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Building a Nanotechnology Collection at the University of Washington

Building a Nanotechnology Collection at the University of Washington. Linda Whang Engineering Instructional Services Librarian University of Washington Engineering Library. What is Nanotechnology?.

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Building a Nanotechnology Collection at the University of Washington

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  1. Building a Nanotechnology Collection at the University of Washington Linda Whang Engineering Instructional Services Librarian University of Washington Engineering Library

  2. What is Nanotechnology? The term "nanotechnology" refers to the conception and creation of functional structures, devices, and systems with dimensions ranging from 1-100 nanometers (nm). --McGraw-Hill Access Science

  3. What is Nanotechnology?

  4. Nanotech Products Eddie Bauer Nano-Care™ Khakis

  5. Engineered Biomaterials

  6. World’s Smallest Guitar

  7. Nanotechnology at UW • Center for Nanotechnology • 69 faculty from 13 departments • Nation’s first PhD program in Nanotechnology • Nanotech User Facility • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/UW Joint Institute for Nanoscience

  8. Chemistry Bioengineering Physics Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering Microbiology Physiology & Biophysics Biochemistry Genome Sciences Medicinal Chemistry Mechanical Engineering Radiology Nanotechnology Faculty

  9. Nanotechnology Research • Materials • Bio-inspired materials • Hybrid materials • Devices • Nanoelectronics • DNA & Protein/DNA Arrays • Biomedical Applications • Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering • Cell Signalling

  10. Nanotechnology Research 1970-present * 1975-1980

  11. Collection Development at UW 2002 – Add Nanotechnology to Blackwell Approval Plan 2002 – Proposal for “New Program Funding” from UW Libraries 2003 – Awarded $5,000/year ongoing funds; split among Engineering, Chemistry and Physics Libraries

  12. Indexes • Inspec – Physics, EE • Compendex – Materials Science • Medline/PubMed – BioE • SciFinder Scholar – Chemistry • Web of Science – All subjects

  13. Journals • Journal of Biological Chemistry • Journal of Materials Science • Journal of Chemical Physics • Applied Physics Letters • Physical Review Letters • Journal of the American Chemical Society • Nature • Science • Journal of Applied Physics

  14. Nano-specific Journals • Foresight Update (Foresight Institute) 1987- • Physica. E, Low-dimensional systems & nanostructures (Elsevier) 1997- • Nanotechnology (IOP) 1990- • Nano Letters (ACS) 2000- • Journal of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (American Scientific Publishers) 2001- • IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience (IEEE) 2002- • IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (IEEE) 2002- • Journal of Nanobiotechnology (BioMed Central) 2003-

  15. Conferences • IEEE • Bio- Micro- and Nanosystems • MEMS, Nano & Smart Systems • Materials Research Society • Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials • Nanotube-based devices • SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) • Nano-optics and Nano-structures • Biomedical applications of micro- and nanoengineering

  16. Reference Books • Handbook of nanostructured materials and nanotechnology, 5 vol., Academic Press, 2000 • Handbook of nanophase and nanostructured materials, 4 vol., Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2003 • Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 5 vol., Marcel Dekker, 2004 • Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, 10 vol., American Scientific Publishers, 2004 • CRC’s ENGnetBASE (4 titles) • CRC’s NANOnetBASE (10 titles, 15 more expected in the next year)

  17. Challenges • Maintaining the quality of our collections • Keeping up with the volume of publishing in this field • Separating the wheat from the chaff (hype)

  18. Conclusions • Work with librarians/selectors in other fields (Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Medicine) • Convince your library administration to fund new program areas! • (Inter)National Nanotechnology Information Network?

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