Monthly Archives: October 2011

Updated Plant Genebank System Available Soon

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Laura B.

A free, user-friendly online database system for managing the world’s plant genebanks will be launched this year, thanks to a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The international project … Continue reading →

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Energy Department Launches Vehicle Cost Calculator

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Laura B.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) today launched a new Vehicle Cost Calculator and accompanying widget. These online tools are now available on DOE’s Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC). The … Continue reading →

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Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2011 now available

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Laura B.

Contents include: Improving Societal Outcomes of Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate: An Integrated Perspective Rebecca E. Morss, Olga V. Wilhelmi, Gerald A. Meehl, and Lisa Dilling http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-060809-100145?ai=su&ui=4xzh&af=T Ocean Circulations, Heat Budgets, and Future Commitment to Climate Change David W. … Continue reading →

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Student Sustainability Committee: request for proposals

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Susan Braxton

The Student Sustainability Committee is accepting proposals to fund sustainability, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on campus. Preference will be given to letters of inquiry received by Nov. 14 (Monday).  See http://sustainability.illinois.edu/ssc/ for more info on proposal submission. Projects … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2011

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Susan Braxton

Open Access Week 2011 is October 24-30. This is a global event in its 5th year, promoting Open Access as a new norm in scholarship and research.   The University Library is observing Open Access Week with a series of workshops … Continue reading →

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Digital Audiovisual Preservation Strategies

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Susan Braxton

The Center for Multimedia Excellence is sponsoring a series of Media Preservation Learning Sessions, which are intended to “…provide learning opportunities for holders of media to learn best practices to identify, handle, store and where appropriate, plan for future publishing … Continue reading →

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Using DOIs

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Susan Braxton

The DOI, or Digital Object Identifier system, is an international ISO standard that “provides a framework for persistent identification, managing intellectual content, managing metadata, … and enabling automated management of media.”  For researchers, DOIs can expedite access to online content. … Continue reading →

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HathiTrust Mobile

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Laura B.

Following a soft release in August, HathiTrust is pleased to formally announce its new mobile interface (visit http://m.hathitrust.org). The interface offers mobile- friendly access to key functionality including searching the HathiTrust catalog and reading HathiTrust “Full view” texts. Users from … Continue reading →

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Wind ENergy Data & Information Gateway (WENDI)

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Susan Braxton

Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the WENDI Gateway is an “integrated system for the archival, discovery, access, integration, and delivery of wind energy-related data and information.” With an emphasis on wind energy-related spatial data, WindGIS includes wind power … Continue reading →

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ACS Mobile

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Laura B.

ACS Mobile provides readers with a searchable, multi-journal, up-to-the-minute live stream of new peer-reviewed research content (Articles ASAP) published across the Society’s preeminent portfolio of scholarly research journals, including the flagship Journal of the American Chemical Society. The application also … Continue reading →

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