Open Access Week 2018: “Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge”

Date: 22-28 October 2018, Globally

Read more at: http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/theme-of-2018-international-open-access-week-to-be-designing-equi 

Graphics available at http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/graphics 

Also share your plans for OA Week:

Create a group for your country: http://www.openaccessweek.org/groups 

Add an event on the calendar: http://www.openaccessweek.org/events

Contribute a blog post: http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blog/list

USE DOAJ AS A SEARCH ENGINE

Did you know about the search engine functionality in Chrome and other browsers?

To get DOAJ search results while on any web page, you can set your browser’s search box to interface the DOAJ search engine and land on DOAJ’s search results page.

This trick removes the need to first navigate to DOAJ from a web page, and then do the search or navigation.

Here some instructions on how to configure Chrome’s address bar to search DOAJ:

1. Click the Chrome menu.
2. Select: Preferences on Mac and Linux, or Settings on Windows or Chrome OS.
3. Under Search, select Manage Search Engines.
4. Under Other Search Engines, add DOAJ by entering a name and keyword. I used “DOAJ”
   • You will use the keyword to select DOAJ as the search engine from the address bar.
5. Enter https://doaj.org/search?source={"query": {"query_string": {"query": "%s", "default_operator": "AND"}}}&ref=homepage-box as the URL. Click “Add”
6. DOAJ search can now be accessed by entering keyword search term in the address bar, replacing “search term” with your query.

Source- https://blog.doaj.org/2018/05/21/use-doaj-as-a-search-engine/

Pathfinder e library - Link http://172.16.0.74:8080/

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Google Scholarships

https://edu.google.com/scholarships/google-travel-and-conference-grants/#!india

Google is offering many different scholarships to participate in conferences around the U.S.

Check it out on the link below!
Don't forget to apply!

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Google for Education: Google Travel and Conference Grants

To help break down the barriers that prevent underrepresented groups in computer science from attending leading tech conferences, we're excited to offer Google Travel and Conference Grants for selected conferences in Computer Science and related fields.

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Undergraduate Engineering Scholarships

$3,000 - $10,000

Annual Application Deadline: December 1
Scholarships are awarded for the academic year following the application deadline beginning with the fall semester.   Re-applications accepted from former scholarship applicants and recipients who meet current criteria. 

Criteria:
Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate engineering or pre-engineering students who are enrolled full-time in a post-secondary educational institution and pursuing a Bachelor of Science or Engineering degree in a course of study that traditionally has been a preparatory curriculum for the HVAC&R profession.  Applicants must have a cumulative college Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a scale where 4.0 is the highest and/or a class standing of no less than the top 30% and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• the institution hosts an active ASHRAE Student Branch or
• the program is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) www.abet.org or
• the institution is accredited by an equivalent agency outside the USA that is a signatory of the Washington Accord or
• the institution has a signed Memorandum of Understanding with ABET

For a list of eligible schools or accredited programs recognized by ASHRAE for the purpose of granting a scholarship, click the links provided above.  Contact Lois Benedict at lbenedict@ashrae.org or call 678-539-1120 (direct) with questions.

$10,000 Scholarships

• Willis H. Carrier Scholarships
  Two one-year $10,000 undergraduate engineering scholarships available annually.  Scholarship was established by The Carrier Corporation in memory of its founder, who’s known widely for his numerous and significant contributions to establishing air conditioning as an industry.  Carrier installed the world’s first scientifically designed air conditioning system in 1902.
• Reuben Trane Scholarships
  Three two-year $10,000 undergraduate engineering scholarships awarded $5,000 per year over two years.  Scholarship was established in memory of The Trane Company founder, an engineer, inventor & business executive, whose manufacturing enterprise ranks today as one of the world’s largest in the HVAC&R industry. 

$5,000 One-Year Scholarships

• Gordon V. R. Holness Scholarship named for a former ASHRAE President (2009-2010).  Presidential Theme: Sustaining Our Future by Rebuilding Our Past
• Frank M. Coda Scholarship established in memory of ASHRAE’s former Executive Vice President, who served the Society from 1981-2004.
• Lynn G. Bellenger Scholarship available exclusively to women.  Scholarship is named in memory of ASHRAE’s first woman president (2010-2011). Presidential Theme: Modeling a Sustainable World
• Alwin B. Newton Scholarship named for an industry pioneer, who was granted 219 patents during his lifetime.
• Duane Hanson Scholarship named after the president of Gayner Engineers, a consulting mechanical/electrical engineering firm in San Francisco, California.
• ASHRAE General Scholarship
• ASHRAE Legacy Scholarship

$3,000 One-Year Scholarships

• Henry Adams Scholarship
  Scholarship was established by Henry Adams, Inc, a consulting firm based in Baltimore, Maryland, in memory of its founder, a charter member and sixth president of ASHRAE’s predecessor society, ASHVE, in 1899

Applications and the following documents must be submitted on or before the application deadline to receive consideration. 

1. Official transcript of college grades.  Transcript must be mailed.  Photocopies will not be accepted.
2. Three signed letters of recommendation as follows: one from an instructor or faculty advisor, a current or past employer, and another character reference (other than a family member).  In cases where the institution has an ASHRAE student branch on campus, a letter from the faculty advisor of that branch may be one of the three letters of recommendation.

Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis is now available online

Anyone can download and read Stephen Hawking’s 1966 doctoral thesis “Properties of expanding universes” now that the scientist has given permission for it to be open access.

Hawking is a theoretical physicist famous for his research in relativity and black holes. The 134-page dissertation, written when Hawking was only 24, is the most-requested item at the Cambridge library, according to the university. About 200 requests have been made for it since May 2016; the next most requested thesis was requested 13 times. People had to pay $85 for a digital copy of Hawking’s thesis, or physically go to the library, but now it’s free for download at the University of Cambridge's Open Access repository Apollo.

Since Cambridge made the thesis available to everyone, more than 60,000 people have accessed the work, which has caused the website to occasionally crash.

In a statement, Hawking said that he hoped the thesis would “inspire people around the world to look up at the stars and not down at their feet,” and added that everyone should have free access to all research

Reference - 

https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/23/16525222/stephen-hawking-phd-thesis-university-cambridge-open-access-research-physics

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Knimbus Digital Library-

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Calibre Digital library-

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915 Books 400 Question papers and College News added 

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