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  1. Prof Zhang received his award for developing a novel and highly accurate hurricane track forecast model. #wilsonawards2012 about 11 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Prof Painter's award is for developing an ionic liquid extraction system, separating hydrocarbons from soils & sands #wilsonawards2012 about 11 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. Congrats to Paul Painter, prof in Polymer Sci, and Fuqing Zhang, prof in Meteo, for the EMS Breakthrough of the Year award #wilsonawards2012 about 11 hours ago via HootSuite
  4. The G. Montgomery and Marion Mitchell Award for Innovative Teaching was granted to Petra Tschakert, associate prof in Geog. #wilsonaward2012 6:02 AM May 25th via HootSuite
  5. Complements to Kamini Signha, associate prof in Geosciences for her award for Excellence in Teaching. #wilsonawards2012 6:02 AM May 24th via HootSuite
  6. #MatSE MIT creates a non-toxic material called LiquiGlide that prevents ketchup from sticking to the bottle. ow.ly/b6Vo4 3:26 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  7. Congrats to Derek Elsworth, prof from EME, and Joan Redwing, prof from MatSE, for their awards for Excellence in Research. #wilsonawards2012 6:01 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
  8. Congratulations to Yaw Yeboah, professor of EME for receiving the Wilson Award for Outstanding Service! #wilsonawards2012 11:43 AM May 22nd via HootSuite
  9. An Interlibrary Loan is a way to borrow materials from any library participating, from Australia to Zambia! See how- ow.ly/b34Ex 9:23 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  10. PSU University Libraries' Interlibrary Loan has received a 4-star rating and the highest score among all participating libraries. Congrats! 9:10 AM May 21st via HootSuite
  11. Watch these cool animations on ocean surface currents made by NASA- ow.ly/aXBg6 2:13 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  12. Most images of Earth are stitched together from many small ones, but this is the largest single-shot image captured- ow.ly/aVHek 11:54 AM May 15th via HootSuite
  13. RT @psulibs: Our iPad Cart arrived today! Come fall semester we will have 40 iPad 2s to loan out from Pattee Library! yfrog.com/nzwc4iaj 10:53 AM May 14th via HootSuite
  14. The HathiTrust (hathitrust.org) has 2,901,468 digitized volumes in the public domain, i.e., free to view online. 6:01 AM May 12th via HootSuite
  15. The new ATLAS OF CLIMATE CHANGE has great graphics. Concise explanations- 2p/topic - makes it easy to grasp. cat.libraries.psu.edu/uhtbin/cgisirs…^C7542476 6:36 AM May 11th via web
  16. Through joint licensing with other CIC institutions, CIC libraries saved on average over $485,000 each! (per Kim Armstrong) 6:02 AM May 11th via HootSuite
  17. The EPA has released a draft of additional oversight for obtaining permits for fracking- ow.ly/aL6FL 6:02 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  18. You expect books to be preserved by the Library of Congress, but they are preserving digital media too, which is difficult to say the least. 6:02 AM May 9th via HootSuite
  19. See this on preserving obsolete media and problems with making bits last for a generation, or even just a few years- ow.ly/aL6qY 6:01 AM May 9th via HootSuite
  20. What to do with maps that are no longer relevant? Matthew Cusick makes detailed collages from cut and shaped maps- ow.ly/aL5Bh 6:02 AM May 8th via HootSuite
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