LibWorm.com provides a librarian RSS filtering service. Over 1500 RSS librarian sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest headlines from journals and sites in the E-journals interest group. http://www.libworm.com/rss/librarianqueries.php Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:04 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/12/wiley-changes-and-problems-with-ejournal-access.html Access problems often appear in January-February as invoice errors, subscription changes and other such problems occur. Please report problems or questions promptly so we can repair them as soon as possible. You can email Ruth or use the EJournal Problem Report Form. Also, during December, Wiley Online Library (formerly Wiley Interscience and Blackwell Synergy) adjusted our access; our old contract gave us a "deal" on many titles we did not actually pay for; since we canceled that contract for 2010+ we expected the change sooner; we have kept access through 2009 but 2010+ is no longer available on the Danforth Campus. Of course we continue to have current online access to many the Wiley subscriptions and free issues. Biofolk may find that many "lost" Wiley titles are available on computers at the medical campus or via medical campus proxy which DBBS graduate students and faculty with joint appointments may enjoy. (Source: Biology Library News) Mon, 27 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 895639 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/netbib/DFxV/~3/hHHpTa-XcCY/ Bibliotheken werben mit der Zugänglichkeit von Medien, z.B. die Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek [via Pressemitteilung auf APA-OTS] und die Frankfurter Stadtbibliothek. Bezüglich der Öffnungszeiten an Weihnachten/Neujahr heißt es: Nur eine arbeitet ununterbrochen: Die «Virtuelle Stadtbücherei» mit eMedien und eLearning-Kursen ist im Netz rund um die Uhr erreichbar. [via Frankfurter Neue Presse] (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:00:33 +0100 894447 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/hHHpTa-XcCY/ Bibliotheken werben mit der Zugänglichkeit von Medien, z.B. die Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek [via Pressemitteilung auf APA-OTS] und die Frankfurter Stadtbibliothek. Bezüglich der Öffnungszeiten an Weihnachten/Neujahr heißt es: Nur eine arbeitet ununterbrochen: Die «Virtuelle Stadtbücherei» mit eMedien und eLearning-Kursen ist im Netz rund um die Uhr erreichbar. [via Frankfurter Neue Presse] (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 20 Dec 2010 11:00:33 +0100 894044 http://www.teleread.com/library/e-only-scholarly-journals-the-subject-of-new-research-study-by-rin/ From the press release: A new portfolio of research projects will be focusing on transitions to electronic-only publication, gaps in access, the dynammics of improving access to research papers and the future of scholarly communication. The scholarly communications landscape has been transformed over the past few years, in the UK and across the world. Technological change has brought – and continues to bring – profound changes in the roles that researchers, funders, research institutions, publishers, aggregators, libraries and other intermediaries play in disseminating and providing access to quality-assured research outputs, in their goals and expectations, and in the services they provide and use. There are shared ambitions for significantly enhanced access, but no consensus on how best to achieve it. Understanding the nature and implications of these changes, and the interrelationships between them, is thus of critical importance if we are to exploit the potential of new technologies and services to the full. The Research Information Network (RIN), the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP), the Publishers Association (PA), the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM), the Publishing Research Consortium (PRC), the British Library (BL), Research Libraries UK (RLUK), the Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL), SPARC Europe, Research Councils UK (RCUK), Universities UK (UUK), the Wellcome Trust and others have been working to this end. They are now seeking to establish a joint portfolio of work to underpin and facilitate transitions over the next few years. The joint portfolio will focus intially on four projects, though more may follow. ... Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:20:43 +0100 893167 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/NnXCItkvda0/directory-of-open-access-journals_15.html International Journal of Language Studies Iranian Journal of Language Studies Open Access Emergency Medicine Open Access Journal of Urology Transplant Research and Risk Management Korean Journal of Pathology Patient Related Outcome Measures Open Access Bioinformatics Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine Virus Adaptation and Treatment Open Access Animal Physiology Open Access Journal of Contraception Patient Intelligence Revista Crítica Histórica Sankofa : Revista de História da África e de Estudos da Diáspora Africana Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior Asia-Pacific Journal : Japan Focus Journal of Information and Communication Technology Revista Româna de Studii Baltice si Nordice Tropical Life Sciences Research Cardiovascular Journal Potsdamer Beiträge und Reportagen aus den Informationswissenschaften GERF Bulletin of Biosciences Logos & Episteme : an International Journal of Epistemology Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry Educação, Formação & Tecnologias JEP : eJournal of Education Policy Encuentro : Revista de Investigación e Innovación en la Clase de Idiomas Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE) Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal Criterio Jurídico University of Toronto Medical Journal Carpathian Journal of Food Science and Technology (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:08:31 +0100 892982 http://www.cilip.org.uk/about-us/people/council/Pages/bio_lambert.aspx Jill Lambert (to serve until 31 December 2011) Postnominals: BSc MA FCLIP Email: Jill.Lambert@cilip.org.uk Biography Jill Lambert began her career as a weekend assistant at Ilkeston Public Library in Derbyshire. After a science degree at Bristol University, she worked for the Paint Research Association, subsequently taking a post graduate diploma in librarianship at Liverpool John Moores University.Her first professional post was with the University of Westminster, followed by the appointment as Science and Technology Librarian at Northumbria University. During a career break for two children, Jill studied for an MA in Librarianship. For several years, she was a visiting lecturer in the Department of Library and Information Studies at Birmingham City University. On returning to academic libraries, she worked at Birmingham City and Staffordshire Universities, before moving to Aston University. In the Library & Information Services (LIS) at Aston she was responsible for public services and academic liaison for life science and engineering for 10 years until retiring as Assistant Director in autumn 2007. She is a Fellow and Life Member of CILIP. Her interests centre around 3 areas: • Developing and managing services to users. This has included implementing an access control system, improving services for users with additional needs, and introducing “walk-in” access for visitors. She was instrumental in achieving Charter Mark, a government award for customer excellence, for LIS at Aston University in 2007. • Incorporating IT developments into practice. She was involved in the early development of CD-Rom, beta testing databases for OCLC Europe, later publishing a review on the management of CDs in academic libraries. In 2001 she initiated the first e-book service at Aston University, also greatly expanding the provision of e-journals. • Scientific, technical and medical information. ... Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:29:23 +0100 893044 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/NnXCItkvda0/directory-of-open-access-journals_15.html International Journal of Language Studies Iranian Journal of Language Studies Open Access Emergency Medicine Open Access Journal of Urology Transplant Research and Risk Management Korean Journal of Pathology Patient Related Outcome Measures Open Access Bioinformatics Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine Virus Adaptation and Treatment Open Access Animal Physiology Open Access Journal of Contraception Patient Intelligence Revista Crítica Histórica Sankofa : Revista de História da África e de Estudos da Diáspora Africana Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Analitica Junior Asia-Pacific Journal : Japan Focus Journal of Information and Communication Technology Revista Româna de Studii Baltice si Nordice Tropical Life Sciences Research Cardiovascular Journal Potsdamer Beiträge und Reportagen aus den Informationswissenschaften GERF Bulletin of Biosciences Logos & Episteme : an International Journal of Epistemology Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry Educação, Formação & Tecnologias JEP : eJournal of Education Policy Encuentro : Revista de Investigación e Innovación en la Clase de Idiomas Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment (IJEE) Sea Grant Law & Policy Journal Criterio Jurídico University of Toronto Medical Journal Carpathian Journal of Food Science and Technology (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 893086 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/iiLyAvU7Bss/springer-partners-with-lockss-program.html The LOCKSS Program has announced Springer's participation in the Global LOCKSS Network. Springer has committed for LOCKSS preservation nearly 42,000 e-books; more than 2000 e-journals, 174 eReference works, and 22,000 Protocols. By implementing a library ownership model, Springer is enabling libraries to fulfill a core library mission - to build and preserve digital library collections (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:15:53 +0100 891460 http://cical.blogspot.com/2010/12/liblog-landscape-2007-2010-now.html One of the occasional exceptions to the "just