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Re: ECHET96 CD-ROM and ChemComm issue 6.
by John R. Nash 08 Apr '97

08 Apr '97

>>Am I correct in reading that this disc is "Win95 only"? If so (the issue >>hasn't surfaced here yet) > >Actually, the disk is a Win-95-NT/Macintosh hybrid, that >also works on the two SGI systems we have tried it on. >As far as I know, the Java code on the CD runs on all OSs >that support Java (even Win 3.1 does nowadays) I stand (sit, type...) corrected. Nice to know that it is in fact a hybrid disc. >Finally, I might add that as a Mac user myself, I took great care >to ensure it was Mac compatible. However, I rather think that had >the entire project been run from a Win site, they would probably not >have gone to the trouble. For example, does anyone know of CD-ROM >mastering software that runs on Win, and produced Mac HFS partitions? >I don't. A Mac/Win CD can only be produced from a Mac as far as >I know. Thanks for the effort to support MacOS, it is much appreciated. (I look forward to checking out the CD from the library!) As far as making hybrids from a Win shop, from what I understand it is possible, but the tools are not very good. Writing CD's from Windows is generally a harder proposition. One relevant piece of info is that HFS is possibly on the way out (for compatibility reasons as much as anything). There will be support for it for backwards compatibility, but Apple is mulling a change in the future. This may make such things easier in the future; stay tuned. I'll report on what our library does when we get the disc! Our librarian is pretty computer-savvy, so making it available through a locally networked CD caddy or something might be a possibility, although I think for this disc, "checking out" of the disc is more likely. -john nash -==-John R. Nash-==-nash(a)chem.wisc.edu-==-UW-Madison Chem. Dept-==- --- "When in doubt, roll!" --- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Re: ECHET96 CD-ROM and ChemComm issue 6.
by Lesley Crawshaw 07 Apr '97

07 Apr '97

Hi, >Those of you who received the RSC journal ChemComm issue 6 might have noticed >a CD-ROM attached to the inside at the back. We (ie the CLIC project team) > are intrigued in particular to >any response to the CD that your institutional librarian or IT >officer might have. > As a faculty information consultant (subject librarian) I thought I might respond to this query. I too had this CD-ROM passed to me and am now wondering just what to do with it. I could add it to stock and have it held behind the "counter". However my main concern is that it is a Windows 95 version. We do not have Windows 95 yet, nor are likely to in the near future - we are more likely to move toward Windows NT. So even if I add it to stock, there is no machine here which can make use of it!! I also feel that even if I add it to stock because these products cannot easily go onto the shelves with the bookstock and so end up in "boxes" behind counters that they remain invisible to our users and therefore untouched by human hands!! I have another example which is actually from an astronomy journal - but once again each issue arrives with a CD-ROM and I have to admit these again are still sitting on my desk waiting to be dealt with. It is not only CD-ROMs which cause these problems. I also have on my desk a copy of a supplement on disc to the journal Synthesis. Once again it is a problem knowing what to do with it! Any ideas gratefully recieved. Lesley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lesley Crawshaw, Faculty Information Consultant (Natural Sciences), Learning Resources Centre, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, HATFIELD, AL10 9AD, UK. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tel: +44 1707-284662 Fax: +44 1707-284666 E-mail: L.A.Crawshaw(a)herts.ac.uk Web: http://www.herts.ac.uk/lrc/subjects/natsci/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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ECHET96 CD-ROM and ChemComm
by Ian Newington 04 Apr '97

04 Apr '97

Similar story to Paul May's. Our librarian just put ChemComm on the shelf. Apparently there is no policy because we don't get many CD's. Those we have are in a box 'under the counter'. -- Ian Newington Kodak European R&D, Headstone Drive, Harrow, HA1 4TY, UK Tel: +44-(0)181-424-4451 FAX: +44-(0)181-424-5788 email: ian_newington(a)kodak.com ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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ECHET96 CD-ROM and ChemComm issue 6.
by Paul May 04 Apr '97

04 Apr '97

Hi, > > Those of you who received the RSC journal ChemComm issue 6 might have > noticed a CD-ROM attached to the inside at the back. > Our librarian for example actually noticed the bulge, extracted the CD, > and placed > it in a small box containing 2-3 others (mostly those that seem to come > attached to textbooks of organic chemistry nowadays). Our librarian missed it completely and put the Journal on the shelf as normal. > > If anyone has any feedback from their librarian etc on how the > ECHET CD was received, and what policy if any exists to process > such products,... I asked our librarian if they had a policy on CD ROMs, and they said because they receive so few, no policy had been decided yet. They may catalogue them as books, but keep them restricted behind the counter. This might work if the number of CDs remains low, but if it increases substantially they may have to develop a new strategy. One option might be a networked computer with a CD ROM juke box? But this might be too costly... Regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 9287667, fax: +44 (0)117 9251295 email: paul.may(a)bris.ac.uk WWW: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm "If you broke a mirror with a horseshoe, would you get 7 years of ambiguity?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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ECTOC-3 Abstract Registration now open
by Rzepa, Henry 04 Apr '97

04 Apr '97

We would be grateful if you could bring to the attention of any "organometallic" chemists in your organisation who might be interested in submitting an article or poster to the ECTOC-3 conference that the registration process for abstracts is now open; http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/ectoc/ectoc-3/ectoc_sub.html The deadline for submitting an abstract is April 25th, 1997. Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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ECHET96 CD-ROM and ChemComm issue 6.
by Rzepa, Henry 04 Apr '97

