October 26, 2004
Research Library receives Library of Congress grant
The Library of Congress announced today that it has awarded a $750,000 grant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library to support research and development of tools that will help address complex problems related to collecting, storing, and accessing digital materials.
October 20, 2004
Ebooks from Elsevier available
Selected Elsevier e-Books and Reference Works are now available to LANL researchers via the Science Direct website. Titles available for LANL use are readily identified by a green text icon indicating a licensed subscription.
October 05, 2004
LANL contract competition page added
A new web page of information about the LANL contract competition has been added to the Research Library website.
September 16, 2004
Report collection available again
Unclassified technical reports in the Research Library's report collection are again available, after a temporary hold on access. While most LANL reports and many other reports are available electronically, over 1.5 million reports in paper or microfiche are housed in the report collection. See the Library's Reports page and the revised How to obtain reports for more information.
Safe Use of Lasers standard available online
The Research Library has negotiated a license agreement for LANL site-wide access to the electronic version of ANSI Z136.1, Safe Use of Lasers. The document is available for Laboratory employees from a Library web page at http://rlcd.lanl.gov/ansi/z136.1/.
ANSI Z136.1 is the basis for LIR 402-400-01.3, provides laser safety information and is designed to assist laser users in developing laser safety programs.