announcements of C&I" rule for this blog--because C&I Books and the ejournal are closely linked.The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010The most comprehensive study of liblogs (and, I suspect, the most comprehensive study of blogs in any specific field) is now available--and discounted from now through the end of ALA Midwinter 2011.The Liblog Landscape 2007-2010 looks at every English-language liblog[that is, blog by a self-identified library/archives/museum person, or blog about library/archives/museum issues, that isn't an official blog offering an institution's or groups views]that had a presence on the open web in early summer 2010 and at least one post before June 1, 2010.That's 1,304 liblogs in all, from more than two dozen countries.Even though this book doesn't include profiles for individual liblogs (unlike The Liblog Landscape 2007-2008, now out of print, and But Still They Blog: The Liblog Landscape 2007-2009, still available), it covers so much ground and with so much analysis of the recent history of English-language liblogs that the book is still a fairly thick paperback--241 print pages (including 4 pages of front matter and a 20-page index of blogs).The book looks at key metrics for March-May 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010: Primarily number of posts, average length per post and average comments per post, as well as changes in those metrics and patterns of metrics, but also total length and total comments.Additionally, the book includes discussion of the overall lifespan, number of posts, and posts per month for most of the blogs--and other secondary metrics such as the software, country in which the blog was (apparently) written, when blogs began and how current the most recent post was (as of May 31, 2010).On sale nowThe 241-page 6x9" (trade) paperback, on 60# cream book paper, costs $35.00--or you can buy the PDF download for $22.50. ... Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 891118 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/12/03/more-on-finding-hidden-treasure/ My last column addressed an odd feature of current legal periodical publishing: a number of legal publishers do not expose interoperable metadata for their periodical articles on the free Web, and do not sell or license individual periodical articles online. We saw that these practices seem unusual because they are inconsistent with industry trends, and because these publishers already use digital publishing processes, have access to free or low-cost ejournal platform and ecommerce software, often have access within their own corporate families to expertise in implementing such software and services, and, given the size of the global market and the interdisciplinary appeal of much of these publishers’ periodical content, seem to be foregoing substantial marketing opportunities and revenue streams. Given all the factors weighing in favor of freeing up metadata and implementing article-level ecommerce on the Web, what could be holding these publishers back? Here are some suggestions: Low levels of competition. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger has observed that legal publishers — like producers in other industries — when faced with minimal or no competition in a market, tend to resist innovation, due to a lack of incentives; Fear of cannibalizing print subscriptions. Some publishers may worry that improving Web access to periodical content will cause some print customers to cancel their subscriptions, resulting in overall declines in revenue for periodical content. Fear of cannibalizing online subscriptions. Legal publishers may worry that, if interoperable metadata and ecommerce for articles were offered on the Web, online periodical subscription customers might cancel their subscriptions in favor of purchasing articles on an ad hoc basis, and that this, too, would result in overall declines in revenue from periodical content. Failure to understand the scope of potential demand. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:56 +0100 890702 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/12/02/daily-tweets-2010-12-02/ Digital Commons Subscriber Newsletter, Fall 2010 http://bit.ly/dIw7qJ # Recording Available: In-Depth Fedora Tutorial for Developers http://bit.ly/eH9INf # 5 of the Best Free and Open Source Data Mining Software http://bit.ly/hMBpvr # What's Going on With Comcast and Level3? http://bit.ly/dSVMnF # GPO to Share Metadata with EBSCO http://bit.ly/hsuwxy # Notes on SITS – the Scholarly Infrastructure Technical Summit http://bit.ly/e8riem # Research Intelligence — We're Not Paying That Much! http://bit.ly/e6OFxz # Almost 60% of Wellcome-funded Papers in PMC Are Fully Open Access http://bit.ly/goxrC2 # University of Pittsburgh Library System Offers Free Ejournal Publishing Service http://bit.ly/dJjxph # FTC Wants "Do Not Track" Button on Your Browser, Pronto http://bit.ly/i0gJHy # Call Your Senators and Ask Them to Reauthorize IMLS and Confirm Susan Hildreth as Director of IMLS! http://bit.ly/huDFem # (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:00:00 +0100 890069 http://dltj.org/article/thursday-threads-2010w48/ Receive DLTJ Thursday Threads:• by E-mail• by RSS Delivered by FeedBurner The highlights of the past week are around publishing — first with a model proposed by Eric Hellman in which consumers can pool enough money to pay publishers to “set a book free” under a Creative Commons license, then with an announcement by the University of Pittsburgh offering free hosting of open access e-journals. Since we have to be able to describe and find this content, their bibliographic descriptions are important; John Wilkin proposes a model for open access to elements of bibliographic descriptions. Rounding out this week’s topics are a report of a master’s degree program in business using Facebook, and tips for planning an unconference meeting.Paying Publishers to Set their Content Free[Eric] Hellman’s new model is something he calls GlueJar. He proposes to “unglue” e-books from their publishers so that they can be available to the world, DRM-free and under Creative Commons license. Here’s the model: publishers sign on with works that they want to “unglue.” They determine what they are willing to be paid for ungluing each work. Users contribute money towards the ungluing. When the threshold amount is reached for a given title, that title is unglued: it appears in all contributors’ e-book reader libraries and in repositories used for online public library access. The publisher is paid, and GlueJar takes a commission.In other words, publishers just need to determine a price for content being taken off their hands, and if the public is willing to pay that price, it happens. (Users aren’t charged until works they want to unglue are unglued.) No more transaction costs; anyone can distribute the content to anyone else. Publishers could possibly retain subsidiary rights to the content, such as print on demand or derivative work rights. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:17:31 +0100 891124 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1521 Seit 19. November bietet Ihnen unser Online-Katalog neue Funktionen, die wir bereits vorstellten. An dieser Stelle wollen wir Ihnen die genauen Zahlen der hinzugekommenen E-Books und E-Journals nennen: Im Online-Katalog finden Sie nun auch 15.144 Elektronische Zeitschriften, die aus der Elektronischen Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)  importiert wurden. Die Verteilung der einzelnen wissenschaftlichen Fachgebiete, die im Online-Katalog auch über [...] (Source: Newsblog) Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:46:18 +0100 890858 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/11/new-biology-related-ejournals-and-databases-nov-2010.html AoB Plants Full text,2009+; freely available; Oxford Univ. Press | AoB Plants on PubMed Central. Reasons to publish in AoB Plants. [AoB stands for Annals of Botany in case you were wondering like I was!] Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available. esp@cenet (European Patent Office) "Free access to more than 60 million patent documents from all over the world (including U.S.) containing information about inventions and technical developments from 1836 (US) to today." Search tips | More info. GPO Metalib Web gateway to more than 50 government sites; for a list of sites see A-Z resources; subject groups, such as, Environment, Agriculture, Health + Safety, General Resources, Science + Technology, are available under "Expert" tab. More info | GPO Metalib Help. Investigative Genetics Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; BioMed Central; Investigative Genetics on PubMed Central. Reaxys Chemists will be the primary user group for structure searching, but text and author searching is also available. Combined data from three sources: The Beilstein Database, The Gmelin Database, and The Patent Chemistry Database. Includes searching by reaction, substance, and/or numeric property data. Coverage is journals 1771+, patents 1869+. ScienceDirect now allows search for images in ScienceDirect resources by caption/keyword. Click on the Images button to switch from Articles search to Images search OR Click on Search and then Images tab. (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 889466 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/PZlwfNTDXJo/ The Research Information Network has released E-Only Scholarly Journals: Overcoming the Barriers. Here's an excerpt: This study is prompted by a concern from publishers and librarians that the retention of both printed and e-journal formats adds unnecessary costs throughout the supply chain from publisher to library to user. In view of the many advantages of electronic journals, this report sets out to understand the barriers to a move to e-only provision of scholarly journals in the UK, and to investigate what various players within the scholarly communications system could do in order to encourage such a move. This study involved a thorough literature review, gathering and analysing information provided by publishers and librarians, and interviews with a range of publishers, librarians and academics. The results are presented in this report, along with some recommendations for action. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 04:02:54 +0100 889849 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/5lsrUlHGUa8/ Courts Shut Down 82 Sites for Alleged Copyright Violations http://icio.us/nwirlf # Anti-Piracy Lawyers Sued for Fraud, Abuse and Extortion http://icio.us/0zu0jw # Beyond the Impact Factor: Building a Community for More Diverse Measurement of Research http://icio.us/xbcsse # The University of Michigan Releases 684,597 Open Access Bibliographic Records http://icio.us/0ha1ca # Digital Reader Penetration Accelerates http://icio.us/pduj0h # Open Bibliographic Data: How Should the Ecosystem Work? http://icio.us/mscmtz # Europeana Open Culture 2010 http://icio.us/4fjaax # Repository Fringe 2010 http://icio.us/3jvahf # Moving Researchers across the eResearch Chasm http://icio.us/1kmn4t # Developing Infrastructure for Research Data Management at the University of Oxford http://icio.us/mmm4kt # HighWire Launches Six Mobile Web Sites in Collaboration with the American Heart Association http://icio.us/lzriuv # University of Pittsburgh Library System Offers Free Ejournal Publishing Service http://icio.us/loqgce # (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:00 +0100 889851 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62235 1. From a Research Information Network Announcement: In recent years, publishers, librarians and academics have seized the opportunities offered by the electronic publication of scholarly journals. Despite the popularity of e-journals, however, content continues to be published, acquired and used in physical printed form. In the UK, we are still some way from a wholly electronic [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:16:23 +0100 889184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~3/Y6AITeWM_ek/ DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology 30, no. 6 (2010): Includes "Design and Development of Prototype Astronomical Digital Image Library Using Greenstone Digital Library Software," "E-Journals and Their Usage Patterns amongst the Indian Aerospace Scientists and Engineers in Bengaluru," and other articles. The Electronic Library 28, no. 6 (2010): Includes "Recommendation Sources on the Intention to Use E-Books in Academic Digital Libraries," "Using Data Mining to Improve Digital Library Services," and other articles. Journal of Electronic Publishing 13, no. 2 (2010): Includes "Imagining a University Press System to Support Scholarship in the Digital Age," "Next-Generation University Publishing: A Perspective from California," "Stage Five Book Publishing," "Reimagining the University Press," "Reimagining the University Press: A Checklist for Scholarly Publishers," "Scaling Vectors: Thoughts on the Future of Scholarly Communication," "Terroir—The Hypervisor Press," "University Presses in the Ecosystem of 2020," "What Might Be in Store for Universities' Presses," and other articles. Journal of Library Metadata 10, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Music Metadata in a New Key: Metadata and Annotation for Music in a Digital World," "Optimizing Workflow through Metadata Repurposing and Batch Processing," and other articles. Journal of the Medical Library Association 98, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Impact of Online Journals on Citation Patterns of Dentistry, Nursing, and Pharmacy Faculty" and other articles. Interlending & Document Supply 38, no. ... Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:00:04 +0100 889338 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/tbi6uow1vD0/directory-of-open-access-journals_26.html 16:9 : a Danish Journal of Film Studies Journal of Analytical Science & Technology Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine International Indigenous Policy Journal JURA : Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis Dalumat : Multikultural at Multidisiplinaryong E-Journal sa Araling Filipino International School Bangkok Journal of Physics Environmental Research, Engineering and Management Etnolog Frontiers in Psychology Revista de Administratie Publica si Politici Sociale Malacologica Bohemoslovaca (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:58:35 +0100 888709 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=16092 University Librarian (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong) The HKUST Library is an integral component of the University, supporting teaching, learning and research in science, engineering, business and management, the humanities and social sciences.  At present, the Library's book, periodical, and microform collections total approximately 750,000 volumes, plus 35,000 media materials.  The Library's electronic collections include more than 300 electronic databases, over 155,000 e-books and 25,800 full-text e-journals.  With a team of over 90 professional and supporting staff, the Library offers its users a learning environment rich in electronic information and digital services.  The Library's website (http://library.ust. ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:05:02 +0100 888026 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/khUas4-V1nM/directory-of-open-access-journals_23.html Cumhuriyet Medical Journal Diversité et Identité Culturelle en Europe (DICE) Pneumon International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Frontiers in Psychiatry Philosophical News Dejiny Journal of Law & Family Studies Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein Denkströme : Journal der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften KONA : Powder and Particle Journal Trivium Cadernos de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business (IJCRB) Makara Seri Teknologi Surveys and Perspectives Integrating Environment and Society (S.A.P.I.EN.S) Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology e-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators' Association Terminàlia Suicidology Online Chilean Journal of Statistics Fennia : International Journal of Geography (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:50:35 +0100 888045 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=8511 State: Florida http://www.library.miami.edu/about/employment/faculty_sccataloger.html Special Collections Cataloger Position number: 008338 UNIVERSITY: The University of Miami is one of the nation’s leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges, including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Marine and Atmospheric Science (www.miami.edu). THE LIBRARY: The University of Miami Libraries (www.library.miami.edu) rank among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a collection of over 3 million volumes, 74,000 current serials, and over 64,000 E-journal titles. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart of the Coral Gables campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other University of Miami libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library, and the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library. The campus also has independent medical and law libraries. The Libraries provide support and services for approximately 10,100 undergraduates, 5,100 graduate students, and 10,000 full and part time faculty and staff. The Libraries have a staff of 37 Librarians and 86 support staff and are a member of ARL, ASERL, CLIR, NERL, RLG, and Lyrasis. ... Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:02 +0100 887889 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/khUas4-V1nM/directory-of-open-access-journals_23.html Cumhuriyet Medical Journal Diversité et Identité Culturelle en Europe (DICE) Pneumon International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology Journal of Engineering Science and Technology Frontiers in Psychiatry Philosophical News Dejiny Journal of Law & Family Studies Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein Denkströme : Journal der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften KONA : Powder and Particle Journal Trivium Cadernos de Pesquisa Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business (IJCRB) Makara Seri Teknologi Surveys and Perspectives Integrating Environment and Society (S.A.P.I.EN.S) Colombian Journal of Anesthesiology e-Journal of the American Hungarian Educators' Association Terminàlia Suicidology Online Chilean Journal of Statistics Fennia : International Journal of Geography (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 888366 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/2aG_nowp-jY/ Recently I have been writing a series of posts on ebooks.  The blog posts didn’t start out as a series.  It all started from an update post about our video from the MLA webinar where I added a few things that we wanted to say on the video but didn’t due to time constraints and where I answered a few questions from the #mlaebooks Twitter discussion.  Then I followed it up with another post on ebooks for small libraries because I realized I accidentally missed a question from the Twitter discussion and it was easier to blog the answer than to write a really long comment.  By then my brain was thinking ebooks and the next two posts Ebooks: The Library Catalog and Federated Searching Part 1  and Ebooks: The Library Catalog and Federated Searching Part 2  looked at some of the things I think we (librarians) need to help manage our ebooks and make them more findable for patrons. It seems the MLA webinar has definitely inspired some discussion about ebooks, because I am starting to notice a little more chatter regarding promoting ebook usage among library patrons.  Promoting is very important and I think there is no one size fits all method to promote your library’s ebook collection.  Some librarians report their patrons respond well to emailed alerts, others report their patrons get so much email that anything sent to a large group is often deleted.  Some librarians have good results with brown bag lunch and learns, while others can’t get anybody to attend even if they fed them. Promotion methods vary and all I can say is that we should all be sharing our ideas, what worked, what didn’t, and possible reasons for success or failure.  The larger the idea pool, the more ideas others can draw upon.  Usage statistics are a key way to determine whether your promotion efforts are working and people are using your ebooks. ... Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:58:17 +0100 886982 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1500 Unser Online-Katalog, das Suchinstrument für unsere Bücher/E-Books/CD-ROMs/Zeitschriften/Elektronischen Zeitschriften, wurde angepasst und um neue Funktionen ergänzt! 1. Design: Der Online-Katalog zeigt sich im neuen Gewand: 2. Wegweiser: Unter dem Verfügbarkeitshinweis gibt es für Bücher nun einen Wegweiser, der auf den Lageplan der Bibliothek verweist, auf dem der Standort und die Regalnummer des jeweiligen Buches angezeigt wird. (Source: Newsblog) Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:37:32 +0100 887028 http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/2010/11/call-for-applications-editorial.html *Call for Applications (Editorial Advisors): Evidence Based Library and Information Practice **Editorial Advisors **Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP)* is looking to add approximately ten *Editorial Advisors (peer reviewers) *to our team. We are especially interested in expressions of interest from those working in public, special, school, or non-library settings, and from those with demonstrated knowledge of research methods.* * Specific responsibilities of editorial advisors include:- Providing in-depth peer review of original research articles, evidence summaries and classic evidence summaries. The total number of peer review requests will vary depending upon content submitted to the journal, but you would likely be asked to review 2-4 submissions per year. - Contributing to the overall success of the journal by providing unbiased, fair, and timely reviews of submissions that are assigned.- Serving a two year term.- Communicating with the Editorial Board about areas where the journal could improve.- Promoting *EBLIP* as an avenue of publication to colleaguesInterested persons should send a statement of interest, indicating areas of strength they would bring to the role, as well as a brief resume to Denise Koufogiannakis, Editor-in-Chief denise.koufogiannakis@ualberta.ca by December 3, 2010.**Please note that *Evidence Based Library and Information Practice* is a non-profit, open access journal and all positions are voluntary and unpaid. The positions are an excellent opportunity for continuing professional development and gaining experience in reviewing or critically appraisinglibrary related research.**Only those applicants who are selected or shortlisted will be contacted by the Editors.*About the journal:*Published quarterly by the University of Alberta, this peer-reviewed, open access journal is targeted at all library and information professionals interested in an evidence based model of practice. ... Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:00:00 +0100 887384 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Hangingtogetherorg/~3/tsOco6h8lNI/ The classical research library is, in some senses, a central part of the identity of the university as a university. Around here at OCLC Research, we’ve been thinking about challenges that research libraries face to develop new services that continue to function as infrastructure and centers for co-creation of research within universities. A new report from RIN - companion to our report on A Slice of Research Life by Susan Kroll and Rick Forsman - comments that sometimes Research Support Services in UK Universities (like in US universities) can seem somewhat marginal to university researchers. Ouch. Both reports are short (under 20 pages) and both have one-page summaries. One conclusion shared by both reports is the crying need for expertise in data structure, management, and preservation. For example, in her recent presentation on the Slice report at DLF, Susan offered the example of researchers who report that they will repeat a prior experiment rather than try to retrieve older data. The DLF-goers just winced, knowing what Susan would say next: that the VP of Research was apoplectic when she heard that. All that research funding to duplicate research, for lack of data management? Ouch. Both studies report on our greatest success central to the university as a university - delivering electronic journals. In the eyes of our researchers, we have significantly transformed their work for the better. Also, both reports point to the possibility that universities and libraries may not have to spend as much time and money to develop some services that we thought we ought to. Phew. Our own John MacColl and RIN’s Michael Jubb are collaborating on an essay that will synthesize the results from these parallel interviews with top-notch researchers and their staff in the US and the UK. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:22:50 +0100 895044 http://hangingtogether.org/?p=819 The classical research library is, in some senses, a central part of the identity of the university as a university. Around here at OCLC Research, we’ve been thinking about challenges that research libraries face to develop new services that continue to function as infrastructure and centers for co-creation of research within universities. A new report from RIN - companion to our report on A Slice of Research Life by Susan Kroll and Rick Forsman - comments that sometimes Research Support Services in UK Universities (like in US universities) can seem somewhat marginal to university researchers. Ouch. Both reports are short (under 20 pages) and both have one-page summaries. One conclusion shared by both reports is the crying need for expertise in data structure, management, and preservation. For example, in her recent presentation on the Slice report at DLF, Susan offered the example of researchers who report that they will repeat a prior experiment rather than try to retrieve older data. The DLF-goers just winced, knowing what Susan would say next: that the VP of Research was apoplectic when she heard that. All that research funding to duplicate research, for lack of data management? Ouch. Both studies report on our greatest success central to the university as a university - delivering electronic journals. In the eyes of our researchers, we have significantly transformed their work for the better. Also, both reports point to the possibility that universities and libraries may not have to spend as much time and money to develop some services that we thought we ought to. Phew. Our own John MacColl and RIN’s Michael Jubb are collaborating on an essay that will synthesize the results from these parallel interviews with top-notch researchers and their staff in the US and the UK. ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:22:50 +0100 887444 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/UE2SCYgXrVo/infolocate-canada.html "InfoLocate is a search and discovery tool for the Great Library and Ontario County and District Law Association Libraries' collections of print and electronic resources. Search here for books, journals and other print materials, e-books, e-journals, online CLE articles and websites" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:21:04 +0100 885378 http://www.teleread.com/library/charleston-conference-ebook-archiving-by-sue-polanka/ Yesterday, I joined a panel of publishers, aggregators, and archiving agencies to discuss the issue of eBook archiving.  I had to set the stage for libraries, which was quite easy – we are in fear of losing our content to which we no longer have control of since it is housed on someone else’s server in another part of the country/world.  How do we guarantee that the content we purchased will remain accessible to us and our end users? We need to work on a solution….and fast. Rebecca Seger from Oxford University Press presented the publishers perspective, highlighting things OUP has done, and challenges facing publishers. OUP has journals archiving in place with portico, CLOCKSS, and LOCKSS.  OUP’s first trigger event happened in 2009.  Their policy is publicly available on the OUP site. Ebook archiving at OUP is done via publisher archiving and a dark archive.  They keep a repository in PDF format.  But, OUP cannot archive the proprietary versions created by the aggregator partners like ebrary, EBL, Ingram, EBSCO. OUP feels the obligation to preserve the Oxford Scholarship Online version for library customers.  They also offer the option of providing XML data to purchaser for local archiving (as she described was being done at OhioLINK.) Some challenges:  Archiving options are limited for ebooks as not everything available for journals is available for ebooks, yet.  