Georgia Tech Library News

Join the author, Mark Bauerlein, for a lively discussion of his new book “The Dumbest Generation.”

Dr. Bauerlein contends that “never have American students had it so easy, and never have they achieved less!” Come hear about the author’s uncompromisingly realistic study of the young American mind, and his compelling vision of how to address its deficiencies.

Location: Library - Neely Lobby (1 West)
Date: Thursday May 29, 2008
Time: 2 - 4 pm

Books will be available for purchase!

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For more information, contact: Lori Critz (lori.critz@library.gatech.edu; (404) 385-4392)

Haworth Press

Haworthpress.com scheduled downtime for server consolidation and move will occur Tuesday, April 29, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm EDT.  Haworth journals may be unavailable during this time.

Informaworld

A short period of downtime is scheduled on the Taylor & Francis Informaworld platform on Wednesday 30th April 2008 12:00-2:00 am EDT to allow us to complete some essential maintenance. Some users may experience impaired performance for a short time after the downtime has been completed.

Please see the info. below regarding upcoming web site outages for Royal Society of Chemistry Journals, due to server migration.

Monday 28^th April – Journals search will be unavailable all day 9:00 – 18:00, British Summer Time (GMT +1) (The website and all journals  articles will be available) .

(4:00 am-1:00 pm EDT)

Tuesday 6^th May – Website unavailable from 10:00am – 18.00pm, British Summer Time (GMT +1), FTP & AutoPDF will also be unavailable from 9:00 – 18:00 British Summer Time (GMT +1).

(5:00 am-1:00 pm EDT and 4:00 am-1:00 pm EDT, respectively)

Monday 12^th May – Website Unavailable from 09.00am to 15.00pm, British Summer Time (GMT +1).

(4:00 am-10:00 am EDT)

Regards

RSC Sales & Customer Care Team
Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK

Update, 4/4/08:  This problem has now been resolved.

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There is a problem with the FindIt button in PubMed (NCBI) database records when using the Firefox browser (the button does not appear to be clickable).

This is a known issue at NCBI and is affecting other institutions using SFX.

Two temporary solutions until the problem is fixed are:
1) Click the very top of the button image (this area *is* clickable)
2) Use IE.

Georgia Tech is one of about 10 universities participating in a soft rollout of SciFinder on the web. For the first month or two, our number of seats will be increased to encourage everyone to try the web version.

Please note the following about the web version of SciFinder:

• Everyone must register and create a user name and password.
• Windows computers require a Java plug-in to perform structure searches.
• Mac computers can search the web version with the exception of structure searching. A structure searching solution for Mac is in the works.
• Remote, off-campus access is available for the web version!

To register and begin searching, please go to the following web page: https://www.library.gatech.edu/sfs/sfs.php

Internationally acclaimed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson will visit us here at Georgia Tech next week. Robinson is generally considered to be one of the most important science fiction authors of our time, and has worked closely with a variety of scientists and scientific institutions (including the NSF) to create gripping, carefully detailed, and sometimes alarmingly realistic depictions of terraforming, climate change, and the scientific and social practices associated with these things.

Several events are planned for Robinson’s visit, included an interview and open Q&A at the Library.

THURSDAY, MARCH 6
11:00 am-12:00 pm: **Science Fiction Author Q&A**
Come meet international award-winning science fiction author Kim Stanley
Robinson in an intimate setting. This event is open to all Georgia Tech students
and faculty. It will begin with a brief interview for the Sci Fi Lab on WREK
radio and then open to a general discussion with Robinson.

This event is hosted by the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
with the participation of WREK radio and the Georgia Tech Library.

Location: Library East Commons

THURSDAY, MARCH 6
4:00 pm-6:00 pm: **Open Lecture by Science Fiction Author Kim Stanley Robinson**
Come hear international award-winning science fiction author Kim Stanley
Robinson talk about representing abrupt climate change in science and science
fiction. This event, which is hosted by the School of Literature, Communication,
and Culture as part of the LCC Speakers Series, is open to all Georgia Tech
faculty and students as well as the general public. This lecture will last
approximately one hour, with a reception to follow.

Location: Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center

FRIDAY, MARCH 7
12:00 pm-1:30 pm: **Barnes and Noble Booksigning**
This event is designed for Georgia Tech faculty and students and members of the
general public.

Location: Georgia Tech Barnes and Noble

Learn more about Kim Stanley Robinson

April 1, 2008
2 - 3:30 pm
Neely Lobby - GT Lobby

Speaker: Brian Stone
Assoc. Professor
City and Regional Planning Program
Georgia Tech College of Architecture

Title: Are cities warming faster than the planet as a whole?
Abstract: How rapidly are large U.S. cities like Atlanta warming and what steps can be taken to manage climate change in urban areas? This talk will explore the methods employed to measure urban and global temperature trends and document the rate of temperature change within 50 of the most populous U.S. metropolitan areas between 1950 and 2000. The distinction between the urban and global mechanisms of warming will be considered as part of a more general discussion of climate change management in cities.

This presentation is free and open to all!

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For more information, contact Lori Critz (lori.critz@library.gatech.edu; (404) 385-4392)

The Library is your source for tax forms, both federal and state of Georgia. Stop by the Library’s 2nd floor east Services Desk [view map] for forms and information.

The next time you access ISI Web of Knowledge, you’ll find more power, easier access and new options. The Web of Science has launched its new user-friendly interface!

The Web of Science provides seamless access to current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from approximately 8,700 of the most prestigious, high impact research journals in the world. Web of Science also provides a unique search method, cited reference searching. With it, users can navigate forward, backward, and through the literature, searching all disciplines and time spans to uncover all the information relevant to their research. Users can also navigate to electronic full-text journal articles.

UPDATE 4:38 pm:

Dear GALILEO Users,

EBSCO databases are accessible again.  EBSCO has reported that power has been restored to their ISP’s server room and all EBSCO databases are now accessible.

-Katie 

2:38 pm: The following is the latest from EBSCO:

Power Outage Issue traced back to 1 Summer Street Boston. Address has
major internet connections and as a result of subsequent alternate
routing, some customers may still be experiencing connection issues to
EBSCOhost Services. We are working with our ISPs as a top priority to
resolve.

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Due to a power outage at EBSCO, EBSCOhost databases are either unavailable or very slow in response. We’ll post an update when there is more info. about this.

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Dear GALILEO Users,

It seems that a major power outage in Ipswich, Mass. has caused a disruption in EBSCOhost’s internet connectivity. For the short term, slow access to EBSCOhost databases is expected.

If you have any questions or need more information, please use GALILEO’s Contact Us feature or contact OIIT Customer Services at helpdesk@usg.edu.

GALILEO announcements and status updates are available at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/status/. Information about the GALILEO mailing list is available at http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/news/list.phtml

Please encourage others at your institution to subscribe.

Regards,
Dave

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Dave Falke
GALILEO Support Services
Library Services
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia