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Library News & Notes
July 16, 2004

Notes

Garrett will be on vacation the week of July 26-30.

Internet Sites of the Week

Annual Review of Materials Research
The theme of this year's review volume is Bio and Nanobiomaterials, with contributions focusing on molecular machines, quantum wires, nanotubes and bioelectronics, among others.
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/toc/matsci/34/1

Feedster
Feedster searches RSS and XML feeds. Recently a second version of the site was launched which features in the search results a “feed snapshot” that describes the source, lists recent posts and those that link to it. Feedster also sports the “feed of the day,” a quirky and serendipitous sample of its database.
http://www.feedster.com
(Source: Library Stuff)

Funding Outside the Box
Excerpt: “By all means, go to the obvious sources. If you're a medical researcher, hit up NIH. If you're an engineer, knock on DOE's door or NSF's. But when you've exhausted your primary sources, consider this: Pots of gold are available throughout the federal government and the private sector, often where you'd least expect to find them.”
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org.ezp1.harvard.edu/cgi/content/full/2004/07/14/3

IP Newsflash
This site features links to news articles about patents, press releases from patent issuing bodies and recent patent decisions.
http://www.ipnewsflash.com/
(Source: Englib)

Semiconductor Glossary
This site includes a glossary of semiconductor terminology, as well as a hyperlinked hall of fame of physicists who contributed significantly to the development of semiconductors, and also a series of contributed notes (.pdf) featuring explanations of techniques and phenomena.
http://semiconductorglossary.com/default.asp?whichpage=default
(Source: ResourceShelf)

Software That Lasts 200 Years
Software developer Dan Bricklin postulates on less-ephemeral computer applications than we have now: “The structure and culture of a typical prepackaged software company is not attuned to the long-term needs of society for software that is part of its infrastructure. This essay discusses the ecosystem needed for development that better meets those needs.”
http://www.bricklin.com/200yearsoftware.htm
(Source: Scripting News)

Whose Copy? Whose Rights?
A PloS Biology editorial explores the questions of author's and user's rights with respect to copyright and explores some alternatives.
http://www.plosbiology.org/plosonline/?request=get-document
&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0020228

NEW BOOKS/VIDEOS

Received July 10-16, 2004