Biology Library News

Outlook article about Becker Medical Library

Unshelved. Shhhh! It’s a quiet revolution

Biology Library blog and RSS

An alternative version of the W. U. Biology Library News and New Book List is available on the web at: http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews You can read the current News as it is posted or whenever it is convenient for you, using its RSS feed http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/index.rdf and your own news aggregator. [You can still read the News and New Book List in its old format at http://library.wustl.edu/units/biology/nb/ ]

The blog is an experiment. It's my sincere hope that you find the blog an improvement and actually use the COMMENTS feature to share your opinions, questions and concerns. Comments can be anonymous or signed (if you have a free Bloglines account). In addition to Comments, another thing I hope you enjoy about the blog format is the RSS feed.

For more on RSS see http://library.wustl.edu/units/biology/rss4biol.html I encourage you to explore this page for ideas about getting other types of news, database alerts and journal tables of contents directly to your computer for efficient browsing.

New Biology Department photocopier

Biology Department account users will notice a new Kyocera copier has replaced the old Minolta. If you have any questions about using the new machine, please ask at the desk. The same account numbers should continue to work. More info about Biology Library copiers

New book shelf Dec. 23-30

Competition and community structure in day geckos... Harmon, Luke. LD5791.8.PhD2005 H26

Long-term dynamics of lakes in the landscape... QH541.15.L35 L65 2006

Lysenko effect : the politics of science. Roll-Hansen, Nils. QH31.L95 R65 2005

Metacommunities : spatial dynamics and ecological communities. QH541.15.S62 M48 2005

Role of the Arp2/3 complex in tip growth of... Harries, Phillip. LD5791.8.PhD2005 H29

Venomous snakes of the world. O'Shea, Mark. QL666.O6 O825 2005 4o

Intelligent Design is religion, not science

Tammy Kitzmiller, et al. : Case No. 04cv2688, Judge Jones' memorandum opinion, United State District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dec. 20, 2005 [138 page pdf] Evolution wins in Dover, Seed Magazine, Dec. 21, 2005 Federal Judge Rules, in Strongly Worded Opinion, That Teaching Intelligent Design Is Unconstitutional, Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 20, 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Wikipedia entry A Welcome and Long Overdue Smackdown for ID, blog entry at pod bay door, links to several other interesting responses, including BBC and even the Discovery Institute Dover PA, another blog (Confessions of a Science Librarian) entry with lots of links to discussions
While we are on this subject, what shall we do with Biology Library's copy of Of Pandas and People? (BTW it was a gift, we didn't purchase it.)

1. Leave it as it is since everything in the library is "caveat lector" anyway, even peer-reviewed journals occasionally publish inaccurate conclusions and/or fraudulent data.
2. Ask to have it reclassified to a religion call number, e.g., BS652
3. Ask for reclassification and transfer to Olin Library with the other religion books
4. I would sincerely welcome your comments on this issue!

ITeach 2006

Don't forget: ITeach 2006 Designing and Refining our Teaching, Jan. 12 in Eads! At 2:30 you even have a biology-conflict, Vicky May on curriculum evaluation or Bob Kranz and Eric Richards on using clickers in Bio2960. Advance registration is requested.

Now online at WU

Bulletin of Marine Science Full text, v.74, 2004+; WU access only; Ingenta.

Canadian Journal of Botany Full text, v.79, 2001+; WU access only; Ingenta/NRC Research Press.

Genome Full text, v.44, 2001+; WU access only; Ingenta/NRC Research Press.

Intervirology Full text, v.48, 2005+; WU access only; Karger.

OpenWetWare wiki

OpenWetWare Wiki to "promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering; includes a growing collection of protocols, images, etc., from labs at several universities.

New book shelf Dec.16-23, 2005

Methods in enzymology: v.399: Ubiquitin and Protein Degradation, Part B. Online book

Blood groups and red cell antigens Dean, Laura, M.D. Online book

Brassinosteroid catabolism modulates... Turk, Edward Martin. LD5791.8.PhD2005 T87

Brock biology of microorganisms. Madigan, Michael T. QR41 .B718 2006

Environmental biology for engineers and scientists. Vaccari, David A. QH308.2 .V33 2006

Evolution of American ecology, 1890-2000. Kingsland, Sharon E. QH540.83.U6 K56 2005

Immunobiology : the immune system in health and disease. QR181 .J37 2005

Invasive alien species : a new synthesis. QH353 .I5825 2005

Vander's human physiology : the mechanisms... Widmaier, Eric P. QP34.5 .V36 2006

Comparing Wikipedia and Britannica

Internet encyclopaedias go head to head, Nature, Dec. 14, 2005. Also see Comparing Wikipedia and Britannica and the growing number of comments (Nature's blog Nascent) and the Wikipedia section on this Nature article. While you are thinking about wiki's you may want to browse All Systems Go: The Newly Emerging Infrastructure to Support Free Books, by Ben Crowell, about using wikibooks as textbooks.