Los Alamos National
Laboratory and APS sign agreement for content hosting license
The Research Library will be maintaining a local archive of all American
Physical Society (APS) journal content, as described in the October
30, 2003 press release from APS:
Los Alamos National Laboratory has obtained a license to the American
Physical Society's entire collection of PDFs and XML data for local
content hosting. The cooperative agreement under which the license was
signed includes the APS online journals Physical Review, Physical Review
Letters, Reviews of Modern Physics, and Physical Review Online Archive
(PROLA). APS and Los Alamos will use Open Archive Initiative (OAI) protocols
to keep the Los Alamos copy synchronized with the APS original version.
"Licensing our electronic archive while maintaining its integrity
and currency is a remarkably complex operation, and we are pleased to
join Los Alamos as partners in this effort," said Thomas J. McIlrath,
treasurer and publisher of the American Physical Society. �By moving
deliberately with a leading technical partner, we hope that a product
of maximum usefulness and longevity will be achieved. It is especially
noteworthy to APS that Los Alamos will offer other libraries and institutions
access to the collection through its integrated service. Fair value for
the licensing agreement was paid by Los Alamos, reflecting both parties'
desire to address the challenge of supporting the distribution of scientific
information during the transition from the classic print-oriented environment
to digital distribution. The number of technical issues which will be
addressed is extensive and we are very excited about the future.�
Mark Doyle, assistant director of Journal Information Systems for APS,
added, "Developing a robust, distributed electronic archive that
is easy to keep in sync and up to date is an essential component of the
APS digital archiving strategy. Our partnership with Los Alamos' Research
Library is an ideal vehicle for exploring and solving the myriad issues
that arise in such an effort. We hope that our work will be a foundation
from which others can learn."
Herbert Van de Sompel, leader of the Digital Library Research and Prototyping
Team at Los Alamos, said, "Our collaboration with the APS on this
project has interesting technical challenges. We are looking into using
the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting to transport both
APS metadata and full-content toward Los Alamos' repository." He
added that the project also looks into using an MPEG-21-based XML structure
developed by his team to wrap the various data streams relating to an
individual APS article into a single, complex digital object.
Rick Luce, Research Library director, added, �This agreement will provide
a set of critical physics content that we can richly integrate into our
information environment and services. In addition, it will provide a
model mechanism for a standardized distribution of content using the
Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.�
- from the APS press release October 30, 2003
Science Server
version 5.2 — improved
navigation and more content
The LANL Research Library has recently released Version
5 of Science Server® at LANL. Science Server is a product
that locally stores and delivers full-text content from a variety of
scientific publishers through a single web interface to your desktop. We
have added features that make browsing and navigating much easier as
well as adding back years of full-text electronic journals.
New Features
- Improved journal browsing - volumes are arranged in collapse/expand manner,
with the most recent volume always expanded to show the most recent issues.
- Title change navigation - links to/from earlier and later titles.
- Reference links - references at the end of articles are now linked to
full-text when available.
- Quick journal title search - search by journal title.
- Articles available in HTML format (Elsevier only) - including article
outline links.
- Output - single step export feature, BibTeX format now available.
- Improved web site navigation - next/previous links from ToC and abstracts
pages.
- Improved sorting for browse list of journal titles.
New Content
- Elsevier backfiles - back to v.1, no.1 for High Energy/Nuclear
Physics & Astronomy, Physics General, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic
Chemistry, Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering,
Materials Science, Mathematics, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Neuroscience,
Engineering and Technology, Psychology.
- Additional Elsevier subject backfiles back
to 1823 will be available within the next few weeks.
- Institute of Physics backfiles - 1874+
- Wiley polymer backfiles - 1946+
TIP: Use the new Quick
Journal Title Finder to locate the specific Science Server
title you're looking for.
Please send feedback to eteam@lanl.gov.
Carol Hoover
 Elsevier ejournal backfiles
for physics, chemistry and much more
The LANL Research Library has made available, as part of the Science
Server v.5 upgrade, additional back years for Elsevier electronic journals. You can now
view both PDF and HTML versions of these ejournals as far back as 1823 and to
volume one for titles such as:
- Applied Catalysis
- Chemical Physics Letters
- Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (and precursor titles)
- Nuclear
Physics A and B (and precursor titles)
- Physics Letters B (and precursor
titles)
- Tetrahedron
Other Elsevier subject collections that now have back years available
include astronomy, materials science, mathematics, earth and planetary
science, neuroscience and engineering and technology.
We will be making additional Elsevier subject collections available
in phases throughout the next few weeks. Keep your eye out for
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, FEBS Letters, immunology
and microbiology, The Lancet, Cell Press, environmental sciences, energy
and power, computer sciences, decision sciences, business, management
and accounting, economics, econometrics and finance, pharmacology, toxicology
and pharmaceutics and social science among others.
The Elsevier ejournal backfiles add over 3 million full-text articles
to the LANL Research Library's locally loaded collection, bringing the
total number of locally loaded full-text articles to over 6.5 million
articles. These
articles will be linked through the Research Library databases such as SciSearch
Plus, Inspec and Biosis. Links will be made available through PubMed as well.
Please send feedback to eteam@lanl.gov.
