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Molecule of the Month - February
by Paul May 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Hi, February's MOTM is spidroin, the chemical behind spider's webs. It also deals with sider venoms as well. It has been written by Vivienne Li, a second year undergraduate here at Bristol. (It works best in internet Explorer, although other browsers work too). HTML and Chime versions are available: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm#feb2003 Regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 928-9927 fax: +44 (0)117 925-1295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> Mobile: 07811371539 Home URL: <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> Molecule of the Month: <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm> Bumper sticker: "Where are we going? And why are we in this hand-basket?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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RE: Public library of Science
by ian.newington＠kodak.com 26 Jan '03

26 Jan '03

Following on from this discussion I've just had an experience where a subscription lapsed (cost savings) and now I am unable to get access to any full text even from the back numbers when we were subscribed. It seems to me that if electronic only journal holdings are to work, the publishers need more sophisticated access control. Why should a library pay the same rate (or often more) for years and then not have access to those years of holdings at a later date? Perhaps there's something to be said for paper after all! Ian Newington R&D Kodak Ltd Tel: +44-(0)20-8424-4451 FAX: +44-(0)20-8424-5788 email: ian.newington(a)kodak.com The views expressed in this email are my personal views and do not necessarily represent those of the company I work for. chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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RE: Public library of Science
by Bachrach, Steven 24 Jan '03

24 Jan '03

This response is NOT a defense of ANY publisher's policy with regards to lapsed subscriptions, but rather my opinion of the nature of electronic journals. The electronic journal is really just a database, a collection of articles that may (or may not) have some commonality. This database is then sold on a licensing arrangement where the purchasers gets ACCESS to the database and not OWNERSHIP. Once the subscription/license lapses, the subscriber owns nothing and has no rights. This policy is the one extant today for access to CAS, for example. If I use CAS today and locate a few references and view them, and then a year from now, my subscription lapses, I have no ability to go back and view those records that I had looked at once. I do not see how keeping track of lapsed subscriptions scales into the future. If I subscribe for this year, then don't take the subscription for a year, then come back in for a year, then out - it is the responsibility of the provider to keep track of all of this and be the gatekeeper in perpetuity? The MUCH simpler model is license for access - a subscriber get access to the ENTIRE electronic holdings for the year of the license, after which, if not renewed, the subscriber gets nothing, and the publisher keeps no record nor had any obligation to deliver to the non-current licensees. Note that there is some radical changes for the library community in this notion - particularly that the onus for archiving resides with the publisher and not the library! Steve -- Steven Bachrach ph: (210)999-7379 Department of Chemistry fax: (210)999-7569 Trinity University 715 Stadium Drive San Antonio, TX 78212 steven.bachrach(a)trinity.edu > -----Original Message----- > From: ian.newington(a)kodak.com [mailto:ian.newington@kodak.com] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 9:01 AM > To: chemweb(a)ic.ac.uk > Subject: RE: Public library of Science > > > > Following on from this discussion I've just had an experience where a > subscription lapsed (cost savings) and now I am unable to get > access to any > full text even from the back numbers when we were subscribed. > > It seems to me that if electronic only journal holdings are > to work, the > publishers need more sophisticated access control. Why > should a library > pay the same rate (or often more) for years and then not have > access to > those years of holdings at a later date? Perhaps there's > something to be > said for paper after all! > > Ian Newington > > R&D Kodak Ltd > Tel: +44-(0)20-8424-4451 > FAX: +44-(0)20-8424-5788 > email: ian.newington(a)kodak.com > > The views expressed in this email are my personal views and do not > necessarily represent those of the company I work for. > > > > > > chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. > To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk > Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ > To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; > (un)subscribe chemweb > List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk) > chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Call for Papers Applied Physics 2003
by Secretariat 17 Jan '03

