02-fall/

The Fall 2002 issue is now available.

i-uk

http://www.i-uk.com

A guide to the UK.

JISC Information Environment Service Registry

http://www.mimas.ac.uk/iesr/

The aim of a Service Registry is to improve resource discovery for users of electronic services.

Joint funding bodies' Review of research assessment

http://www.ra-review.ac.uk/

The four UK funding bodies (HEFCE, SHEFC, HEFCW and DEL NI) announced in June their intention to review the means by which research at UK higher education institutions is assessed

Kew Library Catalogue

http://www.kew.org/library/catalogue.html

The library catalogue is now live.

KWSnet

http://www.kwsnet.com/

KWSnet - with its daily weblog floating wreckage:jettisoned cargo (aka FWJC) - contains 283 searchable pages with over 30,000 annotated links to resources worldwide.

Labels and Labelling Magazine

http://www.labelsandlabelling.com/

A magazine for the label and narrow web printing industry.

LTSN MathsTEAM Project

http://ltsn.mathstore.ac.uk/mathsteam/

A grouping of four LTSN subject centres.

Magister Ltd

http://www.magister.co.uk/

Magister Ltd is an independent consultancy which provides a range of services to the Scientific and Technical Information community. Their primary activities are in the field of Patents Documentation.

Mundus Gateway

http://www.mundus.ac.uk/

The Mundus Gateway is a web-based guide to more than four hundred collections of overseas missionary materials held in the United Kingdom. These materials, comprising the archives of British missionary societies, collections of personal papers, printed matter, photographs, other visual materials and artefacts, are held in a large number of libraries, record offices and other institutions in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The Mundus Gateway makes it easier for researchers to locate these collections and obtain sufficient information about their contents to enable effective planning of research visits.

NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts

http://www.niac.usra.edu/

NIAC's charter is focused on grand, revolutionary concepts for architectures and systems.

Networked Resources & Metadata Committee

http://www.ala.org/alcts/organization/div/nrmc/nrmc.html

The Networked Resources and Metadata Committee was established to help provide ALCTS a coherent view of networked information and metadata issues.

Norfolkguide

http://www.norfolkguide.com/

A business directory for Norfolk.

Northern Builder

http://www.northernbuilder.co.uk/

Northern Ireland's construction journal.

Online Etymology Dictionary

http://www.geocities.com/etymonline/

A "map of the wheel-ruts of English"

Online Information 2002

http://www.online-information.co.uk/online/conf_pro_tue.asp

Papers and presentations from the Online Information 2002 Conference are now available.

Pandia Search Central

http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter/

Learn how to search the Web more efficiently. Features a short and easy search engine tutorial.

Patent Information Users Group, Inc.: PIUG

http://www.piug.org/

The Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG), the International Society for Patent Information is a not-for-profit organization for individuals having a professional, scientific or technical interest in patent information.

Peeters Publishing

http://www.peeters-leuven.be/

Peeters is an international publishing house based in Leuven/Louvain, Belgium and established in 1857. It has since published some 3000 titles, while each year about 150 new titles and 40 journals appear. Peeters was set up to serve the purposes of the academic world by printing and publishing books and journals in English, French, German and Dutch. Its major publication list contains books in theology, philosophy, ethic, classical studies, archaeology, history of art, medieval studies, oriental studies, linguistics and literature.

Personalisation and Digital Libraries

http://library.open.ac.uk/aboutus/myolib/seminar_presentations.htm

Presentations from the Seminar, Friday 18th October 2002, Open University.

Pew Internet & American Life Project

http://www.pewinternet.org/

"The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial."

PSIgate

http://www.psigate.ac.uk/newsite/

PSIgate has a new interface. PSIgate is a free service that offers access to high quality Web resources in the physical sciences; astronomy, chemistry, earth sciences, materials sciences, physics, and science history and policy.

Ready! Steady! TakeOFF for Engineering

http://www.swe.org/takeoff/

"Take away everything that engineers have given us and we're left with a pretty dull life."

ResourceShelf

http://www.resourceshelf.com/

New name of Gary Price's excellent Blog.

RNIB Campaign for Good Web Design

http://www.rnib.org.uk/digital/

An initiative to improve Web site design.

Science & Technology Resources for your PDA

http://www.library.ualberta.ca/pdazone/science/index.cfm

This page is intended to act as a starting point for those using PDAs in science and technology.

