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  • Natural Resources & Energy

  • from TECHNOLOGY
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 523-544

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The discovery of global warming

    S.R. Weart See entry no. 1161

    Earth under siege: from air pollution to global change

    R. Turco See entry no. 831

    The economics of the environment and natural resources

    R.Q. Grafton [et al.] Blackwell Publishing, 2004, 520pp. £70.00. ISBN 0631215638.

    Useful survey of the area. Four major parts: Economics of the environment; Resource economics; Environmental valuation; Global environment

    Energy at the crossroads: global perspectives and uncertainties

    V. Smil MIT Press, 2005, 427pp. Originally published 2003, $16.95. ISBN 0262693240.

    Excellent introductory overview. Bibliography pp 383–418. ‘The most sober, thorough, and thoughtful integrated text on energy available, and it embodies core facts and some fundamental truths that any analyst of energy issues should ponder.’ (Nature)

    Energy, technology and directions for the future

    J.R. Fanchi Academic Press, 2004, 491pp. $69.99. ISBN 0122482913.

    Introductory review of the energy sources that will be available in the 21st century energy mix, with useful background. Three major sections: The science of energy; Origins of energy sources; Energy technology.

    Global warming: the complete briefing

    J.T. Houghton See entry no. 1163

    Life support: the environment and human health

    M. McCally, ed. See entry no. 4222

    Oceans 2020: science, trends, and the challenge of sustainability

    J.G. Field, G. Hempel and C.P. Summerhayes, eds; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research and Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment See entry no. 1350

    Protecting the ozone layer: science and strategy

    E.A. Parson See entry no. 1169

    Sharing the planet: population–consumption– species: science and ethics for a sustainable and equitable world

    B. van der Zwaan and A. Petersen, eds University of Chicago Press, 2004, 264pp. Distributed for Eburon Publishers, Delft. Also available via University Presses Marketing

    (www.universitypressesmarketing.co.uk), $24.00. ISBN 9051669860. www.sharingtheplanet.org [COMPANION]

    12 papers on sustainability submitted to the Pugwash Symposium, 2002, in two parts: Consumption, population and a sustainable economy; Biodiversity, globalization and sustainable governance. Appendix reproduces the Groningen Manifesto.

    ‘The book is made available at distressing times, times when some with particularly large ecological footprints have decided to turn their backs on issues of sustainability. As the authors point out, it is awareness of the true nature of making choices that holds the potential for correcting our present trajectory.

  • Engineering

  • from TECHNOLOGY
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 545-671

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Engineers and their profession

    J.D. Kemper and B.R. Sanders 5th edn, Oxford University Press, 2001, 346pp. $39.95. ISBN 0195120574.

    Highly rewarding introduction based on the US environment. Very useful chapter The branches of engineering with quite detailed descriptions, as well as much other good background information. An ideal place to start for someone relatively unfamiliar with engineering's theories, practices, problems and prospects.

    Introduction to engineering ethics

    R. Schinzinger and M.W. Martin McGraw-Hill, 1999, 272pp. $42.50. ISBN 0072339594.

    In line with the guidelines of the US ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, provides an overview suitable as background within engineering courses. Six chapters: Professionalism; Moral reasoning and ethical theories; Engineering as social experimentation; Commitment to safety; Workplace responsibilities and rights; Global issues.

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    Dictionary of engineering

    2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, 2003, 642pp. $19.95. ISBN 0071410503.

    Derived from the MCGRAW-HILL DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL TERMS.

    The dictionary of engineering acronyms and abbreviations

    U. Erb and H. Keller 2nd edn, Neal-Schuman, 1994, 878pp. $149.95. ISBN 1555701299.

    65,000 terms: more than twice the first edition.

    Elsevier's dictionary of engineering

    M. Bignami Elsevier, 2004, 1300pp. £196.50. ISBN 0444514678.

    In English/American, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese/Brazilian. Contains terms for 14 main subject areas, described as: Architectural engineering and buildings; Civil engineering; Engineering; Geology; Geotechnical engineering; Hydraulics; Hydrogeology; Hydrology; Mechanical Engineering; Mechanics; Mining Engineering; Petroleum engineering; Science and technics; Surveying.