17 Jan '03

Dear Colleagues This is to inform you that the Call for Abstracts for the forthcoming International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003), to be held in Badajoz (Spain), during October 14-18th 2003, is now opened. Website www.formatex.org/aphys2003/aphys2003.htm Abstracts submission deadline: March 24th 2003 As you can see, Applied Surface Science, Imaging Techniques and related fields will have very important weight in the scientific Program of APHYS-2003. Some of topics to be covered will be: - Surfaces, Interfaces and Colloids - Nano-sciences and Technologies - Imaging Techniques, Microscopy - Materials Science - Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials Science&Engineering - Computational Physics In addition to the regular Scientific Program, several International Workshops will be held as pre-conference events. At this moment, two international Workshops are programmed which are for sure of your interest: 1. Pre-conference Workshop: International Interdisciplinar Workshop on Bioengineered Non-crystalline Solids 2. Modern Applied Microscopy in Molecular and Cell Biophysics Research(please visit the website for details) For all the information regarding the conference, please visit www.formatex.org/aphys2003/aphys2003.htm Papers accepted for presentation will be reviewed for publication in special issues of:: - Journal of Microscopy - Journal of Non-crystalline Solids - European Cells and Materials - Applied Surface Science (to be confirmed) For issues regarding Commercial Exhibition and Sponsorship, please refer to the Conference website. Reviewers are wanted for this International Meeting. If you are interested in taking part as reviewer, please contact us with your personal data, fields of expertise and a list of publications. Thank you in advance and please contact us for any suggestion or question. Antonio Mendez-Vilas APHYS-2003 Co-ordinator secretariat(a)formatex.org www.formatex.org/aphys2003/aphys2003.htm

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APHYS-2003 International Meeting : Biomaterials
by Secretariat 11 Jan '03

11 Jan '03

Dear Colleagues International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS-2003) Badajoz (Spain) October 14-18th 2003 www.formatex.org/aphys2003/aphys2003.htm Pre-conference Workshop: International Interdisciplinar Workshop on Bioengineered Non-crystalline Solids As you probably already know, Materials Science and Engineering will be one of the most important topics to be covered in this International and truly interdisciplinar Conference. Within this topic, a International Workshop on Non-crystalline solids for Biomedical Applications, will be held as pre-conference event. You can find all the information about the Workshop and the rest of the Conference at the above address. Some of the topics to be covered will be: Novel Biomedical Materials Based on Glasses Thin Films and Surfaces for Bioactivity and Biomedical Applications Bioactive Glass Composites for Tissue Engineering Thin film coating of bioactive glass-ceramics onto metal and ceramic substrates using sol-gel chemistry Non-crystalline or semicristalline polymers Development of new glasses and glass fibers Processing and manufacture of ceramics, glass and related materials Sintering and Plasma Spray Deposition of Bioactive Glass-Matrix Composites for Biomedical Applications Glass ceramics for biomedical applications Glass ceramics with special mechanical properties Glass ceramics for joining possessing adjusted thermal expansion and good mechanical properties, also at high temperatures Studies on bio-glass and bio-glass-ceramic coatings on metals and ceramics (interfaces) Studies on composites for biomedical applications Bioactive glass-ceramics dental and orthopaedic cements and composite biomaterials Interaction between Ceramics and Tissue, Ceramics for Bone and Joint Replacement and Repair, Dental Ceramics, Investment Materials, Hydroxyapatite, Sol Gel Processing of Ceramics and Glass Bioactive glass-ceramic implants Relaxation behaviour of polymer, glass and glass fibers Relation between the structure and the properties of glasses and glass fibers Optimization of fiber drawing process Reviewers are wanted for the this International Workshop to be held within the framework of the forthcoming APHYS-2003 Conference. If you want to participate in the reviewing of papers, please contact the Conference Secretariat at secretariat(a)formatex.org with your personal data, field(s) of expertise and a list of publications. The Proceedings will be published as a special issue of the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids and European Cells and Materials. The official list of reviewers of the Conference will be also included in the Proceedings volume. For all the information regarding the conference, please visit www.formatex.org/aphys2003/aphys2003.htm Thank you in advance and please contact us for any suggestion or question. Antonio Mendez-Vilas APHYS-2003 Co-ordinator

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RE: Public library of Science
by Smith K. 05 Jan '03

