The Academic 2007 year is officially over. The University of Johannesburg closes on the 14th of December and re-opens on 2nd of January 2008.
Wishing you all peaceful and full of love holiday.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The Latest from Science Online Magazine
14 December 2007Vol 318, Issue 5857, Pages 1691-1793
* News of the Week
- SPACE SCIENCE: China's Crystal-Sharp Moon Map Sets the Internet Abuzz
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Senate Bill Would Provide Billions for Deploying Cleaner Technologies
- RESEARCH POLICY: NIH Weighs Big Changes in Peer Review
- PHYSICS: Simple Scheme Stores Light by Converting It Into Vibration and Back
- ECOLOGY: Parasites From Fish Farms Driving Wild Salmon to Extinction
* News focus
- REEFS IN TROUBLE: Spawning for a Better Life
* Perspectives
- ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE: Resolving an Atmospheric Enigma
- MICROBIOLOGY: A Fifth Pathway of Carbon Fixation
- ECOLOGY: Invasion of the Whiteflies
- GEOLOGY: On the Accumulation of Mud
Friday, December 7, 2007
The latest from Science Online Magazine (30/11-7/12/2007)
The latest two issues of Science Online highlights:
7 December 2007Vol 318, Issue 5856, Pages 1519-1648
* Special issue: Hinode
* News of the Week: MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: U.S. Expert Panel Sees Algebra As Key to Improvements in Math; ACADEMIC FREEDOM: Thai Science Agency Clamps Down on Sensitive Research; BIOTERRORISM: Panel Provides Peer Review of Intelligence Research
* News Focus: MALARIA: Did They Really Say ... Eradication?
* Letters: Virtual Worlds, Real Healing; The Age-Old Question of Researcher Innovation
* Policy Forum: ECOLOGY: China's Forestry Reforms
* Perspectives: PHYSICS: A Whiff of Chemistry in Heavy Electron Physics; ASTRONOMY: A Texture in the Sky? PLANT SCIENCE: The Power of the Pyramid; ECOLOGY: How Do Roots Interact?
30 November 2007Vol 318, Issue 5855, Pages 1345-1482
* Special issue: The Nucleus
* News of the Week: PALEOANTHROPOLOGY: Hominid Harems: Big Males Competed for Small Australopithecine Females; SCIENCE ADVICE: Germany Finally Picks a National Science Academy
* News focus: CARBON SEQUESTRATION: Should Oceanographers Pump Iron? HIGHER EDUCATION: MIT Engineer Shakes Korean Academia to Its Core
* Policy Forum: CLIMATE CHANGE: Climate Assessment: What's Next?
* Perspectives: GEOCHEMISTRY: The Leaking Mantle; GENETICS: Paradigm for Life; CHEMISTRY: Metal-Based Therapeutics; PHYSICS: Precision Without Entanglement
* Brevia: Plants Tolerant of High Boron Levels
What's New @ JSTOR: December 2007
Some of the latest news from JSTOR Publishers in December:
Collections - Currently UJ have access to all Collections as part of 3 year offer for all Africa continent. http://www.jstor.org/about/collection.list.html
Did you Know?
* New JSTOR platform has been developed. It will be available in 2008. http://sandbox.jstor.org/jstorPreview.html
* Free Preview of Aluka extended to June 30, 2008. Since February 2007 institutions that have access to JSTOR have had the opportunity to access Aluka at no charge. Aluka is a digital library of primary source materials:
- Government documents, personal accounts, and correspondence documenting liberation movements in six southern African countries -- see a list of collections;
- Photographs, 3D models, and travelogues documenting cultural heritage sites in Africa, as well as a broadly based collection of African rock art;
- High-quality digitized plant specimens, botanical drawings, paintings, photographs, and expedition accounts.
- Government documents, personal accounts, and correspondence documenting liberation movements in six southern African countries -- see a list of collections;
- Photographs, 3D models, and travelogues documenting cultural heritage sites in Africa, as well as a broadly based collection of African rock art;
- High-quality digitized plant specimens, botanical drawings, paintings, photographs, and expedition accounts.
Click on the TITLE for more information.
Wiley-Blackwell Newsletter: December 2007
Welcome to the first issue of the new Wiley-Blackwell newsletter. It is mostly for Librarians, but it could also keep you updated on new products, website developments, special offers, publishing news, and tips for making better use of licensed resources. Why is this important for you: Don't forget that as from 2008 the UJ Library will have access to BlackwellSynergy.
This issues offers:
* Latest News in Key Subject Areas
* New Titles Online From Wiley-Blackwell
* Wiley-Blackwell Newly Launched Journals for 2008 (available on BlackwellSynergy)
* Journal Backfiles
* Books Online
* Reference Works
* Platforms Updates - Blackwell Synergy changed its individual login functionality from username/password to e-mail address/password last month.
* Understanding Impact Factors
This Newsletter is user-friendly and easy to read and find information. This newsletter can provide an opportunity for us to select new online books, reference works, etc. Click on the TITLE for access.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
You Tube: Videos
I have just created an account with You Tube. It is amazing how many videos are available there. You can select either per "Categories" or you can search on "Specific topic". I found videos on "Climate Change", "Greenhouse Effect", "Energy", "Hacking", etc. All your subject interest can be satisfied. If you want you can create an account and select your favourite videos. I have added to this blog two videos on Climate Change, Part 1 & 2 as an example. I also subscribed to be notified of the latest videos in different subject areas. To view "my You Tube" visit: http://www.youtube.com/pavlinka45.
Global Climate Change (Part 1)
Excellent segment from the ABC 20/20 Special, "Last Days on Earth", about global climate change. Superb graphics.
Making Deforestation Unprofitable is Key to Bali Success
Deforestation puts more carbon dioxide in the air than all the world's automobiles, yet it wasn't even considered in the Kyoto Treaty. With carbon capture technologies like ocean fertilization and ground sequestration still experimental, and farmers in developing nations cutting forests to make room for biofuel and food crops, the future looks bleak -- unless, that is, a forest protection system is established in Bali... The costs can be covered. The forests can be monitored. Developing countries want this. The trick is getting developed countries on board, then making sure that everyone plays by the rules. But so long as keeping trees produces lots more money than cutting them down, people will love their forests...(Wired Science blog, 4/12/2007). Relevant links to articles are available.
Blogging, Webcasts from the Bali Climate Change Conference
Wired Science blog is giving you some information on the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, 3-14 Dec 2007. Additional links to other blogs who cover & summarises the Conference are available.
Daily Video News from the UN Climate Change Conference are available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/climateconferenceBali Blog: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Bali_Blog/
Oxfam International: http://oxfaminternational.wordpress.com/
Friending, Ancient or Otherwise
"THE growing popularity of social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and Second Life has thrust many of us into a new world where we make “friends” with people we barely know, scrawl messages on each other’s walls and project our identities using totem-like visual symbols...." In this article from "The New Yourk Times" (2/12/2007), academic researchers are "exploring the parallels between online social networks and tribal societies"
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