GRISTLE

(Gathering of Random Investigations into SciTech Library Enigma’s)

 

"When you’re chewing on life’s gristle
don’t grumble, give a whistle…"

(From the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” – by Eric Idle, 1979, in Monty Python’s Life of Brian)

 

Librarians are good at detective work, putting individual pieces of a puzzle together, knowing when pieces don’t fit, doggedly hunting down missing pieces, and deciphering which parts are correct and which are not.  But some puzzles take longer to complete than others.  So, GRISTLE is a place to park projects that are still being chewed on, as well as other miscellaneous things to keep in a handy spot.

 

Project Pages – constantly under construction

o   Careers in Academic & Science Librarianship

o   Citation Verifying Tips

o   Cited Reference Searching

o   Comptes Rendus – information on tracking down journal citations in this series – short version (41kb) & detailed version (56.5kb) – Microsoft Word files

o   Crisis in Scientific Publishing

o   Current Awareness and Professional Aids for Science Librarians

o   Free Scientific Research Resources on the Web

o   How to Locate Conference Proceedings

o   Interpersonal Skills Self-Assessment

o   Iowa Related Science Links

o   ISU Library Lingo

o   Science & Library & Humor

o   Science Librarian Success Stories

o   Test page for projects

o   Thumb RulesDonald B. Reynolds, Jr., provides some excellent rules for working together harmoniously – #1 on the list is “Each of us has control of our own lives.”

 

Library-Related Links

o   Challenges, Strategies, and Tools for Research Scientists:  Using Web-Based Information Resources (Summer 2002)

o   Contacts for Book/Journal Donations – this site has good information on donating “used” materials to needy libraries worldwide.

o   False Oracles: Consumer Reaction to Learning the Truth About How Search Engines Work (Consumer Reports WebWatch – June 30, 2003)

o   Gender & Science Digital Library

o   Gigablast – my favorite deep web search engine

o   Holiday Science Links and also Halloween Science Links (2007) – from Stephanie Bianchi at the National Science Foundation

o   Internet Library for Librarians

o   Internet Public Library

o   Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship

o   LibrarySpot – for quick reference questions

o   LIBREF-L searchable archives (listserv for reference librarians)

o   Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology – privately funded library in the Kansas City metro area.  Extensive collections of technical reports & journals.

o   Science Watch – formerly Sci-Bytes from ISI – contains information on “high impact” research universities and journals ranked by impact in select disciplines.

o   SLA Information Resources

o   STS Professional Continuing Education on the Web – database training guides and professional education tools.

o   STS-L searchable archives (listserv for SciTech librarians)

o   Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed

 

 

 


 

Extracurricular Activities

o   A is for...Appreciation

o   Beyond This Place...

o   Curious George

o   Daytona meets Adam

o   Eggplant

o   Favorite Quotations – also Library Quotations and Scientific Quotations

o   Grinder Rules

o   Jigsaw Links

o   League Standing Sheets –current leagues:  ISU Faculty (#3048), Roundhouse (#14871), and Ladies Night Out (#3053)

o   Left-Handers’ Day

o   Make-A-Wish FoundationDonating airline miles

 

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Description: Description: CaffeineCreated: July 25, 2003

Links checked:  April 19, 2012

Last updated:  April 19, 2012

 

 

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