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  • Chemistry

  • 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 201-228

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The art of chemistry: myths, medicines, and materials

    A. Greenberg Wiley-Interscience, 2003, 357pp. $69.95. ISBN 0471071803.

    ‘Employs 187 figures (including 16 full-color plates) to illuminate 72 essays on the mythical origins, wondrous experiments, and adventurous explorers in the annals of chemistry.’

    ‘suitable as a gift for either a chemist or a … student … or as a reference book for a chemistry teacher … A useful visual compendium … captures the joy of collecting chemical images.’ (Journal of Chemical Education)

    Basics of chemistry

    R. Myers Greenwood Press, 2003, 373pp. $75.00. ISBN 0313316643.

    Good introduction for those starting out with chemistry, developing principles and concepts from discussions of everyday experiences, historic scientific discoveries, and laboratory experiments,

    Series: Basics of the Hard Sciences.

    Candid science I: conversations with famous chemists

    I. Hargittai Imperial College Press, 2000, 528pp. £21.00. ISBN 1860942288.

    35 famous chemists, including 18 Nobel Laureates, talk about their lives in science, their careers, aspirations, hardships, triumphs. Includes Pauling, Hoffman, Kroto, Olah. Candid science II is conversations with famous biomedical scientists. ‘István Hargittai … is brilliant at drawing his subjects out, tactfully asking them the right questions and thus providing us with an insider view of what chemistry in the 20th century has been like … these people are extraordinarily successful chemists, and enthusiasts for it. They make the book delightful to browse. Maybe it will, as it should, produce enthusiasts in its turn; it should be on everyone's bedside table.’ (Chemistry & Industry)

  • ■ Candid science III: more conversations with famous chemists 2003, 520pp. £21.00. ISBN 1860943373.

    • Chemical explanation: characteristics, development, autonomy

    J.E. Earley; New York Academy of Sciences 2003, 370pp. $130.00. ISBN 1573314560.

    Papers in this volume address: relations between macroscopic and microscopic description; essential roles of visualization and representation in chemical understanding; and historical questions involving chemical concepts, impacts of chemical ideas on wider cultural concerns.

    Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, V. 988. Based on the sessions of the Sixth Summer Symposium of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry.

  • 1 - Introduction

  • from Part 1 - Introduction
  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 3-14

  • Summary

    The purpose of this chapter is to introduce project management in the context of information and library services (ILS) and to introduce this book. This chapter considers the following topics:

  • • What is a project? Different types of projects.

  • • What is project management? Its benefits and challenges. Different approaches to project management. Project management in ILS.

    • It also supplies an overall introduction to the book and an overview of the individual chapters.

    This book

    The aim of the book is to provide a practical guide to library and information workers who are involved in project work either as a project manager or as a member of a project team. Project work is widespread in all types of library and information units, and typical projects range from developing a new information service, moving a library and digitization to introducing a new staff development programme. Projects may be relatively small and simple, for example involving one or two members of staff working on the same team, or large and complex ones involving people working in multi-professional teams. Complex projects sometimes involve working across different boundaries – professional, organizational, geographical, or working with new and developing IT systems. ILS workers often carry out these projects alongside their ‘full-time job’ and find that they need to develop new skills and ways of working in order to successfully manage their project as well as their main work role.

    The purpose of this book is to provide a guide and resource to project management within all types of information and library services (ILS). It explores tried and tested methods and techniques for managing projects and this includes paper-based approaches and also the use of project management software. Each chapter is supported by examples from a range of ILS departments and units. These examples provide a ‘feel’ for the realities of project management in today's turbulent environments.

    This book is based on information and knowledge obtained and developed from:

  • • the author's experiences as a project manager in academic and workplace library and information units

  • • her experiences in project work as an independent consultant and trainer

  • • feedback from colleagues attending her project management courses based at ASLIB/IMI in the UK

  • • visits (both real and virtual) to a wide range of library and information services

  • • professional networks and conferences, and also the literature.

