PHYSICS

Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)

Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics [updated Feb 2004]

PO Box 586
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Trieste
ITALY

Contact: Prof Hilda Cerdeira

Tel: +39 040 2240 634-634 Fax: +39 040 224 633

E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~donation 

Since its inception in 1964, the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) has been engaged in promoting scientific disciplines to strengthen research work for the progress of developing countries. The Centre organises about 45 events each year, including workshops, seminars and conferences. The total number of scientists visiting the centre throughout the year is about 4,000. 

The ICTP initiated a donation programme in 1980 in order to provide universities in developing countries with books, journals and the proceedings of international conferences in a range of scientific disciplines. Appeals were made to individuals, libraries and publishing companies for books and journals they no longer needed for distribution to libraries in developing countries with the Centre acting as intermediary. The Centre receives donations consisting of fairly recent and complete sets of scientific journals, textbooks and conference proceedings in paper or CD-Rom version. The complete collection of journals on CD-Roms of the American Physical Society is distributed amongst Least Developed Countries. The Donation Programme also acquires new books for institutions in developing countries upon request.

The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) was established in 1985 to support research projects in Third World countries and promote South/South and South/North collaboration. Since its inception, it has worked closely with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in running the Donation Programme. It concentrates on the fields of biology and chemistry. 

The ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme has distributed annually around 20,000 books, proceedings and journals among a few hundred institutions in 100 developing countries. Journals are despatched directly from the donor to the recipient, whereas books and proceedings are sent to the Centre and then on to the recipients. The Centre and the Academy cover the shipping costs of material sent to Trieste and to developing countries, if donors are unable to do so. 

Today, aware of the new technologies available and the advent of electronic journals, the Abdus Salam ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme, in collaboration with the ICTP Scientific Computer Section and ICTP Library, has developing a prototype information retrieval system called `eJournals Delivery Service'. It distributes individual scientific articles via e-mail to world scientists who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection. Famous publishers such as Elsevier, American Physical Society, Institute of Physics Publishing, World Scientific give free access to their journals through the eJDS. Providing scientists with current literature will support their ongoing research. The eJournals Delivery Service allows scientists to search and/or download articles using e-mail only and to follow hyperlinks as if they were surfing the web via a live internet connection. Full details, including a list of the participating journals, can be accessed on: http://www.ejds.org  or sending an e-mail message to: [email protected]  

The Donation Programme specially acknowledges participation from: American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, Elsevier Science Publishers, IEEE - Signal Processing Society, IUPAP, Lindsay Ross, The Royal Society of London, The Royal Swedish Academy, Springer, Wiley, World Scientific Publishing Company. 

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

American Geophysical Union [updated June 2004]
2000 Florida Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009
USA

Contact: Lee Zirkel 

Tel: +1 202 777 7516 Fax: +1 202 328 0566 
E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.agu.org  

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) is an international scientific society of more than 41,000 members from 130 countries, of which about 20% are students. AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity.

AGU's mission is to: 

• promote the scientific study of Earth and its environment in space and to disseminate the results to the public, 
• promote cooperation among scientific organisations involved in geophysics and related disciplines, 
• initiate and participate in geophysical research programs, 
• advance the various geophysical disciplines through scientific discussion, publication, and dissemination of information. 

AGU's activities are focused on the organisation and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary and international field of geophysics: atmospheric and ocean sciences; solid-Earth sciences; hydrologic sciences; and space sciences. 

AGU's publications programme includes both general information publications and specialised and technical works in both print and electronic media. These include a weekly newspaper, Eos; 14 peer reviewed research journals one of which is the Journal of Geophysical Research; 9 book series plus a number of miscellaneous books and maps; and assorted special reports. 

AGU attempts to encourage the broadest possible membership by maintaining individual membership dues at the lowest possible level. It also has arrangements with other international scientific societies to provide access to AGU journals at low rates. 

Additionally AGU has established and administers two membership grant programs, as follows: 
The Berkner Membership Program provides free, three-year memberships to individual scientists in countries striving to develop their geophysical sciences, often under the burden of low gross national product. 
The Lend-A-Hand Program allows Members to help their colleagues in countries with currency restrictions or low exchange rates. Through, Members provide a scientist with the full benefits of AGU for two years. Members may also donate AGU journal subscriptions. 

American Physical Society (APS)

American Physical Society [updated Feb 2004]
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA

Contacts: Amy Flatten, Director, International Affairs
Tel: +301 209 3236 Fax: +301 209 0865 E-mail: [email protected] 

Barbara Hicks, Associate Publisher
Tel: +301 209 3202 Fax: +301 209 0844 E-mail: [email protected] 

Web: http://www.aps.org 

Founded in 1899, the American Physical Society's (APS) mission is the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. In support of this mission, APS publishes primary research and review journals.

With roughly 30% of the Society's membership living and working outside the United States, the APS Office of International Affairs has made a significant commitment to conduct a variety of international programmes and outreach. As physics is an international enterprise, APS seeks to involve the leadership and membership of the Society in the establishment of bi- and multi-lateral relations with international physics community.

