The latest issue of ISTL has just been released and, as usual, it's filled with very interesting-looking articles.
The table of contents is below:
- Metrics and Science Monograph Collections at the Marston Science Library, University of Florida by Michelle F. Leonard, Stephanie C. Haas, and Vernon N. Kisling, Ph.D, University of Florida
- Zoo and Wildlife Libraries: An International Survey by Linda L. Coates and Kaitlyn Rose Tierney, San Diego Zoo
- How Much Space Does a Library Need? Justifying Collections Space in an Electronic Age by Nancy J. Butkovich, The Pennsylvania State Universitty
- Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT by Courtney Crummett, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Tracy A. Gabridge, Remlee S. Green, Erja Kajosalo, Michael M. Noga, Howard J. Silver, and Amy Stout, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Book Review: Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering by Kristin Whitehair, University of Kansas Medical Center
- Book Review: The Accidental Taxonomist by Rebeca Befus, Wayne State University
- A Field of Green: Renewable Energy Research on the Web by Dawn Lowe-Wincentsen, Oregon Institute of Technology
- Electronic Resource Review: Mendeley by Eugene Barsky, University of British Columbia
- Viewpoint: A Reflection on Plagiarism, Patchwriting, and the Engineering Master's Thesis by Edward Eckel, Western Michigan University
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