Carol
Hoover
Institute of Physics (IOP) ejournals
now available back to 1874!
 You can now view Institute of Physics (IOP) ejournals
back to 1874 and volume one in full-text at your desktop! The LANL
Research Library has made available through Science
Server® at LANL over 100,000 IOP ejournal backfile articles. Back year titles include
Journal of Physics A-G (1968+), Classical and Quantum Gravity (1984+)
and Reports on Progress in Physics (1934+). IOP back
year articles are also linked through Research Library databases such as SciSearch
Plus and Inspec.
Carol
Hoover
 Drawing Requirements Manual
available electronically
The LANL Research Library now provides electronic access to
the 10th edition of the Drawing Requirements
Manual (DRM) published in 2000. This publication is the industry
standard for the preparation of engineering drawings for commercial products,
including access to military requirements that are in excess of commercial
applications. It is in compliance with ASME Y14.100-2000 and MIL-DTL-31000B
including metric (and supercedes ASME Y14.100M-1998, MIL-DTL-31000A
Am 1 & cancellation of MIL-STD-100G).
Jerome H. Lieblich, founder of Global Engineering Documents, is still the current
author of the DRM, a publication which interprets
industry standards for the preparation of engineering drawings for commercial
products and use in Department of Defense (DoD) contracts.
Read an interview with
the author discussing the history and evolution of this essential engineering
manual.
Irma
Holtkamp
 Try the new MyLibrary interface
Do you use MyLibrary to organize your
links, see what books you have out or create groups of links to share with fellow
project members? The Research Library is seeking individuals to try out a new
MyLibrary interface and give us their impressions. If you have 15 minutes
to spare, library staff will be willing to sit with you to record your observations
while you use this new take on MyLibrary. If you are interested in taking
part, please contact Tamara McMahon by email tmcmahon@lanl.gov or
by phone: 667-4645.
Lou
Pray
Luce and Van de Sompel integral in "Berlin
Declaration on Open Access"
Research Library Director Rick Luce and Prototype Team Project Leader
Herbert Van de Sompel were key speakers at the recent "Conference on
Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities." Sponsored
by Max Planck Gesellschaft; DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; and
ECHO, the European Cultural Heritage Online, the meeting was attended
by leaders from every major European scientific
organization as well as universities and other cultural organizations. Leading
international experts discussed new ways of accessing scientific knowledge and
cultural heritage via the Internet.
At the conclusion of the sessions Peter
Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, signed the "Berlin
Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities" together with other
German and international research organizations. The declaration advocates
consistently using the Internet for scientific communication and publishing and
recommends open access at research institutions and cultural institutes such
as libraries, archives, and museums. Donna
Berg
Research Library
facility update
While most Research Library collections and services are available
online, there are times when you want to visit the Library in person
in the Oppenheimer Study Center. The lower level construction project
to install compact shelving is fundamentally complete. The lower level,
which houses print journals, is currently open between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday. See the service desk for assistance
in obtaining journals in the new compact shelving. When additional safety
features are installed the lower level will again be open 24/7 to those
with LANL badges.
Outside the Study Center, the fence has gone up for construction of
the new National Security Sciences Building but we're still open. Parking
remains a challenge, but you may wish to note that spaces are usually
available after 3:00 p.m. in the large lot on our north side. Also free
taxi service is always available by calling 667-TAXI. The Oct.
10 LANL Newsbulletin has more details on pedestrian routes around
the construction site.
How to say it
If you've been stumped by the proper pronunciation of Alassane Ouattara
or any of the other challenging names in the news, try the new audio dictionary
from the Voice of America. The VOA
Pronunciation Guide lists the proper pronunciation for hundreds of
names in the contemporary political arena and VOA says their goal is to
sound " intelligent, informed, and natural." Search by one of
four ways, and listen to an audio clip.
Donna
Berg
New electronic journals from the
Research Library The following new electronic journals have
been added to the library collection and are available from your desktop:
Biology and Medicine
PLoS Biology
http://biology.plosjournals.org/
Engineering
Macromolecular Materials and Engineering
http://sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=14387492
General
Comparative Strategy
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&eissn=1521-0448
Physics
IEEE Power Electronics Letters
http://sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=15407985
Please
send feedback to Carol Hoover at hoover@lanl.gov
Search engines: Amazon offers
word searching capability
 Amazon.com announced in October a new feature that allows registered
users to search for specific words or phrases in a database of over 120,000
books.
Publishers of both fiction and non-fiction are included in the
list, among them Random House, McGraw-Hill, Wiley and Time Warner. You
can view up to 20 pages of a book at a time. The new feature has
already drawn fire from the writers' trade group, the Authors Guild.
Writers of books that have unique content on one or two pages are especially
concerned--such as charts, graphs, travel information or recipes. In
a press release last week Amazon said that books from the "Search
Inside the Book" list had sales increase by 9%. Google is also considering
such a service in the near future. See how Search
Inside the Book works.
Donna
Berg
Comments?
If you have comments or suggestions for other topics you would like to
see covered in this newsletter, pease send your ideas to the Newsletter
Editor.
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issues?
Newsletter Editorial Team: Donna
Berg, Helen Boorman, Lou
Pray, and Kathy Varjabedian.
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