  • Information & Communication Technology

  • 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 672-702

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Chasing Moore's law: information technology in the United States

    W. Aspray, ed. William Andrew, 2004, 208pp. $39.95. ISBN 1891121359.

    Excellent introductory overview to major policy issues in the USA related to information technology. Chapters are: Research and development funding; Telecommunications and computing; Internet governance; Internet use; Computer security and critical infrastructure; Privacy; Intellectual property; Antitrust; Digital divide; Workforce.

    Computer: a history of the information machine

    M. Campbell-Kelly and W. Aspray 2nd edn, Westview, 2004, 400pp. $35.00. ISBN 0813342643.

    Excellent history now extended beyond the development of Microsoft Windows and the Internet, to include open source operating systems like Linux, and the rise again and fall and potential rise of the dot.com industries.

    ‘Terrific! This is the best general history of computing yet written, by two of the field's most prominent historians. Computer is comprehensive, engaging, and a pleasure to read. Aspray and Campbell-Kelley paint the big picture of the information revolution that is affecting all of our lives.’ (David Mindell, MIT)

    Discrete mathematics: elementary and beyond

    L. Lovász, J. Pelikán and K. Vesztergombi See entry no. 488

    Milestones in computer science and information technology

    E.D. Reilly Greenwood Press, 2003, 392pp. $69.95. ISBN 1573565210.

    ‘Using the same approach as the popular Milestones in Science and Technology and Milestones in Health and Medicine, this unique reference features more than 600 concise entries describing the most significant advances in the field of computer science and information technology. Arranged in a convenient A-to-Z format, entries explain topics in a wide variety of categories.’

    ‘[A] very useful one-volume reference book for general readers, even high school students. While this is clearly a book heavy on history, it is not a dull tome of past events only, for the author carefully describes many basic terms and devices that are very much part of the scene today.’ (Communication Booknotes Quarterly)

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    The ACM Computing Classification System: 1998 Version

    Association for Computing Machinery

    www.acm.org/class/1998

    ‘ACM's first classification system for the computing field was published in 1964. Then, in 1982, the ACM published an entirely new system.

  • 9 - Working in partnership

  • 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 149-164

  • Summary

    Partnership is one of the most complex and difficult ways in which to work. When it works even reasonably well, however, it can bring some of the best results for the end-user.

    (Daker, 2003, p.47)

    Introduction

    Library and information workers have always had a tradition of networking and collaborative working, both within the profession and also with other professional groups. In the last decade governments, agencies and organizations have raised the profile of partnership working as they see this as one way of meeting the needs to modernize and develop new approaches to working and delivering services in a complex and rapidly changing environment. A scan of the current ILS literature reveals that many information workers are now involved in developing and delivering a wide range of services through partnerships.

    This chapter will explore the realities of working in partnership and it will focus on five themes: the context for working in partnership, benefits of working in partnership, challenges of working in partnership, processes of working in partnership, and managing the partnership.

    Context for working in partnership

    Sullivan and Skelcher (2002) highlight the rise in collaborative working between the public, private, voluntary and community sectors, and they map out how collaboration is central to the way in which public policy is made, managed and delivered in the UK. Partnership working is currently popular with the UK government where it is seen as an important strategy for tackling complex and interlinked problems such as crime, education, health and housing in our inner cities. Partnership working is one way in which the modernization agenda is being tackled. It involves collaboration with partnerships in health and social care, social inclusion, and education which includes a lifelong learning agenda involving many public and other library and information services. Financial drivers are often used to ensure that the different sectors and agencies work together in partnership to deliver services and products.

    A wide range of partnerships exist and these may be located within a region or country, transnational, e.g. European, or global. Pilling and Kenna (2002) provide an excellent overview of collaborative initiatives in the information world, which covers the UK national and regional perspectives, co-operation in specific fields (higher education, preservation), European and international co-operation, and funding. The following examples show the range and scope of some projects.

  • Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries & Food

  • 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 336-384

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    World agriculture: towards 2015/2030: an FAO perspective

    J. Bruinsma, ed.; Food and Agriculture Organization Earthscan, 2003, 432pp. £35.00. ISBN 1844070077.

    www.fao.org/documents

    Review assessing the worldwide prospects for food and agriculture, including fisheries and forestry, considering the issues at stake over the years to 2015 and 2030.

    Available online: see website.

    Dictionaries, thesauri, classifications

    Agricultural Ontology Service: AOS Food and Agriculture Organization

    www.fao.org/agris/aos/default.htm

    Project to develop a tool to help structure and standardize agricultural terminology in multiple languages for use by any number of different systems around the world. Aims to provide a framework for better indexing and retrieval of resources, increased interaction within the agricultural information community, and to contribute to W3C's Semantic Web [q.v.] activities.

    Agrovoc

    Food and Agriculture Organization

    www.fao.org/agrovoc

    Multilingual agricultural thesaurus maintained by FAO. The online version can be searched in seven languages and the whole thesaurus can be downloaded free. New terms can be suggested by e-mail.

    Biotechnology from A to Z

    W. Bains See entry no. 5012

    CAB Thesaurus

    CAB International 5th edn, CABI Publishing, 1999. £150.00. ISBN 0851993664.

    www.cabi-publishing.org

    Widely used thesaurus for the applied life sciences, available in printed and electronic formats; the latter may be used by third parties under licence. An online version, in beta test in 2004, allows searching for individual terms.

    Elsevier's dictionary of agriculture: in English, German, French, Russian and Latin

    T. Tosheva, M. Djarova and B. Delijska Elsevier, 2000, 786pp. €191.00. ISBN 0444500057.

    Multilingual dictionary containing terms in: plant growing and cultivation, processing of agricultural products, soil science, mineral nutrition, fertilizing, plant protection, agrometeorology, biochemistry and physiological characters of plants and animals, forest management and organization, animal breeding, foodstuffs, animal nutrition, veterinary medicine, farm implements and machinery, vehicles, economics and organization of agriculture.

    NAL Agricultural Thesaurus: NALT

    National Agricultural Library 3rd edn, 2004.

    agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/agt.htm

    Excellent online tool for browsing agricultural and biological concepts and terminology, containing some 62,000 terms. Also now available via a WEB SERVICES (SOAP) interface: there is a well written downloadable PDF NAL Thesaurus Web Services Reference Manual.

    Laws, standards, codes

    Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

    www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/AGRICULT/cgrfa

    A permanent inter-governmental forum aiming to ensure the conservation and sustainable utilization of genetic resources for food and agriculture, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits derived from their use, for present and future generations.

  • Clinical 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 426-465

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    Clinical communication handbook

    M. Piasecki Blackwell Science, 2003, 107pp. £16.95. ISBN 0632046465.

    ‘Communication is a critical skill in clinical practice and sometimes not emphasized in medical education. Effective communication skills ease the pressure in dealing with difficult or even ‘typical’ patients and will make your patients feel more comfortable with you. Clinical Communication Handbook can become an essential part of your physicianpatient education. Learn how to be a better communicator through the use of vignettes, dialog boxes, and evidencebased information.’

    Clinical research coordinator handbook

    D. Norris 3rd edn, Plexus Publishing, 2004, 150pp. $39.95. ISBN 0937548545.

    New edition of established text provides expanded coverage of the CRC duties and regulatory requirements, including new sections on investigator responsibilities, data clarification, and adverse event reporting.

    Concise Oxford textbook of medicine

    J.G.G. Ledingham and D.A. Warrell, eds Oxford University Press, 2000, 2007pp. Foreword by David Weatherall. CD-ROM version available, £39.95. ISBN 0192628704.

