Nate Newbury, a PhD physicist at NIST’s Optoelectronics division in Boulder, is one of six finalists for Test & Measuement World's 2010 Test Engineer of the Year. Newbury, of NIST's Optoelectronics Division, is leading a project to develop a rangefinder that can locate multiple objects with pin-point, nano-meter precision at ranges up to 100km (62mi.).

Newbury's published work makes for a long list, but his more recent contributions include:

High-performance, vibration-immune, fiber-laser frequency comb. Optics Letters, V.34 No.5 (2009), 638-640.

Recent atomic clock comparisons at NIST. European Physical Journal-Special Topics, V.163 (2008), 19-35.

High-stability transfer of an optical frequency over long fiber-optic links. Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics. V.25, No.8 (2008), 1284-1293.

Toward a low-jitter 10 GHz pulsed source with an optical frequency comb generator. Optics Express, V.16, No.12 (2008), 8498-8508.

Coherent multiheterodyne spectroscopy using stabilized optical frequency combs. Physical Review Letters, V.100, No.1 (2008). Article Number: 013902.

Abstracts (and in many cases, full-text versions) of these and more of Newbury's publications can be accessed through Web of Science on the Boulder Labs Library's Databases page.

To vote, visit www.tmworld.com/survey/78568. The winner of the 2010 Test Engineer of the Year award will be announced April 2010.

F.T. Bronzan has joined the staff in the Interlibrary Loan Technician position that Linda Jarriel previously held. As some of you will remember, F.T. previously worked in our library as an administrative assistant and also performed interlibrary loan duties during that time. We are very happy to finally have this position filled after two years. Please welcome F.T. back to the library!

If the newest addition to the Boulder Labs Library staff, Joan Segal, looks familiar, it is because she has been part of the Boulder Labs community for quite some time. Joan was the Library's Reference & Electronic Resources Librarian from 1996-2006. She left the Boulder Labs to help her husband by becoming the Chief Financial Officer for his expanding business, The Berry Best Smoothie Company in Boulder.

Joan also worked in the Boulder Labs Library in the late '80's - early '90's. It was during this period that she developed her love of scientific libraries and of the "detective work" of verifying obscure citations that led her to pursue a career as a professional librarian. Joan received her MLS from the University of Arizona in 1995, and has a B.A. in English with a minor in Appalachian Studies from Virginia Tech, as well as a degree in Sign Language Interpreting from Front Range Community College.

For the past year, Joan has worked at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries in the collection development department assisting with online licensing data collection and dissemination, collection evaluation and assessment and as the Women and Gender Studies bibliographer. She has returned as our Lead Public Services Librarian, working collaboratively with library public services personnel to help ensure the integrity of the circulation, ILL, reference, and e-resources functions. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, gardening, playing with her three dogs, and watching Top Chef with her husband. Please join us at Boulder Labs Library in extending to Joan a warm welcome back!

Starting, Oct. 1, ProQuest has added a deep-indexing feature to its databases, including the AGRICOLA, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts, GeoRef, and Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts databases to which Boulder Labs employees have access. What this means is that supplemental deep indexing databases will be searched, along with the traditional abstract and indexing file, so that entered search terms retrieve data found in embedded figures such as maps, photos, graphs, etc., thereby enhancing resource discovery. When clicking on GeoRef, for example, we are brought to the search interface with "CSA Illumina" logo in the upper left-hand corner. Underneath the logo is the link "Deep Indexing added to selected databases." Following the link will bring you to more information about deep indexing, including which databases and subject areas to which the feature applies. The feature is free and automatic when searching select databases, bringing up an enhanced bibliographic record or abstract pertaining to the search parameters entered.

Above: Main page of GeoRef database, shown here as an example, features a link to information about Deep Indexing.

Below: Abstract retrieved for keywords "Aeronomy" and "maps." Hovering over figures reveal important deep-indexed metadata.