1. Delivering Scientific
Information to the End User
Joe Kraus, Science Librarian, University of Denver,
6/9/99

2. Introduction
The URL is:
– http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/showcase.html
My personal mission is to provide
access, direction, and to evaluate the
overview of the scientific publishing
industry.
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe
Kraus

3. Access
To what?
Almost anything - indexes, abstracts,
full text, PDF images, data files, etc.
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4. Direction
Make Webpages, such as:
– http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/NSME/
– http://www.du.edu/~jokraus/sla-st/
Bibliographic Instruction
Individual and group meetings
Set plan for collection development in
the sciences.
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5. Overview of the Scientific
Publishing Industry
Evaluation of the industry
Trends
Important people
Know what other libraries are doing
Communicate with publishers, vendors
& societies
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6. Overview - Trends
Electronic journals and licensing issues
– http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml
Web Databases
– E-Biomed : A Proposal for Electronic
Publications in the Biomedical Sciences
http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/ebiomed/ebiomed.htm
Electronic books
– NetLibrary - http://www.netlibrary.com/
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7. Overview - People
Andrew Odylzko
– http://www.research.att.com/~amo/doc/eworld.html
Paul Ginsparg
– http://xxx.lanl.gov/blurb/pg96unesco.html
Stevan Harnad
– http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/intpub.html
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8. Overview - People
Ann Okerson
– http://www.library.yale.edu/~okerson/alo.html
Gary Wiggins
– http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/
PAMnet & Sci-Tech Division Listserv
– http://pantheon.yale.edu/~dstern/pamnet.html
– http://www.library.nwu.edu/cgi-bin/lwgate/SLA-ST/
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9. Overview - Libraries
Los Alamos National Laboratory
– http://lib-www.lanl.gov/
– “A Harbinger of Change” article
– http://www.onlineinc.com/articles/onlinemag/pack993.html
OhioLink
– http://www.ohiolink.edu/
California State U. RFP
– http://www.co.calstate.edu/irt/seir/RFP/RFP.html
– Healy, L.W., “New Bottles for Old Wine”, Educom Review,
May/June 1999, Vol. 34 (3), p. 46-49
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10. Overview - Publishers/Vendors
Database Evaluation
– Cost, interface, content, license restrictions, etc.
Major publishers in my areas
– Biology
– Chemistry
– Engineering
– Geography & Geology
– Mathematics & Computer Science
– Physics & Astronomy
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11. Overview - Societies
Numerous in Biology
– BIOSIS
Chemistry
– American Chemical Society, Royal Society
of Chemistry
Engineering
– IEEE, IEE, ASCE, ASME, ASTM, ...
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12. Overview - Societies
Geography
– ASPRS
Math & CS
– AMS, MAA, ACM, SIAM, IEEE Computer
Society
Physics & Astronomy
– AIP, APS, IoP, AAS, ASP
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13. Overview - Misc.
SPARC
– http://www.arl.org/sparc/
J-STOR
– http://www.jstor.org
OCLC-ECO
– http://www.oclc.org/oclc/menu/eco.htm
Networked Digital Library of Theses and
Dissertations
– http://www.ndltd.org/
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14. General Science
Science
Nature
Proceedings of the NAS
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
John Wiley
Academic Press
Elsevier / Kluwer / Marcel Dekker
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15. Conclusion
Great changes are occurring
Information Overload
Don’t just take care of the squeaky
wheel.
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16. Conclusion
Balance needs of different departments
and patrons
Marketing of library resources
Learn more about teamwork and
management
Have fun!
6/9/99 Showcasing New Talent - Joe
Kraus