05 Jan '03

There is certainly some evidence of a trend towards on-line rather than paper journals in Swansea, though in many cases we have both for the time being. Keith Professor Keith Smith Director of the Centre for Clean Chemistry and Head of Department Department of Chemistry University of Wales Swansea Swansea SA2 8PP, UK Tel +44-(0)1792-295266 Fax +44-(0)1792-295261 -----Original Message----- From: Rzepa, Henry [mailto:h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk] Sent: 05 January 2003 11:53 To: chemweb(a)ic.ac.uk Subject: Public library of Science Although little discussed on this list (other lists have extensive discussions) the evolution of peer-reviewed journals to adapt to the Internet has been remarkable, although not necessarily in step between the interests of the publisher, the author and the reader. Chemistry journals have followed the crowd (I think its fair to say that with a few honourable exceptions, they tend to be conservative, perhaps mirroring the audience?). It is with interest therefore that http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/journals.htm reports an intention of launching "PLoS Chemistry". In the manifesto, they state "we estimate that it will cost us approximately $1,500 per published paper to maintain an outstanding editorial staff, coordinate peer-review, and produced polished finished works, and we will set our charges to match these costs" although they also write "We understand that there are many scientists who might wish to publish in our journals but do not have access to grant funds or institutional support to allow them to pay publication fees, and we will substantially reduce or waive the publication fees for any authors for whom they would be a burden". We dont yet know if this journal will be conventional in offering eg Acrobat delivery of electronic paper, or otherwise; it certainly will be of interest to see how they adapt to the rather unique culture in chemistry (which, inter alia, assumes that only perhaps the 10 top journals "really matter"). In terms of the impact that e-journals have had, its certainly true that we are now seriously considering reducing the amount of physical space devoted to printed journals in our own library very substantially, and it may be that pretty much all paper will be eliminated within five years (apparently the resale value of bound volumes is very low indeed). This would mean that unless you have access to a well-endowed institutional license, you would have great difficulty accessing the newest chemistry. Hence of course the. publiclibraryofscience.org. Is this a widespread trend amongst the readership of this list? If so, it would certainly mean the extinction of paper in a period covering perhaps less than ten years, a remarkable feat. -- Henry Rzepa. Imperial College, Chemistry Dept. +44 0778 626 8220 +44 020 7594 5804 (Fax) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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RE: Public library of Science
by Wiggins, Gary D. 05 Jan '03

05 Jan '03

Readers might be interested in the paper by Tina Chrzastowski, chemistry librarian at the University of Illinois, entitled "Making the Transition from Print to Electronic Serials Collections: A New Model for Chemistry Libraries?" Tina delivered this paper at the Tri-Society (ACS-ASIST-SLA) Conference on Chemical Information in Los Angeles in June. It caused quite a stir when she reported that the U of I Library now gets about 95% of its use from the electronic collection, leading to a decision to stop binding paper journals and to store them off site after one year. http://www.sla.org/division/dche/2002/tina.pdf At Indiana University, the combined backfiles of the ACS journals plus the Elsevier Science Inorganic, Organic, Physical/Analytical backfiles allow us to consider the same new model of access that Tina has proposed. (Indiana University just opened a 2.7 million off-site sotrage facility in October 2002.) Of the 200+ current journal subscriptions in the Chemistry Library, approximately 15% are no longer received in print format, and only about a dozen have no electronic access at the present time. Of those, a few actually do not yet provide an electronic copy, but in the other cases, we elected not to subscribe due to the outrageous pricing of the publisher. Electronic holdings of the IU Chemistry Library (not yet updated with the Elsevier ScienceDirect Physical/Analytical titles which we just bought) can be seen at: http://www.indiana.edu/~libchem/402ejrnl.html Gary D. Wiggins Head, Chemistry Library 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue Chemistry Bldg C003 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-7102 Bus: (812) 855-9452 Bus Fax: (812) 855-6611 E-mail: wiggins(a)indiana.edu -----Original Message----- From: Rzepa, Henry [mailto:h.rzepa@ic.ac.uk] Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 6:53 AM To: chemweb(a)ic.ac.uk Subject: Public library of Science Although little discussed on this list (other lists have extensive discussions) the evolution of peer-reviewed journals to adapt to the Internet has been remarkable, although not necessarily in step between the interests of the publisher, the author and the reader. Chemistry journals have followed the crowd (I think its fair to say that with a few honourable exceptions, they tend to be conservative, perhaps mirroring the audience?). It is with interest therefore that http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/journals.htm reports an intention of launching "PLoS Chemistry". In the manifesto, they state "we estimate that it will cost us approximately $1,500 per published paper to maintain an outstanding editorial staff, coordinate peer-review, and produced polished finished works, and we will set our charges to match these costs" although they also write "We understand that there are many scientists who might wish to publish in our journals but do not have access to grant funds or institutional support to allow them to pay publication fees, and we will substantially reduce or waive the publication fees for any authors for whom they would be a burden". We dont yet know if this journal will be conventional in offering eg Acrobat delivery of electronic paper, or otherwise; it certainly will be of interest to see how they adapt to the rather unique culture in chemistry (which, inter alia, assumes that only perhaps the 10 top journals "really matter"). In terms of the impact that e-journals have had, its certainly true that we are now seriously considering reducing the amount of physical space devoted to printed journals in our own library very substantially, and it may be that pretty much all paper will be eliminated within five years (apparently the resale value of bound volumes is very low indeed). This would mean that unless you have access to a well-endowed institutional license, you would have great difficulty accessing the newest chemistry. Hence of course the. publiclibraryofscience.org. Is this a widespread trend amongst the readership of this list? If so, it would certainly mean the extinction of paper in a period covering perhaps less than ten years, a remarkable feat. -- Henry Rzepa. Imperial College, Chemistry Dept. +44 0778 626 8220 +44 020 7594 5804 (Fax) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Public library of Science
by Rzepa, Henry 05 Jan '03