Society of Chartered Surveyors: SCS

http://www.scs.ie/

The professional body for Chartered Surveyors practicing in the Republic of Ireland.

South East Museum, Library & Archive Council: SEMLAC

http://www.semlac.org.uk/

SEMLAC is the new regional development agency for the museum, library and archive sector in the South East.

SpamArchive.org

http://www.spamarchive.org/

SpamArchive.org is a community resource that provides a database of known spam to be used for testing, developing, and benchmarking anti-spam tools. The goal of this project is to provide a large repository of spam that can be used by researchers and tool developers.

Steelbiz

http://www.steelbiz.org/

Steelbiz is the Information System developed by the Eureka E-Steel Project.

Student Counselling in UK Universities

http://www.studentcounselling.org/

This website has been set up by the Heads of the various Student Counselling Services in UK

Student Mental Health Manual

http://www.studentmentalhealth.org.uk/

This Manual has been produced under a HEFCE funded project at Lancaster University (2000 -2002) dedicated to the dissemination of good practice in supporting students with mental health difficulties.

The Internet Goes to College: How Students are Living in the Future with Today's Technology

http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/pdfs/PIP_College_Report.pdf

A Pew Internet & American Life Project report.

Tox Town

http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/

An interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances.

Translate: Transferring Learning and Teaching Throughout Engineering

http://www.ltsneng.ac.uk/downloads/pdfs/newsletters/translate6.pdf

The latest issue of the LTSN Engineering newsletter is available.

Ulysses Directory

http://macedonia.chem.demokritos.gr/search/

Science-related search engines and directories

Webranking 2002

http://www.webranking.nu/

"The report Webranking 2002 is a powerful tool for companies who wish to enhance their corporate website to better meet the demands of the financial market. "

Wondir

http://www.wondir.org/

"The Wondir Foundation is a new, nonprofit, 501(c)(3), organization with a simple mission: eliminate the barriers between questions and answers.

The Wondir Foundation is building a new and different kind of information service, Wondir, to connect people who have information needs with the people and information that can help them. The foundation will also support and conduct research relating to information transfer. And we plan to use positive cash flow from operations to support recognized and respected charities that provide information services to the disadvantaged. "

www.irishconstruction.com

http://www.irishconstruction.com/

Ireland's leading construction industry information provider. This site includes details of the Irish Construction Industry Magazine.

Yahoo! Education

http://education.yahoo.com/

"Yahoo! Education allows you to find information to further your education, no matter where you are on your educational path."

Z39.50 Maintenance Agency

http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/

This page provides links to information about Z39.50 resources and about the development and maintenance of Z39.50 (existing as well as future versions) and the implementation and use of the Z39.50 protocol.

"Z39.50" refers to the International Standard, ISO 23950: "Information Retrieval (Z39.50): Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification", and to ANSI/NISO Z39.50.

NICE WEB SITE

In the course of finding sites of interest for this Newsletter, we sometimes come across Web sites which we feel deserve slightly more than a passing mention. Each month we will pick out one or more such sites, and give them a short review. The sites will normally be UK based, may be small or large, and be of interest or potential interest to academics. After lengthy discussions we have decided, with incredible creativity :-), to call these: Nice Web Sites. Details of previous Nice Web Sites are available in the Nice Web Site Archive.

This month there are two worthy causes which we've deemed to be Nice Web Sites:

SpamArchive.org
http://www.spamarchive.org/

Anything that can help reduce the amount of spam email we receive deserves to be highlighted!

Eprintblog
http://eprintblog.crimsonblog.com/

E-print archives may well be one of the next 'big stories' in academia.

Roddy MacLeod

PRESS RELEASES

**** Internet Librarian International Conference 2003 ****

25 -27 March 2003, NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE, BIRMINGHAM, UK
www.internet-librarian.com

INTERNET LIBRARIAN INTERNATIONAL 2003 is a major European Forum for information professionals who are using, developing and embracing internet, intranet and web-based strategies in their job roles. Now in its 5th year, the extensive 2003 conference programme continues to meet the professional educational needs of today's internet information manager and user.

