Right now, approximating just right! Chemical information resources for small/all (Canadian) colleges and universities

CINF 22

Lai Im Lancaster, llancast@stfx.ca and Brian Maurice Lynch, blynch@stfx.ca. Department of Chemistry and Angus L. MacDonald Library, St. Francis Xavier University, 1 West Street, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5, Canada
In earlier CINF presentations we illustrated low-cost recording/storage and possible integration of audio files with slide shows and movies. Now, we describe further applications providing background material relevant to our local chemical informatics resources ["cinf-R"] and to inter-university distribution of keynote research presentations at regional conferences. The cinf-R patterns differ in Canadian degree-granting institutions from most other countries; a national consortium [Canada Research Knowledge Network] provides free access for every college and university researcher. We will demonstrate local electronic access to the complete full text and abstracts sets of ACS and RSC journals, to the complete set of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, and also to references accessed from the World of Science, Wiley InterScience, Elsevier, ProQuest Research Library et al., extrapolating to ACS conferences. Webcasting and podcasting of key files of our undergraduate senior research seminars for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic years will be illustrated, including videoconferencing aspects.