Delivering Scientific Information to the End User
Joe Kraus, Science Librarian, University of Denver, 6/9/99
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Introduction
The URL is:– http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/showcase.html
My personal mission is to provide access, direction, and to evaluate the overview of the scientific publishing industry.
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Access
To what?Almost anything - indexes, abstracts, full text, PDF images, data files, etc.
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Direction
Make Webpages, such as: – http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/NSME/– http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/sla-st/
Bibliographic InstructionIndividual and group meetingsSet plan for collection development in the sciences.
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Overview of the Scientific Publishing Industry
Evaluation of the industryTrendsImportant peopleKnow what other libraries are doingCommunicate with publishers, vendors & societies
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Overview - Trends
Electronic journals and licensing issues– http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
Web Databases– E-Biomed : A Proposal for Electronic
Publications in the Biomedical Sciences http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/ebiomed/ebiomed.htm
Electronic books– NetLibrary - http://www.netlibrary.com/
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Overview - People
Andrew Odylzko– http://www.research.att.com/~amo/doc/eworld.html
Paul Ginsparg– http://xxx.lanl.gov/blurb/pg96unesco.html
Stevan Harnad– http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/intpub.html
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Overview - People
Ann Okerson– http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/alo.html
Gary Wiggins– http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
PAMnet & Sci-Tech Division Listserv– http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dstern/pamnet.html– http://www.library.nwu.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/SLA-ST/
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Overview - LibrariesLos Alamos National Laboratory– http://lib-www.lanl.gov/– “A Harbinger of Change” article– http://www.onlineinc.com/articles/onlinemag/pack993.html
OhioLink– http://www.ohiolink.edu/
California State U. RFP– http://www.co.calstate.edu/irt/seir/RFP/RFP.html– Healy, L.W., “New Bottles for Old Wine”, Educom Review,
May/June 1999, Vol. 34 (3), p. 46-49
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Overview - Publishers/Vendors
Database Evaluation– Cost, interface, content, license restrictions, etc.
Major publishers in my areas– Biology– Chemistry– Engineering– Geography & Geology– Mathematics & Computer Science– Physics & Astronomy
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Overview - Societies
Numerous in Biology– BIOSIS
Chemistry– American Chemical Society, Royal Society
of ChemistryEngineering– IEEE, IEE, ASCE, ASME, ASTM, ...
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Overview - Societies
Geography– ASPRS
Math & CS– AMS, MAA, ACM, SIAM, IEEE Computer
SocietyPhysics & Astronomy– AIP, APS, IoP, AAS, ASP
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Overview - Misc.SPARC– http://www.arl.org/sparc/
J-STOR– http://www.jstor.org
OCLC-ECO– http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/eco.htm
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations– http://www.ndltd.org/
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General ScienceScienceNatureProceedings of the NASCambridge Scientific AbstractsJohn WileyAcademic PressElsevier / Kluwer / Marcel Dekker
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Conclusion
Great changes are occurringInformation OverloadDon’t just take care of the squeaky wheel.
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe Kraus
Conclusion
Balance needs of different departments and patronsMarketing of library resourcesLearn more about teamwork and managementHave fun!
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