Rowland Institute Library Blog

Lycos offers a beta version of a new search engine that purportedly
limits its scope to “discussion groups” or “web-based
conversations.”  This does not include newsgroups, and supposedly
is not meant to include blogs, although some blog pages will show up in
search results.  After executing a search, you can limit to a
specific kind of forum, such as Yahoo groups.  No advanced search
options as of yet, only a few limiters which appear on the results
page.  (Source:  Pandia Search World)

This week’s Scientist focuses
on nanobiotechnology, including drug discovery, imaging, therapeutics,
quantum dots and safety and environmental concerns. 

at the New England School of Law library, that is, where they have
indexed their catalog entries according to spine color.  For
example, you can click on an aqua image and get a full listing of
books.  Also, their color swatches from their bindery are
included.  “It was red … and it had Wisconsin in the title…”
(Source: Library Link of the Day)

Maugre the Grokster decision, the INDUCE act has gained considerable
support in Congress (several influential senators have signed on to the
bill). Aimed at criminalizing software that could potentially be used
for copyright infringement,  INDUCE is reviled by many
technologists as a threat to innovation. 

the importance of … compiles a listing of sites relating to
yesterday’s Grokster decision, in which a Federal Circuit of Appeals
Court ruled that companies providing file-sharing software were not
liable for infringements made by its users.  (Source: Furdlog)

STLQ points to
Australian professor Kiernan L. Kim’s Chemistry Style Manual
(2004),   of which you may download one copy, according to
the copyright notice.  ACS published its latest guide in 1997, if
my information is correct, so this is a timely find. 

Among other benefits, this two-part article points out the ease of
frequent weblog publishing, blogs’ usefulness for ongoing projects, and
the potential for one to generate information authority on a particular
topic. (thanks to Steven Cohen, Library Stuff)

Looks as though everybody and his postdoc from the single molecule
spectrsocopy community will be presenting at the ACS symposium,
Biophysical Chemistry and Novel Imaging of Single Molecules and Single
Cells, taking place next week in Philadelphia.  This has been a
big area of research at Rowland, and Amit Meller’s group
will be among those presenting in Philly.  The topic has gotten
considerable attention recently; for a while, an entire journal was
devoted to it, Wiley’s Single Molecules.  Also, the Journal of Chemical Physics and  Science, to name a couple, have dedicated sections of issues to single molecule studies.  Meanwhile, Kwonmoo Lee has compiled a listing of single molecule biophysics research group websites. 

Making the Right Moves, a
guide published by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is a handbook
for getting and navigating an academic science faculty and research
position.  Its components include advice on getting a position,
articulating your research goals, staffing, funding, publishing and
tech transfer, among other subjects.  Thanks to Simon Rainville, a
Rowland researcher, for pointing this out. 

“Forget bookmarks,” urges Chris Sherman, offering this overview of web
content managers, including ContentSaver, utilities which enable you to
save web pages or links, and search and annotate them.  (Source:
The Virtual Chase)