Chemistry

Collection Development Policy Statement

Library's Collection Development Objectives

Support faculty and student research and the curriculum through Doctor degree level in the disciplines of Chemistry; also to support research projects and programs conducted on behalf of the researchers in the College of Basic Sciences; and to assist those involved in chemical information research in the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Polymer Analysis Laboratory (PAL) and Institute for Environmental Studies, Departments of Human Ecology, Dairy Science, Poultry Science, Biological Sciences, and Agriculture.

Curriculum Program Descriptions

The Department of Chemistry is part of the College of Basic Sciences. There are twenty-eight faculty and all have Ph.D. degrees. There are two adjunct professors and three emeritus professors, including the dean of the College of Basic Sciences, and a professor Chancellor Emeritus. Listed below are the number of degrees awarded to students in Chemistry for the past five years:

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The following degree programs are offered which the Library collection supports:

New and Expanding Areas of Interest

• Modification of metal, insulator, and high-Tc superconductor surfaces.
• Development of new technologies for the rapid and high throughput sequencing of the human genome (DNA).
• Single molecule spectroscopy and its applications in chemical and biochemical analyses.
• Chemistry of large poly-nuclear aromatic ring systems that are related to fullerene
• Application of solid-state NMR techniques for solving problems in heterogeneous catalysis, materials science, and hazardous waste solidification/stabilization.
• Environmental fate and speciation of trace organics and trace elements in aquatic environments.
• Transition-metal complexes that can be used for molecular recognition, photochemical redox reactions, and synthesis of electronic materials.
• Developing new ways of making thin films of copper and other highly conducting metals for use in ultra-large-scale integrated circuits.
• Ultrafast laser techniques to investigate chemical reaction dynamics in liquids.
• Study of chemical phenomena occurring in disordered systems such as clusters, liquids, dense gases, polymers, and amorphous solids.
• Electrokinetic soil processing, a low-cost electrochemical method for remediating polluted soils by electrolysis and electroosmosis convection.
• Synthesis of novel polymeric materials.
• Design and synthesis of organic molecules , including the fullerenes, corannulene, carbon networks and rods, tubules, and macrocycles.
• Designed and synthesized a new class of binucleating polydentate phosphine ligands for preparing novel bimetallic transition metal complexes.
• The role of oxidative stress, the stress that oxidants place on organisms, and the role of anitoxidants.
• Theoretical modeling of macromolecular systems, with current developing a theory for the phase behavior of polymer blends.
• Synthesis of electrically conductive polymers.
• Synthesis of fluorescent amino acid analogs to probe peptide hormone structure.
• Synthesis of new peptides to investigate the mechanism of lytic peptide activity.
• Study of microscopic and macroscopic properties of surfaces are related in order to develop surfaces with specific chemical and physical characteristics.
• Analysis of complex mixtures from a variety of chemical and biological systems.
• Design and synthesis, as well as the biophysical and biochemical evaluation, of nucleic acid and polypeptide analogs.
• Study of structure/function relationships of the metal centers in various metalloproteins.
• Natural products chemistry involves the study of organic biologically active compounds from higher plants.
• Biochemical systematics, chemical ecology, and the directed search for biocidal and pharmacologically active metabolites from higher plants and hairy root cultures.
• Organic and inorganic chemistry of the heavier nonmetals and metalloids, particularly Si.
• Investigation of certain aspects in the development, as well as prevention, of atherosclerotic plaque (AP).

Areas of Specialization/Major Faculty Research Interests

• General area of surface science,
• Microfabrication of miniaturized chemical analysis
• Capillary electrophoresis systems on glass chips using photolithography for the analysis of DNA restriction fragments (DNA fingerprinting) and DNA sequencing applications as well as field analysis of heavy metals.
• Synthesis of other novel Buckybowls, and the investigation of their structure and chemistry, especially with comparison to the fullerenes.
• ²⁷Al quadrupolar interaction to chemical structure instrumentation development and theoretical analysis.
• Electron transfer and photodissociation reactions to understand how the solvent influences chemical reactions.
• The development of new green synthetic methods, the disposal of hazardous wastes, and the detection of plastic explosives and drugs is aided by the use of NMR spectroscopy.
• Molten salt and nonaqueous chemistry.
• Modification of cellulosics to produce water soluble pro-drug delivery systems
• Polysaccharide study in the direct conversion of chitin to a soluble derivative suitable for further processing.
• Direct synthesis of polar-functionalized carbon rods and corannulenes.
• State-of-the-art computerized autoclave facilities and a high pressure IR cell for in situ catalytic studies.
• Quasielastic light scattering and fluorescence photobleaching recovery (FPR) are good examples.
• Free radical chemistry of cigarette tar.
• Structure and thermodynamic properties of metal clusters as a function of cluster size and temperature.
• Protein Center; synthesis if protein analogs and peptide sequences.
• Characterizing the polymerization process in PSAMs using electrochemistry, Fourier-transform reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy (FT-RAIRS), and scanning probe microscopy (SPM).
• Synthesizing electron-beam and UV-light sensitive monolayers for use in chemical force microscopy (CFM), a recent spin-off of scanning force microscopy (SFM).
• High resolution mass spectrometry to help elucidate structure-function relationships in ribonucleic acids
• Characterization of Non polar Compounds Using ESI MS .
• Isolation, structure determination, and chemistry of terpenoids, acetogenins, and phenolics from higher plants.
• The study of natural products from higher plants in search for pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals, chemical modification of bioactive natural products to learn about structure-activity relationships, and chemical and mechanistic aspects of chemically mediated plant-plant interactions (allelopathy).
• Cement chemistry and to predict the long-term behavior of treated hazardous wastes.
• The biotic interconversion of several forms of organotin compounds.