    Although a very good, nicely produced introduction and overview, still a large format substantial text. Section headings are: Cardiology; Haematology; Respiratory disease; Gastroenterology; Metabolic disorders; Endocrine disease and the pituitary; Nutrition; Disorders of the skeleton; Rheumatology; Diseases of the skin; Nephrology; Neurology; Psychiatry; Palliative medicine; Infectious disease; Sexually transmitted disease; Chemical and physical injuries and environmental factors and disease; Geratology; Forensic medicine.

  • ■ Oxford textbook of medicine D.A. Warrell [et al.], eds 4th edn, Oxford University Press, 2003. £275.00. ISBN 0192629220. Major well written and presented multi-author text. ‘It is an invaluable source of information, well written by experts in their respective fields. It will be the first reference source I choose when questions arise …’ Doody's Journal.

    • Foundations of evidence-based medicine

    M. Jenicek Parthenon, 2003, 392pp. $99.95. ISBN 1842141937.

    Emphasizes the use of formal logic as applied to clinical problems; offers essential definitions, formulae, outlines, flow charts, and checklists useful in health measurement, case and occurrence studies, search for causes, clinical trials, and prognoses.

    Human body systems

    M. Windelspecht, ed. Greenwood Press, 2004. 10 v, $399.95. ISBN 0313331197.

    The circulatory system; The digestive system; The endocrine system; The lymphatic system; The muscular system; The nervous system and sense organs; The reproductive system; The respiratory system; The skeletal system; The urinary system.

The New Walford Guide to Reference Resources
  • Volume 1: Science. Technology and Medicine
  • Edited by Ray Lester
  • Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004
  • First published in 1959, "Walford's Guide to Reference Material" achieved international recognition as a leading bibliographic tool across all subject areas. "The New Walford (TNW) Volume 1: Science, Technology and Medicine" is the first volume of a radically different guide. Published in a three-volume cycle, "TNW" points you to an expertly chosen selection of key, quality resources - accessible via the web and in print - in each subject field (unlike leading search engines). "TNW" has a much simpler subject classification than its predecessor, with resources within the 12 groupings divided between about 100 distinct and generally recognizable subject fields, and then allocated to one of just 13 standard resource categories. The classification is supplemented by a detailed topic index, and each subject grouping has a short introductory essay, highlighting the distinctive features of its reference resources. Each resource is given a succinct description, leading the busy user straight to its key features. This new reference book is valuable for information professionals worldwide who need to suggest resources to people who are relatively unfamiliar with the nuances of a topic and who are asking, 'Where should I start?' The focus is on resources that are most likely to be found and used within public, government, education or business information services. It is also intended for LIS professionals responsible for developing and revising a reference collection, research workers and students. "TNW": is the paper portal to the world of reference resources.

  • 11 - Project management skills and training

  • 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 179-184

  • Summary

    Introduction

    Over a decade ago projects were carried out occasionally, often as the result of a change within a local library system or in response to national initiatives. Nowadays they are part of the day-to-day working lives of many information workers and they provide an important force for library and information development and innovation. As shown earlier in this book project work offers an important route to funding both core and developmental activities in libraries and information services. These projects often involve working in new ways within multi-professional teams across traditional boundaries. Many project workers and managers are working on multiple projects.

    Given the current importance of project work it is vital that library and information professionals develop the appropriate set of knowledge and skills to enable them to take part in and successfully lead and manage project work. This chapter focuses on the knowledge and skills required by project managers, and also training and education provision in this area.

    Knowledge and skills required by project managers

    The development of a library and information profession with appropriate knowledge and skills in project management is essential for the future of libraries and information services (both terrestrial and virtual ones) and also the profession. Simon Tanner (2003, p.34), speaking in the context of digital projects, says:

    Managers have to develop skills in the more flexible, competitive regions of project management, systems implementation and fundraising. Whatever the size of the library, there will be technology to implement, and the ability to manage the process has become a key requirement for librarians. The growth in competition for funding means that meting obligations on time and in budget is critical, not just for the task in hand but for future funding prospects as well.

