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Should you walk or run in the rain?
Thanks to the research of Franco Bocci, Professor of Engineering at the University of Brescia, we are now closer to solving this question, which has puzzled physicists and mathematicians (as well as the average pedestrian) for quite some time. His paper, which is not the first on this subject to be published in the European […]
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Xiao Tu the Talking Robot at Tsinghua University Library
At Librarian Insider we love hearing about new initiatives happening at your library, and invite you to share your stories with us and the library community. Some of you have already shared your creative and original ideas, allowing us to bring you stories such as “The Personal Librarian Program”, an initiative at Yale University that […]
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SLA 2012 Annual Conference
You didn’t have to click your heels together three times to find your home away from home at this year’s SLA Conference. Held in the state-of-the-art McCormick Place, just minutes from downtown Chicago, all that was required was to follow the yellow brick road to the PAM Suite where event goers could unwind in the […]
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A big thank you to Michael Levine-Clark and John McDonald
Staff at IOP Publishing’s head office in Bristol, UK, recently had the pleasure of a visit from two esteemed librarians: Michael Levine-Clark, the Associate Dean for Scholarly Communication and Collections Services at the University of Denver and John McDonald, the Associate Dean for Collections at the University of Southern California. Both kindly agreed to take […]
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ALA 2013
This past January, the ALA’s 2013 Midwinter meeting was held in stunning Seattle, WA. The historic Pike Brewing Company in Pike Place Market was the backdrop for the SciTech Section’s dinner reception, sponsored by IOP Publishing. Thanks to the suggestion of Mel DeSart (University of Washington), over 60 guests experienced great grub, an on-site brewery, […]
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Did You Know?
You may already know that our publishing line-up includes more than 60 journals which reflect the growth of scientific research and application in over a dozen areas. You also probably know that we strive to make the latest scientific information easily accessible to audiences of all types. Here are a few publishing highlights from 2012 […]
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KBART endorsement
IOP Publishing will shortly announce their endorsement of the KBART (Knowledge Bases And Related Tools) Working Group, a joint NISO and UKSG initiative, as part of their commitment to supporting librarians. The initiative has established industry standards for the timely exchange of metadata between content providers and libraries in OpenURL knowledge bases. Through endorsing the […]
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Spotlight on: The Finch Report
In the last 18 months the debate over the future of the scientific publishing industry has significantly intensified, focusing particularly on the questions of who pays and who benefits, and who has access to published research. The debate in the UK has been extensive and this summer was galvanized by the publication of the Finch […]
