We’re working with a vendor, who happens to be an LSU alum, whose product would essentially allow us to provide access to authorized students registered for specific classes, to digitized versions of our videos (VHS, DVD, etc.) You can see some information about the product at www.cdigix.com .

Please join us to see a  demonstration and have a discussion about the product and how it might benefit your students and faculty. We have also invited representatives from ITS for Moodle and campus network perspective.

Are you available 2:00 PM Tuesday, October 14^th ? The demo will take place in the Dean’s Conference Room, Middleton Library.”

There is a new site from the National Library of Medicine called “Hooke’s Books: Books that influenced or were influenced by Robert Hooke’s Micrographia“

A problem with the current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader prevents Macs users with Safari from ScienceDirect PDF articles. ScienceDirect has reported this problem to Adobe and Safari. Until it is fixed:

* Hold the control button, click on the PDF link and select “download link to disk.” Save the file to the hard drive and view it from there.

OR

* Use Mozilla Firefox instead of Safari, which does not seem to have this problem.

Healing our coasts, protecting our future : 15 years of protection and restoration of the nation’s coastal resources
Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (U.S.)
Silver Spring, MD : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2007
Gov Docs C 55.2: C 63/19
Online Access

“Nearly 150 years ago it was no more than a concept by a visionary scientist, but researchers have now created a minuscule motor that could lead to the creation of microscopic nanomachines.

Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell first imagined an atom-size device dubbed Maxwell’s Demon in 1867. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have made it a reality.

“We have a new motor mechanism for a nanomachine,” said David Leigh, a professor of chemistry at the University.”

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