webinar demonstrating the capabilities of ChemDraw for Reaxys® for both Mac and Windows

December 8th at 11:00am EST

To register for the live webinar go to:

http://www.cambridgesoft.com/events/details/?Event=341

ResearcherID — your e-publication list

Use EndNote and EndNote Web to manage your personal publication list in ResearcherID, a free author community where you can create your own profile to eliminate author misidentification. Search ResearcherID to find collaborators and more. New features include:

Connect to EndNote Web from any ResearcherID page to manage your publication list, perform online searches and edit records in one click.

Compare your publication list with Web of Science to add Times Cited details automatically.

The best part is you can use the same login/password for ResearcherID and EndNote Web as for personal area of Web of Knowledge.

For databases:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/is/databases-a-z

My EndNote Web:
http://myendnoteweb.com

Register with your university email address.

UseMyAbility

UseMyAbility website results from a Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellowship Scheme (NTFS) project on employability and disability.

Sections for students, university staff and employers at:

http://www.usemyability.org.uk/

Presentations available WoK - Bibliometric Course

Following the recent Web of knowledge Bibliometric course the course presentations are available:

1. Researcher Evaluation.
2. The Metrics.
3. Using Bibliometrics.

on the Mimas Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education web site at: http://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/#presentations

There is also a Thomson Reuters White Paper.

Using Bibliometrics: A Guide to Evaluating Research Performance with Citation Data which can be viewed at:
http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/325133_thomson.pdf

Updates to Reaxys on 13th November

* Structure editors: Accelrys Draw (Symyx Draw 4.0) is now supported. Implementation of the default structure editor, Marvin Sketch, has been improved, resulting in better performance

* Find Similar Reactions: placed below the RX.ID, the link opens a dialog containing a table with the product structures as row headers and the cells contain hitset sizes for the different class codes which work as links.

* Synthesis planner updates: now able to re-size the planner according to preference through the Resize button. Synthesis planner tab captions are now editable using the Rename button.

* Hazmat Navigator - a source of chemical safety data - is now linked to Reaxys. Hazmat is a valuable source of chemical safety information

* Generate Structure from Name has been updated - if an entered name cannot be resolved into one structure, all the alternatives are presented in a dialog box and the user can select the appropriate one.

IADIS: International Conference Mobile Learning 2011

10 to 12 March 2011
Avila, Spain.

Call for paper deadline for submissions (1st call extension): 29 November 2010

The conference seeks to provide a forum for the discussion and presentation of mobile learning research.

http://www.mlearning-conf.org/

JISC Online Conference Innovating e-Learning

Online conference
23-26 November 2010

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference10.aspx

JISC Legal 10 Year Anniversary: Top Ten Tips

Designed to assist navigating the advantages ICT brings.

http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=243&id=1740

More effective lectures and tutorials

The HE Academy's UK Physical Sciences Centre has organised a series of workshops around the theme of doing things more effectively.

i) More Effective Lectures,
Wednesday 15th December 2010,
University of Edinburgh

More information


ii) More Effective Tutorials/Workshops,
12th January 2011,
Loughborough University

More information

Mathematics for chemistry facts and formula leaflet

The sigma CETL, in conjunction with the UK Physical Science Centre, has produced a facts and formula sheet to support mathematics learning in chemistry.

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/publications/miscellaneous#mathsforchem

Global Horizons festival

The events run from 13-20 November.

Many events are FREE and staff, students and the general public are welcome.

A full programme and booking details are online at:
http://www.ed.ac.uk/global-horizons

Among the highlights are international music and dance concert – Rhythmic World - which includes African drumming, flamenco, Brazillian Capoeira, Punjabi dance, Italian song, Georgian singing, Egyptian belly dancing, and Middle Eastern music.

The Global Horizons programme also includes:
- a 5 a-side mini world cup tournament (we hope staff will join in);
- a Bhangra Dance Workshop and a Georgian Singing workshop
- A Mexican Fiesta! Celebrating 200 years of Mexican independence
- a photography and film competition
- information for students about studying/working abroad, and about working in the UK for international students

RSE Beltane Public Engagement Prize

Nominees are invited from all disciplines, and all organisations, across Scotland for this new prize to reward and celebrate public engagement with research, jointly founded by Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Beltane for Public Engagement.

Two Prizes will be made:

i) The RSE Beltane Senior Prize for Public Engagement, awarded to an individual with long standing experience of this field.
ii) The RSE Beltane Innovators Award, for an emerging talent.

The closing date is 31st January 2011.

http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/research_fellowships/beltane.htm

XCITR - eXplore Chemical Information Teaching Resources

XCITR has been opened to the public. XCITR is a repository for exploring and sharing chemical information teaching resources. Requires personal registration to contribute materials and to access XCITR materials for teaching or personal use.

http://www.xcitr.org

9th International Conference on Chemical Structures - call for papers

5-9 June 2011
NH Leeuwenhorst Conference Hotel,
Noordwijkerhout,
The Netherlands

Visit the conference website at:

http://www.int-conf-chem-structures.org

Open Dataset - finding and using their information

Free one-day Open Data Master Classes

To provide individuals with the tools and techniques needed to use and analysis a range of Open Datasets such as school census data, health care provision, crime statistics and transportation data.

The Open Data Master Classes combine theory and practicals with guest lectures from prominent members in the field from government, academia and business. Participants will learn a range of techniques from data collection and processing to data analysis and map visualization.

More details at:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/CGS/EventsItems/Events2010/OpenDataMasterclasses.aspx

Using social media to communicate your research

Wednesday 10th November
1.00 - 2.00 (sandwich lunch from 12.30).
Teviot Row Dining Room

Further details with link to booking on MyEd at:

http://erirsd.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/using-social-media-to-communicate-your-research-learning-lunch/

Using Technology to Enhance Learning in Physical Sciences

Wednesday 8th December 2010,
Leeds

There is no registration fee for this meeting for those working in UK HE.
More details at:

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/using_technology_to_enhance_learning

More Effective Learning in Laboratories

Wednesday 17th November 2010,
CELS, Nottingham Trent University.

No registration fee for this meeting for those working in UK HE.

More information and booking at:
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/physsci/events/detail/2010/more_effective_learning_in_lab

Combining text and visual features for information retrieval

ICCS/HCRC Seminar Series,Dina Demner-Fushman
http://www.iccs.inf.ed.ac.uk/seminars/

22 October 2010 - 11am

4.31/33, Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street

Portobello book festival

Fri 8th Oct - Sun 10th Oct.

Childrens events, family history, food, fitba' and Ian Rankin.

More from the website at:
http://www.portobellobookfestival.co.uk