2003 Keynote Addresses by:
John M Lervik, CEO & Co-Founder, Fast Search & Transfer, Norway
Dr. Richard Boulderstone, Director of e-Strategy, British Library, UK
Dr. Martin Dodge, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College, UK

2003 CONFERENCE TRACKS: 25 - 27 March
· Survival Skills for Internet Librarians
· Web Design & Development
· Internet Librarian World Forum
· Practical Web Searching
· Web Standards & Technology
· Digital Libraries & Electronic Resources
· New Trends & Technologies
· Intranets & Portals
· Information Literacy

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS: Monday 24 March
· WebSearch Academy (full day)
· Competitive Intelligence & the Internet
· Standards Primer for Digital Libraries
· Online Library Instruction Using WebCT
· Managing Web Development Projects

For the full conference and workshop programme, details of costs and how to register, visit the Show website at http://www.internet-librarian.com/ or call the organisers, Rubicon Communications Ltd, on Oxford, UK +44 (0)1865 811145

NEW FOR 2003!
Internet Librarian International 2003 is co-locating with Total Library Solutions 2003 - a new national exhibition for the twenty-first century librarian. Visit www.total-library.co.uk for more information.

Conference delegates benefit from free and unlimited access to TLS, taking place in an adjacent hall.

**** Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library Catalogue goes online ****

Kew’s extensive library is one of the most important botanical reference sources in the world. Unrivalled in its range and depth, it has long been a respected and authoritative source of botanical information.

From November 2002, the Kew Library Catalogue goes online, making information about Kew’s resources available to a world-wide readership for the first time. The Library contains more than half a million items, including books, botanical illustrations, photographs, letters and manuscripts, periodicals, biographies and maps. Over 90 languages are represented, and during the 150 years of the Library's history materials have been acquired by gift, purchase or exchange. Kew has exchange arrangements with libraries in 302 institutions, located in 74 countries making the Library a global resource for plant science, research and conservation.

The early books collection holds some of the finest volumes, including works by Linnaeus and his contemporaries, and treasures such as herbals and incunabula, which contain beautiful illustrations and descriptions of the early uses of plants.

Information on botanical voyages of discovery are held in the Travels collection, covering expeditions from the 18th to the 21st century, and Kew's Archives complement these with papers of botanists, plant collectors and artists, including Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin and Marianne North.

The Catalogue currently holds more than 145,000 individual records, mostly for published material like, monographs, pamphlets and periodicals. This resource will continue to grow, and there are plans to make the Archives and Illustrations Collections available at a later stage.

More recent additions to the Catalogue include recommended Internet resources relating to botany, which can be viewed via hyperlink from within bibliographic records. Another key feature of this botanical gateway is the ability to search other libraries from within the Catalogue itself, and live connections to the Library of Congress and the Natural History Museum, London, are already set up. Links to further libraries with relevant collections will be added in the future.

The Kew Library Catalogue can be accessed through Kew’s website at http://www.kew.org/library/catalogue.html

Gabriele Popp
Cataloguing & Systems Librarian
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Richmond
Surrey TW9 3AE
Tel: 020-8332 5475
Fax: 020-8332 5430
email: g.popp@rbgkew.org.uk

**** IEEE Opens Universal Access to its 850,000-Article Database on a Pay-Per-View Basis ****

Dec. 9, 2002 -- A new offering by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp allows anyone to view, download and print technical articles from its 850,000-document online archive on a pay-per-view basis. This service, which gives researchers the ability to read full-text technical papers from IEEE periodicals and conference proceedings back to 1988, broadens access to IEEE's online information product line.

John R. Platt
IEEE Business Communications Manager
445 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Phone: +1 732 981 3449 Email: j.platt@ieee.org

NETWORK NEWS

DNER News

The Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) is a managed environment for accessing quality assured information resources on the Internet which are available from many sources.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/dner/information/news/index.html

NISS News

A week-by-week listing of new information resources on the NISS (National Information Services and Systems) Information Gateway selected by experts in the subject area is available at:

http://www.niss.ac.uk/welcome/whatsnew.html

BUBL News

BUBL has retained a strong library element, but now provides a subject-based service to the academic and research community more generally, this via the BUBL LINK Subject Tree. The latest news from BUBL is available at:

http://bubl.ac.uk/news/

The latest updates to the BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources are available at:

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/updates/current.html

EEVL News: The latest Additions to EEVL, The Hub for Engineering, Mathematics and Computing, are available at:; http://www.eevl.ac.uk/whatsnew.htm

SOSIG News

The latest additions to SOSIG (Social Science Information Gateway) are available at:

http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/roads/whats-new.html

EDINA Newsline: The latest issue of Edina (Edinburgh Data & INformation Access) Newsline can be found at:; http://edina.ed.ac.uk/newsline/

CHEST News

CHEST aims to obtain quality commercial software, datasets, training materials and other IT products for the Education and Research Community at low prices and attractive licence terms. The latest news from CHEST is available at:

http://www.chest.ac.uk/news.html

MIMAS News

MIMAS is a JISC-supported national data centre run by Manchester Computing, at the University of Manchester, to provide the following range of services to the academic community:

Flexible on-line access to strategic research and teaching datasets.
Access to key bibliographic information.
Access to specialist support and training.
Access to software packages and large-scale computing resources.

