March 19, 2007
ICIS Creates Student Portal
ICIS is working on a new student portal, or "knowledge zone". Right now it links to some resources available to students. In the future, they "hope it will turn into a space in which students and academics worldwide can communicate and discuss issues with each other, and showcase their best work to the wider world, not least potential employers."
Several librarians have contacted and discussed the lack of chemical prices for student projects with ICIS. In the past, I documented and shared my concerns directly with ICIS. Randy Reichardt has taken similar steps. He has personally been involved in the recent developments.
ICIS with the announcement of this new student portal has helped to fill this need for chemical prices. ICIS now provides "you with historical chemical prices. Note that these prices are a guide only, and must not be used to guide real-time business."
I understand chemical prices are hard to locate and maintain, even for a major chemical publisher, so this historical resource fills a major need for chemical engineering students.
Thank you ICIS and Randy Reichardt!
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Posted on March 19, 2007 06:23 PM
Hey Brian, thanks for the kind words. I would also like to acknowledge the work you did by posting about this concern a number of times on your excellent blog. I know that ICIS was aware of your posts as well, so they did get the correct impression that I wasn't ranting in isolation over the dropping of 80% of their weekly reported chemical prices. So thank you for your contributions. - Randy