Treatment of Subject Depth

The goal of collection development activities in Chemistry is to support the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, sustained independent research of students and faculty, Polymer Analysis Laboratory (PAL) , and the Center for Advanced Microstructure and Devices (CAMD) synchrotron facility. The existing collection strength for Chemistry is at level 4 and current collecting intensity is at level 3/4 (See Classed Analysis).

CD ROMs, Electronic Books, Remotely Accessed Texts

LSU Libraries will purchase CD ROM works on a case by case basis when requested by faculty members or graduate students in need of enhanced capabilities afforded by CD ROMs. The LSU Libraries recognizes that electronic information, e-books, electronic paper, etc. merit attention. The purchase of access to remote data and texts, such as J-STOR and others, will be pursued when the ownership of remote products will benefit the greatest number of students, staff, and faculty at the best possible price. Purchase of remotely accessed texts must follow the policy and procedures set forth in Procedures for Acquiring and Processing Electronic Resources.

Specific Delimitations

Type

Collected Extensively: Specialized reference tools, such s indexes, abstracts, encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, major secondary works (monographs); monographic serials.

Collected selectively: Proceedings, popular treatments, biographies, catalogs, undergraduate and upper division textbooks, laboratory manuals, workbooks, curriculum guides.

Excluded: Popular treatments, juvenile literature.

Physical Format

Collected extensively: Traditional print formats, i.e. monographs, serials; microforms, microfilm.

Collected selectively: CD-ROM, Audio-cassette packets, phonodiscs, charts, pamphlets, loose leaf services.

Imprint Date.

Collected extensively: Materials published during the last ten years.

Collected selectively: Materials published more than ten years ago.

Place of Publication

Collected extensively: United States, Great Britain, Netherlands, Canada, West Germany.

Collected Selectively: All others.

Languages

Collected extensively: English, and translations of foreign language works.

Collected selectively: All others.

Chronological Periods

Collected extensively: The contemporary science as defined by developments of the past ten years.

Collected selectively: All other periods more than ten years ago.

Geographical Focus

Collected extensively: United States, Canada, Great Britain, West Germany, Netherlands.

Collected selectively: All others.

Overlap with Other Subjects of Collections

Primary: Five overlapping subject areas have been identified for which this statement assumes the primary collection development responsibility.

• Chemical Reaction and Process -- (Engineering)
• Thermodynamics (Chemical) -- Engineering
• Toxicology -- Engineering, Veterinary Medicine
• Chemical Hazards and Safety -- Engineering
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -- Physics, Engineering, Biochemistry

Secondary: In five other areas only occasionally will selections be made by the Chemistry selector.

• Biochemistry -- (Biochemistry)
• Chemical Engineering -- Engineering
• Cell Biology -- Zoology/Physiology
• Molecular Biology -- Zoology/Physiology
• DNA resynthesis -- Microbiology

Shared:

• Biochemistry (peptide, protein, lyposomes, lipids) -- Biochemistry
• Chemical Engineering (Mass transfer, Kinetics) -- Engineering
• Food Science -- Human Ecology
• Textiles -- Human Ecology
• Microscopy -- Zoology/Physiology Physics

Louisiana State University relies on document delivery from Knight Ridder - UnCover to supply serial documents. LSU is part of the South Eastern Library Association (SELA) to foster inter-library lending and borrowing practices. Instrumentation for the Chemistry department includes four major instruments-a field-swept NMR spectrometer built around an Oxford 16/18 Tesla magnet (shared with the LSU Department of Physics); a new 400 MHz solid-state NMR spectrometer; a field-cycling NMR built around a Bruker MSL200; and a pulsed NQR (pure zero-field NMR) spectrometer.

Other Considerations

Gifts and exchange programs with local industrial chemical firms, i.e. Exxon Research and Development and Albemarle Corporation, provide additional reference materials and serial title back files. Grant money from a Howard Hughes Undergraduate Biomedical Research Grant purchased sixteen computers that are installed in the Chemistry Library. Software and equipment maintenance are funded by the College of Basic Sciences which uses the computer room for course instruction and undergraduate computer access.

Classed Analysis

LC Classification	Descriptor	Collecting Level		Comments
		Existing Strength	Current Intensity
QD 1-65	General. History. Technique.	4	3	HD 9650+ Chemical industries; TP Chemical Technology
QD 71-142	Analytical chemistry	4	3	QC 450+ Spectroscopy
QD 81-96	Qualitative analysis	4	4
QD 101-117	Quantitative analysis	4	4
QD 130-139	Technical analysis	4	4
QD 142	Water analysis	4	4
QD 146-197	Inorganic chemistry	4	3	QE 515+ Geochemistry
QD 171-172	Metals	3	3
QD 189-193	Salts	3	3
QD 196	Inorganic polymers	4	3
QD 241-441	Organic chemistry	4	3
QD 271-272	Organic analysis	4	3
QD 320-327	Carbohydrates	4	3
QD 330-341	Aromatic compounds	4	3
QD 375-377	Antibiotics	3	3
QD 380-388	Polymers	4	3
QD 410-412	Organomettalic chemistry	3	3
QD 415-436	Biological chemistry	4	3
QD 450-731	Physical and theoretical chemistry	3	3	QC 170+ Physics
QD 462	Quantum chemistry	3	3
QD 506-508	Surface chemistry	4	3
QD 510-536	Thermochemistry	3	3
QD 551-571	Electrochemistry	3	3
QD 581	Plasma chemistry	2	2
QD 601-655	Radiochemistry. Nuclear chemistry	2	2
QD 701-731	Photochemistry	3	2
QD 901-999	Crystallography	3	3	QE 372+ Mineralogy

Prepared: January 15, 1998
Updated: March 15, 2003