Library News
by Jean PhillipsUW Forward, a New Experimental Catalog
Currently in beta testing, Forward is a resource discovery experiment that includes 100% of the UW System Library catalogs and the UW Digital Collections. This means that material from digital collections is now discoverable alongside UW System library holdings.
Forward provides improved features, such as:
- A single search box
- Results ranked by relevancy, with cover art and format symbols
- Format, subject, and language facets to refine results
- Links to MadCat, Google Books and HathiTrust
- Ability to cite, email and text message items
- Direct export of citations to EndNote/Refworks
Try it out and let us know what you think. Want to read more about the Forward experiment? Take a look at the experiment page.
Special Sesssions on Data at the AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle
This year, for the first time, there will be a day-long Data Stewardship Session at the 27th IIPS Conference of the 91st AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle. In keeping with the annual meeting theme, the session will focus on collecting, preserving and communicating weather and climate data. This timely session on Tuesday, 25 January, is jointly sponsored by the AMS Ad Hoc Coommittee on Data Stewardship (Chris Velden and Jean Phillips, members) and the Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) (Tom Whittaker, chair).
On Thursday afternoon three groups will host a forum to discuss issues related to publishing and sharing data. This informative program is sponsored by the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; and the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International.
New e-books
Advancing the science of climate change. Washington, DC, National Academies Press, 2010.
Globalization of science and engineering research. A companion to Science and Engineering Indicators 2010. Washington, DC, National Science Foundation, 2010.
NOAA's education program: Review and critique. Washington, DC, National Academies Press, 2010.
Predicting seasonal weather: A special report. Washington, DC, National Science Foundation, 2010.
Science and engineering indicators 2010. Washington, DC, National Science Foundation, 2010.