The latest news from MIMAS can be found at:

http://www.mimas.ac.uk/news.html

New additions to PSIgate

PSIgate (Physical Science Information Gateway) is the physical sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).

http://www.psigate.ac.uk/ROADS/whats-new.html

BIOME News

BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated, quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The latest news from BIOME can be found at:

http://biome.ac.uk/whatsnew/

Netskills: News

Netskills aims to help the UK HE community make effective use of the Internet for teaching, research and administration. The latest news from Netskills can be found at:

http://www.netskills.ac.uk/news/

What's new on Eldis

Electronic Development and Environment Information System. A gateway to information sources on development or the environment. What's new on Eldis can be found at:

http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wnew.htm

What's New on Biz/ed

Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway for students, teachers and lecturers.

http://www.bized.ac.uk/homeinfo/whatsnew.htm

AHDS Newsletter

The latest issue of the AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Newsletter can be found at:

http://ahds.ac.uk/newsletters.htm

JISCmail News

JSICmail provides electronic discussion lists for the UK higher education community.

http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/news.htm

UK Data Archive news

The UK Data Archive at the University of Essex houses the largest collection of accessible computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities in the United Kingdom. It is a national resource centre, disseminating data throughout the United Kingdom and, by arrangement with other national archives, internationally.

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/home/archiveNews.asp

Chemical Data Service (CDS)

CDS provides on-line access to a variety of quality databases in the field of Chemistry, plus support, training and advice. This is available (free of charge) to academics at UK Universities.

http://cds.dl.ac.uk/cds/

Academic Info

Your gateway to quality educational resources. Academic Info is an annotated subject directory tailored toward a college and university audience and is used by students, librarians, and researchers.

http://www.academicinfo.net/new.html

RDN News

The Resource Discovery Network (RDN) is a cooperative network of independent subject-based service providers called hubs, coordinated by the Resource Discovery Network Centre (RDNC). It is a free Internet service dedicated to providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community.

http://www.rdn.ac.uk/news/

Humbul

The latest additions to Humbul, the humanities hub of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).

http://www.humbul.ac.uk/output/new.php?int=30

BOOK REVIEW

Review of:

International Yearbook of Library and Information Management: the digital factor in library and information services
Editor: GE Gorman
Publisher: Facet Publishing (CILIP: formerly Library Association)
ISBN: 1-85604-452-1
Published: 2002, London
Price: £60

This is the third volume of an annual publication, by the Library Association. The idea is to take one theme a year, and focus specifically on this, with contributions from experts in the field from around the world. This first year, the focus is on how the digital era is affecting libraries.

At sixteen chapters (394 pages), it is a thorough examination of the subject, delving deeply into research and current experiences with digital libraries. There is much in the book which will be of interest to library managers, who are deciding where to go with digital provision, or those working on the electronic side of libraries. However, it's a reasonably heavy read - mainly academics, writing from an academic perspective. So, for the general librarian, dipping in to chapters of interests would be enough.

There are some chapters on general reading trends, and the potential for e-books, but the people most likely to find the book useful are those working within an academic environment, and those study library and information science.

Cath Ferguson

RECENT INTERNET BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

The Mantex Information Design web site has reviews of some of the books mentioned in previous issues of the Internet Resources Newsletter.

Recent Arrivals

025.04 CUR
Attracting, educating, and serving remote users through the web: A how-to-do-it manual for librarians
edited by Donnelyn Curtis
facet, 2002

A complete list of new books added to Heriot-Watt University Library is available from the Library News page.

http://www.hw.ac.uk/library/news.html

GET A LIFE! - LEISURE TIME

OnTheSnow
http://www.onthesnow.com/

Anecdote
http://www.anecdotage.com/

Boys Stuff
http://www.boysstuff.co.uk/

Trossachs & Callander Tourist Information & Accommodation
http://www.incallander.co.uk/

Bonny Scotland
http://www.mardiros.net/scotland/

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