Author Archives: David Romito

Biodiversity Heritage Library

From their website: “The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize and make accessible the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for … Continue reading

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Department of Marine Sciences’ Sankey L. Blanton Jr. Lecture Event

Don’t miss the UNC Department of Marine Sciences’ Sankey L. Blanton Jr. Lecture Event this Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011.  Guest speaker Dr. Jeremy Jackson, former director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation and Professor of Oceanography at the … Continue reading

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6th Annual Carolina Climate Change Seminar

Don’t miss the 6th Annual Carolina Climate Change Seminar on Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium, Fedex Global Education Center, UNC-Chapel Hill. Dr. Benjamin Santer, renowned climate scientist specializing in “climate fingerprint” studies at … Continue reading

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Science mobile apps

RSC Publications recently announced the release of its free mobile application for iOS.  You can search RSC publications that your institution subscribes to, save articles to read offline, and share via email, Facebook, and Twitter.  RSC also offers a ChemSpider … Continue reading

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Scientific Illustration in the Age of Galileo Is Topic of Hanes Lecture Sept. 22

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Pictures, Books, and Science: From Description to Diagram in the Circle of Galileo Fourteenth Hanes Lecture on the History of the Book Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 5 p.m. Reception and exhibit viewing 5:45 p.m. Program Wilson Special Collections Library University … Continue reading

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ScienceDirect unavailable Sept. 10

ScienceDirect will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance on the 10th of September for approximately 11 hours during the following times: U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT): 7:30AM EDT – 6:30PM EDT

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5.8 magnitude earthquake in Virginia

Details from the US Geological Survey. Let them know if you felt it! Magnitude 5.8 Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:04 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location … Continue reading

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Science Library Annex re-opening delayed until July 27

The re-opening of the Science Library Annex has been delayed until Wednesday, July 27. If you need library materials before then, please contact us first at 962-2264 or kenan-library@listserv.unc.edu and we’ll do our very best to accommodate you.

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K-12 Evolution Education for Underrepresented Minorities: Request for Proposals

Forwarded from NESCent News: Deadlines: September 1, 2011 or January 1, 2012 NESCent – The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (Durham, NC) As part of NESCent’s ongoing efforts to increase diversity in evolutionary science, the center is sponsoring a range of … Continue reading

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Science Library Move July 18-22

The collections and services of the Brauer Math/Physics Library and the Geological Sciences Library will close in their current locations at the end of the day on Friday, July 15, 2011, in preparation for moves to new campus locations. Collections … Continue reading

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