Additionally, defining the trigger events has proven to be much more difficult. Toni Tracy, Director of  Publisher Relations at Portico offered her perspective, providing details on what their program already offers for eBook archiving. Portico preserves ejournals, ebooks, other scholarly content They are the largest community supported archives, and certified as a trusted digital repository. ... Sun, 07 Nov 2010 23:10:58 +0100 884592 http://weblog.ib.hu-berlin.de/?p=8425 Die gemeinsame Arbeitsgruppe “Elektronisches Publizieren” (AGEP) von Universitätsbibliothek und Computer- und Medienservice der HU Berlin sucht 2 studentische MitarbeiterInnen für das DFG Projekt kunsttexte.de. Kunsttexte ist ein E-Journal am Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte der HU Berlin. Bitte beachtet beide Ausschreibungen – die Links führen zu den Ausschreibungstexten auf den Webseiten des studentischen Personalrats: 60h für 8 Monate hauptsächl. Programmierung und Anpassungen am Open Journals Systems/Redaktionssystem/edoc-Server 60 h für 8 Monate hauptsächl. Untersuchung von E-Book-Formaten und Readern und Erarbeitung einer Publikationstechnologie für E-Books auf dem edoc-Server Beide Stellen sollen am 1.12.2010 beginnen. Die Bewerbungsfristen laufen bis 17. November 2010. Bewerbungen sind per Mail einzureichen bei Susanne Dobratz oder per Post an: Susanne Dobratz ZE CMS HU Berlin Unter den Linden 6 10099 Berlin. (Source: IB Weblog) Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:08:47 +0100 883788 http://freegovinfo.info/node/3120 Ross Housewright has a post on the fdlpmodeling blog that explains in a bit more detail how Ithaka S+R will proceed in its contract with GPO to "develop sustainable models for the FDLP in the 21st century." Project structure & process, by Ross Housewright, FDLP: Modeling for the Future, October 27, 2010. There is good information in the post, and I urge you to read it closely. The GPO RFQ requires Ithaka S+R, to develop a value proposition for the "21st century Federal Depository Library Program." "Value proposition" isn't defined in the RFQ, so we are left to wonder exactly what GPO expects. Value Proposition is a term from business and management and has a variety of inconsistent meanings. As a practical matter, value propositions may be very vague or quite precise. In response to Ross's post on the project structure and process, I posted the following comment to the fdlpmodeling web site: Thanks for this outline of your work plan. Your description of how you are interpreting GPO's requirement to produce a "Value Proposition" raises some more questions. You say that you will analyze "how the roles and incentives associated with the overall recommended direction, as well as the individual model or models, match with library needs" and how your recommendations would help in the "articulation of the benefits associated with participation." To me, these definitions sound like you will limit the "value proposition" to benefits to libraries and, more specifically, to libraries that "participate" in FDLP (by which, I presume you mean FDLP libraries). ... Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:46:09 +0100 883460 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/10/biology-database-and-ejournal-news-oct-2010.html F1000: Faculty of 1000 "post-publication peer review;" combines F1000 Biology, F1000 Medicine, The Scientist, and an open poster repository for biology and medicine; WU access only due to medical library. Genes Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; MDPI. NCBI Images, searchable source for images from fulltext materials at the National Center for Biotechnology Information, including all fulltext articles in PubMed Central. You will also find the abstract displays for PMC articles in PubMed are enriched by image displays; example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19955445. More info about PubMed displays | More info about NCBI Images SpringerImages; access to the Medical and Life Sciences (and free) collections has been restored. For awhile, this was medical campus only but it is once again available to all WU users. SpringerImages indexes and displays scientific images, photos, graphs, histograms, figures, and tables from ImagesMD and Springer publications. (Source: Biology Library News) Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 883084 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/R7mQNH4nuYU/portico-introduces-new-preservation.html "In response to both the library community's evolving preservation needs and the growth in publisher participation, Portico will offer separate e-book and e-journal preservation services beginning on January 1, 2011. These distinct services will enable libraries to choose where to invest their preservation resources based on their collections, needs and budgets. Existing Portico participants will be offered the choice of e-journal, e-book, or both services at the renewal of their current agreements" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:24:07 +0100 882004 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/R7mQNH4nuYU/portico-introduces-new-preservation.html "In response to both the library community's evolving preservation needs and the growth in publisher participation, Portico will offer separate e-book and e-journal preservation services beginning on January 1, 2011. These distinct services will enable libraries to choose where to invest their preservation resources based on their collections, needs and budgets. Existing Portico participants will be offered the choice of e-journal, e-book, or both services at the renewal of their current agreements" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 882079 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/_F_h1JTbZY8/ The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries have established an Open Access Journal Publishing Service. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: The University of Oregon Libraries and Oregon State University Libraries have joined forces to establish an Open Access Journal Publishing Service that will support the broader dissemination of scholarship and promote the advancement of both universities’ research. Open access journals represent an emerging academic publishing model that makes the results of scholarly research freely available online to all readers who have access to the Internet. . . . The initiative will provide support to UO and OSU faculty members for the creation, management, distribution, and preservation of open access journals, primarily based on the Open Journal System (OJS) open source software. In addition to hosting journals on an OJS server, the initiative will assist in the migration of journal content from traditional print format to digital format. The OJS program supports the full cycle of journal publishing from article submission to archiving. . . . Plans for creating new open access journal titles are already underway at both universities. For example, at the University of Oregon the first issue of the open access journal Humanist Studies and the Digital Age is expected to appear this winter. The journal will provide scholars and students with free and immediate online access to the results of humanities research conducted by scholars throughout the world. At Oregon State University, the Journal of the Transportation Research Forum is currently offered as an open access publication, and other titles are in the development stages. The website for the service at http://journals.oregondigital.org/ provides additional information on the new program and access to individual journals. | Digital Scholarship | (Source: DigitalKoans) Tue, 26 Oct 2010 03:03:19 +0100 882172 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61482 From the Announcement: In response to both the library community’s evolving preservation needs and the growth in publisher participation, Portico will offer separate e-book and e-journal preservation services beginning on January 1, 2011. These distinct services will enable libraries to choose where to invest their preservation resources based on their collections, needs and budgets. Existing Portico [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:11:27 +0100 881691 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/10/25/kritik-der-informationswissenschaft-i-ii-von-willi-bredemeier/ Die beiden Kritiken der Informationswissenschaft (Teil 1, Teil 2) von Willi Bredemeier wurden schon von Ben Kaden (direkt zum PDF) und Jakob Voss aufgegriffen und ihrerseits kritisiert. Ben Kaden1 greift viele Schwachstellen auf, unter anderem auch die grundsätzliche Position Bredemeiers als “exogener” Kritiker. Wer sich dafür und für die diskussionswürdige Einstufung der Informationswissenschaft als Geisteswissenschaft interessiert, möge direkt dort (im oben verlinkten PDF) weiterlesen. Dort sind auch verschiedene andere Punkte aufgelistet, denen ich weitgehend zustimmen kann. Stichpunktartige zusätzliche Anmerkungen: II.1.1: Nach dem gesellschaftlichen Nutzen zu fragen und dabei die Funktion der Informationswissenschaft als “Berufsschule” auszuklammern, scheint mir nicht redlich zu sein. Dieser Funktion wird innerhalb der Studiengänge eine so bedeutende Stellung eingeräumt, dass mancherorts kaum noch etwas anderes stattfindet. II.1.2: Bredemeier behauptet, dass das “Heranziehen von Gesichtspunkten des Gemeinwohls als ‘Spinnertum’ abgestraft” würde. Wer macht das? Wo ist das der Fall? Die Nützlichkeit für die Gesellschaft, für das Gemeinwohl ist allgegenwärtig, wenn man über Open Access, über Informationskompetenz oder eine flächendeckende Informationsversorgung diskutiert. Im selben Absatz fragt er: “Sind die grundlegenden Fragen unserer Branche nicht zu wichtig, als dass man sie ausschließlich der Informationswissenschaft überlässt?”. Viele grundlegende Fragen werden schon außerhalb der Disziplin beantwortet, wenn man so möchte. Zumindest sehe ich auf Tagungen und in Fachzeitschriften immer wieder Beiträge von beispielsweise Informatikern oder Juristen, die Antworten auf informationswissenschaftliche und -praktische Fragen geben. II.1. ... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:28:24 +0100 881580 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1484 Vor dem Hintergrund der internationalen Open Access Week 2010 stellen wir Ihnen heute neue Titel auf PubMed Central vor. PubMed Central ist das freie digitale Archiv der U.S. National Library of Medicine für biomedizinische Zeitschriften und Literatur aus dem Life-Sciences-Bereich. PMC wird jede Woche mit Artikeln von über 350 wichtigen E-Journals aus den [...] (Source: Newsblog) Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:35:19 +0100 881824 http://www.teleread.com/library/results-of-worldwide-survey-of-librarians-on-ebook-and-ejournal-purchasing-decisions/ The full survey is available from MPS Limited and you can find it here. The main findings are:For 86% of respondents, usage statistics influence their purchasing decisions.97% of librarians use usage statistics, with 87% of librarians using COUNTER-compliant usage statistics for eJournals, and 66% for eBooks.48% of those who aren’t yet using COUNTER-compliant usage data for eBooks expect to be doing so within the next year.90% of librarians stated that COUNTER-compliant usage statistics are vital or important for eJournals and 74% find them vital or important for eBooks.[donotprint]Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. [/donotprint] (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:07:48 +0100 880886 http://acrlog.org/2010/10/21/technical-drudgery-revisited/ On October 7, NISO sponsored a workshop in Chicago called “E-Resource Management: From Start to Finish (and Back Again).” In the opening keynote, Norm Medeiros of the Tri-Colleges (Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore) asked what value electronic resource management (ERM) systems bring to libraries. His answer? Not much, yet. If what your library needs most is a data warehouse for e-resources information, Medieros said, you should not purchase an ERM. An Access database or other homegrown solution will work just as well, with less cost in both dollars and staff time and expertise for implementation. He said that libraries with large, distributed staffs, decentralized environments and the need to manage higher-level tasks or functions need these tools most – but that they are mostly failing at those very functions for those very libraries. Medeiros listed functions he wanted ERMs to perform, most of which involve being able to re-use data with flexibility and fluidity to eliminate the need for duplicative systems and “technical drudgery”: he thinks ERMs should allow for global updating, incorporate a knowledgebase, be interoperable with other systems, and store data and generate reports. He stressed that managing workflow and communication are the biggest e-resource management challenges and no existing ERMs really meet them effectively. For a while now I’ve thought that OCLC’s interlibrary loan software ILLiad would make a great model for an ERM. It combines a knowledgebase (patron data and lending library information as well as WorldCat bibliographic data) and data tracking and reporting (statistics about requests, patrons and expenditures) with a web-based workflow management portal that allows staff to see at a glance the status of all the library’s active borrowing and lending requests. Staff in different physical locations have access to all the data they need. ... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880596 http://mcls.org/blog/?p=709 This may be the most boring blog post you read all week. Just giving you fair warning. But it illustrates the tightrope we walk nearly every day when it comes to keeping our expenses down so we can offer our services to you at rates that are as low as possible. For us, the hardest costs to control are those that are deeply hidden or embedded in our work processes. We all have business costs. No one can offer a service without incurring expenses. Some are obvious and are things that nonprofit agencies like MCLS and libraries share. Things like salaries and benefits of staff members, the computers we purchase for staff and patrons, furniture, building expenses, and lawn mowing and snow removal. Then there are many costs of doing business that are hidden and not apparent unless you stop to think about them. Included here may be elevator inspections, maintenance contracts, and….credit card fees. Most consumers probably don’t think about the fact that every time they use a credit card, the merchant pays a fee, usually to a bank. These interchange fees amount to about $48 billion a year. Ouch. MCLS’s portion of that is pretty darn small, but for us not insignificant. So far we’ve been able to cover the costs of taking credit cards without a negative impact to you, but the last few weeks have brought another problem and a different hidden cost related to credit cards. First, a little explanation about how it works when we accept your credit card number to pay for a service. You type in the number on your keyboard, and it zips from your keyboard to a server in our building where it remains for a fraction of a second before heading off to our credit card service company. Eventually it finds its way to the bank that issued you the credit card and appears as charge on your next bill. Because we are a link in the transmission of that credit card number, we are subject to something called the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. ... Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:54:07 +0100 880945 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.education.web4lib/16975 My experience is in the academic environment with a large e-journal collection and a resolver, so edit this for your situation, but really it's hard to beat LibX as a return on investment. No money changes hands. It took me maybe an hour to set it up. It's been a while since I looked at our download stats, but last time I did we were well at well over 1000. And demonstrating the magic button to users almost always gets you a Wow! What's to lose? Set up a local version and let some people try it out. Downsides? The biggest one is browser support. The current version works well with Firefox, a bit less well with IE. They're currently working on version 2.0, which at this point is a very different concept, a button rather than a toolbar. My impression from the discussion on the LibX list is that they're focusing on Firefox and Chrome for 2.0, but Blacksburg is a long way from Charlottesville and I have no official knowledge of their plans. Personally I use it all the time and judging by the questions and c (Source: gmane.education.web4lib) Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 880387 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7958 State: Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania Libraries seek a dynamic, creative, user-focused individual to serve as Social Sciences Data Services Librarian and member of the Research and Instructional Services Department in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center. The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League comprehensive research university in Philadelphia founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin and his circle. It comprises twelve schools, 4,000 faculty and an enrollment of 20,000 students, equally divided between undergraduate and graduate/professional school students. The Penn Libraries include fifteen libraries and an off-site high density storage facility. System-wide scholarly resources number nearly 6 million books, 44,000 current serials, (including 16,000 e-journals), and 700 databases. The library hosts campus membership in the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Roper center for Public Opinion Research data archives, as well as provides access to a comprehensive suite of data resources. Penn is a leader in the development of digital library services and collections and is aggressively experimenting with and adopting new technology in research and teaching, including courseware. As a founding partner of the Kuali OLE Project, Penn will be at the forefront of developing a next-generation community source technology environment to support academic library operations. Position Summary Reporting to the Assistant Director for Research and Instructional Services, the Social Sciences Data Services Librarian provides expertise and leadership in developing numeric and geospatial data services and promoting these services to the University of Pennsylvania community and in developing the Libraries’ collections of data resources. ... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:10:02 +0100 879834 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61338 Jim was speaking in Japan at the beginning of this month and we've linked to three of his informative presentations that include many with stats and graphs. + Latest Trends in US Libraries and OCLC in the Digital Environment (PPT; 48 slides) National Diet Library, Kansai-kan, 8 October 2010, Seika, Kyoto (Japan) + E-books and E-Journals in [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:59:41 +0100 879802 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1426 Seit einiger Zeit sind die neuen Journal Impact Factors 2009 online über die Datenbank JCR (Journal Citation Reports) in Web of Knowledge verfügbar.Der Direkteinstieg in die Datenbank ist über unsere Homepage Weitere Datenbanken und Kataloge möglich (s. Abb.). Auch der Thieme-Verlag hat die Impact Factors für alle Thieme-Zeitschriften aktualisiert und bietet diese online in einer [...] (Source: Newsblog) Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:12:50 +0100 880382 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15871 Director of the Armacost Library (University of Redlands, California) The University of Redlands invites applicants for the position of Director of the Armacost Library.  Through collaboration and consensus-building, the Director will lead the development and implementation of a vision of the Library that supports student learning and faculty teaching and scholarship in campus- and regional center-based education.  He or she will communicate effectively with diverse campus constituent groups and represent the Library to the administration, in shared governance, and to the larger Redlands community. ... Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:25:01 +0100 879008 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/EV5nEbs-DBI/understanding-e-journal-technology-uk.html Understanding E-Journal Technology "covers technologies that are vital to the delivery of e-journals and therefore need to be widely understood by all departments within the publishing business" - 25 November 2010 - London, UK (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:18:25 +0100 878215 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/dTJJL/~3/EV5nEbs-DBI/understanding-e-journal-technology-uk.html Understanding E-Journal Technology "covers technologies that are vital to the delivery of e-journals and therefore need to be widely understood by all departments within the publishing business" - 25 November 2010 - London, UK (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 878683 http://infobib.de/blog/2010/10/08/konzeptstudie-zur-informationswissenschaftlichen-zeitschrift-der-zukunft/ Lambert Heller / Heinz Pampel: Konzeptstudie: Die informationswissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Zukunft View more presentations from Lambert Heller. [via Beyond the journal] (Source: Infobib) Fri, 08 Oct 2010 05:17:23 +0100 878715 http://mcdermottlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/ebsco-ejs-journals-will-be-down-on.html EBSCO EJS journals (journals hosted at ejournals.ebsco.com) will be unavailable on Saturday, October 9 from 6 am – 11 am. