New Books List for Math/Stats Available

The library is testing out some ways to notify library users of books recently added to the Library's collection.

Right now, there are a few ways you can find this out for Math/Stats books:

a) Go to the New Book List page and specify parameters to display new books (for the callnumber range(s) area, select QA for Math/Stats.)

b) Click here for Math/Stats books added within the last week

c) By RSS feed (left click and paste this into your feed reader)

d) Go to the Math/Stats Library Subject Pages for any of the above

I am going to try to display the results of the RSS feed on the above page, but am working out some technical difficulties (accented letters seem to confuse the issue...) Hopefully I'll get this worked out soon. In the meantime, have fun with the above links.

Science Librarian Office Hours

Science A 124 (Wolcott Lab)
October 15 - December 5

Jennifer Lee (Mathematics/Statistics, Chemistry, Environmental Design)
Wednesdays, 10am - noon -- EXCEPT November 14

Don MacMillan (Biology, Physics/Astronomy)
Mondays, 11am - 1pm

Bring your: research questions, other library questions (book & journal collections, access to other materials, to MathSciNet, Current Index to Statistics, etc.)

Students: MS Office Available at a Great Price

Microsoft has a new promotion geared toward UofC students. A student can purchase Office 2007 for as low as $22.00 (this is for a one-year license). If you are interested in this offer, go to:
http://www.ucalgary.ca/it/help/articles/2454
and follow the instructions. The instructions will take you to the portal and, from there, to the Microsoft site. Because this is a student offering it is only under the student role in the portal. If you would like to check it out (outside of the portal) go to:
http://www.theultimatesteal.ca/
(U of Calgary is not listed on this site, but it accepted my @ucalgary.ca email address, so we're eligible.)

PhysMath Central Publishes v.1 of PMC Physics A

PhysMath Central is an "an independent publishing platform operated by BioMed Central committed to providing immediate open access to peer-reviewed physics and mathematics research."

It has just published the first of its open access articles in PMC Physics A, "a new peer-reviewed international Open Access journal covering particle and nuclear physics, cosmology, gravity & astroparticle physics, instrumentation and data analysis."
See more at:
http://www.physmathcentral.com/pmcphysa

It is also accepting submissions to PMC Physics B, "covering all aspects of atomic, molecular and optical physics, along with condensed matter ..." See more at:
http://www.physmathcentral.com/pmcphysb

For more info on PhysMath Central:
http://www.physmathcentral.com/

United Way Fundraising - Library Booksale

No, we are not selling off books from the library! These are fiction books donated by LCR staff...

If you are looking for an affordable way to stay mentally fit this semester, you won't want to miss this year's fiction booksale put on by Library and Cultural Resources. All proceeds from the sale will go to the United Way.

The sale runs this Thursday, October 4th from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM in the LIBRARY LINK.

Paperbacks $0.50
Hardcovers $1.00