Clark Physical Sciences Library – September Update
Dear faculty, students and staff-
Welcome to the 09/10 academic year, I hope the semester is starting up
well. It has been a busy summer at the Clark Physical Sciences Library
as we begin work on the transition plan developed by a team of faculty,
students and staff. This process will proceed through the fall semester
and our goal is to continue to provide service and assistance
throughout. An updated FAQ is attached that addresses the future
of the library collections and services.
The bound journal collection has been successfully transfered to the
Annex Library. With a recent bequest we have been able to purchase
online access to back issues of almost 400 additional journal titles in
the physical and related sciences. Links to the back files currently
available to Cornell are included in the CU Library eJournals list
(http://erms.library.cornell.edu/) and the library catalog
(http://www.library.cornell.edu/). Articles from journals at the Annex
that are not online can be requested through the Annex article scan
service at no charge:
https://cornell.hosts.atlas-sys.com/illiad/illiad.dll. New print
journal issues will continue to be available in the Clark Library
Reading Room through December, after which time most subscriptions will
become electronic based.
The print books will be distributed to related science libraries
according to the general subject areas described below. Due to space
constraints in these libraries, books that have not circulated since
2000 will be transferred to the Annex Library and will be available on
request within 2 business days. This transfer process is underway and
will be completed by the end of September. Please contact the library
if you need assistance in locating books (255-4016, pslcirc@cornell.edu)
Books scheduled for other science libraries will be transferred starting
in late October through early December. Reserve materials will remain
in the Physical Sciences Library through the final exam period.
Print book distribution:
- Mann Library: organic & bio- chemistry.
- Mathematics Library: mathematics; astronomy; general, atomic & particle
physics; theoretical physical chemistry.
- Engineering Library: analytical, inorganic, organometallic &
experimental physical chemistry; experimental physics.
The reference collection in the Physical Sciences Library is one of the
largest science reference collections in the Cornell system and is
utilized by researchers across the disciplines. In addition to
increased online journal holdings, we will be investing in increased
online reference resources, such as crystallographic databases, spectra,
and critical tables. Please let me know what reference materials are
the most critical for your research and teaching.
Please visit our new website for updates,
http://physicalsciences.library.cornell.edu/
If you have questions or comments about the library transition, please
don?t hesitate to contact me at lrm1@cornell.edu or 5-1361.
Regards,
Leah
Clark Physical Sciences Library – July update
It has been a busy month at the Clark Physical Sciences Library. The
Transition Team of faculty, students, and library staff has completed
its report of recommendations, now under review by the University
Librarian and Vice Provost for Research. The recommendations cover
increasing online resources, distribution of the hard copy collections,
proposal for study space, enhancement of the library website and
promotion of library services.
The shift of bound journals to the Annex is almost complete, finishing
up by the end of July. We also recently received a new bequest to the
library which has allowed us to purchase almost 200 additional online
back files of journals, including those listed below. Another 200 back files will be coming online in the next
month. Links to the back files currently available to Cornell are
included in the CU Library eJournals list
(http://erms.library.cornell.edu/) and the library catalog
(http://www.library.cornell.edu/). Articles from journals at the Annex
that are not online can be requested through the Annex article scan
service at no charge:
https://cornell.hosts.atlas-sys.com/illiad/illiad.dll. Unbound issues
will continue to be available in the Clark Library Reading Room through
December, after which time most subscriptions will become electronic
based. Books will also be remaining through the fall and the book
stacks are being consolidated for easier access.
The library website has migrated to a new platform and is now located
at: http://physicalsciences.library.cornell.edu/
This site is very similar to the previous site and will be in place
through December 2009. Behind the scenes we are developing an enhanced
website based on recommendations of the Library Transition Team,
including new book alerts, browsing ebooks by call number, browsing
resources by subject, browsing classic books by title and author, online
orientation guides, locating print physical sciences materials, links to
online PhD theses and abstracts, better marketing of the website, RSS
feeds for new articles in any relevant subject and assistance in adding
links to articles from personal pages. The new site will be available
for the departments to review later this fall and launched in January as
the primary access point for library resources in the physical sciences.
Many thanks to your colleagues on the Transition Team for their input
and guidance on this process. If you have questions or comments about
the library transition, please don’t hesitate to contact me at
lrm1@cornell.edu or 5-1361.