    Tanner identifies the skills and experience required in all next generation managers’ toolkits as:

  • • clear vision

  • • stakeholder studies

  • • feasibility studies

  • • infrastructure survey

  • • matrix of requirements

  • • risk assessment.

  • Preface

  • 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 vii-vii

  • Summary

    Although The new Walford: guide to reference resources (TNW) has a broadly similar purpose to John Walford's classic Guide to reference materials, its structure and content are quite different. Developments on the internet and the web have ensured that. We have focused much more on the needs of newcomers to the various areas of science, technology and medicine (STM), simplifying the book's subject arrangement, but at the same time considerably widening the types of resource described. Above all, whilst hardly creating a book that is bedtime reading, we have aimed to make the guide easily browsable.

    There is greatly increased emphasis on the producers of STM information, on the basis that these are less likely to change than the individual resources that they generate. This includes a wide range of stakeholders (sponsors, regulators, critics, etc.) who make up the landscape of STM research and practice. Distilling the volume and wealth of resources now accessible down to a ‘starter pack’ of a few thousand items not surprisingly has been rather challenging; and there is no doubt that we will have been more successful in some subject areas than in others. We shall welcome feedback on the resource choices we have made via the TNW dedicated e-mail address:

    newwalford@facetpublishing.co.uk. Most research for this volume was carried out mid-2004, however, all URLs were checked in April 2005.

    It is not possible in a volume of this type and size to treat all the different viewpoints within each subject; especially in areas of controversy. The majority of the resources described reflect what the Editors perceive to be the currently dominant paradigms within STM. However, in a number of subject areas one or two works are cited which depart significantly from the mainstream in their treatments. These are included simply to remind the reader that such alternative viewpoints exist and should be pursued in any comprehensive survey.

  • Physics & Astronomy

  • 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 84-111

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The Cambridge companion to Newton

    I.B. Cohen and G.E. Smith, ed. Cambridge University Press, 2002, 514pp. £15.99. ISBN 0521656966.

    In this text ‘distinguished contributors examine the main aspects of Newton's thought’, including not only his work in mathematics and physics, but also his other investigations into alchemy, theology, and prophecy.

  • ■ The Newtonian moment: science and the making of modern culture M. Feingold; New York Public Library and University of Cambridge Oxford University Press, 2005, 234pp. £25.00. ISBN 0195177355. www.nypl.org/research/newton [COMPANION]. Produced to accompany an exhibition at NYPL co-sponsored by the University of Cambridge Library: 8 October 2004 – 5 February 2005.

    • Cosmology and controversy: the historical development of two theories of the universe H. Kragh See entry no. 698

    The elements of physics

    I.S. Grant and W.R. Phillips Oxford University Press, 2001, 789pp. £32.99. ISBN 0198518781.

    www.oup.com/ephys [COMPANION]

    Good reliable solid text in seven parts: Mechanics; Vibrations and waves; Quantum physics; Properties of matter; Electricity and magnetism; Relativity; Mathematical review. ‘The new text is elegantly produced and maintains an excellent standard. It is well illustrated, but not as profusely as American texts; this economy is welcome.’ (Times Higher Education Supplement)

    Explorations in physics: an activity-based approach to understanding the world

    D.P. Jackson, P.W. Laws and S.V. Franklin Wiley, 2002, 368pp. $59.95. ISBN 0471324248.