05 Jan '03

Although little discussed on this list (other lists have extensive discussions) the evolution of peer-reviewed journals to adapt to the Internet has been remarkable, although not necessarily in step between the interests of the publisher, the author and the reader. Chemistry journals have followed the crowd (I think its fair to say that with a few honourable exceptions, they tend to be conservative, perhaps mirroring the audience?). It is with interest therefore that http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/journals.htm reports an intention of launching "PLoS Chemistry". In the manifesto, they state "we estimate that it will cost us approximately $1,500 per published paper to maintain an outstanding editorial staff, coordinate peer-review, and produced polished finished works, and we will set our charges to match these costs" although they also write "We understand that there are many scientists who might wish to publish in our journals but do not have access to grant funds or institutional support to allow them to pay publication fees, and we will substantially reduce or waive the publication fees for any authors for whom they would be a burden". We dont yet know if this journal will be conventional in offering eg Acrobat delivery of electronic paper, or otherwise; it certainly will be of interest to see how they adapt to the rather unique culture in chemistry (which, inter alia, assumes that only perhaps the 10 top journals "really matter"). In terms of the impact that e-journals have had, its certainly true that we are now seriously considering reducing the amount of physical space devoted to printed journals in our own library very substantially, and it may be that pretty much all paper will be eliminated within five years (apparently the resale value of bound volumes is very low indeed). This would mean that unless you have access to a well-endowed institutional license, you would have great difficulty accessing the newest chemistry. Hence of course the. publiclibraryofscience.org. Is this a widespread trend amongst the readership of this list? If so, it would certainly mean the extinction of paper in a period covering perhaps less than ten years, a remarkable feat. -- Henry Rzepa. Imperial College, Chemistry Dept. +44 0778 626 8220 +44 020 7594 5804 (Fax) chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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Molecule of the Month, January 2003
by Paul May 03 Jan '03

03 Jan '03

Hi, January's MOTM is arsenic pentachloride (AsCl5) and related AsX5 molecules, all of which exhibit unusual bonding. All 4 versions are available, at: HTML: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/ascl5/ascl5h.htm Chime: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/ascl5/ascl5c.htm Java: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/ascl5/ascl5j.htm VRML: http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/ascl5/ascl5v.htm The pages have been written by Simon Cotton of Uppingham School. (Note that because I am out of the country until, next week, the link to these new pages will not appear on the MOTM home page until then, as I can't logon to the web server from outsdie of the country due to security restrictions...) Regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 928-9927 fax: +44 (0)117 925-1295 <mailto:paul.may@bris.ac.uk> Mobile: 07811371539 Home URL: <http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm> Molecule of the Month: <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm> Bumper sticker: "Where are we going? And why are we in this hand-basket?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. To post to list: mailto:chemweb@ic.ac.uk Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@ic.ac.uk the following message; (un)subscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@ic.ac.uk)

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