Regards,
Leah Solla
Coordinator, Physical Sciences Library
Select list of journals with back issues newly available online:
Advances in colloid and interface science
Analytica chimica acta
Chemical physics
Chemical physics letters
Computers & chemistry
Coordination chemistry reviews
Cryogenics
Electrochimica acta
European polymer journal
Fluid phase equilibria
Inorganica chimica acta
Journal of alloys and compounds
Journal of catalysis
Journal of chromatography. A
Journal of colloid and interface science
Journal of crystal growth
Journal of electroanalytical chemistry
Journal of electron spectroscopy and related phenomena
Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials
Journal of molecular catalysis. A, Chemical
Journal of molecular graphics & modeling
Journal of molecular spectroscopy
Journal of molecular structure (see Theochem)
Journal of non-crystalline solids
Journal of organometallic chemistry
Journal of physics and chemistry of solids
Journal of solid state chemistry
Materials chemistry and physics
Materials research bulletin
Polyhedron
Polymer
Progress in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Progress in polymer science
Progress in solid state chemistry
Solid state communications
Solid state ionics
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Spectrochimica acta. Part B: Atomic spectroscopy
Synthetic metals
Talanta; An international journal of analytical chemistry
Theochem: Journal of molecular structure
Thin solid films
New Members in The Russian Academy of Sciences
June 26, 2009
~ Pat Viele
Professors David M. Lee and Neil W. Ashcroft Honored With Membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences.
David Lee and Neil Ashcroft
Today I had the privilege of witnessing the Professors David Lee and Neil Ashcroft
accept the high honor of membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences.
It is a great honor for a foreign scientist to be invited to join. The awardees receive a lapel pin and a diploma.
For more information about the Academies, see: http://www.ras.ru/
Submitted for Pat Viele, Astronomy and Physics Librarian
Clark Library Update, June 10, 2009
June 10, 2009
The Physical Sciences Library transition team has met three times in the past month, highlights of the discussions so far include: journal access, book relocation and study space.
The team agreed that the journal collection could be transfered to the Annex, supplemented by increased electronic access and the Annex article scan service. All journals will be moved to the Library Annex over the summer, loose issues will remain in the Clark Library until bound. The move will begin on June 17 and continue for 6-8 weeks. There will be signs in the library indicating what collections are located where and the PSL webpage will be updated with the collection changes. Additional online journal backfiles have been identified. Articles from journals at the Annex can be requested through the Annex article scan service at no charge: https://cornell.hosts.atlas-sys.com/illiad/illiad.dll
Book relocation options will focus on relocating books that have circulated since 2000 to other libraries on central campus. Related collections are currently housed in the Engineering, Mann and Mathematics Libraries. Subject synergies were discussed between these collections and these libraries have been very accommodating in making space.
Maintaining quiet study space is a high priority for the student population in the physical sciences. This concern was reinforced at a recent meeting with Bob Buhrman, Vice Provost for Research, with other physical sciences department chairs and building representatives concerning future use of the library space. The transition team will be submitting a proposal for supporting quiet study in this area.
If you have questions or comments about the library transition, you can send an e-mail to PSLibrary@cornell.edu or contact the transition team leader Janet McCue directly at jam7@cornell.edu.
Browse Journal Table of Contents Online
Are you looking for an easy way to browse your favorite journal’s table of contents (TOC)? There is a new, free service call ticTOCs that has compiled the TOC for over 12,000 scholarly journals, and the list continues to grow! Either browse the TOC on their site, or import to your favorite RSS feed reader. Detailed instructions and a how-to video are now availble.
And just a reminder- if you are a MyContents user, you have received an email notifying you that the service will be ending as of June 30, 2009. TicTOCs is a great alternative to MyContents. See our Current Awareness web page for more information about this and other services.
If you have any questions, or would like to schedule an appointment, please contact Kirsten Hensley.
- kh287@cornell.edu
- 254-8007
- Or stop by the Physical Sciences Library mornings M, W, Th, F.
Clark Library Update, May 22, 2009
The Physical Sciences Library transition team has started planning
discussions for the transition of the library. The library staff will be posting regular updates to the departments by email and on the library News site (http://blogs.cornell.edu/astnews/). On the website you will also find a new section on ebooks and a direct link to the Annex article scan service on the top page (http://astech.library.cornell.edu/ast/phys/index.cfm).
