Category Archives: Math
TX Stem Librarians’ Conference!
I am in Austin tonight–looking at a great view of the Tower on the UT campus from my hotel room! Looking forward to hearing the large number of speakers giving 5 or 15 minute talks on projects ranging from outreach … Continue reading
Posted in HistoryofScience, Math, ux
1 Comment
That’s in Google Books? Really?!
Much talk has been made about Google Books over the last year. I have poked around some, and even wrote about it last year. But, I continue to be amazed at the scope! Today I needed a classic mathematics paper … Continue reading
Posted in informationseeking, Math
Leave a comment
Seminaire Bourbaki
The Séminaire Nicolas Bourbaki (Bourbaki Seminar) is a series of seminars (in fact public lectures with printed notes distributed) that has been held in Paris since 1948. It is one of the major institutions of contemporary mathematics, and a barometer … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Leave a comment
Rankings of University Departments
With budgets being watched, everyone is starting to look at rankings, and department spending, etc. I had the occasion to do a little work on looking at rankings the last couple of weeks, and got some great feedback from the … Continue reading
A mathematician that never existed!
Bourbaki : a secret society of mathematics. Mashaal, Maurice. QA29 .B692 M3713 2006 The artist and the mathematician : the story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the genius mathematician who never existed. Aczel, Amir D. QA29 .B692 A29 2006 An interesting bit … Continue reading
Posted in HistoryofScience, Math
Leave a comment
Long and confusing!
I don't often have to look up old issues of Comptes Rendus, but whenever I do, I am always reminded of the genealogy chart from the wonderful University of Washington! Chart The entry at Wikipedia says that Comptes rendus was … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Leave a comment
Games improve math skills
Interesting study out of Scotland today says that a daily video game can lead to improved math! http://mathdl.maa.org/ The study can be found at: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/ictineducation/gamesbasedlearning/aboutgbl/index.asp Games-based learning. Excerpt: A Daily Dose of a Video Game Can Lead to Math Gains … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Leave a comment
More Searches! (These are on the test system)
New Physics books on Webcat: http://cordoba.rice.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/FONDREN/0/5?searchdata1=^Q171{LCAT}AND+^B3{LIST}&srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^words+or+phrase&searchoper1=AND New Mathematics Books on Webcat: http://cordoba.rice.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/0/FONDREN/0/5?searchdata1=^Q130{LCAT}AND+^B3{LIST}&srchfield1=GENERAL^SUBJECT^GENERAL^^words+or+phrase&searchoper1=AND
Posted in libraryhack, Math
Leave a comment
The value of collected works in mathematics
One of my major focuses for the math department over the next few weeks will be working on identifying collected works to add to the library collection. I owe a thanks to Dr. Hassett for reminding me how important collected … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Leave a comment
Titles to be checked for LSC status (possible move to LSC) (Note: this list was generated by me, through identifying things that are available in JSTOR. Just because they are on this list does not mean that they WILL be … Continue reading
Posted in Math
Leave a comment
Effervescent Librarian's Blog 