    A valuable source of projects and topics for pre-degree and undergraduate students and their teachers. Well presented materials include various problems for the reader to tackle, if wished, to gain a greater depth of understanding of a topic. ‘A useful, well researched and interesting book. an excellent source of inventive and fascinating teaching ideas.’ (Physical Sciences Educational Reviews)

    Fundamentals of physics: extended edition

    D. Halliday, R. Resnick and J. Walker 7th edn, Wiley, 2004, 1328pp. $140.95. ISBN 0471232319.

    http://he-cda.wiley.com/WileyCDA

    Leading textbook available in a variety of offerings. This extended edition provides enhanced coverage of developments in physics in the last 100 years, including: Einstein and Relativity, Bohr and others and Quantum Theory, and more recent theoretical developments such as String Theory.

    URL gives access to details of the full range of Wiley's higher education texts for physics – and for other subjects.

    Newton's Principia for the common reader

    S. Chandrasekhar Oxford University Press, 2003, 616pp. £52.50.

  • 4 - Implementation

  • 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 61-72

  • Summary

    Introduction

    Once the project has been planned and the project manager has received permission to go ahead then the implementation process starts and the project manager and team will work on the project until it is complete. This chapter explores the implementation and project completion process, and it provides guidance on what to do if things go wrong.

    Implementing the project

    This stage involves putting the plan into action and actually ‘doing’ the project. The implementation phase involves managing the following:

  • • people

  • • resources

  • • project process.

    • The people side of project management is covered in more detail in Chapter 10 and the financial side is covered in Chapter 6. In this section we will focus on the project process which involves monitoring, tracking and, where necessary, taking corrective action. Effective project managers are people who are able to juggle many different tasks and issues, and respond proactively to problems and challenges as they arise during the project implementation process.

    Although you will have a detailed project plan, it is unlikely that everything will go exactly to plan. Your risk analysis will have identified potential trouble spots and these all need careful monitoring. In real-life projects a diverse range of factors can intervene with adverse effects. Some examples include:

  • • staff sickness

  • • late arrival of equipment

  • • technical failures of equipment or software

  • • inaccurate estimations of the amount of time it will take to complete a task

  • • changes in the price of essential supplies

  • • failure to get permission to go ahead with a particular aspect of the project

  • • change in requirements by funding organization or sponsor

  • • unexpected events, e.g. fire, flood, landslide.

    • Monitoring the tasks

    As project manager you need to monitor tasks, blockages and slippage, match of plan with reality, expenditure, quality, complex changes to the plan. Reiss (1995) identifies two approaches to monitoring progress:

  • • DIY – Do-It-Yourself, i.e. wander around and talk with people, observe what is happening and ask for printouts as and when you think it is appropriate. One of the advantages of this approach is that sometimes small problems or potential problems can be identified extremely early in the project process and a solution can be worked out with the team involved in that part of the project.

Project Management
  • Tools and Techniques for Today's ILS Professional
  • Barbara Allan
  • Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004
  • Project work is widespread in all types of library and information units, and typical projects can involve developing a new information service, moving a library, digitizing materials or introducing a new staff-development programme. Projects may be relatively small and simple, with one or two members of staff working in the same office, or large and complex, involving people working in multi-professional teams. Complex projects sometimes involve working across different boundaries - professional, organizational, geographical - or working with new and developing ICT systems. ILS workers often carry out these projects alongside their full-time jobs, and find that they need to develop new skills and ways of working in order to manage their project successfully as well as their main work role. If you are an information professional involved in project work of any kind, whether on a managerial, practical, academic or research level, this book offers you a valuable resource. Its purpose is to act as a guide to project management within all types of library and information services. It explores tried and tested methods and techniques for managing projects, including paper-based approaches, and also the use of project management software. Each chapter is supported by examples that provide a feel for the realities of project management in today's turbulent work environments.

  • Introduction

  • 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 xv-xx

  • Summary

    This Introduction covers:

  • ■ Introducing TNW

  • ■ What's new about TNW?

