Self-archiving and the Copyright Transfer Agreements of ISI-ranked library and information science journals

A study of Thomson-Scientific ISI ranked Library and Information Science (LIS) journals (n = 52) is reported. The study examined the stances of publishers as expressed in the Copyright Transfer Agreements (CTAs) of the journals toward self-archiving, the practice of depositing digital copies of one\u27s works in an Open Archives Initiative (OAI)-compliant open access repository. Sixty-two percent (32) do not make their CTAs available on the open Web; 38% (20) do. Of the 38% that do make CTAs available, two are open access journals. Of the 62% that do not have a publicly available CTA, 40% are silent about self-archiving. Even among the 20 journal CTAs publicly available there is a high level of ambiguity. Closer examination augmented by publisher policy documents on copyright, self-archiving, and instructions to authors reveals that only five, 10% of the ISI-ranked LIS journals in the study, actually prohibit self-archiving by publisher rule. Copyright is a moving target, but publishers appear to be acknowledging that copyright and open access can co-exist in scholarly journal publishing. The ambivalence of LIS journal publishers provides unique opportunities to members of the community. Authors can self-archive in open access archives. A society-led, global scholarly communication consortium can engage in the strategic building of the LIS information commons. Aggregating OAI-compliant archives and developing disciplinary-specific library services for an LIS commons has the potential to increase the field\u27s research impact and visibility. It may also ameliorate its own scholarly communication and publishing systems and serve as a model for others

State-of-the-art electron, proton, and X-ray generators for medical and industrial applications

Summary form only given. Accelerator technology, especially on the size scale appropriate for medical and industrial use, is advancing rapidly. IBA has developed a range of particle (electron and proton) accelerators and X-ray generators to target many of these applications. I will discuss design and configuration of these accelerators and their usage in medical diagnosis and especially in the treatment of cancer. For example, one mitigation technique for treatment of cancerous tumors is based on a stand-alone cyclotron. These cyclotrons produce proton beams of 400 nA intensity at 230 MeV, they weigh 200 Tons for a diameter of 4 meters. High-current cyclotrons have been designed to produce samples of short-lived radioisotopes required in many hospital diagnostics, including SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) employed in heart, brain, and kidney diagnosis and PET (positron emission tomography), which is more focused on cancer detection. A line of high-power electron accelerators, based, in part, on a concept from the French Commission on Atomic Energy, and applicable in industry is being developed and manufactured. These devices are employed in many industrial applications, including sterilization of medical equipment, enhancement of polymers, pasteurization of food, purification of water, and neutralization of toxic fumes.Anglai

Library and information science research areas: Analysis of journal articles in lisa

The main fields of research in Library Science and Documentation are identified by quantifying the frequency of appearance and the analysis of co-occurrence of the descriptors assigned to 11,273 indexed works in the Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) database for the 2004–2005 period. The analysis made has enabled three major core research areas to be identified: World Wide Web, Libraries and Education. There are a further 12 areas of research with specific development, one connected with the library sphere and another 11 connected with the World Wide Web and Internet: Networks, Computer Security, Information technologies, Electronic Resources, Electronic Publications, Bibliometrics, Electronic Commerce, Computer applications, Medicine, Searches and Online Information retrieval