October 21st, 2009 by Karen Andrews
This is an important update on the future of the UC Davis Physical Sciences & Engineering Library.
To meet its budget reduction goals, the UCD Library will downsize from 4 to 3 locations. By July 1, 2011, the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library collections, staff, and services will be integrated into the Shields Library, primarily on the 3rd floor. You may view the full UC Davis Office of Research, Management and Planning recommendations for the General Library.
To make space for the move, much of the biological and agricultural sciences collection, currently on 3rd floor of Shields Library, will be relocated and integrated into the Carlson Health Sciences Library building to form a health, life sciences, and agriculture collection. This redistribution of science collections will optimize the amount of unique print library materials that can be kept on campus.
We are developing criteria for what will stay on campus and what will go to the NRLF (Northern Regional Library Facility, the UC Libraries storage building in Richmond.) NRLF staff provide rapid web delivery of journal articles, while books and journal volumes are delivered to campus in 2 days. In the fall, we will share the criteria for storing items and seek broad input.
This outcome is a difficult one for all of us, and we will work with you to continue providing the best possible configuration of collections and services that you have come to expect from the PSE Library staff.
Comments may be sent to Karen Andrews at: klandrews@ucdavis.edu. I welcome your comments.
Tags: atmospheric sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, physics, statistics
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November 3rd, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
Synthesis Update for September/October 2009
The following new titles were published in September and October:
- Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering by K.A. Athanasiou and Jerry Hu, UC Davis, and Eric Darling, Brown University (Tissue Engineering Series)
- Designing for User Engagement: Aesthetic and Attractive User Interfaces by Alistair Sutcliffe, University of Manchester (Human-Centered Informatics Series)
- Embedded Systems Design with the Atmel AVR Microcontroller, Part I by Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
- Embedded Systems Design with the Atmel AVR Microcontroller, Part II by Steven Barrett, University of Wyoming (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
- Fixed-Point Signal Processing by Wayne Padgett, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and David Anderson, Georgia Tech (Signal Processing Series)
- Geometric Programming for Design and Cost Optimization by Robert Creese, West Virginia University (Engineering Series)
- Hypermedia Genes: An Evolutionary Perspective of Concepts, Models, and Architectures by Nuno Guimaraes and Luis Carrico, University of Lisbon (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- Image-Based Modeling of Plants and Trees by Sing Bing Kang, Microsoft Research and Long Quan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Computer Vision Series)
- Information Architecture: The Design and Integration of Information Spaces by Wei Ding, Marriott International and Xia Lin, Drexel University (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- Introduction to Chinese Natural Language Processing by Kam-Fai Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Wenji Li, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ruifeng Xu, City University of Hong Kong, and Zheng-sheng Zhang, San Diego State University (Human Language Technologies Series)
- A Practical Guide to Testing Wireless Smartphone Applications by Julian Harty, Google UK (Mobile & Pervasive Computing Series)
- Reading and Writing the Electronic Book by Catherine Marshall, Microsoft Research (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
- The Structure and Properties of Color Spaces and the Representation of Color Images by Eric Dubois, University of Ottawa (Image, Video, and Multimedia Processing Series)
Tags: Synthesis Digital Library
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October 27th, 2009 by Karen Andrews
In light of the current budget situation, the University Library is conducting a user survey to determine what services have the greatest value to our clientele. Please take a moment to send us your input by completing the short survey.
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October 21st, 2009 by Phoebe Ayers
In addition to the student self registration service implemented last year, UC Davis faculty and staff can now activate their library privileges online.
You can register from work or home. Log in at http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/register using your Kerberos ID and password. Your employee ID card will be activated for library privileges within one working day. Your ID card is your library card, and the barcode number (starting with 2117..) is your library card number.
As always, staff at the circulation desks are available to assist with any problems you may encounter in the registration process.
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October 19th, 2009 by Phoebe Ayers
The California Digital Library has some new and wonderful electronic publishing services that you may want to use!
Representatives are coming to campus tomorrow as part of Open Access Week events to describe ways you can disseminate your research, hold on to your rights as authors, and preserve your scholarly output for the ages… all for free. Everyone is welcome to attend this presentation.
