Rowland Institute Library Blog

Randy Reichardt and Geoffrey Harder announced the publication of their
“Weblogs: their use and applications in science and technology
libraries.”  It’s a throughly informative and well-researched
article covering definition and history of weblogs, weblog software,
literature on weblogs, and applications for weblogs in sci-tech
libraries such as project management, reference desk blogging, student
mentoring and current awareness, the latter of which cites the Rowland
library blog. 

The American Physical Society announced a new journal, Physical Review
Special Topics – Physics Education Research. “The journal will be
distributed without charge, and financed
by publication charges to the authors or to the authors’
institutions.”  Similar journals include the American Journal of
Physics and the Physics Teacher (both AAPT) and Physics Education
(IoP). 

A New York Times article reports on the recovery of soft tissue from
recently discovered dinosaur remains which may contain proteins which
“might provide clues to the evolutionary relationship of dinosaurs to
other animals and possibly help solve the puzzle of dinosaur
physiology.”  See also a Wired News article.   The research was published in Science.  Follow this link for the research report (restricted to subscribers).  (Harvard users follow this link.)

“a surreptitious, prospective, cohort study to explore how often physicians nod off during scientific meetings and to examine risk factors for nodding off.” (Source: SOLOLIB-L)

Mary Ellen Bates gives some tips on how to use Wikipedia as a gateway
to finding authoritative sources.  (Source: The Virtual Chase)

Evidently there are potential copyright issues to be worked out … (Source: Open Access News)

On speculation that the New York Times and other newspapers may start
charging users to read online content.  (Source: beSpacific)

The ACS announced a policy that would allow their authors to deposit
their articles in PubMed Central one year after publication.  This
would enable authors to comply with NIH’s open access policy. 
(Sources: Open Access News, the Sci Tech Library Question)

An HBS Workling Knowledge column offers several examples of how to make
e-mail more efficient and ensure that people might actually read your
messages.  (Source: beSpacific)

by posting a “Netrospective” gallery of images marking significant moments in internet culture and marketing…(Source; Daypop)