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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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In addition, the Library has issues of electronic journals dating back to the 1800s from publishers such as Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry, Nature Publishing Group, Wiley, American Geophysical Union, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Faculty and students across campus value not only the rich content included in these collections, but also the opportunities that they provide for locating and working with information in ways that are next to impossible with print collections.
For example, Katherine Acheson of the English department explains that Early English Books Online "is a treasure trove for me and my students. EEBO can do things for me that I can't do otherwise. For instance, I'm working on a project for which I need to look at all seventeenth-century printed books and pamphlets that have illustrations in them. EEBO has flagged all texts that have illustrations, and the illustrations within the works. My students have had eye-opening experiences locating, transcribing, annotating and researching works on early modern technology, and have produced publishable editions of sixteenth and seventeenth-century works on topics as diverse as drawing instruction, new-fangled inventions, archaeological discoveries, vegetarianism and plague avoidance."
Christine Jewell, liaison librarian, reports that classical and medieval scholars in the department of classical studies are delighted with Patrologia Latina Database, a full-text, searchable database of the writings of early Christian theologians, based on the 217-volume edition edited in the late nineteenth century. And American Periodical Series Online presents a digitized collection of more than 1,400 American journals and magazines from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. Victoria Lamont, a professor in the English department, reports that "I am very excited about the recent acquisition of the American Periodicals Series Online. It has tremendous potential as a teaching resource and is crucial to my research on 19th century American culture."
Converting back issues of print journals to an electronic format is a recent endeavour by several publishers. Perhaps most notably, the Library recently acquired over five million scientific and scholarly articles published in more than 1,800 journals. Some of these articles were first published as far back as the 1800s. These back files facilitate quick access to a broad and deep pool of resources for UW faculty members and students.
For example, Leo Rothenburg, chair of UW's civil engineering department, found access to the complete back files of Elsevier electronic journals to be a great time-saver when he was preparing an NSERC grant. He was able to prepare the grant from home within one weekend -- a process he says would have taken him two weeks to do in the Library.
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A number of graduate students e-mailed their appreciation of Safari Tech Books Online to liaison librarian Jim Parrott. Ning Zhang, a PhD candidate in computer science, wrote: "I really like the idea of putting popular and useful tech books online for students and researchers. I found the reference books (such as the C++ Standard Library, and Python Cookbook) particularly helpful."
A more recent acquisition, the NetLibrary eContent Collection, provides access to thousands of contemporary electronic books. NetLibrary is divided into two distinct collections. The permanent collection contains thousands of eBooks that cover a broad range of subjects, such as political science, sociology, and accounting. The temporary collection contains approximately 1,000 eBooks pertaining to information technology.
With the variety of contemporary titles now available electronically from Safari Tech Books Online and NetLibrary eContent Collection, the boundaries of the traditional library are extended. Since titles can be "borrowed" from remote locations and outside the Library's operating hours, student and faculty research benefit from the flexibility provided by both electronic book collections.
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On this week's list from the human resources department:
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Today the team is in Medicine Hat, Alberta -- "sitting back and relaxing in preparation for tomorrow's final leg", says the Midnight Sun web site. "This last 188 miles of the NASC race is going to be exciting as only minutes separate us from 4th place," currently held by the University of Missouri at Rolla.
The University of Minnesota is in the lead, followed by the University of Michigan, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Missouri.
"The car has been performing flawlessly and running as fast as it can," the UW team reports. "The winds across the prairies have helped reduce the power consumption of the car and have allowed the team to push the car harder and faster."
After the finish in Calgary, the team is expecting to be featured on CBC Newsworld and Canada AM in the next two days.
Electrical and computer engineering. Dan Busuioc, "Conformal, Integrated Antenna Array Technology for Low-Cost Intelligent System Applications." Supervisor, S. Safavi-Naeini. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH 4305. Oral defence Friday, July 29, 9:30 a.m., CEIT room 3142.
Civil engineering. Chang Shu, "Improved Pooled Flood Frequency Analysis Using Soft Computing Techniques." Supervisor, D. Burn. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH 4305. Oral defence Thursday, August 4, 1:30 p.m., Engineering II room 3324.
Electrical and computer engineering. Daryoosh Saeedkia, "Modeling and Design of Photoconductive and Superconductive Terahertz Photomixer Sources." Supervisors, S. Safavi-Naeini and R. Mansour. On display in the faculty of engineering, CPH 4305. Oral defence Friday, August 12, 10 a.m., CEIT room 3142.
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Christmas in July turkey dinner 4 to 7 p.m.,
Brubakers, Student Life Centre, $11.95.
Work outside Canada: Meeting for students with fall term co-op jobs in the US -- CDS International sponsorship, today 4:30 or Thursday 9:30; AIPT and other sponsorship, Thursday 4:30; jobs in other countries, Thursday 2:30 -- all in Tatham Centre room 2218. Political forum: "Attempt the Impossible", debating key issues to find agreement, sponsored by UW Greens, 7 p.m., Arts Lecture Hall room 209. Wild West Wednesday -- last Bomber Wednesday of the term, tonight at Bombshelter pub, Student Life Centre; hot wing eating contest 10 p.m. Centre for International Governance Innovation presents Kalypso Nicolaidis, University of Oxford, "After the No: Is Europe Falling Apart and Should We Care?" Thursday 5:30, 57 Erb Street West, free tickets e-mail rsvp@cigionline.org. Calgary alumni barbecue Thursday at Heritage Park as Midnight Sun reaches the finish line; details online. 'Spiritual Quest of an Engineer', by Hira Ahuja, former UW faculty member, now engineering consultant, sponsored by Spiritual Heritage Education Network, Thursday 7:30, CEIT room 1015. |
Accountancy. Greg Berberich, "The Effects of Audit Methodology and Audit Experience on the Development of Auditors' Knowledge of the Client's Business." Supervisor, Alan Webb. On display in the faculty of arts, HH 317. Oral defence Wednesday, August 17, 9 a.m., Humanities room 373.
Kinesiology. Renato de Moraes, "Determinants and Strategies for the Alternate Foot Placement." Supervisor, Aftab Patla. On display in the faculty of applied health sciences, BMH 3110. Oral defence Friday, August 19, 10 a.m., Matthews Hall room 3119.
Kinesiology. Nandini Deshpande, "Sensory Integration During Goal Directed Locomotion in Young and Older Adults." Supervisor, Aftab Patla. On display in the faculty of applied health sciences, BMH 3110. Oral defence Wednesday, August 24, 10 a.m., Matthews Hall room 3119.
Applied mathematics. Matthew Scott, "The Modeling of Blood Rheology in Small Vessels." Supervisors, G. Tenti and W.-K. Liu. On display in the faculty of mathematics, MC 5090. Oral defence Friday, August 26, 10 a.m., Math and Computer room 5136.
Combinatorics and optimization. Jooyoung Lee, "Combinatorial Approaches to Key Predistribution for Distributed Sensor Networks." Supervisor, D. R. Stinson. On display in the faculty of mathematics, MC 5090. Oral defence Friday, August 25, 11 a.m., Math and Computer room 5158.
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