What: “Take Control of Your Publications with eScholarship”, presented by Catherine Mitchell, director of the California Digital Library Publishing Group at the University of California
When: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Where: Shields Library, Second Floor Instruction Room (turn left off the stairs)
About:
- Keep your copyright
- Reach more readers
- Publish when you want
- Protect your work’s future
- …all with no fees
eScholarship offers a robust open access publishing platform that enables departments, research units, publishing programs, and individual scholars associated with the University of California to have direct control over the creation and dissemination of the full range of their scholarship, including:
- Journals
- Conference Proceedings
- Books
- Working Papers
- Postprints
- Seminar/Paper Series
Initiated in 2002, eScholarship now houses over 30,000 publications with more than 9 million full-text downloads to date. The rate of usage of these materials has grown dramatically in the past 7 years, now often exceeding 170,000 downloads per month.
Come learn how you can get started publishing with eScholarship today!
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September 18th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
UC Davis now has access to McGraw-Hill’s AccessEngineering handbook collection. More than 250 handbooks from a wide variety of engineering disciplines such as Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Communications, Construction, Electrical, Energy, Environmental, Green/Sustainable, Industrial, Material Science, Mechanical, Nanotechnology, and Optical Engineering are now available. The collection includes (among many others):
Perry’s Chemical Engineering Handbook (8th ed.)
Mark’s Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (11th ed.)
Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers (15th ed.)
Tags: biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, engineering, environmental engineering, materials science, mechanical engineering, optical engineering
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August 14th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
Synthesis Update for July 2009
The following new titles were published in July:
- Designing Asynchronous Circuits using NULL Convention Logic (NCL) by Scott Smith and Jia Di, University of Arkansas (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
- Embedded Systems Interfacing for Engineers using the Freescale HCS08 Microcontroller II: Digital and Analog Hardware Interfacing by Douglas Summerville, SUNY Binghamton (Digital Circuits & Systems Series)
- Genome Refactoring by Natalie Kuldell and Neal Lerner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Synthetic Biology Series)
- Introductory Tiling Theory for Computer Graphics by Craig Kaplan, University of Waterloo (Computer Graphics & Animation Series)
- Modeling and Data Mining in Blogosphere by Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Huan Liu, Arizona State University (Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Series)
- On-Chip Networks by Natalie Enright Jerger, University of Toronto and Li-shiuan Peh, Princeton University (Computer Architecture Series)
- Strategic Health Technology Incorporation by Binseng Wang, ARAMARK Healthcare (Biomedical Engineering Series)
- Understanding User-Web Interactions via Web Analytics by Bernard J. (Jim) Jansen, Penn State University (Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Series)
Tags: Synthesis Digital Library
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July 24th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
Announcing Two New Series from Morgan & Claypool Publishers:
Series Editor: Martyn Amos, Manchester Metropolitan University
Published and forthcoming titles include:
- Genome Refactoring (Natalie Kuldell and Neal Lerner, MIT)
- Bacterial Sensors: Synthetic Design and Application Principles (Jan Roelof van der Meer)
Series Editor: Robert Grossman, University of Illinois at Chicago
Published and forthcoming titles include:
- Modeling and Data Mining in Blogosphere (Nitin Agarwal, University of Arkansas at Little Rock & Huan Liu, Arizona State University)
- Ensemble Methods in Data Mining: From Trees to Forests and Rule Sets (Giovanni Seni and John Elder)
- Graph Mining: Laws, Tools, and Case Studies (Deepayan Chakrabarti and Christos Faloutsos)
Tags: Synthesis Digital Library
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July 21st, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
Coverage of AIAA Meeting Papers via the AIAA Electronic Library now 1963 -> Present
UC Davis now has access to the entire span of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Meeting papers, covering all aspects of aerospace science and engineering. The papers can be searched via the AIAA Electronic Library.
Additionally, The AIAA Electronic Library searches AIAA Books, Journals, and Standards and also provides online access to the five other AIAA publications to which we subscribe:
AIAA Journal – v.40 (2002) -> present
Journal of Aircraft – v.39 (2002) -> present
Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics – v.26 (2003) -> present
Journal of Propulsion and Power – v.18 (2002) -> present
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets – v.39 (2002) -> present
Older print volumes of these journals can be found in the PSE Library by searching the library catalog Harvest by the title of the journals.
Tags: aerospace engineering
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July 15th, 2009 by Robert Heyer-Gray
ICE Virtual Library
UC Davis now has full access to the proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) via the ICE Virtual Library. ICE’s Virtual Library gives full text access to technical papers from the UK’s premier Civil Engineering society from 1836 to the present day. The archive can either be searched: http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/search/advancedsearch
or the titles can be browsed:
Tags: civil engineering
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