Library: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (CCE): Newsletter

Newsletter - December 9, 2024

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering — Week of December 9, 2024

Caltech Library in Pictures 2024

Division News
- CSD Renewal
- ChemDraw
- BIPOC Survey
- ACS Webinar 12/18

Workshop Highlights
TOMORROW: You & Your Thesis

Featured Resources Course Reserves + eCampus

Crossing Over
Final Exhibition Tour + Purchase the Catalog + PST Symposia Day

Staff News
Tony Diaz on Library Use of Desktop Computers

Collections News
American Society for Microbiology

Cambridge Structural Database License Renewed for 2025
The Caltech Library has paid to continue subscribing to the Cambridge Structural Database for 2025. The current version of the CSD-Enterprise software is 2024.3.0 as of December 5, 2024. If you are using Version 2023.1 or later, you can update from within your existing software installation, except if you are using a Mac running OSX 15 (Sequoia). If you are using an older version, or need a new installation, you must download the software from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC). Instructions for downloading can be found on the Crystallography Resources Library Guide.

Signals ChemDraw and Notebook Updates

Reminders:
* ChemDraw Versions 17 and Older Are Now Expired
* ChemDraw Versions 18-22 Need to Upgrade to Version 23 by February 20, 2025
* ChemDraw Versions 23.X Activated with an Activation Key Need to Reregister by February 20, 2025
* Signals Notebook Individual Edition and ChemDraw Cloud will be End of Life on March 1st, 2025
Start the upgrade process by filling out the Signals ChemDraw and Notebook Request Form. More details can be found on the Chemistry Library Guide Structure Representation page.

BIPOC Green Chemistry Survey

ACS Green Chemistry Institute and Beyond Benign are conducting a survey to gain authentic feedback and insights from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) voices in the green chemistry and sustainability community. Your input is crucial in understanding how we can better support and elevate diverse perspectives, foster innovation, and create a sense of community within scientific spaces. By gathering this feedback, we hope to develop a dedicated BIPOC in Green Chemistry group that will actively work towards creating a more inclusive and transformative environment for all.

To take the survey, visit https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BIPOCGrChm.

Free ACS Workshop: 'The Higher Education Landscape', 12/18 @ 9am PST
Did you know that while tenured faculty positions may be increasingly difficult to get, there are an increasing amount of alternative paths for chemists who want to work within academia? Are you prepared to take advantage of these opportunities? Join ACS on Wednesday, December 18th at 12:00pm ET, as we present our December Career Pathways Virtual Workshop: 'The Higher Education Landscape.' This virtual, live, 90-minute workshop will answer common questions, provide expert insights, and help you explore the career options available to chemists interested in working in academia.
The presentation will help you answer the following questions:
Why academia? Is it right for me? What types of jobs are available in higher education? How do I navigate the job search process? How do I make myself an (or even more) attractive candidate for a position?

The presentation will be followed by the opportunity for attendees to network in small groups led by ACS Career Consultants and receive personalized career advice.

You & Your Thesis

Are you working on your thesis? Are you aware of the deadlines and formatting requirements? Do you know copyright rules for including content in your thesis? Learn how to deposit your thesis after your defense at You & Your Thesis. This online workshop (December 11, 2024 at 2:00 pm) will give an overview of techniques useful in the production and publication of Caltech electronic theses, including tips on dissemination, formatting, submitting, and copyright considerations.

Course Reserves

Canvas Course Reserves are now open for the Winter 2025 term. Please submit requests before Thursday, December 12, 2024 to ensure your materials are available before the start of the term. Log in to Canvas using your access.caltech credentials and navigate to the Course Reserves module within your course to submit both library reserve materials and bookstore additions in one go. Visit our course reserves page and find answers to frequently asked questions.

eCampus

Wrapping up classes? Don’t forget to sell your old textbooks and return your rentals online at Caltech’s official online bookstore (caltech.ecampus.com). Rental returns due December 20.

✅ Supports any budget with various formats (new, used, rental, digital, or Marketplace)
✅ Save up to 80% and enjoy peace of mind with 30-day returns after classes start
✅ Shop nearly 1M rental titles with deep discounts (hint: Amazon no longer rents books!)

Our PST ART exhibition "Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920-2020" will be open across campus through December 15, Wednesdays–Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm. How, the exhibition asks, have science and engineering institutions like Caltech used scientific representation, art, and architecture to construct themselves and produce discovery and invention? [First and third photos by Joshua White]

Final Exhibition Tour

Join exhibition organizers on December 12, 2024 at 2:30 pm for a final tour of "Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020." How, this exhibition asks, have Caltech scientists and engineers used images and collaborated with artists to discover, invent, and communicate? The exhibition unfolds across Caltech’s campus in six outdoor and indoor venues, weaving together the history of science with historical and contemporary art. Sections focus on astronomy, seismology, genetics, chemistry, particle physics, nuclear weapons, data visualization, rocketry, and planetary science. The tour starts on Bechtel Mall, just east of S. Wilson and west of Caltech Hall at the tall white Crossing Over sign. Register for the tour here.

Purchase the Crossing Over Catalog

Did you love Caltech's PST ART exhibition "Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech"? Check out the exhibition catalog where a team of visual culture scholars explore the rich pictoral record embedded in the Caltech Archives and Special Collections. The exhibition "Crossing Over" catalog features hundreds of images from Caltech art and science and twelve illuminating essays exploring this history. It's available online from the Caltech Store, Vromans, or Amazon. Copies can also be purchased at Sherman Fairchild Library and the TechHub in Caltech Hall.

PST ART Symposia Day

Join us on Saturday, December 14, 2024 from
10:30 am to 9:00 pm for in-depth exploration and conversation at the intersection of art and science in the final weekend of the Getty-initiated PST ART: Art & Science Collide regional event at Caltech. Artists and researchers from the Caltech Archives, JPL, and CaltechLive will each host 90-minute presentations that illuminate and celebrate the many ways in which scientists and artists share in the creative process and innovation, and how their work contributes to the welfare of our communities. The presentations are free and open to the public.

Tony Diaz on Use of Desktop Computers at the California Institute of Technology Libraries

After conducting a campus survey in the spring of 2024, Tony Diaz—Librarian for Geological and Planetary Sciences (GPS) and Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy (PMA)—reported his findings in a recent publication in the journal Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. Survey results indicated that students do find having access to desktop computers is still relevant for their research and personal needs.

American Society for Microbiology Subscribe to Open

Six American Society for Microbiology (ASM) journals will move to a Subscribe to Open (S2O) subscription model in 2025. This means that the Caltech Library’s subscription to the ASM journals package will help Caltech authors enjoy publishing savings and support Open Access publishing. The six titles included in this program are Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Infection and Immunity, Journal of Bacteriology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, and Journal of Virology.

For additional information about this program, please see this ASM website about S2O or email us at library@caltech.edu.