    Laws, standards, codes

    Deutsches Institut für Normung

    See entry no. 32

    Official & quasi-official bodies

    Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology [USA]

    www.abet.org

    ‘In the United States, accreditation is used to assure quality in educational institutions and programs. Accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental process of peer review. It requires an educational institution or program to meet certain, defined standards or criteria. Accreditation is sometimes confused with certification. In general, institutions and programs are accredited, and individuals are certified.’

    Four disciplinary areas are covered by ABET; Engineering; Engineering technology; Computing (including Information systems); Applied science (Health physics; Industrial hygiene; Industrial management; Safety; Surveying).

  • Science, Technology & Medicine: Generic Resources

  • from SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & MEDICINE: GENERIC RESOURCES
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
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    Published online:
    08 June 2018
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    18 May 2004, pp 3-44

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Information: the new language of science

    H.C. Von Baeyer Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004, 192pp. Originally published 2003, £7.99. ISBN 0753817829.

    ‘Today we live in the information age. Wherever we look it surrounds us, and with the help of ever more efficient devices, from the internet through to mobile phones, we are producing, exchanging and harnessing more than ever before. But information does far more than define our modern age – at a fundamental level it defines the material world itself, for it is through its mediating role that we gain all our knowledge, and everything derives its function, existence and meaning from it.

    In twenty-five short chapters, von Baeyer takes us from the birth of the concept of information and its basic language, the bit, through to the coal-face of contemporary physics and beyond relativity; black holes; randomness; abstraction – explaining why it has the power to become the most fundamental concept in physics – as fundamental as mass and energy.’

    ‘A sense of wonder is an essential prerequisite to an appreciation of the discoveries of science, and wonderment is the emotion that will be most pleasantly evoked in the reader of this book.’ (Times Higher Education Supplement)

    The Oxford companion to the history of modern science

    J.L. Heilbron [et al.], eds Oxford University Press, 2003, 941pp. £67.00. ISBN 0195112296.

    Outstanding introduction – not just to ‘science’, but also to large parts of ‘technology’ and ‘medicine’. Perhaps most useful for those new to this arena are the entries relating to ‘The Body of Knowledge’: Epistemology and methodology; Cross-cutting concepts; Major subject divisions; Minor subject divisions; Theoretical constructs – with each article written in an approachable manner, stressing naturally the history, and appended with a short bibliography.

    Supplementing these entries for the ‘basic’ sciences are the ones for the ‘applied’ sciences.

    But there are also considerable numbers of discussions relating to the historiography of science, the organization and diffusion of science, the apparatus and instruments it uses, as well as about 100 biographies of key current and past scientists.

    Finally, there is a good Further Reading section, and a comprehensive Index.

  • Biological Sciences

  • from SCIENCE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 229-335

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Biology: the unity and diversity of life

    C. Starr and R. Taggart 10th edn, Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2004, 933pp. Includes CD-ROM and access to INFOTRAC, $120.95. ISBN 0534274137.

    www.info.brookscole.com/starr10 [COMPANION]

    Good undergraduate textbook covering all areas of the biological sciences. Introduction followed by seven parts: Principles of cellular life; Principles of inheritance; Principles of evolution; Evolution and biodiversity; Plant structure and function; Animal structure and function; Ecology and behaviour. Glossary; Subject and Application indexes. Accompanying website includes links to related sites, quizzes, tutorials.

    Calculus for biology and medicine

    C. Neuhauser 2nd edn, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004, 822pp. $128.00. ISBN 0131234412.

    Written exclusively for students in the biological and medical sciences showing throughout how calculus can help understand phenomena in nature.

    1st edn 2000.

    Experimenting with humans and animals: from Galen to animal rights

    A. Guerrini Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003, 165pp. $18.95. ISBN 0801871972.

    Seven chapters: Bodies of evidence; Animals, machines, and morals; Disrupting God's plan; Cruelty and kindliness; The microbe hunters; Polio and primates; Conclusion: Human rights, animal rights, and the conduct of science.

    Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science.

