Secondly the reason for the lack of posts is that I have been working on the development of a new CSIRO wide library news site – Info Updates. The site is internal to CSIRO so this link will be followable by CSIRO staff only.

Info Updates is a news site designed for news from the library for CSIRO staff. The platform is provided by CSIRO Library Services with content posted by a range of CSIRO staff, gathered from a wide variety of sources, both internal and external. Posts will include news about new resources, new books in the libraries, conferences, library hints and tips. Most of the news posts will be short descriptions with links to the full article.

As well as the main Info Update site which has library news relevant to all CSIRO there are several subject based news blogs within the site and categories within each blog so you can find news relevant to you. The news blog that will be of most direct relevance to you would be Energy Info Updates for those of you from CPR or Manufacturing, Materials and Minerals Info updates for CEM people.  You will find similar content on the two sites as you have been finding here. You do not have to constantly return to the site to get updates but can subscribe via an RSS feed. Of course if you find that a few categories are of interest you can subscribe to more than one. The ability to subscribe via an email alert will be coming.

Please feel free to use the “Comments” link at the bottom of each post to let us know if you find the post relevant or to start a conversation about the news or the resources.

Please explore our new site and feel free give us any feedback via the comments facility on each blog, our intranet feedback form, phone or email that will enable us to improve the service.

15th December 2008, 11:00 WST

The State Government is stepping up its fight to make sure the $2.5 billion international, revolutionary Square Kilometre Array radio-astronomy project has its home in Australia.

via State to buy Boolardy Station for SKA : thewest.com.au.

Published: Friday, October 31, 2008 – 09:18 in Earth & Climate

“A resounding vote of international petroleum geologists from around the globe concluded that the mud volcano was triggered by drilling of a nearby gas exploration well. This may have implications for compensation of the local population affected…”

“BY ROSSLYN BEEBY
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
16/10/2008 1:00:00 AM
Geoscience Australia scientists have been told $2.5 million previously ear-marked for cost-of-living pay rises across the organisation has been reallocated by management to fund new projects. …”

http://softwareresearch.ca/seg/SCS/scientific-computing-survey.html

“Find “Hot Docs” at the Geothermal Technologies Legacy Collection

Now you can get “Hot Docs” from the Geothermal Technologies Legacy Collection. These are documents that have been searched for and downloaded more than any other documents in the collection during the previous month and each preceding month. …”

“By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Oct 10 — The International Energy Agency, Paris, has again trimmed its global oil demand forecast.

In its monthly oil market report for October, IEA cut its outlook for oil demand in 2008 by 240,000 b/d, and reduced the 2009 outlook by 440,000 b/d. …”

“9 October 2008 in Drilling (DC), Industry Updates, JPT, Production (PO)

Producing gas from tight shale formations typically requires major pumping investments with little guarantee of success. Baker Oil Tools aims to change this scenario with its Frac-Point Open-Hole Fracture Completion System, designed to simplify the fracturing process and turn otherwise unprofitable projects into moneymakers. … “

“ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2008)

… Theoretical biogeochemist Everett Shock, a professor in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, leads an interdisciplinary group of researchers who are investigating how this geochemical transformation from recalcitrant matter to usable organic compounds occurs deep in Earth’s crust. …”

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