APS Articles and CD-ROM Distribution and Print Donation Programs

The APS has a significant programme for the provision of electronic access to articles and for distribution of CDs to Third World institutions through the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste. (See the separate entry for the ICTP for further details on their `E-Journals Delivery Service' and the CD distribution programme.)

In addition, The Forum on International Physics of the APS maintains a list of potential donors of paper journals and books. Individuals and institutions are encouraged to send details of available or required journals to Professor Ulloa for inclusion in the lists. If interested, the recipient will contact the donor directly and arrange for shipping. The APS will not pay shipping costs as these are normally covered by the recipient institution. ICTP in Trieste may help defray shipping costs in some cases.

Contact for donation of journals and books:

Professor Sergio Ulloa, c/o Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. Tel: + 740 593 1729 Fax: + 740 593 0433

E-mail: [email protected]  Web:

CERN Scientific Information Service

CERN Scientific Information Service
CERN (ETT-SI)
CH-1211 Geneva 23
SWITZERLAND

Contact: Corrado Pettenati, Head Librarian

Tel: +41 22 767 2473 Fax: +41 22 72860

E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://library.cern.ch/ 

The official publications of CERN (Centre Européan de Recherche Nucléaire) are available free of charge to research institutions worldwide and are likely to be relevant to institutions with an interest in high energy physics and related areas. These publications include the CERN reports which are often proceedings from summer schools and conferences on particle physics, accelerators, computing, etc. Also available are pre-prints in high energy physics. Much of the CERN publishing is done electronically and is available over international networks to institutions with internet access. CERN also maintains a website at: http://www.cern.ch 

Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP)

Institute of Physics Publishing [Updated June 2004]
Dirac House
Temple Back
Bristol BS1 6BE
UNITED KINGDOM

Contact: John Haynes

Tel: +44 117 929 7481 Fax: +44 117 929 4318

E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.iop.org 

Institute of Physics Publishing (IOPP) is a not for profit publisher wholly owned by the Institute of Physics - a learned society and professional body. The publishing activity dates back to 1874 and today the company publishes 40 journals and magazines.

The company is a world leader in electronic publishing, with all its journals online on the internet and an increasing range of other innovative web products and services for the community of physicists, including the website, PhysicsWeb (http://physicsweb.org/).

IOPP has over 400 book titles in print and publishes some 50 new monographs, proceedings, textbooks and popular science books each year in a broad range of subjects in physics and related sciences. A growing list of major reference works gives state of the art and encyclopaedic coverage of pure, applied and general physics topics.

IOPP has a donation programme through its EJs to Africa initiative. This was set up in 1997 and enables academic institutions in Africa to have access to IOPP's Electronic Journals service at no charge. 

International Astronomical Union (IAU)

International Astronomical Union [updated March 2004]
98 bis boulevard Arago
75014 Paris
FRANCE

Contact: Hans Oddbjørn Engvold, General Secretary

Tel: +33 1 43258358 Fax: +33 1 43252616

E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.iau.org/ 

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) budgets about $10,000 annually to cover the activities of Commission 46 on Astronomy Education & Development, for the following programmes:

• World-wide Development of Astronomy, WWDA
• Teaching for Astronomy Development, TAD
• International School for Young Astronomers, ISYA
• Exchange of Astronomers
• Collaborative Group
• Newsletter
• National Liaisons
• Public Education at the Times of Solar Eclipses
• Exchange of Books and Journals

New August 2004

International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)

International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics
51, boulevard de Montmorency
75016 Paris 
FRANCE

Contact: Professor Fritz G. Parak, Secretary General 

E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.iupab.org/ 

The International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics is a member of the ICSU (International Council for Science) family. Affiliated to it are the national adhering bodies of 50 countries. Its function is to support research and teaching in biophysics. 

IUPAB has four Task Forces concerned with major areas of biophysics:

• Bioinformatics 
• Capacity Building and Education in Biophysics 
• NMR in Biological Sciences 
• Biomedical Spectroscopy 

The Task Forces also arrange specialist meetings either associated with the Congresses or, more commonly, in the intervals between Congresses. The Union has funds that it uses to support conferences, schools and workshops; these funds are very limited and are normally used to provide `pump-priming' support to meeting organisers. The Union gives priority in the allocation of its funds to events that will promote biophysics in the developing countries and that will facilitate the participation of young scientists in the conferences that it supports. 

The official journal of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB), Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics covers the whole field of biophysics, from ion channels to DNA topology and from X-ray diffraction to NMR. Its publication IUPAB NEWS is available online.

New Entry August 2004

International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM)

International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven
NETHERLANDS

Contact:  Professor Dick H. van Campen, IUTAM Secretary-General

Fax: +31 40 247 2710
E-mail: [email protected]     
Web:    http://www.iutam.net/ 

The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) is an international non-governmental scientific organisation belonging to the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU). It was founded in 1946, with the objectives to form a link between persons and organisations engaged in scientific work in mechanics and related fields, and to promote the development of mechanics, both theoretical and applied, as a scientific discipline.

