LTRC-TTEC Library News

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Discussion Forum

If anyone is interested, all are invited...

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YOU ARE FORMALLY INVITED TO ATTEND…

A Colloquium and Discussion Forum hosted by
Elsevier, in partnership with Louisiana State University entitled…

Assessing Research Performance and Value:
Exploring New Ways to Measure, Evaluate, and Improve Effectiveness

University faculty, administrators, librarians, researchers as well as publishers engage in "information valuation." What is the value of information resources to a researcher and how is this different from the way librarians and administrators value information? From the university administration perspective, what is the return on investment in information resources? Pundits say that the future lies in the "Information Economy."

How do perspectives vary across the academic disciplines regarding research evaluation? What new methods are available for assessing the research landscape, both internally and externally?

How do publishers make decisions on what to publish, in what format(s) and how it is valued by the research community?

Join us for an exploration of these issues, anchored by recent studies on the ROI of information resources and research performance evaluation. Lunch will be provided, courtesy of Elsevier.

(topics of discussion & speakers included below)

Date & Time

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
9:00AM - 2:30PM
Location

The Lod Cook Alumni Center on the campus of Louisiana State University
Abell Room
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

RSVP

Respond by Friday, November 6th with your interest to
Lashaon McGee
Senior Events Marketing Manager – Elsevier, New York
RSVP@elsevier.com

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TOPICS OF DISCUSSION & SPEAKERS
(Please note the order in which the topics are listed do not necessarily represent the order of the program)

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Adam Chiaino, Regional Director, Research Focus Market, Academic & Government, Elsevier

ROI in Information to University Grants – An International Study
Daviess Menefee, Global Director for Institutional Relations, Elsevier

Measuring the Research Environment: Patterns and Indicators
Niels Dam, Manager, Strategy & Business Development, Elsevier

Publishing Connect: How to Get Published in Scientific Journals
Elizabeth Perill, Publisher, Toxicology, Elsevier

PANEL DISCUSSION: The Academic Perspective on Research Evaluation

Daniel Calto, Director of Product Management, Elsevier

Kevin Carman, Dean of the College of Basic Sciences, LSU

Peter Kelleher, Assoc Vice Chancellor, Intellectual Property, Commercialization & Development, LSU

James C. Garand, Ph.D., Emogene Pliner Distinguished Professor of Political Science, LSU

Anna K. Nardo, Alumni Professor of English, Chair of the English Department, LSU

PANELLISTS BIOGRAPHIES

Daniel Calto is the Director of Product Management for the Performance, Planning, and Funding team in the Academic and Government Products Group. As head of the team, Daniel is responsible for long-term strategic planning of products and services in the areas of performance and planning for research universities and government funding agencies. He has a strong professional interest in research and development policies and their relation to economic growth, and the how the changing global research landscape is reshaping the scientific enterprise. In addition, he has an interest in the innovative use of technology to enable more productive research.

Prior to joining Elsevier, he was the director of research strategy and senior director of research administration at Columbia University in New York, and before that he was the Director of Sponsored Programs Administration at New York University Medical School. He has a Masters in Business Administration from New York University, where he majored in Finance and International Business.

Kevin Carman is Dean of the College of Basic Sciences at LSU, a position he has held since 2005. Prior to this, Kevin was Associate Dean for Finance and Administration in the College of Basic Sciences. He is also a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, where he has taught and conducted research since coming to LSU in 1989. Research interests include eenvironmental impact of CO2 sequestration on deep-sea communities, and trophic interactions between marine sedimentary microorganisms and benthic metazoa. Kevin received his PhD in Biological Oceanography in 1982 from Florida State University.

James C. Garand, Ph.D. is the Emogene Pliner Distinguished Professor of Political Science at LSU, and also serves on the faculty of the Manship School of Mass Communication. He is a Senior Fellow at the Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs. Jim has teaching and research interests in the fields of legislative politics, electoral politics, public opinion, public policy, state politics, domestic political economy, and methodology and statistics. His research on a wide range of topics in American politics has been published in numerous journals. A recent work of his involving assessment, "Ranking Political Science Journals: Reputational and Citational Approaches," was published in PS: Political Science and Politics. Jim was the recipient of the LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Award in 2001, recognizing excellence in graduate teaching.

