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From: Kotchetkov, V.
To: Horst Doelle
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:05 PM
Subject: EOLSS for IOBB
Dear Professor Doelle,
We are pleased to offer free access to Encyclopedia of Life Support
Systems (EOLSS-online at www.eolss.net) for all the members of the
IOBB. Please circulate the information and encourage them to register
at https://www.eolss.net/EolssRegister/AuthorRegister.aspx
In this form let the members enter “IOBB09”, showing the official
acronym of the organization, against the item “Agreement Number
(AA/PA)” and select the status of ‘Author’ under “HTE/Author”.
Free access to the entire body of knowledge of the EOLSS, will be
provided by a special arrangement for one year.
Please ensure that IOBB posts the information given below on its site
for the benefit of information of members of their organizations.
Likewise each member registering for free access to the EOLSS is
expected to request his/her institutional library to do so. Upon
registration and notice to us by airmail about the posting of the said
information on their institutional library sites, IOBB Members will
receive an activation message with username and password for access to
the EOLSSonline.
In the case of any assistance required they may contact EOLSS
helpdesk (helpd...@eolssonline.net).
Best wishes,
Dr. Vladislav Kotchetkov,
Member UNESCO-EOLSS Joint Committee,
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (EOLSS)
EOLSS website: http://www.eolss.net
An Integrated Compendium of Twenty Encyclopedias
The first Earth Summit of 1992, held in Rio de Janeiro, issued a
document that is now famous as Agenda 21. This document refers to the
Earth's life support systems, considering the whole of our planet as a
grand intensive care unit which supports all forms of life (both
natural and human engineered systems). The EOLSS is based on this
concept and the above definition of 'life support systems'. Unlike
most encyclopedias, the contents of which are alphabetically arranged,
EOLSS has a thematic organization. It can almost be regarded as an
'encyclopedia of encyclopedias', presenting a wide range of major core
subjects in a process of gradual development, from broad overview to
great detail. Subjects covered include: Earth and Atmospheric
Sciences; Biological, Physiological and Health sciences; Mathematical
and Physical Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Water Sciences and
Engineering; Energy Sciences and Engineering; Biotechnology ; Tropical
Biology and Conservation Management ; Land Use, Land Cover and Soil
Sciences; Control Systems, Robotics and Automation; Environmental and
Ecological Sciences and Engineering; Food and Agricultural Sciences;
Human Resources Policy, Development, and Management; Natural Resources
Policy; Development and Economic Sciences; Ships and Offshore
Structures; Regional Sustainable Development; Social Sciences and
Humanities; Institutional and Infrastructural Resources. EOLSS is
augmented and updated on a monthly basis.
EOLSS body of knowledge is also made available in the form of e-books
in pdf format. Presently about 400 e-books (volumes) are ready and
gradually this number will increase to ultimately capture the entire
EOLSS-online body of knowledge in about 600 volumes. Proposals are
presently being studied for making the e-books also available in some
major languages in addition to the original set in English in
collaboration with the Universal Networking Digital Language (UNDL)
Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland. The EOLSS On-line has emerged as the
largest and the most authoritative source of thematically organized
current knowledge. Users will find the EOLSS On-line a convenient
reference to help them in their chosen field of specialization and
support their efforts in gaining a holistic understanding of many
current problems through interdisciplinary subjects and
transdisciplinary pathways forged across disciplines. The EOLSS
On-line is rapidly becoming the most sought-after reference site in
the world.
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