  • ■ The new information universe

  • ■ Selection and description of resources

  • ■ Organization and arrangement of entries

    • Introducing TNW

    The first volume of The New Walford (TNW) is a guide to reference resources in Science, Technology and Medicine (STM). It provides a collection of resources aimed particularly at helping people to research unfamiliar subject areas. It offers comprehensive coverage of the range of resources available in the networked world, but is necessarily selective in the set of items chosen for each subject field. Our aim is to get you started, to help you navigate uncharted territory and find the right types of resources to meet your needs.

    This new guide builds on the reputation and concept of the classic Walford's guide to reference material, but we have made radical changes to the design, focus and layout. The internet and the world wide web have had a dramatic impact on the quantity and quality of information resources, especially in STM. The new information universe is diverse and complex with its mix of established and emergent media.

    What's new about TNW?

    TNW has been completely ‘re-engineered’ for the hybrid information world. There are seven key changes from ‘The Old Walford’.

  • ■ Focus on the newcomer – TNW has been specially designed to help the less-experienced user of STM resources, particularly people researching a field for the first time.

  • ■ Simpler subject arrangement – TNW has moved away from the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) and adopted its own straightforward threelevel scheme of subject parts, subject groupings and subject fields.

  • ■ Navigation by topic – TNW's new TOPIC INDEX helps you to find your way quickly from a subject heading or an alternative sought term to the right place in the main sequence.

  • ■ New resource categorization – TNW has replaced the 40 or so ‘form headings’ used in the old Walford with a new simpler set of 13 resource categories.

  • ■ Expansion of resource types – TNW includes the full spectrum of resources now available to the internet user, with thousands of organizational websites and portals complementing its coverage of traditional reference tools.

  • ■ Introductory essays – TNW also helps the STM newcomer by offering fifteen short narrative introductions, highlighting key features of each subject part and subject grouping.

  • Appendix A - The language of funding

  • Barbara Allan
  • Book:
    Project Management
    Published by:
    Facet
    Published online:
    08 June 2018
    Print publication:
    18 May 2004, pp 185-189

  • Summary

    For ILS workers who have not previously ventured into the world of funding it may appear as if they have walked into a strange new world with its own language. Getting to grips with this language is important and an essential activity for any project manager who is working on or hoping to work on an externally funded project. This section provides a summary of many of the important terms, based, in part, on the work of Adirondack (1998).

    The people involved in finance

    Accountant

    Someone who will provide financial advice and/or manage your financial records and provide appropriate financial information in an appropriate format, e.g. for auditing purposes.

    Auditor

    Someone who will audit or check the ‘paper-trail’ and ensure that the project money has been spent in an appropriate way and as outlined in the contract.

    Beneficiaries

    Individuals who benefit from the funding, e.g. as customers in the ILS service or individuals who attend training courses or sessions funded by the project.

    Donor, funder or sponsor

    An individual or organization that provides money for projects or other ventures. Donors are individuals who give or raise donations, e.g. from individuals or organizations. A funder or sponsor is normally an organization that provides grants or funds (or other forms of support).

    Project manager

    The person who is responsible for managing the finances, maintaining the financial records and reporting the financial situation to their manager, management group or steering committee.

    Reviewer

    An individual who is involved in checking a grant application and ensuring that it matches the criteria of the funding organization. They will then evaluate the application and make a recommendation on its acceptance or otherwise.

    The funding process

    Assessment or review process

    The funding application will normally be assessed by either a committee or number of individuals. Their role is to check the funding application against their criteria for funding and grade it. Funding applications that achieve the highest grade, i.e. that are the closest match to the funder's criteria, are those that are likely to be successful.

    Budget

    A summary of the project finances, including the costs of everything and also any income.

  • Science

  • 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 47-59

  • Summary

    Introductions to the subject

    The age of science: what scientists learned in the twentieth century

    G. Piel Basic Books, 2001, 480pp. $40.00. ISBN 0465057551.

    Engaging story by former Editor of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Includes coverage of: fundamental forces of nature; subatomic world; cosmology; cell and molecular biology; earth history and evolution of life; human evolution. Useful end notes.

