New Books for September 2009

Title: Archaeoclimatology atlas of Oregon : the modeled distribution in space and time of the past climates of Oregon
Author: Bryson, Reid A.
Pub. Info: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2009.
Location: SpecColl Pacific NW
Call Number: QC884.5.O7 B79 2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC884.5.O7 B79 2009.

Title: Informing decisions in a changing climate
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Strategies and Methods for
Pub. Info: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC903.2.U6 N38 2009.

Title: Climate change and foreign policy : case studies from east to west
Pub. Info: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Location: Natural Sciences Stacks
Call Number: QC981.8.C5 C5113814 2009.

Title: Coping with climate change : national summit proceedings
Pub. Info: Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC981.8.G56 C675 2008.

New Books for August 2009

Title: Recent advances in remote sensing and geoinformation processing for land degradation assessment
Pub. Info: Boca Raton [Fla.] ; London : CRC Press, c2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: GE140 .R425 2009.

Title: Satellite aerosol remote sensing over land
Pub. Info: Berlin ; New York ; Chichester, UK : In association with Praxis
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC882.42 .S28 2009.

Title: Archaeoclimatology atlas of Oregon : the modeled distribution in space and time of the past climates of Oregon
Author: Bryson, Reid A.
Pub. Info: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC884.5.O7 B79 2009.

Title: Climate change : observed impacts on planet Earth
Pub. Info: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC903 .C56 2009.

Title: Informing decisions in a changing climate
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Strategies and Methods for
Pub. Info: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC903.2.U6 N38 2009.

Title: Ice Ages and interglacials : measurements, interpretation and models
Author: Rapp, Donald, 1934-
Pub. Info: Berlin ; Chichester : Springer, 2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC981.8.I23 R36 2009.

New Resources in Washington History Now Available

From the press release:

The University of Washington Libraries has recently completed a project to identify and preserve the most important early Washington State agriculture, forestry, and fisheries literature in cooperation with Cornell University, Washington State University, and other institutions. The project produced comprehensive bibliographies of Washington State agriculture, forestry, and fisheries books and journals published between 1820 and 1945 (2,323 entries). These bibliographies are now available online: http://www.lib.washington.edu/preservation/projects/washag/index.html

For more information, click the link above.

UW Libraries 2009 Serials and Electronic Resources Review

During the Spring Quarter, we advised you that an anticipated cut to the University Libraries materials budget would require a review of our journal, database, and other subscriptions with the aim of reducing our continuing obligations by up to $2 million annually. We are now nearing the end of this review and have linked a list of proposed cancellations to the Libraries Serials and Electronic Resources Review website at: http://depts.washington.edu/cdassess/feedback. The list, which is accessible to the UW community via NetId login, includes all the titles being considered for cancellation by the UW Seattle campus libraries, excluding Health Sciences. There is also a link to proposed Health Sciences cancellations.

The list can be sorted in title or broad disciplinary order, and it is searchable by title. There is a feedback mechanism where you may comment on titles you feel are essential or desirable to keep. The deadline for feedback is October 10.

Thank you for your help in this important task. If you have any questions about the 2009 Serials and Electronic Resources Review, feel free to contact your subject librarian directly:

Environmental Sciences:
Maureen Nolan, nolan@u.washington.edu

Atmospheric Sciences:
Stephanie Wright, swright@u.washington.edu

Earth and Space Sciences:
Matthew Parsons, parsonsm@u.washington.edu

New Books for July 2009

Title: Data assimilation for atmospheric, oceanic and hydrologic applications
Pub. Info: Heidelberg : Springer, c2009.
Location: Available Online

Title: Laser scanning for the environmental sciences
Pub. Info: Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: GE45.R44 L37 2009.

Title: Why we disagree about climate change : understanding controversy, inaction and opportunity
Author: Hulme, M. (Michael).
Pub. Info: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC981.8.C5 H825 2009.

Title: Restructuring federal climate research to meet the challenges of climate change
Pub. Info: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2009.
Location: Available Online
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks
Call Number: QC981.8.C5 R47 2009.

Trial of Two New Tools to Help You Access Online Material More Quickly

The Libraries has a couple trials going on to help you get to the information you're seeking, just that much quicker.

The first tool is a Citation Linker service.

Users can enter as much of the article citation as they have and the service will link to the full-text if we subscribe to it. Links to this service now appear on the public Find It, Articles & Databases, and E-Journals pages. The trial of this service will run through August 14th.

You can also try it out here.

The second trial is actually a series of three trials for a new "link resolver". Without getting into the technical details TOO much, a link resolver basically allows us to use the links in bibliographic databases like Web of Science or Expanded Academic ASAP to direct you to our subscribed content (think of the purple "Check for UW Holdings" buttons).

You don't need to do anything differently to try out the trial link resolvers, they'll just be going on in the background. If you would like to submit feedback on what you see, we're particularly interested in:

• Are the links clearly labeled and the displays clear?
• Are you getting the results you expect?
• Any differences you notice between previous "Check UW Holdings" and current?

You can submit feedback through this handy dandy form.

Limited ILL Service August 3rd and 4th

Just a heads up to plan ahead when it comes to Interlibrary Loan requests.

There will be no access to certain ILL services on August 3 and 4. As part of the harmonization of HSLIC and upper campus ILL operations the ILLiad server will be reconfigured on August 3rd. On August 4th ILL staff will be testing the new configuration. The server will not be available on those days. During the down time:

• new requests will not be accepted
• users will not be able to access the server to track requests or view documents
• ILL staff will not be able to process existing requests

On a brighter note, access to Summit requesting will not be affected by the reconfiguration so you can still request materials from other Summit libraries during that time.