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For more information, please contact: [email protected]. et al.: Full Issue: vol. 66, no. 4 ISSNPublished 0036-8059 by Jefferson Digital Commons, 2012 Volume 66, No 4 (2012)1 Sci-Tech News, Vol. 66 [2012], Iss. 4, Art. 11 https://jdc.jefferson.edu/scitechnews/vol66/iss4/11 2 et al.: Full Issue: vol. 66, no. 4 Volume 66, Number 4 (2012) ISSN 0036-8059 Columns and Reports From the Editor .........................................3 Science Today in Verse .............................14 SciTech News Call for Articles ......................4 On the Cover Division News Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division .................. 13 Engineering Division .................................. 8 Science-Technology Division ........................5 Reviews Beyond the Chemistry Web .......................15 Sci-Tech Book News Reviews .....................16 Index of Advertisers SPIE ...................................................... 10 In 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte led an invasion of Egypt, and in addition to an army of conquest, he brought along over 150 scientists, engineers, and architects. The engineers were supposed to survey modern Egypt, but they were immediately fascinated by the ruins of ancient Egypt, and they sketched furiously to record the tombs and monuments during their short stay. When the scientists returned, Copy Deadline they eventually published their observations in 23 volumes, including 837 engravings, many of them Issue Number 1 ................Feb 1 the largest ever printed, as Description de l’Egypte Issue Number 2 .............. April 1 (1809-1828). We see in the engraving one of those Issue Number 3 ............... Aug 1 engineers, admiring the remains of a colossus at Issue Number 4 ............... Nov 1 Karnak (photo and caption courtesy of the Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering & Technology). SciTech News 1 Published by Jefferson Digital Commons, 2012 3 Sci-Tech News, Vol. 66 [2012], Iss. 4, Art. 11 Volume 66, Number 4 (2012) ISSN 0036-8059 Editor Assistant Editor Business Manager Abby Thorne Abby Bedford Nevenka Zdravkovska 132 Hemingway Place Grand Valley State University University of Maryland Georgetown, KY 40324 Zumberge Library 1403J Mathematics Bldg (859) 539-5810 1 Campus Drive College Park, MD 20742-7011 [email protected] Allendale, MI 49401 (301) 405-9144 (616) 331-5075 Fax: 301-405-9164 Chair of the Review Board [email protected] [email protected] Bonnie Osif Pennsylvania State University 325 Hammond Building University Park, PA 16802-1403 (814) 865-3697 [email protected] Department Editors Sci-Tech Book News Reviews Web Reviews Beyond the Chemistry Web Selector: Susan Fingerman Bob Buchanan [email protected] SCITECH NEWS (ISSN 0036-8059) is published quarterly (March, May, September, December) by the Chemistry, Engineering, and the Science-Technology Divisions, the Aerospace Section of the Engineering Division, and the Materials Research and Manufacturing Section of the Chemistry Division of the Special Libraries Association, 132 Hemingway Place, Georgetown, KY, 40324, (859) 539-5810. 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For those of us in the United States, she and her colleagues at the Thanksgiving has just passed and I am still Linda Hall Library will no longer mindful of all of the many things for which I have be providing the cover images to be thankful and the many people I owe my everyone has enjoyed for a number of years. gratitude. I am thankful for the opportunity to We truly appreciate the service of Kathy and her be involved with the Special Libraries Association colleagues to SciTech News over the years and we wish her well in her retirement. providing excellent educational and leadership opportunities for its members. I am also thankful The end of the year also means new for all of you—the colleagues with whom I have opportunities for 2013. SciTech News is looking the opportunity to network and work alongside for recommendations for new sources of cover images. We are also looking for individuals who my assistant editor Abby Bedford for all of her are interested in writing columns such as the Web Reviews column and those interested in chairs of our contributing divisions and sections submitting papers (both peer-reviewed and non- as well as everyone else who contributed content peer-reviewed) for publication. Please feel free for our issues this year, thanks so much for all to contact me directly at abby.thorne@gmail. of your work on our behalf. com if you have suggestions or are interested in the publication opportunities we offer. The end of the year is not without some changes in SciTech News for the coming year. This is the I hope everyone has a happy and healthy holiday season! in Verse” column. Her column will be missed for its addition of science-related levity to Abby Thorne each issue. We really appreciate all of Hope’s [email protected] contributions to SciTech News. In addition, SciTech News 3 Published by Jefferson Digital Commons, 2012 5 Sci-Tech News, Vol. 66 [2012], Iss. 4, Art. 11 SciTech News Call for Articles! SciTech News is looking for a few good authors! If you have a research project, a new service in your library, a new instructional method, or other information you’d like to share with your colleagues, please consider writing for SciTech News. In addition to the regular articles, we now have a refereed section. Colleagues will review your article and provide feedback. Accepted articles will be published in the new electronic SciTech News. This is an excellent venue to get your research and ideas out to a group of interested readers and get that important refereed article for your dossier or annual review. For additional information, contact Editor Abby Thorne (abby.thorne@gmail. com) or Review Board Chair Bonnie Osif ([email protected]). Articles for the refereed section may be submitted to the Review Board Chair at bao2@psu. edu. 4 SciTech News https://jdc.jefferson.edu/scitechnews/vol66/iss4/11 6 et al.: Full Issue: vol. 66, no. 4 News from the Science-Technology Division Science-Technology Division Cheryl Hansen, Chair The objectives of the Science-Technology Division shall be to draw together those members of the Special Libraries Association having an interest in the role of library and information science as applied to the recording, retrieval and dissemination of knowledge and information in all areas of science and technology, and to promote and improve the communication, dissemination and use of Fall greetings to Sci-Tech members. This is my This will be a short column as the year is winding last column as Chair of the Sci-Tech Division. down and the Chicago conference is past history at this point. But now, it all begins again as Helen 2012 has gone by quickly and now I am looking is hard at work planning the 2013 Conference forward to handing my duties over to our in- programs for the division and even as Helen is coming chair, Helen Josephine. Now that I have preparing San Diego, the new Chair-Elect will be starting to plan for Vancouver in 2014. about the things that the past chair handles. It is a continuum that reminds us that everything Congratulations go to Nevenka Zdravkovska who has a time and place and that the world does you recently elected Chair for 2014. Nevenka not stay the same. has been our treasurer for the last three years and will make a great chair. Congratulations are My year as chair has been a good one; I have also in order for Thea Allen who will be Treasurer.