It does so mainly by organising international meetings to deal with scientific problems. An International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM), including mini-symposia and pre-nominated sessions, is held every four years with unrestricted participation. Additionally a number of specialised Symposia with invited participants are held every year; sometimes in cooperation with other Unions in the International Council for Science or with the 17 organisations affiliated to IUTAM. At present there are 50 Adhering Organisations, each of them representing independent scientific mechanics activity in a country or in a definite territory.

Publications

·         Annual Reports - Since 1948, the Union has published a Report every year with detailed information on its activities. The IUTAM Annual Reports over the last five years are available upon request from the IUTAM Secretariat with others available in PDF format online.

·         IUTAM Newsletter is available upon request from the IUTAM Secretariat. PDF versions of the latest issues are also accessible online.

·         Symposia and Congress Proceedings – Information on the available Proceedings is accessible online.

International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA)

International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications [updated July 2004]
84 Oldfield Drive
Vicars Cross
Chester CH3 5LW
UNITED KINGDOM

Contact: Dr R J Reid, Secretary General IUVSTA 

Tel: +44 1244 342675 Fax: +44 70059 63675 
E-mail: [email protected]  Web: http://www.iuvsta.org/  


The International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) is an international federation of thirty national vacuum organisations. It represents nearly 15,000 physicists, chemists, materials scientists, engineers, and technologists who are active in basic and applied research, development, manufacturing, sales and education. 

The purpose of the IUVSTA is to promote vacuum science and technology on an international level. This includes promotion of vacuum education and research, the establishment of international vacuum standards and the organisation of international congresses, conferences and workshops. 

The IUVSTA Education Committee sponsors a variety of educational programmes designed to serve science and engineering students, professionals, and researchers. Visual aids covering subjects of interest to the IUVSTA are available to assist professors, teachers, and short course instructors. 

Several workshops on topics such as thin films, electronic materials, and applied surface science are organised each year. These workshops are designed to provide a forum for la small group of leading scientists, engineers, and teachers to discuss leading edge topics in a n informal environment; to encourage free discussion, there are no published proceedings. 

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics [updated March 2004]
c/o American Physical Society (APS)
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3844
USA

Contacts: Dr Judy Franz, Associate Secretary-General, 
Jackie Beamon-Kiene, Administrator 

Tel: +1 301 209 3269 Fax: +1 301 209 0865

E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.iupap.org 

The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) donates up to 50 copies of its conference proceedings to developing country libraries via the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). The Union also provides a grant to TWAS to cover shipping costs and subscriptions to certain physics journals. It has recently begun to support the ICTP e-journals delivery service.

International Union of Radio Science (URSI)

International Union of Radio Science [updated March 2004]
c/o INTEC, Ghent University
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
B-9000 Gent
BELGIUM

Contact: Inge Heleu, Executive Secretary 

Tel: +32 9 2643320 Fax: +32 9 2644288 
E-mail: [email protected] 
Web: http://www.ursi.org 

Radio science encompasses the knowledge and study of all aspects of electromagnetic fields and waves. The International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale: URSI), a non-governmental and non-profit organisation under the International Council for Science, is responsible for stimulating and coordinating, on an international basis, studies, research, applications, scientific exchange, and communication in the fields of radio science. 

Included within the objectives are the following: 

• to encourage and promote international activity in radio science and its applications, for the benefit of humanity; 
• to encourage the adoption of common methods of measurement, and the intercomparison and standardisation of the measuring instruments used in scientific work; 
• to stimulate and co-ordinate studies of: 
  - the scientific aspects of telecommunications using electromagnetic waves, guided and unguided; 
  - the generation, emission, radiation, propagation, reception, and detection of fields and waves, and the processing of the signals embedded in them. 
• to represent radio science to the general public, and to public and private organisations. 

URSI is willing to give free subscriptions of its own quarterly publication, The Radio Science Bulletin, to selected libraries in developing countries (50 free subscriptions in total). This magazine can be downloaded free of charge from the URSI web site.

Microscopy Society of America (MSA)

Microscopy Society of America (MSA)
Bostrom Corporation
230 East Ohio, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60611
USA

Contacts: Judy Janes, Administrative Manager

Philip Lesser, Managing Director

Tel: +1 312-644-1527 Fax: +1 312-644-8557

E-mail: [email protected]  ; [email protected]  ; [email protected]  
Web: http://www.msa.microscopy.com  

The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion and advancement of the knowledge of the science and practice of all microscopical imaging, analysis and diffraction techniques useful for elucidating the ultrastructure and function of materials in diverse areas of biological, materials, medical and physical sciences. 

The Microscopy Society of America (MSA) offers a free subscription to Microscopy and Microanalysis, its official journal, to societies for microscopy in developing countries or countries where obtaining foreign exchange is difficult. About six national societies are current recipients. 

The MSA website provides users with access to up-to-date information about the Microscopy Society of America, its affiliated societies, and microscopy resources which are sponsored by the society.