Category Archives: ISTC

Information relevant to ISTC staff

Greening Libraries Wins Award in the 2013 Green Books Festival

Via Library Juice Press. Laura Barnes, Prairie Research Institute Librarian and liaison to the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, authored a chapter in the book. The 2013 Green Book Festival awarded its top honor in the category of Best Business Book … Continue reading

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Patent awarded to ISTC researcher

Junhua Jiang is listed as co-inventor on a patent entitled “Electrochemical process for the production of nitrogen-fertilizers”, which was issued patent number 8,398,842 on March 19, 2013, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Patent abstract: The present invention … Continue reading

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The Science of What We Do (and Don’t) Know About Data Visualization

Read the full story at HBR Blogs. Visualization is easy, right? After all, it’s just some colorful shapes and a few text labels. But things are more complex than they seem, largely due to the the ways we see and … Continue reading

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Theses and Dissertations Available Through New Open Access Tool

Open Access Theses and Dissertations is an index of over 1.5 million electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). To the extent possible, the index is limited to records of graduate-level theses that are freely available online. The full text of all papers … Continue reading

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Scientific Articles Accepted (Personal Checks, Too)

Read the full story in the New York Times. A parallel world of pseudo-academia, with prestigiously titled conferences and journals that will print seemingly anything for a fee, has the scientific community alarmed. See also Nature’s special report on the … Continue reading

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JoVE now accepting submissions for new environmental sciences section

JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) is now accepting articles for its new section JoVE Environment. JoVE Environment will launch in September and will be a multidisciplinary section encompassing all aspects of green methodology and environmental sciences. Currently, JoVE is accepting … Continue reading

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Call for Papers on Great Lakes Restoration Issues

Environmental Practice, the Journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, is seeking papers for possible publication. Issue Topic:  Great Lakes Sustainability, featuring Guest Editor Dr. Susan Hedman, Great Lakes National Program Manager, USEPA In light of the many difficult … Continue reading

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How to Build a Great Poster: Some Resources

Thank you to Merinda Hensley for a very useful session on building a great poster. If you were unable to attend the session, the webinar of the workshop is archived at https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/330257351. Merinda has developed a LibGuide to support this … Continue reading

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Two new publications from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center

The Illinois Sustainable Technology Center has published two new reports: RR – 122 / Risks to Birds in the Lake Calumet Region from Contaminated Emergent Aquatic Insects / Soucek, David J.; Levengood; Levengood, Jeffrey M.; Gallo, Sue; Hill, Walter R.; Bordson, … Continue reading

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A brief guide to University Library overdue notices

Here’s a brief guide to how the University Library notifies you about soon-to-be-due and overdue books. Reminders that a book will be due soon are e-mailed for items checked out from the Undergraduate Library and I-Share Libraries (more than likely … Continue reading

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