    ‘Highly recommended for all libraries. All levels.’ (Choice)

    At the fringes of science: with a new epilogue M.W. Friedlander Westview, 1998, 202pp. $31.00. ISBN 0813390605.

    ‘What makes Friedlander's book especially useful is that he reviews conventional scientific method and shows how scientists examine the hard cases to determine what is science and what is pseudoscience. Emphasizing that there is no clear line of demarcation between science and nonscience, Friedlander leads the reader through case after entertaining case, covering the favorites of ‘tabloid science’ such as astrology and UFOs, scientific controversies such as cold fusion, and those maverick ideas that were at first rejected by science only to be embraced later. There are many good stories here, but there is also much learning and wisdom.

    Students of science and interested lay readers will come away from this book with an increased understanding of what science is, how it works, and how the non-scientist should deal with science at its fringes.’

  • ■ The skeptic: encyclopedia of pseudoscience M. Shermer, ed. ABC-CLIO, 2002, 903pp. $185.00. ISBN 1576076539. Editor and publisher of The Skeptic magazine provides comprehensive introduction to the most prominent pseudoscientific claims made in the name of ‘science’.

  • ■ Society for Scientific Exploration www.scientificexploration.org. Professional forum for presentations, criticism, and debate concerning topics which are for various reasons ignored or studied inadequately within mainstream science. Quarterly journal. Useful set of Links (under Young Investigators Program.

    • Blackwell guide to the philosophy of science P. Machamer and M. Silberstein, ed. Blackwell Publishing, 2002, 360pp. £18.99. ISBN 0631221085.

    Good wide-ranging overview. 15 chapters ranging from A brief historical introduction to the philosophy of science (and prognostications about its future) to Feminist philosophy of science.

    Chronology of science: from Stonehenge to the Human Genome Project

    L. Rosner, ed. ABC-CLIO, 2002, 566pp. $85.00. ISBN 1576079546. Chronologies divided into subject areas: astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, etc.

  • 6 - The money side of projects

  • 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 93-107

  • Summary

    Introduction

    The ability to understand and manage the money side of projects is an essential skill for all project managers. Although some ILS projects are carried out within normal departmental budgets, many projects are funded by external sources. This means that many information workers become involved in obtaining external funding and then managing a budget. The focus of this chapter is funding and obtaining funds from external sources. In addition, the chapter covers current approaches to funding, external sources of funding, bidding and tendering for projects, managing the finances, and audits.

    Appendix A contains a glossary of common terms relating to the money side of projects.

    Current approaches to funding

    The last ten years have seen the rise of a competitive bidding culture in which different organizations bid for public or private sector funds. Funding is available from a wide range of sources including international organizations, the European Union, central and regional governments, businesses, charitable and other special funds, and individual donors.

    This bidding culture is driven by a range of factors. First, public funding has been reduced. Secondly, there is a belief that bidding promotes better use of resources, increased accountability and creativity. Sometimes there can also be a desire to fund and support particular ways of working, or to facilitate cross-organizational and/or cross-sectoral approaches. Finally, the integration of a diverse range of organizations, departments and services can play its part.

    Today in the UK and other countries a wide range of projects on themes as varied as ICT developments, social inclusion needs, improvement of storage to meet standards, extending access, digitization of resources, lifelong learning, information provision, remote services, for example to rural communities, upgrading and relocating accommodation are supported by external funding.

    The work of Parker et al. (2001) demonstrates the current importance of the bidding culture in public sector library and information work. In their research report The Bidding Culture and Local Government: effects on the development of public libraries, museums and archives they state that ‘Bidding for funds, especially additional monies, is now widely accepted in the archives, libraries and museums sectors as part of the everyday management agenda.’ Their findings indicate that 73% of archives, libraries and museums submitted bids for at least one or two major projects during the study period and that only 3% of libraries had not submitted bids for projects worth over £10,000.

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