e3 Information Overload AND Are You 2.0 Yet? - Blog: e3 Information Overload http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/ E-resources for Engineering Education, plus discussions on various web 2.0 and library issues en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:52:37 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:52:37 EST brian.c.gray@case.edu brian.c.gray@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 Ohio's Fuel Cell Environment http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/23/ohios_fuel_cell_environment Pat Valente, Executive Director of the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition, talks about Ohio's fuel cell environment in a Q&A article... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/23/ohios_fuel_cell_environment Blog: e3 Information Overload Energy Engineering Fuel Cells Northeast Ohio Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:52:37 EST Pat Valente, Executive Director of the Ohio Fuel Cell Coalition, talks about Ohio's fuel cell environment in a Q&A article published November 19, 2009 on hiVelocity.

hiVelocity is a web-based publication highlighting Ohio's new economy.

]]> Case Western Reserve biomed professor among panel of national translational medicine experts http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/23/case_western_reserve_biomed_professor_among_panel_of_national_translational_medicine_experts Erin Lavik, a faculty member in Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering, appeared in Washington, D.C. on November... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/23/case_western_reserve_biomed_professor_among_panel_of_national_translational_medicine_experts Biomedical Engineering Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Awards, News, or Publications Engineering Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:44:49 EST Erin Lavik, a faculty member in Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering, appeared in Washington, D.C. on November 20th as part of a national discussion regarding translational medicine. Read more in the CASE DAILY article.

]]> Congratulations to Chung-Chiun Liu http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/08/congratulations_to_chungchiun_liu From CASE DAILY (November 5, 2009): Chung-Chiun Liu, the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology and Control Professor of... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/11/08/congratulations_to_chungchiun_liu Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Awards, News, or Publications Chemical Engineering Engineering News from the Field Professional Associations & Societies Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:12:46 EST From CASE DAILY (November 5, 2009):
Chung-Chiun Liu, the Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology and Control Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

]]> Knovel University Challenge is Back - Win a Kindle, Wii, iPod, or iTunes gift card http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/09/18/knovel_university_challenge_is_back_win_a_kindle_wii_ipod_or_itunes_gift_card Last year, Case was one of only 8 universities world-wide that had at least 100 student entries. Lets keep... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/09/18/knovel_university_challenge_is_back_win_a_kindle_wii_ipod_or_itunes_gift_card Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Awards, News, or Publications Case Libraries Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Kelvin Smith Library Science and Technology Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:15:55 EST

Last year, Case was one of only 8 universities world-wide that had at least 100 student entries. Lets keep our streak alive.

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]]> ASM International's Geodesic Dome http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/08/31/asm_internationals_geodesic_dome According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (August 30, 2009) the ASM International's geodesic dome has been nominated to be listed... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/08/31/asm_internationals_geodesic_dome Blog: e3 Information Overload Engineering Materials Science News from the Field Northeast Ohio Professional Associations & Societies Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:49:28 EST According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (August 30, 2009) the ASM International's geodesic dome has been nominated to be listed with the National Register of Historic Places.

See a picture of the structure and get more details at the ASM website about Materials Park.

]]> Textbook Rentals http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/07/19/textbook_rentals I remember reading about this some time ago, and the company is still succeeding. According to the New York Times... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/07/19/textbook_rentals Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates E-Books Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:47:17 EST I remember reading about this some time ago, and the company is still succeeding. According to the New York Times on July 4, 2009, Chegg.com is still renting textbooks. It is a multiple million dollar business that shows no end to the growth so far.

Ohio students are lucky to have a similar program called the Ohio Textbook Portal.

I find the success of these programs as proof that Amazon's approach with the Kindle DX and the textbook sales can be successful. Many people suggest students want to keep their textbooks, but I suspect there are only a couple that a student would want to keep beyond their classes.

]]> Major Chemistry Publisher Apparently Phasing Out Print Journals http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/07/07/major_chemistry_publisher_apparently_phasing_out_print_journals It appears from an article in Nature (Published online 17 June 2009) that the American Chemical Society has announces steps... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/07/07/major_chemistry_publisher_apparently_phasing_out_print_journals Applied Sciences Blog: e3 Information Overload Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering News from the Field Professional Associations & Societies Scientific Publishing & Data Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:54:43 EST It appears from an article in Nature (Published online 17 June 2009) that the American Chemical Society has announces steps to phase out their print journals in favor of all electronic access.

I wondered what major publisher would be first to take this action.

