Questions: John Meier at meier@psu.edu or by phone at 814/867-1448 (cell 412/606-5976) or his office in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, 201 Davey Lab.
Online access to the International Tables for Crystallography, the definitive resource and reference work for crystallography, which Penn State Libraries purchased earlier this year is now fully available. The series comprises articles and tables of data relevant to crystallographic research and to applications of crystallographic methods in all sciences concerned with the structure and properties of materials. Emphasis is given to symmetry, diffraction methods and techniques of crystal structure determination, and the physical and chemical properties of crystals.
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We have acquired the digital library of materials from the Electrochemical Society. We now have access to not only the Journal of the Electrochemical Society but also ECS Transactions, Interface, and Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters.
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The libraries recently have experienced a rash of database abuses, causing us to lose access to a number of products, from individual journal titles to entire databases. The abuse has ranged from large numbers of manual downloads to the use of a robot to systematically download over 200,000 items.
Penn State's access to electronic content is jeopardized every time this activity occurs. Up until now information providers have been very cooperative, working with us to track the abuse and restoring access in a timely fashion. There may come the time, however, when a user may so severely breach our agreement that the information provider could choose to shut us down permanently.
This activity is a violation of our license agreements with all of our information providers. Even though Penn State licenses access to the content, no member of this community is permitted to actually download substantial portions of any product--there are no exceptions.
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In response to great demand from our users and with support from library technology funds, PAMS has acquired four licenses for SPSS, SAS, and Minitab computer programs. We also have eight licenses for the full Matlab suite including software libraries. This summer during regular software updates, four computers in PAMS Instruction Lab will be enhanced with all of these software packages. Signs will indicate the new features and those wishing to use these programs will have priority for access to these computers. The remaining four Matlab computers will temporarily be assigned in the Instruction Lab with a plan to keep them together for group work.
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Nan Butkovich is still on sabbatical until August 2008. From June 20th until July 6th, John Meier will be away at two conferences and on vacation. John is speaking on “Engineering Subject Areas Vary in Coverage by Google Scholar” at the American Society for Engineering Educators (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition in Pittsburgh, PA. He will be presenting two posters at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA. The first “Instant Help: Creative Approaches to Chat Reference” is part of the Science and Technology Section (STS) of the Association for College and Research Libraries (ACRL) division. He is also presenting “One Librarian, Many Jobs” during the general ALA poster sessions.
Please contact Ann Thompson, PAMS Library Supervisor, with any questions you may have during this time.
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There are 5 full-time people in the PAMS Library. All of us have our offices in the PAMS Library at 201 Davey Lab. I’ll introduce us.
John Meier: I'm the Acting Head of the PAMS Library and the subject selector for mathematics and statistics. I'm also responsible for our patents and trademarks depository program. You can reach me at meier@psu.edu or by phone at 814/867-1448 (cell 412/606-5976).
Nan Butkovich: Nan is currently on sabbatical, Head of the PAMS Library and the subject selector and liaison for chemistry, physics, and astronomy. You can reach her at njb2@psulias.psu.edu or njb2@psu.edu or leave a message at 814/865-3716.
Ann Thompson: Ann’s the Library Supervisor. If you’ve got questions about borrowing library materials or your library record, talk to her. Her office phone number is 814/865-3715, or you can e-mail her at annt@psu.edu.
Tamara McIntyre: If you need to put material on reserve for your courses, contact Tamara. Her e-mail is tlr24@psulias.psu.edu. You can also reach her in her office by calling 814-865-6766
Doug McAnallen: Doug is our stacks and bindery manager. If you need to contact him, his office number is 814-863-8975, and his e-mail is dhm1@psulias.psu.edu.
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