Peter Kelleher is Associate Vice Chancellor for Intellectual Property, Commercialization & Development. Peter serves as the industrial liaison, providing economic development leadership for both the LSU and the LSU AgCenter campuses by developing relationships with government, business, agriculture and industry leaders. His responsibilities include identifying, patenting, copyrighting and marketing new inventions and original works. In addition, Peter helps introduce LSU researchers and inventors to venture capitalists to promote the creation of new start-up companies.

Peter came to LSU in 2007 from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he served as senior technology manager for the Center for Technology Development. He has more than 25 years of experience in developing and promoting intellectual property and evaluating the commercial potential of a broad range of early-stage university discoveries and technologies. Prior to his time at the University of Texas, Kelleher served as associate director of business development at Zonagen, Inc. and Vice President of Research at Houston Biotechnology, Inc.

Anna K. Nardo is Alumni Professor of English at LSU and Chair of the English Department. She has authored several books, including “Milton's Sonnets and the Ideal Community,” “The Ludic Self in Seventeenth-Century English Literature,” and “George Eliot’s Dialogue with John Milton.” In addition to the aforementioned, her research interests include Shakespeare and film, about which she has written extensively. Anna is a recipient of the 1993 Nicholson Award for Excellence in Teaching and the James Holly Hanford Award for best Milton Article of 1991. She is a past director of undergraduate studies.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Hi all,

This week I’ve run across several interesting articles about Facebook – Since DOTD, LTRC and so many of us participate, I thought I would share:

5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/external/readwriteweb/2009/09/16/16readwriteweb-5-easy-steps-to-stay-safe-and-private-on-fac-6393.html

10 Tips for Dealing With Family on Facebook - http://www.switched.com/2009/10/12/10-rules-for-dealing-with-family-on-facebook/

Facebook 101: 25 Tips and Tricks - http://www.switched.com/2008/11/13/facebook-101-25-tips-and-tricks/

Organize Facebook: How to Use Facebook Hide and Unhide - http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialnetworking/ss/hide_unhide_facebook_friends.htm?nl=1

And finally,
UCLA Study: The Internet Is Altering Our Brains - http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,568576,00.html?test=latestnews

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

New Materials - August - October 2009

TRB publications...
ACRP:

Report 16 - Guidebook for Managing Small Airports
Report 17 v.1 - Airports and the Newest Generation of General Aviation Aircraft, Volume 1: Forecast
Report 17 v.2 - Airports and the Newest Generation of General Aviation Aircraft, Volume 2: Guidebook
Report 22 - Helping Airport and Air Carrier Employees Cope with Traumatic Events

Synthesis 16 - Compilation of Noise Programs in Areas Outside DNL 65

Legal Research Digest 7 - Airport Governance and Ownership

NCFRP (Freight):

Report 1 - Public and Private Sector Interdependence in Freight Transportation Markets

NCHRP:

Report 525 v14 - Security 101: A Physical Security Primer for Transportation Agencies
Report 625 - Procedures Guide for Right-of-Way Cost Estimation and Cost Management
Report 634 - Texturing of Concrete Pavements
Report 639 - Adhesive Anchors in Concrete Under Sustained Loading Conditions
Report 642 - Quantifying the Benefits of Context Sensitive Solutions
Report 640 - Construction and Maintenance Practices for Permeable Friction Courses

Synthesis 397 - Bridge Management Systems for Transportation Agency Decision Making
Synthesis 398 - Cathodic Protection for Life Extension of Existing Reinforced Concrete Bridge Elements

Research Results Digest 333 (TCRP RRD 90) - A Guide to Planning Resources on Transportation and Hazards
Research Results Digest 338 - Utilization by States of the Flexibility to Transfer Federal Funds Among Eligible Federal Programs
Research Results Digest 339 - Improving the Safety of Mobile Lane Closures

TCRP:

Report 133 - Practical Measures to Increase Transit Advertising Revenues
Report 134 - Transit, Call Centers, and 511: A Guide for Decision Makers

Research Results Digest 90 (NCHRP RRD 333) - A Guide to Planning Resources on Transportation and Hazards
Research Results Digest 93 - Rural Transit Achievements: Assessing the Outcomes of Increased Funding for Rural Passenger Services Under SAFETEA-LURural Transit Achievements: Assessing the Outcomes of Increased Funding for Rural Passenger Services Under SAFETEA-LU

