Rowland Institute Library Blog

About the international Virgo supercomputer project which aims to model the universe’s evolution… (Source: IEEE Tech News)

The Rowland Institute doesn’t advertise itself.  You can pass by
the building without any inkling of what takes place here.  Now,
however, we have signage. ( I miss the simple gold 100, though.)

The BBC has posted recordings of the complete Beethoven piano sonata
cycle from a series of London concerts by Portuguese pianist Artu
Pizaro from 2003. 

Wired profiles BugMeNot and similar services, which enable the user to
manipulate a canned registration form and save the recurrent hassle of
divulging personal info. 

A Science NextWave article illustrates instances of unexpected funding
sources.  Examples include the army funding breast cancer
research.   Suggestions on how to tap such sources are
listed. 

– in the fields of engineering and basic science, as research grows
more and more interdisciplinary, especially in the nano realm. 
(Source: NewsNanoApex.com)

Good overview on how the USA PATRIOT act affects libraries. 
Includes the famous “FBI has not been here” signs.  Doesn’t
discuss recent defeat of attempts to amend the act, however,
particularly the section that affects library records.  (Source:
Library Juice)

who are concerned about potential lost royalties… A boon for customers, though…. (Source: ResouceShelf)

PC Magazine profiles Opera 7.52; and from Mozilla Foundation, Firefox 0.9.1. (source: ResourceShelf)