04 Apr '97

Those of you who received the RSC journal ChemComm issue 6 might have noticed a CD-ROM attached to the inside at the back. We (ie the CLIC project team) are intrigued in particular to any response to the CD that your institutional librarian or IT officer might have. Our librarian for example actually noticed the bulge, extracted the CD, and placed it in a small box containing 2-3 others (mostly those that seem to come attached to textbooks of organic chemistry nowadays). Because the number of such CDs for chemistry remains very low, our library is still developing a policy for how to deal with them, how to "catalogue" them, and in general bring them to the attention of users. The "precious" CDs, ie Dictionary of Organic Compounds etc, are all in the central library. If anyone has any feedback from their librarian etc on how the ECHET CD was received, and what policy if any exists to process such products, please let the RSC know at; Electronic Journals and Internet Services, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Rd, Cambridge, CB4 4WF, UK, or via rsc1(a)rsc.org Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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molecule of the month
by Paul May 31 Mar '97

31 Mar '97

Hi, April's Molecule of the Month has been written by Freelance Science writer David Bradley, and was originally part of his Elemental Discoveries article. The molecule is Cyclooctene, and is interesting because it gives some evidence to one of the theories of how the specificity of handedness in Natural molecules came about... Normal and Chime versions are avilable: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/motm.htm Regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Paul May, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK tel: +44 (0)117 9287667, fax: +44 (0)117 9251295 email: paul.may(a)bris.ac.uk WWW: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/staff/pwm.htm "If you broke a mirror with a horseshoe, would you get 7 years of ambiguity?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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CCL:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ACS Las Vegas Internet Symposium
by Rzepa, Henry 31 Mar '97

31 Mar '97

>Dear Netters, > >Sorry if you see this more than once > >This is a CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the Symposium: > > INTERNET FOR THE PRACTICING CHEMIST > >to be held at the American Chemical Society Meeting in Las Vegas >Sept. 7-11, 1997. > >The scope of the symposium is quite broad. More information, and >ONLINE ACS ABSTRACT FORM READY TO FILL VIA WEB at: > http://ccl.osc.edu/ccl/lasvegas.html > >The deadline is very short: Apr. 18, 1997, so please act now. > >Thank you... > >Jan Labanowski >Ohio Supercomputer Center >1224 Kinnear Rd, >Columbus, OH 43212 > >jkl(a)osc.edu > > > >--- >Administrivia: This message is automatically appended by the mail exploder: >CHEMISTRY(a)ccl.osc.edu: Everybody | CHEMISTRY-REQUEST(a)ccl.osc.edu: Coordinator >MAILSERV(a)ccl.osc.edu: HELP CHEMISTRY or HELP SEARCH | Gopher: ccl.osc.edu 73 >Anon. ftp: ccl.osc.edu | CHEMISTRY-SEARCH(a)ccl.osc.edu -- archive search > Web: http://ccl.osc.edu/chemistry.html >--- > Dr Henry Rzepa, Dept. Chemistry, Imperial College, LONDON SW7 2AY; rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk; Tel (44) 171 594 5774; Fax: (44) 171 594 5804. URL: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/rzepa/ ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ACS Las Vegas Internet Symposium
by Jan Labanowski 31 Mar '97

31 Mar '97

Dear Netters, Sorry if you see this more than once This is a CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the Symposium: INTERNET FOR THE PRACTICING CHEMIST to be held at the American Chemical Society Meeting in Las Vegas Sept. 7-11, 1997. The scope of the symposium is quite broad. More information, and ONLINE ACS ABSTRACT FORM READY TO FILL VIA WEB at: http://ccl.osc.edu/ccl/lasvegas.html The deadline is very short: Apr. 18, 1997, so please act now. Thank you... Jan Labanowski Ohio Supercomputer Center 1224 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212 jkl(a)osc.edu ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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Meeting on Reusable Components
by Alan Robinson 28 Mar '97

28 Mar '97

Hello, Being a computational chemist by training, and having now moved from the field of molecular modelling to bioinformatics, I thought the following meeting that I'm organising might be of interest to the list since the themes are relevant to chemistry too, e.g. Java is redefining how many people think of software in terms of an object-oriented approach with libraries of reusable components, and distributed object technologies, such as CORBA, are providing new ways to access applications and data over networks and the WWW. Yours, Alan Robinson. ============================================================ Alan J. Robinson, D.Phil. Tel:+44-(0)1223 494625 EMBL Outstation Fax:+44-(0)1223 494468 European Bioinformatics Institute Email: alan(a)ebi.ac.uk Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1RQ, UK http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~alan/ ============================================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Objects in Bioinformatics- Reusable Software Components and Distributed Computing for the Biological Sciences. 18th and 19th June 1997, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, UK. http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~alan/Meeting/OiB.html Announcing a two day meeting on the role of reusable object-oriented software components and distributed objects in bioinformatics and biological sciences. The meeting will include lectures, presentations, poster sessions and discussion groups on the rapidly expanding and developing fields of software components and distributed computing from both an academic and industrial perspective. Invited talks will cover the application of reusable components, software libraries, distributed object technology, data visualisation and the bioWidget Consortium. Poster stands, each with a dedicated networked computer, are available upon which delegates may showcase their work and projects. Participants are encouraged to submit a brief abstract for a poster relevant to the meeting themes. We hope to have a prize for the best poster presentation. Full details about the meeting may be accessed at - http://industry.ebi.ac.uk/~alan/Meeting/OiB.html The meeting is organised by the European Bioinformatics Institute in association with the bioWidget Consortium. The meeting will be held in the newly completed conference facilities at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus in the grounds of Hinxton Hall, Cambridge, UK. The cost of registration for the meeting has been kept as low as possible with a nominal fee of 25 GBP. ----- chemweb: A list for Chemical Applications of the Internet. Archived as: http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/chemweb/ To unsubscribe, send to listserver(a)ic.ac.uk the following message; unsubscribe chemweb List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (rzepa(a)ic.ac.uk)

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