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Beyaz Perde Bilimi Gerçek Oluyor
Bu yıl Oscar töreninde bilim temalı filmlerin büyük etki bırakmaları ile bilim kurguyu bilim olgusuna dönüştürmeye yardımcı olan araştırmayı incelemekteyiz. Bazıları için, 2015 yılı film endüstrisi üzerinde bilimin kalıcı bir etki yarattığı yıl olarak görülecektir. Eddie Redmayne'nin Professor Stephen Hawking – The Theory of Everything (Her Şeyin Teorisi) tarifi hem Oscar hem de BAFTA törenlerinde […]
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Congratulations to the 2013 Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipend Recipients
Since 2009, IOP Publishing has provided funding for new PAM librarians with four $1000 stipends to help defray the costs of traveling to the SLA Annual Conference. This year, the travel stipends were renamed the ‘Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipends’ in honor of our dear friend and colleague who was so proud to be a […]
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Susan Koskinen, Librarian, University of California, Berkeley, USA
What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your career so far? “Working smaller, quicker, leaner, more accurate in not enough time.” What do you think will be your biggest challenges over the next five years? “Managing data with faculty and students; preserving unique materials in formats for the future; staying ahead and keeping […]
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Quick guide to 10 recent open access policy and positioning statements
1. G8 Ministers of Science statement (June 2013) The first ever meeting of G8 joint Science Ministers and national science academies issued a statement in June 2013 that focused heavily on open access. In the section on ‘Open Scientific Research Data’, the Ministers said that they are “committed to openness in scientific research data to […]
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Board member access to journal archive extended
From 1 January 2013, editorial board members on all IOP wholly owned titles and selected partner journals will be given access to the full online archive for the journals on which they serve. At present, as a board member you have access to the current year’s content and a ten-year back file (where applicable). Under […]
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IOP Publishing hosts the 2014 Library Advisory Board in Florida, USA
As many of you know, our Library Advisory Board meetings typically coincide with the PAM Division of the SLA each year. While this worked well in many aspects, we realised that there were time constraints that made it difficult for many of our Board Members to attend both the meeting and the sessions at the […]
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Spotlight on: article level metrics
What are article level metrics? Article level metrics can be broadly described as measures that characterize the use, influence, or popularity of a single article in a scholarly journal. These metrics offer users the opportunity to discover the wider impact of individual articles in a way that was not previously possible. The availability of article […]
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Macquarie University
Courtesy of Paul Wright Photography Macquarie University Library is the first Australian library to use an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) to help house its entire physical collection. This innovative storage solution allows library floor space to be utilised for student study rather than shelf space. Librarian Insider speaks with Brendan Krige of Macquarie […]