    Five kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the phyla of life on earth

    L. Margulis and K.V. Schwartz See entry no. 2848

    A history of molecular biology (Histoire de la biologie moléculaire)

    M. Morange Harvard University Press, 1998, 336pp. Translated by Matthew Cobb, $22.95. ISBN 0674001699.

    21 chapters in three parts: The birth of molecular biology; The development of molecular biology; The expansion of molecular biology. Appendix gives definition of terms. Well written – and well translated – volume. Good, rather different, introduction to this arena.

    ‘Well-researched and clearly written … Morange is critical of the triumphalist and reductionist claims of molecular biology, and ends the book by reflecting on its place in the life sciences. Writing from Paris, he is able to stand back from the orthodox story with its focus on ‘les Anglo-Saxons’, giving credit to others such as Nobel prize-winners André Lwoff, Jacques Monod and François Jacob.’ (New Scientist)

    Human molecular biology: an introduction to the molecular language of health and disease R.J. Epstein See entry no. 3570

  • 7 - Using ICT to support the project

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 108-126

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The aim of this chapter is to explore the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to support project management. As a result of reading this chapter, readers will have an overview of the diverse range of virtual communication tools and their use in supporting the project management process. In addition the chapter explores the project management software that is often used to plan, monitor and help manage the project information process.

    Virtual communications

    It is hard to imagine working in the library and information world without access to electronic communication tools such as e-mail and discussion lists. Virtual communication tools are widely used in libraries as a means of communicating with their users, providing an important channel for many information workers to communicate with their colleagues and also network both across the profession and with other professions. In today's fast-paced work environment virtual communication tools are essential for enabling project communication processes to take place in a timely manner. This section is an updated and rewritten version of an earlier work by the author (Allan, 2002).

    The types of virtual communication tools most commonly used in projects include e-mail, mailing lists, bulletin boards, webforms, polling, instant messaging, chat or conferencing, internet telephony and videoconferencing. These can be divided into two main types:

  • • Asynchronous tools. These enable project workers to communicate at a time that suits them. Individuals post a message that is held by the system. This message can be read and responded to as and when the recipient comes online. Asynchronous communications take place over time rather than at the same time.

  • • Synchronous tools. These enable people to communicate when they log on to the same system at the same time, i.e. they are immediate and live communications. However, unlike face-to-face communications, a transcript or record of the communication process is available in most systems.

    • E-mail

    E-mails are an essential tool for keeping in touch with project team members, funders, stakeholders and others. In large projects it is worthwhile spending a little time thinking about how e-mail will be used as there can be a danger that individuals will suffer from information overload. Some projects manage their virtual communications by using closed mailing lists (see below) or group communication software tools (see below) rather than simple e-mails.

  • Quick-start guide

  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
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    18 May 2004, pp viii-ix

  • Summary

    How TNW is organized

    Entries are hierarchically classified by subject area to three levels:

  • ■ At the highest level are the Subject Parts, in the order Science, Medicine, Technology;

  • ■ At the next level are the twelve Subject Groupings, six in Science, three each in Medicine and Technology;

  • ■ Each Grouping is then sub-divided into around one hundred Subject Fields.

  • ■ There are also two generic collections of entries: one at the start, describing resources covering the whole of STM (and, in some cases, all disciplines) the other at the end, highlighting tools that are especially valuable for information professionals.

    • Within this structure, descriptions of resources are allocated to one of the subject areas and then placed within one of thirteen Resource Categories:

  • [1] INTRODUCTIONS TO THE SUBJECT

  • [2] DICTIONARIES, THESAURI, CLASSIFICATIONS

  • [3] LAWS, STANDARDS, CODES

  • [4] OFFICIAL & QUASI-OFFICIAL BODIES

  • [5] RESEARCH CENTRES & INSTITUTES

  • [6] ASSOCIATIONS & SOCIETIES

  • [7] LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES & MUSEUMS

  • [8] PORTAL & TASK ENVIRONMENTS

  • [9] DISCOVERING PRINT & ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

  • [10] DIGITAL DATA, IMAGE & TEXT COLLECTIONS

  • [11] DIRECTORIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

  • [12] HANDBOOKS & MANUALS

  • [13] KEEPING UP-TO-DATE

    • For around a quarter of the resources, we have appended descriptions of associated or related resources (for example, additional items from the same producer or alternative views of the subject).

