Math Library Blog http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog University of Toronto Libraries Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Featured Books for May 2013 http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/05/13/featured-books-for-may-2013/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/05/13/featured-books-for-may-2013/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:58 +0000 Jen Robertson http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=494 Book cover Book cover Book cover Book cover ]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/05/13/featured-books-for-may-2013/feed/ 0 Featured Books for March 2013 http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/03/25/featured-books-for-march-2013/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/03/25/featured-books-for-march-2013/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:25:42 +0000 Jen Robertson http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=485 Book cover Beautiful mathematics by Martin Erickson Book cover Book cover ]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/03/25/featured-books-for-march-2013/feed/ 0 New record for the largest prime number http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/08/new-record-for-the-largest-prime-number/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/08/new-record-for-the-largest-prime-number/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:11:22 +0000 brucegarrod http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=472 Curtis Cooper of the University of Central Missouri has uncovered the largest prime number currently known. The new number has 17,425,170 digits. You can read about it here in Slate.

]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/08/new-record-for-the-largest-prime-number/feed/ 0 Episciences Project to launch series of community-run, open-access journals http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/05/episciences-project-to-launch-series-of-community-run-open-access-journals/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/05/episciences-project-to-launch-series-of-community-run-open-access-journals/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:24:00 +0000 brucegarrod http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=468 Mathematicians aim to create a researcher-run publishing system by creating a platform which will make it easy to set up arXiv overlay journals.

]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/02/05/episciences-project-to-launch-series-of-community-run-open-access-journals/feed/ 0 Featured Books for January 2013 http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/01/31/featured-books-for-january-2013/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/01/31/featured-books-for-january-2013/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:58:19 +0000 Jen Robertson http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=475 Book cover Book cover Book cover Book cover ]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2013/01/31/featured-books-for-january-2013/feed/ 0 Featured Books for December 2012 http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2012/12/20/featured-books-for-december-2012/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2012/12/20/featured-books-for-december-2012/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:30:08 +0000 Jen Robertson http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=444 A second step to Mathematical Olympiad problems by Derek Holton Book cover Book cover Book cover ]]> http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2012/12/20/featured-books-for-december-2012/feed/ 0 Retaining Copyright http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2012/11/16/retaining-copyright/ http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/2012/11/16/retaining-copyright/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:10:08 +0000 brucegarrod http://blog.math.toronto.edu/MathLibraryBlog/?p=41 A common misconception when it comes to publishing papers in academic journals is that it is necessary to cede the exclusive rights of your work to the publisher. This article in CAUT’s Intellectual Property Advisory outlines how you can publish your work and continue to hold onto the copyright. When hold the copyright to your own work you can post your paper on your website,  share the paper electronically with colleagues and/or post the paper in Blackboard for your students to access.

Here is a link to the SPARC Canadian Author’s Addendum explained and a PDF of the Addendum itself.

SHERPA RoMEO is a database of publisher copyright policies and self-archiving.

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Finding the most up-to-date information on publications in mathematics just got simpler.  MathSciNet now includes Preliminary Data items, which are created from bibliographic data received directly from publishers.  This data allows users to view early information about new papers in mathematics while full processing,including author identification and editorial decisions, is ongoing.

Preliminary Data items are marked as such until processing is complete. The initial group of publishers who have agreed to provide preliminary data feeds includes the American Mathematical Society, the Canadian Mathematical Society, the EuropeanMathematical Society, the Mathematical Association of America, SIAM, Elsevier, and Springer. Publishers interested in participating in the Preliminary Data program are invited to contact: mr-librarian@ams.org.

In addition, new MathSciNet item tags allow users to instantly assess at what stage an item is in the review process. The seven tags are: Preliminary Data, Pending, Reviewed, Expansion, DML, Indexed, and Thesis. For more information and detailed descriptions of each item tag, please visit:

http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/help/fullitem_help_full.html

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