Throughout the summer vacation period staff at the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library will check that all books in the Library are in the correct call number order. We will also take the opportunity to remove duplicate copies of old text books that have not been borrowed for a number of years.

A big thank you to all the students who have responded to the 247 Study Space questionnaire. Your comments have been very positive and it’s great to hear that the space is being used.

A couple of people have queried why they need to leave the area at closing time and re-enter via Cooper Road. We do this to ensure the security of Library property so please comply with staff when they ask you to vacate this area at closing time.

The questionnaire is still available at the Loans Desk in the Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library so please leave us your comments.

Join Dr Joel Gilmore and a team of expert panelists as they discuss the merits and implications of a range of current and future technologies – from wind to solar to clean coal, and more – in this special BrisScience session in partnership with ATSE.

Panelists include:

* John Loughhead, Executive Director, UK Energy Research Centre
* Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg – Director, Global Change Institute, UQ
* Professor Kelly Thambimuthu, FTSE – Director, Centre for Coal Energy Technology (CCETech), UQ
* Peter Meurs – Managing Director, Worley Parsons

Venue: State Library of Queensland, Auditorium 1
Date: Tuesday 17 November, 2009 @ 6.30 pm (Doors open at 6 pm)
More Info: http://brisscience.wordpress.com/

ChemSpider is a free online service providing access to millions of chemical structures and integration to other online services, ChemSpider is a rich single source of structure-based chemistry information. Chemspider was acquired by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2009.

16th October 10-11Am, DHPSE Library will be providing morning tea in the Hawken Building Concourse to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). Come and enjoy some delicious food and make a gold coin donation to support this worthy cause. Everybody is welcome!

From Monday 28 September students will have access to a new 24 hour study space.

The 247 Study Space is located on Level 1, Dorothy Hill Physical Sciences and Engineering Library. Entry after hours is via Cooper Road.

Facilities available:
* Study and research space, both group and individual
* 20 computers
* Wireless network access

For more information about the space please contact us: pse@library.uq.edu.au

The SIR 2009 World Report shows a ranking with more than 2000 of the best worldwide research institutions and organizations whose output surpass 100 scholarly publications during 2007. The ranking shows 5 indicators of institution research performance, stressing output (ordering criteria), collaboration and impact.

Publication and citation data used to build this report comes from Elsevier’s database Scopus.

The University of Queensland is 86th in the world and 3rd in Australia after University of Sydney and University of Melbourne.

Enjoy it from http://www.scimagoir.com/ !

Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, announced that on September 7 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS REGISTRY, the world’s most comprehensive and high-quality compendium of publicly disclosed chemical information. The recently registered substance is a novel arylmethylidene heterocycle with analgesic properties. Reaching the 50 million mark so quickly is an indicator of the accelerating pace of scientific knowledge. CAS registered the 40 millionth substance just nine months ago - in contrast, it took 33 years for CAS to register the 10 millionth compound in 1990.

If you are an UQ UNDERGRADUATE student and are using the UQ library services for study purposes, this is your chance to win $1,000!!!

Established in 2006, The University of Queensland Library Excellence Award is presented annually to up to three UQ undergraduate students who demonstrate excellence in the use of the Library to enhance their studies.

The Award was established to encourage the use of Library resources, enhance the development of library research techniques, and acknowledge the excellent work produced by UQ undergraduate students. This Award also acknowledges how Library resources support teaching and learning.

For more information and for how to participate visit http://www.library.uq.edu.au/about/excellenceaward2009.html

Closing date 1 October 2009.

Good luck!

A new Research Impact and Output website is now live! Increasingly metrics are being used as a measure of research impact or research influence of an individual scientist or group. This website provides information on citation metrics, bibliometrics and webometrics. Information on Open Access is provided including initiatives, directories and articles to read in all the above areas.

Please contact us if if we can be of assistance with any of the information or tools on the Research Impact and Output website.