Digital repository tools are now being widely promoted for the capture and preservation of primary academic research output, in fact, many institutions and funding agencies are starting to mandate such processes. Read the rest of this entry »

INTUTE is a free online service providing you with access to the very best web resources for education and research. The service is created by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions of the resources.

Intute: Health and Life Sciences applies strict evaluation procedures when assessing internet resources for possible inclusion. These procedures cover criteria reflecting the quality of a resource, such as authority and reputation; currency, scope and accuracy of content; and accessibility, design and ease of use. Detailed guidelines explaining these procedures have recently been revised and can be found in full at (click on Evaluation Guidelines):

Included in the same document you will find:

- a step by step guide to help you evaluate an internet based resource;
- a discussion of quality issues pertaining specifically to the individual gateways (Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, Natural History,
etc.) that make up Intute: Health and Life Sciences.

Time is flying by, and I can’t believe April is almost half over! When did that happen?

Mom, dad, and John-Hector are here! Woo-hoo! I’m excited to be a part of their first big travel experience. Eric, mi amor, arrives April 18, and will be staying until May 10. We’re going to go to Dublin, Rome, and Valencia, so be on the look out for updates about those experiences.
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On Saturday, September 22, 2007, at 7:30 p.m., poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser will read and sign books at the Rialto Theater in Loveland. He will present a talk that afternoon at the Loveland Museum & Gallery that will be free and open to the public (with reservations required). (Contact the Loveland Museum & Gallery to make reservations for the afternoon talk.)

In other news, on Saturday, July 14, there is a benefit for the Larimer County Hospice that includes a poetry reading and desserts. Among the readers will be some of my favorite poets: Lisa Zimmerman, John Calderazzo, Evan Oakley, Veronica Patterson, Beth Lechleitner, and Jack Martin.

Stuart Creason hopes to get a sneak preview of his basketball future next month, when he travels to Germany to play for an Athletes in Action team.

“I really don’t know what to expect, and I think that’s part of what will be awesome about it,” Creason said Wednesday. “I’ll be in an entirely new place, playing with entirely new people and for entirely new coaches.”

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COLORADO SPRINGS - Dan Hawkins would gladly welcome the scheduling of Air Force with a caveat - the Falcons have to scrap their option offense.

‘‘I’m not going to lie to you: who wants to go up against that offense for one game?’’ the University of Colorado second-year coach said Tuesday at a football kickoff luncheon. ‘‘I’ll have to see how much option offense (new Falcons football coach Troy Calhoun) wants to keep doing.’’ Read the rest of this entry »

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University men’s basketball player Jason Smith today became only the second player in school history selected in the first round of the annual National Basketball Association draft selection process. Read the rest of this entry »

Single-game tickets for Colorado State University’s 2007 home football games will go on sale July 9, the school said Monday.

CSU’s home games this season are Sept. 8 against California, Oct. 6 vs. San Diego State, Oct. 13 vs. Air Force, Oct. 27 vs. Utah, Nov. 17 vs. Georgia Southern and Nov. 23 against Wyoming.

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Colorado State University women’s basketball assistant coach Linda Lappe has resigned to pursue another coaching job.

Lappe, who just completed her first season on Jen Warden’s staff, left earlier this month. Warden said Lappe is hoping to land the vacant head coach’s job at Metro State.

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Relais International is pleased to announce that the Colorado State University Library / RapidILL in Fort Collins, Colorado have selected Relais Express. The software is designed for easy scanning and delivery of documents to patrons and to other libraries. Library staff can convert paper documents to electronic format by scanning, or they can use existing electronic documents anywhere on their network for desktop delivery to their patrons. Delivery can be done via FTP to Ariel, Post to Web, Email attachment, or fax.

Relais International Inc is based in Ottawa, Canada and has been selling systems to support interlibrary loan and document delivery services since 1996. Relais International (www.relais-intl.com) assists libraries in implementing intelligent and automated methods to support the delivery of documents. Relais products range from scanning stations through to fully integrated request management, scanning and delivery software suitable for a single library through to a consortium.