]]> Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO) http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/06/15/ohio_collaborative_conference_on_bioinformatics_occbio The fourth annual Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics will be hosted by Case Western Reserve University on June 15-17, 2009.... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/06/15/ohio_collaborative_conference_on_bioinformatics_occbio Blog: e3 Information Overload Case Awards, News, or Publications Conferences Engineering Medicine & Healthcare News from the Field Northeast Ohio Science and Technology Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:53:05 EST The fourth annual Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics will be hosted by Case Western Reserve University on June 15-17, 2009.

The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of methods, research findings, and experiences.

An important goal for the conference is to foster long-term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology that benefit Ohio.

See: http://www.occbio.org/2009/index.shtml

]]> Virtual Career Fair in Second Life http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/06/07/virtual_career_fair_in_second_life The American Chemical Society (ACS) is holding a Virtual Career Fair in Second Life from June 8-12, 2009.... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/06/07/virtual_career_fair_in_second_life Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Chemical Engineering Chemistry & Chemicals Engineering News from the Field Professional Associations & Societies Science and Technology Second Life Web 2.0 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:34:43 EST The American Chemical Society (ACS) is holding a Virtual Career Fair in Second Life from June 8-12, 2009.

]]> USA Leads Engineering Publishing http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/05/29/usa_leads_engineering_publishing The USA is a publishing machines when it comes to engineering. Sciencewatch.com released the "Top 20 Countries in Engineering" which... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/05/29/usa_leads_engineering_publishing Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Fri, 29 May 2009 08:36:33 EST The USA is a publishing machines when it comes to engineering. Sciencewatch.com released the "Top 20 Countries in Engineering" which includes publications and citations from 1998 to end of 2008. USA has three times more publications than the next country.

]]> Career in Science Librarianship http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/23/career_in_science_librarianship I was very honored recently to be interviewed by Lucas Laursen for an article he was preparing for Science Careers... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/23/career_in_science_librarianship Blog: e3 Information Overload Engineering Libraries & Librarianship My Experiences News from the Field Science and Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:30:00 EST I was very honored recently to be interviewed by Lucas Laursen for an article he was preparing for Science Careers (from the journal Science).

The article, called Looking Up Your Career at the Library, was collection of thoughts by several science librarians that made the transition from the traditional science career path to libraries.

]]> IEEE Xplore Reaches Two Million Documents http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/18/ieee_xplore_reaches_two_million_documents The Case community has a wonderful resource available to them through IEEE Xplore. IEEE reports that it now contains TWO... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/18/ieee_xplore_reaches_two_million_documents Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Engineering Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:41:11 EST The Case community has a wonderful resource available to them through IEEE Xplore. IEEE reports that it now contains TWO million documents.

]]> New Energy Alerting Service http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/02/new_energy_alerting_service Stay on top of energy and environment news & policies with a daily alerting service brought to you by the... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/03/02/new_energy_alerting_service Blog: e3 Information Overload Databases, Publishers, & Vendor Updates Energy Engineering Kelvin Smith Library Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:54:44 EST Stay on top of energy and environment news & policies with a daily alerting service brought to you by the Kelvin Smith Library.

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ClimateWire tracks politics and policy on climate change, daily; E&EDaily focuses on energy and environment legislation in Congress, when Congress is in session; GreenWire covers the weekday issues in the courts, states, and federal agencies. The weekly LandLetter brings you an in-depth look at natural resources and conservation issues. E&ENews PM brings you all the daily late-breaking developments from Capitol Hill and everywhere else, so you're ahead of tomorrow's headlines.

In addition to daily news and analysis, E&E Publishing offers access to special reports, key documents, and valuable research tools on the website. Be sure to look at the searchable story and video archive. E&E is a Case-only resource, and requires an activated VPN connection when using wireless or remote access. More details are available on the KSL NewsBLog.

]]> New Phone: Pomegranate http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/02/07/new_phone_pomegranate I have found my new phone. I cannot wait for it to come out. Check it out for yourself and... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/02/07/new_phone_pomegranate Blog: Are You 2.0 Yet Blog: e3 Information Overload Humor Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:46:15 EST I have found my new phone. I cannot wait for it to come out. Check it out for yourself and make sure you explore all the features.

]]> Library Greeter - Armored Video Action Figure http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/01/19/library_greeter_armored_video_action_figure Here is a door greeter you do not see everyday. The Library Journal, 1/16/2009, reports that the University of California... http://blog.case.edu/bcg8/2009/01/19/library_greeter_armored_video_action_figure Blog: e3 Information Overload Computer Science Engineering Libraries & Librarianship Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:26:28 EST Here is a door greeter you do not see everyday. The Library Journal, 1/16/2009, reports that the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Science & Engineering Library entrance is now guarded by a "six-foot tall Chameleon JumpSuit comes from the popular Journeyman Project's “Legacy of Time” computer video game". It was donated by alumni.

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