    We do not duplicate or cross-reference entries within the set of resource categories for a specific subject area: if a resource description could equally well be placed within two (or more) categories, it will usually appear in the category earliest in the sequence. However, we do frequently cross-reference (but not duplicate) resource descriptions between different subject areas.

    Entries, including cross-referenced entries, appear alphanumerically by title within each resource category. Where a resource has a particular area or country focus that is not apparent from its title, we have added a geographical indicator.

    The TABLE OF CONTENTS lists all the subject parts, groupings and fields, as well as the two generic sections, in the order in which they appear in the volume.

    The TOPIC INDEX provides alphabetical access to the subject headings used for the subject fields and groupings. It also lists more detailed and alternative subject headings to the ones chosen for the subject fields, indicating where commonly sought topics are located within our subject structure (for example, ‘Global warming’ takes you to entries located in Meteorology & Climatology).

  • 5 - Evaluation and dissemination

  • from Part 2 - The project life cycle, systems and processes
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 73-92

  • Summary

    Introduction

    This chapter is concerned with project evaluation and methods of disseminating the outcomes of the project. A formal project evaluation process is often required by the funders or sponsors of projects and, in all types of projects, they are an important means of learning from the experience. Individuals working on small, local projects may feel pressurized to move on to the next project as soon as their current one is complete but if they fail to reflect on and evaluate their work then there is the danger that mistakes will be repeated and lessons not learned. It is common practice to disseminate the outcomes of a project both as a means for gaining publicity for the project and ILS and also to help share good practice and lessons learnt within the library and information profession. Dissemination of the outcomes of the evaluation process is considered in the second part of this chapter, which covers reports, conference papers and presentations, and websites.

    Project evaluation

    An important part of the project completion process is the project evaluation, which is carried out for a number of different reasons. As a management tool it enables the project manager and others to identify their effectiveness, areas of strength and weakness, and lessons for the future. The outcomes of the evaluation process such as reports may be used to disseminate good practice and lessons learnt within the information and library community. In this way they can act as a marketing tool and also as a means of career progress for individuals. The funders or sponsors of projects will normally require some kind of evaluation process to be carried out. Finally a user group or other agency may become involved in evaluating the project.

    The project evaluation process involves finding answers to questions such as:

  • • Did the project achieve its outcomes?

  • • Did the project achieve any unexpected outcomes?

  • • Did the project manage to be on time and within budget, and to produce work to the required quality?

  • • What was the impact of the project on customers, colleagues and other stakeholders?

  • • What was the impact of the project on other library systems and services?

  • Appendix B - Resources

  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 190-190

  • Summary

    Audit Commission (1998) A Fruitful Partnership: ‘Effective Partnership Working’, London, Audit Commission Management Paper.

    Brown, M. (1998) Successful Project Management in a Week, 2nd edn, London, Hodder and Stoughton.

    Burke, R. (2003) Project Management. Planning and control techniques, 4th edn, Chichester, Wiley.

    CCTA (2002) Managing Successful Projects with Prince 2, Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, London, HMSO.

    Fisher, K. and Fisher, M. D. (2001) The Distance Manager, New York, McGraw-Hill.

    Gallacher, C. (1999) Managing Change in Libraries and Information Services, London, ASLIB/IMI.

    Leigh, A. and Walters, M. (1998) Effective Change: 20 ways to make it happen, 2nd edn, London, CIPD.

    Lock, D. (1992) Project Management, 5th edn, Aldershot, Gower. MacLachlan, L. (1996) Making Project Management Work for You, London, Library Association Publishing.

    Maitland, I. (2000) Budgeting for Non-Financial Managers, Harlow, Pearson.

    Maylor, H. (1996) Project Management, London, Pitman Publishing.

    Pugh, L. (2000) Change Management in Information Services, Aldershot, Gower.

    Slack, N., Chambers S. and Johnston, R. (2000) Operations Management, 3rd edn, London, Financial Times/Prentice Hall.

    Turner, J. R. (ed.) (2003) Contracting for Project Management, Aldershot, Gower.

    Turner, J. R. (ed.) (2003) People in Project Management, Aldershot, Gower.

    Wren, A. (2003) The Project Management A–Z, Aldershot, Gower.

