BookCrossing - Annual convention in Toronto

North American 2006 Convention
Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 21-23 2006


Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto
475 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4Y 1X7

I was in the audience of CityLine yesterday

Took the day off work and went into the city. Toronto that is. Was in the audience of CityLine with Marilyn Denis. It was interesting to see live television being created. We only got on TV for a few seconds in a audience scan. I guess we were seated in the wrong (or maybe right) place.

I won a door prize in addition to the loot they give every audience member.

Wiley Interscience Journals have reference link

Perhaps this has been there for a while, but I just noticed it. And I think it is just grand!

On our Wiley titles, in the table of contents, there is now a link "References" beside the usual "PDF" etc. This takes you to a page of only the references from that particualr paper. Nothing exciting so far, however, attached to each of the references is a link -- a link to full text options for that paper.

If it is a Wiley paper, you just go there directly, but if it is another publisher, you go to a page where you have the options of ChemPort, PubMed, etc.

We often have researchers find an excellent paper and then want copies of many of the references. This makes life so much easier for our researchers and for my assistant (and me too)!!!

So tell me, is it new or not??

Semi-Conducting Polymer (Polythiophene)

Quick Picks: Semi-Conducting Polymer (Polythiophene): "Chemists work on plastic promise. 'The invention could eventually slash the cost of flat panel screens and bring electronic paper into common use. The new material can also be laid down using simple printing techniques rather than the expensive and elaborate methods used to process silicon.'"

Peer review on trial

Features: Peer review on trial: "E T H I C S I N R E S E A R C H

What's the verdict
on peer review?
The judgment of colleagues plays a critical part
in how grants are distributed, journal articles are
selected, and careers are formed. Yet this system may
raise ethical dilemmas. 21stC explores how peer review
really works, and how it might work better "

The ChemRefer Newsletter - First Edition (March 2006)

Science Articles || Science News Forum: "ChemRefer's monthly Newsletter covers sources of quality, open access chemistry literature. The Newsletter also includes links to the most interesting journal articles found by ChemRefer that month. "

Donna's Mid Career Librarian Blog

A new librarian blogger. Not much there, but there is still time.

Keep blogging, Donna.


Donna's Mid Career Librarian Blog: "Hello everyone!
As a mid-career librarian, I'm feeling a bit left out in the dark with the newest bleeding edge technology so I'm creating this blog to see if there are others out there just like me.

I have been an academic librarian at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario since 1988.

I'd like to hear from others in how they are 'keeping up' while managing departments at the same time. Yikes, sometimes I feel like it's a losing battle. Other days are great.

Any tips out there?"