http://www.ijeei.org/papers.html

Launched in 2009, this peer-reviewed Open Access journal publishes original papers in the field of electrical engineering and informatics, including power engineering, telecommunication engineering, computer engineering, information technology and biomedical engineering.

http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/about_judiciary/cost-review/index.htm

“The purpose of the review [report released on 14 January] was to examine ‘the rules and principles governing the costs of civil litigation and to make recommendations in order to promote access to justice at proportionate cost’. The final report has sections looking at the funding of litigation, fixed costs, personal injury litigation, specific types of litigation (including intellectual property, judicial review and housing claims), controlling the costs of litigation and recommendations. The report’s recommendations include getting rid of referral fees paid to Claims Management companies, reform of Conditional Fee Agreements (‘no win, no fee’ agreements) and fixed costs for Fast Track Claims where the trial can be concluded in a day.”
[Source: Intute: Law, 01-02-10]

http://www.peerproject.eu/fileadmin/media/reports/Final_revision_-_behavioural_baseline_report_-_20_01_10.pdf

Released on 1 Feb 2010, this 95-page report “is based on an electronic survey of authors (and authors as users) with more than 3000 European researchers and a series of focus groups covering the Medical sciences; Social sciences, humanities & arts; Life sciences; and Physical sciences & mathematics … [The] project was commissioned by PEER in April 2009 as part of a broader initiative to investigate the effects of the large-scale, systematic deposit of authors’ final peer-reviewed manuscripts (also called stage-two research outputs) on reader access, author visibility, and journal viability, as well as on the broader ecology of European research. The specific aim of the behavioural research is to understand the extent to which authors and users are aware of open access (OA), the different ways of achieving it, and the (de)motivating factors that influence its uptake”. [Source: email from Barbara Bayer-Schur, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, to AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM, 01-02-10]

http://www.advancementproject.org/sites/default/files/publications/01-EducationReport-2009v8-HiRes.pdf

“In the 1980’s a new movement began implementing policies, such as ‘zero tolerance’ and ‘high-stakes testing’, that were more punitive and penalizing in both the criminal justice and public education school systems. Recent studies show the U.S. graduates fewer than seven out of every 10 high school students. Have these two disciplinary policies produced a threat to the educational opportunities of America’s youth and consequently created a dropout crisis?” This 56-report released in January 2010 explores the issues. [Source: Docuticker, 04-01-10]

http://archivecatalogue.npg.org.uk/

“The National Portrait Gallery archive is the culmination of a two-year project to catalogue previously unseen material held at the gallery in Covent Garden. Including records on acquisitions as well as the protection and restoration of portraits, the archive also reveals insights into the day-to-day operation of the National Portrait Gallery. Among the papers in the National Portrait Gallery archive is a recommendation during the First World War that gallery staff should carry revolvers when guarding portraits stored in the King Edward Building Post Office Tube Station, near St Paul’s Cathedral.” [Source: Webuser, 05-02-10] Some documents are available online – if you search for the keyword rats, you’ll find the following record: NPG66/6/1/7 File of correspondence and papers relating to the Gallery’s war history 1940-1948. Link to the full record and you’ll find an online document detailing the rats dispatched and the methods used by Gallery employees – for example, “1 caught in 2nd class dressing room – killed by Rex with poker”.

http://www.gbbo.co.uk/partners/

“This is a partnership between Enterprise UK, Google & e-Skills, with the support of the Department for Business Innovation & Skills. In 2010 they aim to get 100,000 small businesses online for free. They offer small businesses a free co.uk website address, a free customised website and free online marketing. More partners are also wanted, to promote the service and hold events. Online seminars are being held, to tell interested businesses more.” [Source: Intute: Business & Management, 02-02-10]

http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php

Currently provides “access to 125077 full-text research theses from 213 Universities sourced from 16 European countries”. The provider, DART-Europe, “is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses … The DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs), and they participate in advocacy to influence future European e-theses developments”. [Source: Peter Scott’s Library Blog, 31-01-10]

http://www.spanishmedia.unt.edu/english/pages/journalofslm.html

“An online electronic journal … published annually by the Center for Spanish Language Media at the University of North Texas. The [journal] examines all aspects of Spanish language media, and is peer reviewed.” The 2009 issue includes “News Media Consumption and Political Participation in Central America: Causation and Explanation”; “Hispanic TV advertising, where did all the mariachis go?”; and “Studying the Latino Vote Through Past Presidential Elections and the 2008 Primaries”. [Source: Intute: Communication & Media Studies, 30-12-09]

http://prism.talis.com/mmu/

The new version of MMU’s library catalogue is designed to be not simply more attractive but also more accessible and much easier to use. It offers a basic keyword search option and, if you click on the More Search Options link, a chance to do more complex searches. Results include bookcover images – plus the chance to restrict the results in a number of ways, including to a particular site library, year of publication and author. You’ll find links to Reading Lists, the Library Website and My Account – which you can use to reserve books, check on the status of your interlibrary loans, and find out when your books are due back and renew them. Have a look and use the Feedbacks link to let our systems team know what you think.

http://bioinformatics.charite.de/supertoxic/

“In the development of new potential drugs the risk estimate of health hazards is a main challenge. To face this challenge, the careful and extensive investigation of known toxins is the basis to assess the properties of unknown substances. In order to achieve this aim, we have collected toxic compounds from literature and web sources in the database SuperToxic. The current version of this database compiles approx. 60,000 compounds with about 100,000 synonyms. These molecules are classified according to their toxicity based on more than 2,500,000 measurements.” [Source: Intute: Biological Sciences, 29-01-10]