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The Changing Climates @ CSU colloquium provides programs on the Climate Change Problem: A High-Level Primer. Topics include Climate Change at Pingree Park, Biological and Ecological Effects, and the Human Costs.
The Changing Climates website includes a list of network participants, teaching resources, and CSU courses that include climate change information. http://changingclimates.colostate.edu/Home.html
The Summer 2007 issue of ISTL (Issues in Science and Technology LIbrarianship) includes an article by Elizabeth C. Turtle and Martin P. Courtois on the importance of science librarians in the scholarly communication process. Quoting Turtle and Courtois, "It is our view that the range of issues being addressed under the umbrella of scholarly communication offers tremendous opportunity to expand access to scientific information".
ISTL
http://www.istl.org/07-summer/
Is your current email address listed in RamWeb?
The CSU Libraries now sends email communication to students, faculty, and staff via the email address that is on file with the University in their RamWeb account (https://ramweb.colostate.edu/index.aspx). You no longer have to provide your email address to the Libraries when you register your PIN. The Libraries will automatically use the address on file via RamWeb. Be sure to update the email address listed in RamWeb .
Index to American Botanical Literature (vendor: NY Botanical Garden): According to NYBG, "The Index contains entries dealing with various aspects of extant and fossil American plants and fungi, including systematics and floristics, morphology, and ecology, as well as economic botany and general botany (publications dealing with botanists, herbaria, etc.). The searchable database includes all those entries published in the Index since 1996, and thus includes botanical literature appearing since late 1995."
In commemoration of those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, the Colorado State University Libraries is proud to take part in The September Project, a collection of over 520 libraries in all 50 states and 29 countries worldwide hosting events to celebrate freedom, democracy and active citizenship.
Visit Morgan Library's Democracy at Your Library display from Sept. 11 - Sept. 30 to get engaged:
-- Register to Vote
-- Research Ballot Issues and Candidates, http://lib.colostate.edu/research/election
-- Visit the Constitution Day Display (Sept. 10-21) to checkout books and learn about US founding documents on the first floor of Morgan Library across from the Loan & Reserve desk.
-- Checkout Books & Research Government Documents, http://lib.colostate.edu/research/docs
-- Exercise Your Right to Vote: Voice your opinion on library services and register to win prizes including a $50 gift certificate to the CSU bookstore. The drawing for the gift certificate will take place on September 30th.
More information about the September Project can be found at: http://lib.colostate.edu/about/news/september/
Information for this post is quoted from the Today@CSU article.
The National Agriculture Library is seeking comments on the "concept design" for the NDLA. http://www.nal.usda.gov/ndla/
The goals of the design are:
To establish the NDLA as a collaborative partnership-based initiative;
*To provide easy and quick searching of databases as well as Websites relevant to agriculture
* To highlight information available from an array of partnering institutions
*To provide access to a wide variety of information types and resources such as Web sites, databases, weather information, genetic data, images and photographs, citation information, statistics, advice, and the full texts of digital publications.
We are interested in your opinions on ease of use, content, and overall design.
Please take a few minutes to comment and make suggestions through the "Contact Us" tab on the page!
Information from this posting quoted from the AgNIC-L Listserv