TRR:

No 2090 - Network Modeling: 2009
No 2092 - Operational Effects of Geometrics and Access Management: 2009
No 2094 - Pavement Management 2009, Volume 2
No 2096 - Traffic Safety: Roundabouts, Trucks, Older Drivers, and Traffic Law Enforcement 2009
No 2097 - Freight Systems 2009Freight Systems 2009
No 2098 - Construction 2009
No 2099 - Freeway Operations; Regional Systems Management and Operations; Managed Lanes 2009
No 2100 - Marine Transportation and Port Operations 2009
No 2101 - Geology and Properties of Earth Materials 2009
No 2103 - Safety Data, Analysis, and Evaluation 2009, Volume 2
No 2104 - Geomaterials 2009

TR News:

No 263 date July-August 2009 - Pricing Road Use to Address Congestion

SHRP 2

Report S2-C02-RR - Performance Measurement Framework for Highway Capacity Decision Making

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Solar Roads?

Here's an interesting article about a very intriguing idea - can solar panels be integrated into road surfaces?

"Driving on Glass? Inventor Hopes to Lay Down Solar Roads," by David Biello, in Scientific American

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

New Materials - May - July 2009

TRB publications...
ACRP:

Report 14 - Deicing Planning Guidelines and Practices for Stormwater Management Systems

Synthesis 15 - Identification of the Requirements and Training to Obtain Driving Privileges on Airfields

Legal Results Digest 6 - The Impact of Airline Bankruptcies on Airports

Research Research Digest 6 - Guidance for Identifying and Mitigating Approach Lighting System Hazards

NCHRP:

Report 610 - Communicating the Value of Transportation Research
Report 626 - NDT Technology for Quality Assurance of HMA Pavement Construction
Report 633 - Impact of Shoulder Width and Median Width on Safety
Report 636 - Tools to Aid State DOTs in Responding to Workforce Challenges
Report 637 - Guidelines for Dowel Alignment in Concrete Pavements

Synthesis 389 - Performance-Based Contracting for Maintenance
Synthesis 399 - Real-Time Traveler Information Systems

Research Results Digest 336 - Benefit/Cost Analysis of Converting a Lane for Bus Rapid Transit
Research Results Digest 337 - Design Flexibility Considerations for Built Urban Environments

TCRP:

Report 131 - A Guidebook for the Evaluation of Project Delivery Methods
Report 133 - Practical Measures to Increase Transit Advertising Revenues
Report 135 - Controlling System Costs: Basic and Advanced Scheduling Manuals and Contemporary Issues in Transit Scheduling
Legal Research Digest 29 - First Amendment Implications for Transit Facilities: Speech, Advertising, and Loitering

TR News:

No 262 May-June 2009 - Transportation and the Environment: Mutual Enhancements

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

TRIS and TRISworld continue to grow!

From Information Services at TRB:

SWOV and TRB are please to announce that SWOV is now providing records of SWOV reports and publication to the TRIS Database and are now included in both TRIS Online and TRISWorld. The records of SWOV publications are in English and SWOV publications have an English summary although the full text is often in Dutch. Most of SWOV publications are available full text on the SWOV Web site and TRIS contains links to the full text. The SWOV library will also provide copies of SWOV publications.

SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research is the Dutch national road safety research institute. It is SWOV's task to contribute to improving road safety through scientific research. In The Netherlands the SWOV library is the national centre for road safety literature. It also has a great deal of literature on traffic, transport, and other related subjects. In its 45 years existence, the collection has grown to more than 135,000 titles including, books, reports, congress proceedings, and journal articles, etc. The library has nearly 350 journals that can be consulted. Everyone who (professionally) deals with road safety can use the SWOV library and use the on-line catalogue to search for relevant publications. Many of these are already digitally available, and this is indicated by a link to the database. SWOV Library is very proud to participate in TRISonline and offer its vast collection to an even broader audience.

Barbara Post
Manager, Information Services
Transportation Research Board
Phone: (202) 334-2990
E-Mail: bpost@nas.edu

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

New Materials - March and April 2009

For some reason there have been hic-ups in the Library News page this spring. I'm not sure what happened to the March and April list of new materials, but here is is again:

TRB publications...
ACRP: