Archive for May, 2011
Two new publications in the Library
Innovations in Food Technology and Innovations in Processing and Packaging contain technical articles on food ingredients, safety, packaging and processing for research, development and marketing departments in food companies.
Another addition to the Library Journals collection
The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture publishes peer-reviewed original research, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives and spotlights in these areas, with particular emphasis on interdisciplinary studies at the agriculture/ food interface. The journal covers fundamental and applied research, including:- Food – health and nutrition, materials and processing, agriculture, environment, biomass and bioenergy.
Another new journal
Since 1936, The Journal of Food Science has been the Institute of Food Technologists’ premier science journal, containing peer-reviewed reports of original research and critical reviews of all aspects of food science. Today it publishes more than 500 papers a year — over 3,000 pages of original research and scientific reviews. It provides knowledge of basic research on food science and technology critical to building new products, developing new processing efficiencies, and achieving cost savings.
New journal in the library
Environmental Conservation is one of the longest-standing, most highly-cited of the interdisciplinary environmental science journals. It includes research papers, reports, comments, subject reviews, and book reviews addressing environmental policy, practice, and natural and social science of environmental concern at the global level, informed by rigorous local level case studies. The journal’s scope is very broad, including issues in human institutions, ecosystem change, resource utilisation, terrestrial biomes, aquatic systems, and coastal and land use management. Environmental Conservation is essential reading for all environmentalists, managers, consultants, agency workers and scientists wishing to keep abreast of current developments in environmental science.
New magazine in the library – Local Government Lawyer
Local Government Lawyer focuses exclusively on lawyers working for or advising local authorities and related public sector organisations. It delivers an unrivalled source of news and analysis, with daily updated content from a team of experienced legal journalists as well as features from local government practitioners and leading private practice lawyers.
Yet another new journal in the library – Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems is a multi-disciplinary journal which focuses on the science that underpins economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable approaches to agriculture and food production. The journal publishes original research and review articles on the economic, ecological, and environmental impacts of agriculture; the effective use of renewable resources and biodiversity in agro-ecosystems; and the technological and sociological implications of sustainable food systems. It also contains a discussion forum, which presents lively discussions on new and provocative topics.
New Management Journals in the Library
The British Journal of Management provides a valuable outlet for research and scholarship on management-orientated themes and topics. It publishes articles of a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary nature as well as empirical research from within traditional disciplines and managerial functions. With contributions from around the globe, the journal includes articles across the full range of business and management disciplines.
A subscription to British Journal of Management includes International Journal of Management Reviews
As the first reviews journal in the field of business management, the International Journal of Management Reviews is an essential reference tool for business academics and MBA students alike, covering all the main management sub disciplines from accounting and entrepreneurship to strategy and technology management.
Journal Free Trials for 2011
The library has set up free trials to Food Chain and Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management for 2011. Please take a look and let us know at library@rac.ac.uk if you think they would be useful additions to our journals collection next year….
Food Chain is an international journal for all those involved in developing the supply of high-quality foods from ‘farm gate to plate’ and those who use food processing to alleviate poverty and hunger. By bridging the gap between research and practice, it encourages papers written by researchers for the benefit of people who put ideas into practice in the field, and those written by practitioners to inform the need for further research. The content covers all aspects of promoting food chains, from on-farm processing and post-harvest storage, to the operation of small food processing businesses, supply of food processing or analytical equipment, hygiene and quality assurance, marketing, distribution, finance and the place of small-scale processing in the wider business and economic environment.
Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Management brings together information on the application of methods and techniques to estimate, measure, account and audit greenhouse gases. It presents conceptual, methodological and empirical analyses of policy-relevant metrics related to the management of greenhouse gases, and their impacts for industry, government and international organisations, with an emphasis on applied research.
The journal provides a credible source of peer-reviewed data and information and offers a practical way of assessing the validity of current research and communicating it in a transparent and credible manner.
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Our Green Library…
As you may know, the College Library sends its unwanted withdrawn books to Better World Books (www.betterworldbooks.co.uk). The benefits of doing this include:
• Better World Books collect the unwanted books from us free of charge.
• They then sell the books online on our behalf.
• The Royal Agricultural College Library earns a modest percentage from any subsequent sales (which we then use to purchase new book stock).
• An additional 5% goes towards our chosen literacy charity www.literacytrust.org.uk/
However, we felt that it would be worthwhile also to highlight the environmental benefits of this arrangement. The most important point is that no books are ever sent to landfill, not even unsold ones. These are either donated to partner charities or recycled.
So according to an environmental metrics report provided by Better World Books, 256 books have been listed for sale and 60 books have been sold thus far. Another 100 or so have been donated to charities. Moreover, a further 285 books have been saved from landfill by recycling (yielding 97% reusable fibre).
This is the equivalent of saving 8 trees, 620 lbs of greenhouse gasses and more than 3, 500 gallons of water! Overall then, our mid-sized library is making a small but significant reduction on our environmental footprint.
So even if we can’t persuade you to buy our withdrawn books in our occasional sales, do remember that we never throw away a good book!
Another new magazine – Polo Times!
Polo Times, established in 1995, has built up a deserved reputation as a vibrant, informative, ‘must-read’ magazine of the UK polo world and beyond. Completely independent of national or international polo associations, the magazine is the trusted source of news, comment and information for players and their families from grassroots to elite, as well as fans, team managers, grooms and retired players.
As the only polo magazine in Europe to publish 10 times a year, it is first with the sport’s top stories and the natural home of insider exclusives.
In Polo Times you’ll find eye-catching action photographs, in-depth interviews and fascinating features; it is especially proud, too, to be the only polo publication to put as much regular emphasis on horsemanship, pony welfare and the grass-roots level of the game as it does on top-flight action and the social scene. Polo Times provides the complete companion for players and aficionado of all ages and experience who seek to get the most out of polo.