    Young, T. L. (1998) The Handbook of Project Management: a practical guide to effective policies and procedures, 2nd edn, London, Kogan Page.

  • Medicine

  • from MEDICINE
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Book:
    The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 387-398

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Biomedical platforms: realigning the normal and the pathological in late-twentieth-century medicine

    P. Keating and A. Cambrosio MIT Press, 2003, 544pp. $55.00. ISBN 0262112760.

    Interesting sociologically-based review of the coming together of biological and medical approaches to form ‘biomedicine’. Useful offset to dichotomies underpinning science/technology, basic/applied, as well as biology/medicine itself. Notes and references pp 341–525.

    Calculus for biology and medicine

    C. Neuhauser See entry no. 1896

    Dicing with death: chance, risk and health

    S. Senn Cambridge University Press, 2003, 251pp. £14.99. ISBN 0521540232.

    Explanation of how statistics determines many decisions about medical care, from allocating resources for health, to determining which drugs to license, to cause-and-effect in relation to disease.

    ‘[a] remarkable achievement … In a slim paperback that is best read cover to cover. Stephen Senn has attempted to do for medical statistics what Stephen Hawking did for physics in A Brief History of Time … And Simon Singh did for pure mathematics in Fermat's Last Theorem. I think he has succeeded.’ (British Medical Journal)

  • ■ Medical statistics from A to Z: a guide for clinicians and medical students B.S. Everitt Cambridge University Press, 2003, 230pp. £20.99. ISBN 0521532043. Aims to provide non-technical definitions; with most entries having background reading which – where possible – involves ‘medical rather than statistical journals and introductory statistical texts rather than those that are more advanced’.

    • Essential medical statistics

    B.R. Kirkwood and J.A.C. Sterne 2nd edn, Blackwell Science, 2003, 501pp. £22.95. ISBN 0865428719.

    Successfully builds on the strength of the 1st edn by ‘keeping the emphasis on enabling the reader to know which method to apply when’. Responds to growth in use of ITbased techniques by covering methods formerly considered too advanced for an introductory text. Very well written and laid-out.

    ‘the breadth of coverage of the book is excellent … a rather different approach to teaching medical statistics.’ (Statistics in Medicine)

    ‘This book is statistically correct. That is enough to distinguish it from most of its competitors.’ (British Medical Journal)

  • ■ The Cambridge dictionary of statistics in the medical sciences B.S. Everitt Cambridge University Press, 1995, 274pp. £20.99. ISBN 0521479282. 2000 simple definitions and explanations of statistical concepts, especially those used in biomedicine.

  • 8 - The people side of projects

  • from Part 3 - Projects and people
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 129-148

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The purpose of this chapter is to explore the people side of projects. Nowadays library and information workers may find themselves working in a variety of team situations ranging from small in-house teams through to multi-skilled teams and collaborative teams made up of workers from a variety of professions and organizations. The latter type of team is particularly found in partnership working and is considered in more detail in Chapter 9.

    This chapter explores the people side of projects from the project manager's or co-ordinator's perspective. It starts by considering the fundamental requirements for project workers such as the need for a good-quality working environment and basic human resource management practices. The chapter then considers strategies for managing the team, including the characteristics of effective teams, getting started, life of teams, team roles, effective team working, challenging situations and reviewing team work. This is followed by a section that explores working across different cultures, for example with people from other countries or cultures, from different organizations or generations. Increasingly library and information workers are involved in working in virtual teams and the realities of virtual team work are explored and guidance given for project managers. Finally, the chapter explores the project manager's role in managing the people side of change that arises from the project.

    Fundamental requirements for project workers

    Chapter 2 outlines the different types of information workers (contract and permanent staff) who may be involved in working on the project. Many projects employ short-term contract staff and it is vitally important to ensure that they have access to a range of essential working requirements and services. These include:

  • • appropriate working environment, e.g. desk, computer with internet connection, Telephone

  • • relevant organizational information, i.e. information about the employing organization, the ILS, the project

  • • copies of organizational policies, e.g. equal opportunities policy, bullying and harassment policy, use of ICT and e-mail policy

  • • personnel information, e.g. contract, details about policies and procedures relating to holidays, sick leave, pensions.

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