Open Access for Scholarly Papers: What IS the Fuss About and What Does It Mean?
Kimberly Douglas, University Librarian
May 19th, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall in Guggenheim
It can be no surprise that the Internet is changing the mechanisms and models for scholarly communication, the process of research, peer-review certification, dissemination, and uptake of new knowledge, especially through scholarly papers. While the information technology possibilities are relatively straightforward, the social and legal issues challenge governments and their funding agencies-and universities and their libraries-along with the publishing industry. Libraries as cultural memory institutions, and especially academic libraries as foundations to scholarship, provide opportunity for and realization of the coming transformations.
Alumni, Bring your stories to Seminar Day 2012
The Caltech Archives and Library will be running a session for alumni to record a 10-minute story for inclusion in the Oral History Project. “Caltech Oral Histories in the Making” will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 PM on Saturday, May 19, in the Sherman Fairchild Library. On a first-come, first-served basis, alums may capture on audio tape a favorite professor story, a worst/best day of student life, or any good story about their Caltech years.
Recordings will be transcribed and released (with permission) for inclusion in the Archives’ collection and for online publication in the Library’s digital repository. For more details, contact the archives.
Library Workshop: CODA: If You Publish, You Need CaltechAUTHORS: Wednesday, May 16, 2:00pm
CODA: If You Publish, You Need CaltechAUTHORS
CaltechAUTHORS (http://authors.library.caltech.edu/) is an institutional repository providing free access to articles written by, with, or in close association with Caltech professorial faculty. Come and see how quickly and easily author postprints (author-formatted, post-peer review and copy-edited) can be uploaded and made easily retrievable by a global audience.
Wednesday, May 16
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: You and Your Thesis: Wednesday, May 9, 2:00pm
You and Your Thesis
Are you working on your thesis? Did you know that electronic copies of theses must be submitted? Are you aware of the formatting requirements for theses? You are encouraged to attend a brief overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of Caltech electronic theses. The session will include tips on formatting and submitting, and will touch on intellectual property considerations and access.
Wednesday, May 9
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: Reaxys/SciFinder: Wednesday, May 2, 2:00pm
Reaxys/SciFinder: Not Just For Chemists
Reaxys provides a combined web interface to Beilstein, Gmelin and Elsevier’s Patent Chemistry database.
Both Beilstein (organic compounds) and Gmelin (inorganic compounds) provide extensive physical property data.
Reaxys content and format coverage (journal articles & patents) and search techniques for physical property data will be reviewed.
An extensive description of the Reaxys database is available: http://library.caltech.edu/learning/classhandouts/Reaxys2010.pdf
SciFinder is a premier database for both science and engineering.
In addition to chemistry and chemical engineering, SciFinder coverage extends to the chemical aspects of biology, environmental engineering, geology, materials science, medicine, and physics.
SciFinder content and format coverage (journal articles, patents, theses, etc.) and search techniques for topics and physical property data will be reviewed.
An extensive description of the SciFinder database is available: http://library.caltech.edu/learning/classhandouts/scifinderwebhandout.pdf
Reaxys & SciFinder will also be compared and contrasted with other important databases: Combined Chemical Dictionary, Web of Science, and PubMed.
Wednesday, May 2
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: Web of Science: Thursday, April 26, 2:00pm
Web of Science
This session will provide a wide variety of strategies for searching Web of Science including topic, & author searching, retrieving citing articles, linking to full-text, exporting records directly into EndNote or the new Web EndNote, and creating search and citation alerts.
Thursday, April 26
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
March 2012 New Books and Journals Lists
The lists of new books and journals added to the libraries’ collections during the month of March 2012 are now available. This month’s book list includes book cover images for many items, and links to Amazon to allow you to browse the books electronically. Please note that we provide no guarantee that Amazon has contracted with the publisher to allow viewers to browse specific books.
Library Workshop: You and Your Thesis: Wednesday, April 25, 2:00pm
You and Your Thesis
Are you working on your thesis? Did you know that electronic copies of theses must be submitted? Are you aware of the formatting requirements for theses? You are encouraged to attend a brief overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of Caltech electronic theses. The session will include tips on formatting and submitting, and will touch on intellectual property considerations and access.
Wednesday, April 25
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: EndNote For Beginners: Wednesday, April 18, 1:00pm
EndNote For Beginners
Are you writing a research paper or ready to start your thesis? Want an easy way to store, manage and search for bibliographic references? EndNote for Beginners may be just the quick start session you need. Learn what EndNote is and the basics of how it can work for you to organize the articles you’re reading and create bibliographies within a word processing document. We’ll cover how to get your references into EndNote and what to do with them once they’re there.
Wednesday, April 18
1:00-2:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328
Library Workshop: You and Your Thesis: Thursday, April 12, 2:00pm
You and Your Thesis
Are you working on your thesis? Did you know that electronic copies of theses must be submitted? Are you aware of the formatting requirements for theses? You are encouraged to attend a brief overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of Caltech electronic theses. The session will include tips on formatting and submitting, and will touch on intellectual property considerations and access.
Thursday, April 12
2:00-3:00pm
Sherman Fairchild Library, Multimedia Conference Room 328