So far the team has discussed the background on the decision to close
the facility; input from department meetings, student forums and
individual correspondence; the current state of the book and journal
collections; and some key considerations for future services. A recent
bequest for chemistry library materials will enable the purchase of
additional online back issues of journals. The team agreed that the
journal collection could be transfered to the Annex, supplemented by
electronic access and the Annex article scan service. The book,
reference and reserve collections will be considered at future meetings.
The team will meet several more times in May and June and prepare a
report of recommendations for the University Librarian by July 1, 2009.
If you have questions or comments about the
library transition, you can send an e-mail to PSLibrary@cornell.edu or
contact the transition team leader Janet McCue directly at jam7@cornell.edu.
Physical Sciences Library Transition Team
A transition team of faculty, students and staff has been formed to
address issues related to the consolidation of the Physical Sciences
Library and future library support for physical sciences research and
teaching. Janet McCue, Associate University Librarian, will be leading
this effort. The team will be holding its first meeting this afternoon,
and the following faculty, students and staff have agreed to serve:
Janet McCue, Associate University Librarian (chair)
Robin Baur, Graduate student, Physics
Medha Devare, Bioinformatics and Life Sciences Librarian, Mann Library
Gregory Ezra, Professor, Chemistry
Michelle Hastings, Undergraduate student, Chemistry
Dong Lai, Professor, Astronomy
Andre Leclair, Professor, Physics
Richard Lovelace, Professor, Applied & Engineering Physics
Sarah Morrison, Undergraduate student, Astronomy
Dan Mack, Graduate student, Chemistry
Sharvari Nadkarni, Graduate student, Astronomy & Physics
Munier Salem, Undergraduate student, Applied & Engineering Physics
Pat Schafer, Director of Service Strategies, Cornell University Library
Sam Schrauth, Graduate student, Applied & Engineering Physics
Leah Solla, Coordinator, Physical Sciences Library, Chemistry Librarian
Pat Viele, Physics and Astronomy Librarian
Hongyu Xiao, Undergraduate student, Physics
Although closing a physical facility is never an easy decision, the
library is committed to making sure that the community’s research,
teaching, and learning needs are fully met. Our charge is to consider
the following issues:
-Collections (electronic enhancements, print collection access)
-Facility needs (quiet study space, group study space, other library
access, subject librarians space)
-New services (dept delivery, lab group support, virtual library web
enhancements)
-Timeline (library hours, collection moves, study space)
-Communication and user input (committee communication, announcements,
surveys, discussion fora, etc.)
The University Librarian would like recommendations by July 1st so the
team will be meeting over the next two months to address these areas.
The team is open to all comments and suggestions. You can send an e-mail
to PSLibrary@cornell.edu or contact Janet McCue directly at
jam7@cornell.edu.
Engineering Library Journal Cancellations Proposed List for 2010
Because of budget cuts and endowment pay out reductions, the Engineering Library will need to cancel about $140,000 of journal subscriptions to stay within our budget. See http://astech.library.cornell.edu/ast/engr/about/engrjournalcancels10.cfm
The top priority is to preserve as much as possible the research collection for faculty and graduate students. As a corollary, many industry and popular journals will be cancelled, and we will maintain a minimal selection of titles for browsing. The journals identified for cancellation have been selected primarily based on cost per use and input we receive from faculty and students.
Steven Rockey, Interim Director of the Engineering Library
Please send feedback by May 15th to Jill Powell, jhp1@cornell.edu
7 Ways to be a More Efficient Physicist- now avaialble online
If you missed the brown bag- the online version is now available: http://guides.library.cornell.edu/7ways
Please contact Kirsten (kh287) if you have any questions!
7 Ways To Be A More Efficient Physicist
Join us this week for another library brown bag lunch:
“7 Ways To Be A More Efficient Physicist”
Thursday 4/30
12:15-1:00PM
701 Clark
Topics include:
- shortcuts to access resources off-campus
- stay up-to-date with current literature (set-up feeds for citation alerts, journal table of contents, and more)
- e-Books. Search hundreds of books at once.
Cookies and beverages provided
Feel free to bring your laptop and follow along- most of these topics take only a handful of clicks to set-up, and you’re on your way!
Can’t make it? This will also be available online later this week, contact Kirsten (kh287) if you’d like to be sent the URL, when available (it will also be posted on this blog)
Brought to you by the Physical Sciences Library!
Questions? Contact Kirsten Hensley (kh287)
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