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience. (Source: The Orbit) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:00:00 +0100 878076 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/10/06/daily-tweets-2010-10-06/ Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt, Easy-to-Use Digital Publishing Platform for Independent and Self-Publishers http://icio.us/en2lp0 # Localism as a Production Imperative: An Alternative Framework to Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage… http://icio.us/jpds11 # Transformation of NRC Research Press http://icio.us/n0jiz0 # OJS 2.3.3 Released http://icio.us/mygd5n # Booksellers Hear Details of the Much-Delayed Google Editions http://icio.us/tmn0rn # Does Rejecting Papers Amount to More Than Just a Transaction Cost? http://icio.us/r5gigr # Open Access Publishing Takes Off in European Research Community http://icio.us/2zylij # Lawmakers Call for Halt to ACTA Deal http://icio.us/0plh0j # Historians Are Interested in Digital Scholarship but Lack Outlets http://icio.us/3rmctr # Metadata Cataloger at University of North Carolina at Greensboro http://goo.gl/fb/l9TK1 # E-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries: A Draft White Paper http://goo.gl/fb/3qek3 # Prog/Analyst III at Cornell University http://goo.gl/fb/4z5fg # Impact Factor: "Nefarious Numbers" http://goo.gl/fb/ds38f # Daily Tweets 2010-10-05 http://goo.gl/fb/kbJro # (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:30:00 +0100 877566 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/W1l5MVGfJu4/ Barnes & Noble Launches PubIt, Easy-to-Use Digital Publishing Platform for Independent and Self-Publishers http://icio.us/en2lp0 # Localism as a Production Imperative: An Alternative Framework to Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage… http://icio.us/jpds11 # Transformation of NRC Research Press http://icio.us/n0jiz0 # OJS 2.3.3 Released http://icio.us/mygd5n # Booksellers Hear Details of the Much-Delayed Google Editions http://icio.us/tmn0rn # Does Rejecting Papers Amount to More Than Just a Transaction Cost? http://icio.us/r5gigr # Open Access Publishing Takes Off in European Research Community http://icio.us/2zylij # Lawmakers Call for Halt to ACTA Deal http://icio.us/0plh0j # Historians Are Interested in Digital Scholarship but Lack Outlets http://icio.us/3rmctr # Metadata Cataloger at University of North Carolina at Greensboro http://goo.gl/fb/l9TK1 # E-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries: A Draft White Paper http://goo.gl/fb/3qek3 # Prog/Analyst III at Cornell University http://goo.gl/fb/4z5fg # Impact Factor: "Nefarious Numbers" http://goo.gl/fb/ds38f # Daily Tweets 2010-10-05 http://goo.gl/fb/kbJro # (Source: DigitalKoans) Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:00:00 +0100 877943 http://www.slaw.ca/2010/10/06/finding-hidden-treasure/ Like many of my North American colleagues, I keep up with new law journal articles by subscribing to alerts from Current Law Journal Content (CLJC), the free table of contents service published by the Washington & Lee School of Law Library and the University of Texas Tarlton Law Library. Particular characteristics of certain of the commercially published law journals indexed in CLJC have recently puzzled me: the practices of these journals seem out of step with today’s norms for distributing metadata and content of scholarly and professional articles. Here’s what I’ve seen: Many of the articles in these journals are of substantial interest to legal scholars and practitioners, often in multiple jurisdictions; Many of the articles in these journals are likely of substantial interest to a large audience of nonlawyer readers, again often in multiple jurisdictions; Someone who is not a legal information professional may have difficulty learning — in a timely manner — what is in these journals, or whether those articles are relevant, because either tables of contents or abstracts of articles in these journals are not published on the free Web; If one learns of the articles in these journals and determines they are relevant, one may have difficulty obtaining access to the full text of desired articles, because one cannot purchase individual articles on these journals’ Websites. In other words, these articles constitute hidden treasure: they are of potentially great interest to an audience of readers much larger than their current audience; yet many of these potential readers either never learn of the existence of these articles, or learn of them too late, or don’t receive enough metadata to determine whether the articles are worth reading in full text, or, having made that determination, encounter substantial obstacles to reading them. ... Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:00:31 +0100 877972 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/B7xutxI-RzA/ JISC has released E-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries: A Draft White Paper for comment. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: Libraries are facing increasing space pressures and funding constraints. There is a growing interest in wherever possible moving more rapidly to e-only provision to help alleviate these pressures as well as to provide new electronic services to users. One of the most cited barriers and concerns both from library and faculty staff to moving to e-only has been sustaining and assuring long-term access to electronic content. The aim of this white paper is to help universities and libraries implement policies and procedures in relation to e-journal archiving which can help support the move towards e-only provision of scholarly journals across the HE sector. The white paper is also contributing to complementary work JISC and other funders are commissioning on moving towards e-only provision of Journals. (Source: DigitalKoans) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:03:58 +0100 877945 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/10/05/e-journal-archiving-for-uk-he-libraries-a-draft-white-paper/ JISC has released E-Journal Archiving for UK HE Libraries: A Draft White Paper for comment. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: Libraries are facing increasing space pressures and funding constraints. There is a growing interest in wherever possible moving more rapidly to e-only provision to help alleviate these pressures as well as to provide new electronic services to users. One of the most cited barriers and concerns both from library and faculty staff to moving to e-only has been sustaining and assuring long-term access to electronic content. The aim of this white paper is to help universities and libraries implement policies and procedures in relation to e-journal archiving which can help support the move towards e-only provision of scholarly journals across the HE sector. The white paper is also contributing to complementary work JISC and other funders are commissioning on moving towards e-only provision of Journals. (Source: DigitalKoans) Wed, 06 Oct 2010 03:03:43 +0100 877568 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61036 From the JISC Information Environment Repository Web Site: Libraries are facing increasing space pressures and funding constraints. There is a growing interest in wherever possible moving more rapidly to e-only provision to help alleviate these pressures as well as to provide new electronic services to users. One of the most cited barriers and concerns both from [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:27:26 +0100 876504 http://www.teleread.com/library/ebooks-and-academic-libraries-toward-a-new-best-practice-by-sue-polanka/ Yesterday at the LJ/SLJ eBook Summit I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion of the acquisition models of eBooks for academic libraries.  We chatted about business models, workflow issues and their opportunities and challenges, the pros and cons of electronic access,and the future of eBooks.  I was pretty busy doing my moderating duties and didn’t get a chance to summarize the program, but luckily some folks at LJ did.  Here is what they had to say: Academic libraries may be ahead of the curve with ebook adoption, but they’re still just beginning to push collection and acquisition models ahead of their print forebears. That was the conclusion of the lively Ebooks and Academic Libraries: Toward a New Best Practice, moderated by Sue Polanka, Head of Reference/Instruction at Wright State University Libraries and voice of the No Shelf Required blog.The three-person panel brought together speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including Emily McElroy, Head of Collection Development & Scholarly Communication at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), who spoke about consortial concerns; Brett Rubinstein, manager of library sales for Springer, who gave the publishing perspective; and Michael Levine-Clark, Collections Librarian at the University of Denver’s Penrose Library, who championed patron-driven acquisition models for university collections. With a patron-driven program, libraries have an unprecedented opportunity to base purchases on actual usage data and requests “instead of buying and hoping,” Levine-Clark said. Moreover, short-term loans and pay-per-use models like those offered by Ebook Library (EBL) offer vastly more flexibility to librarians and to users, as long as they’re able to discover the materials in the library’s catalog. ... Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:38:03 +0100 875655 http://acrlog.org/2010/09/29/managing-e-resources-for-users-100/ I returned to electronic resources librarianship – and full-time work – 16 months ago in a brand-new e-resources coordinator position at an academic library. The catch? It was in public services. Not many e-resources librarians live among the folks in reference and instruction – link resolvers, proxy servers, A-Z lists, COUNTER compliance, and ERMs usually keep us pretty close to our colleagues in acquisitions, serials and IT. Public services librarians, who spend their days building relationships with teaching faculty, performing classroom instruction, and juggling reference questions don’t have time to worry about the circuitous, detailed process involved in e-resources acquisitions and maintenance. Likewise, technical services and technology staff don’t necessarily see the daily impact their work and decisions have on users. Feeling caught in the middle, my transition was difficult. As a public services librarian, I got to do things like teach and work reference in a way most e-resources librarians don’t. But I also had limited opportunities to connect with my colleagues on the technical side, leaving me out of the decision making loop at crucial points. Despite its necessary involvement in technical processing, I feel that electronic resources librarianship is actually very well suited to being located in public services. My previous e-resources position, at a small college, meant I managed e-resources from a public services position because we all did public services, and our close contact with students, faculty and each other helped us stay focused on making decisions that we thought were good for users even if for collections they were only good enough. How did that affect my approach to e-resources management? For one, I didn’t get into our systems from the back-end – I used the front end, the way our students did, and still do. ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:26:42 +0100 875276 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~5/CIvXXO46XVk/transforming.pdf Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Transforming Scholarly Publishing through Open Access: A Bibliography. Houston: Digital Scholarship, 2010. (Open access PDF and low-cost paperback) Cataloging & Classification Quarterly 48, no. 8 (2010): Includes "Metadata Practices in Academic and Non-Academic Libraries for Digital Projects: A Survey"; "Metadata Quality Control in Digital Repositories and Collections: Criteria, Semantics, and Mechanisms"; and other articles. Code4Lib Journal, no. 11 (2010): Includes "Automatic Aggregation of Faculty Publications from Personal Web Pages" and other articles. College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 8 (2010): Includes "Free Exchange of Ideas: Experimenting with the Open Access Monograph" and other articles. The Electronic Library 28, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Open Access Journals: Development of a Web Portal at the Indian Statistical Institute," "Use of Electronic Resources By Research Scholars of Kurukshetra University," and other articles. Information Services and Use 30, no. 1/2 (2010): Includes "The Anatomy of a Nanopublication," "Defining the Next Generation Journal: The NLM–Elsevier Interactive Publications Experiment," "Interactive Science Publishing: A Joint OSA–NLM Project," "The Record of Experimental Science: Archiving Data with Literature," and other articles. Information Technology and Libraries 29, no. 3 (2010): Includes "Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible"; "Batch Loading Collections into DSpace: Using Perl Scripts for Automation and Quality Control"; "Metadata Creation Practices in Digital Repositories and Collections: Schemata, Selection Criteria, and Interoperability"; and other articles. ... Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:53:45 +0100 875860 http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/2010/09/journal-club.html Today we held the first meeting of a virtual Information Literacy/ Information Behaviour journal club on Infolit iSchool in Second Life, the virtual world, hosted by the Centre for Information Literacy Research at the University of Sheffield. Pancha Enzyme (SL name) of Edinburgh University proposed the idea, and led the first session, which discussed:Kuhlthau, C. C., Heinstrom, J. & Todd, R. J. (2008) "The 'information search process' revisited: Is the model still useful?." Information Research [ejournal], 13(4), paper 335. http://InformationR.net/ir/13-4/paper355.htmlFuture events will be announced here and will also be on the calendar at http://infolitischool.pbworks.com/Calendar+of+eventsThere is a chatlog of the session here: http://dis.shef.ac.uk/sheila/chatlog-29-september-2010.pdfI also made a short video (using Screenr and Animoto) with snippets from the session.The music is "Konkete" by Alain Mikuni http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/47970 (Source: Information Literacy Weblog) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 875208 http://www.teleread.com/library/e-texts-for-all-even-lucy-ebooks-and-accessibility/ An important article from the Library Journal for anyone interested in people with disabilities. Here’s a snippet:If digital literacy is exploding, the visually disabled are taking the shrapnel. I would wager that most librarians consider ourselves committed to accessibility and make individual and organizational efforts to comply with (and often exceed) the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in our buildings and the Rehabilitation Act Section 508 standards on our websites. We may not, however, have had the sobering experience of trying to access an ebook or e-journal using screen-reading software or other assistive technology. Despite our best intentions, this limited insight can lead us unwittingly to collection development and web design decisions that make digital literacy far more difficult for the print disabled.Over the past year, I’ve been working closely with Lucy Greco, a colleague and disability advocate at the University of California-Berkeley (UC-B). Lucy, who has been blind from birth, has transformed my understanding of the word ­access. Not only do librarians need to understand the accessibility front of the ebook wars, we have the responsibility to embrace our advocacy role in shaping its outcome. As one of the few public sector agencies charged with recognizing the access rights of all, libraries must collectively examine how we can steer the e-text trajectory-from ebooks to e-journals to any other format-in a more universally usable direction.Ebooks and DRM Lucy is partial to a few sayings that have helped me understand the e-text accessibility paradox. The first is that “ebooks were created by the blind, then made inaccessible by the sighted.”Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:09:23 +0100 875067 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/u0E4pW1jUmI/sage-signs-landmark-agreement-with.html SAGE and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) have announced a unique long-term partnership arrangement that SAGE will publish all 18 of the Institution's academic journals, including the 16 highly respected Proceedings of the Institution. The Proceedings of the IMechE are 16 journals covering a broad range of engineering disciplines: * Journal of Power and Energy - Part A * Journal of Engineering Manufacture - Part B * Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Part C * Journal of Automobile Engineering - Part D * Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering - Part E * Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit - Part F * Journal of Aerospace Engineering - Part G * Journal of Engineering in Medicine - Part H * Journal of Systems and Control Engineering - Part I * Journal of Engineering Tribology - Part J * Journal of Multi-body Dynamics - Part K * Journal of Materials: Design and Applications - Part L * Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment - Part M * Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems - Part N * Journal of Risk and Reliability - Part O * Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology - Part P In addition SAGE will publish: * International Journal of Engine Research * Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design Effective immediately, all 18 titles will transfer to SAGE. IMechE's publications team will also move to the SAGE offices based in Old Street, London (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:42:45 +0100 874182 http://ksulib.typepad.com/talking/2010/09/whats-old-is-new.html True confession: I may be a librarian, and therefore presumably a print fetishist, but like most people in networked nations, things have reached the point where if it is not online, I'm not going to go find it. Sad, but often true. During a recent conversation with our dean, she suggested that I read a couple of Wikipedia pages for some background information on some interesting people (yes, a librarian referring a librarian to Wikipedia; this is a sign of the end of days). While checking these pages out, I ran across a citation to an album review in a 1977 edition of Rolling Stone. Being an online slave, I trundled over--which implies movement, but required perhaps a wrist movement of .06 cm and a slight tap of the index finger--to the E-Journals page with fingers crossed hoping to find a source for RS vintage 1977. Curses! Full text coverage begins with 1992. Long story short: I trudged the 70 yards or so to the stacks, retrieved the volume, and read the review. While doing so, the ads caught my eye, not least those pictured on this missive. With many states seriously discussing the legalization of marijuana, and at least one state perhaps on the cusp of starting a trend in that direction, these ads reminded me that this issue is hardly new and that our national relationship to the "potent herb" has gone through many phases. I also discovered the Amazing Iso-2 Machine, and will now puzzle for days over how it worked. Seems clear, however, that spearmint extract was not its intended purpose, but I could be wrong about that. Were one writing a paper on such a cultural issue, this would be fabulous primary source material, and the kind that one cannot find online. We should all take off our "online" blinders on occasion and flip through some of the crazy stuff found on libraries' shelves. (Source: K-State Libraries: Talking in the Library) Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 874466 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15697 Electronic Resources Librarian (New York Institute of Technology, New York) New York Institute of Technology seeks an Electronic Resources Librarian for our Old Westbury Campus to perform management of print, e-journals, databases and other e-resources.  Coordinate serials, interlibrary loan and document delivery functions for all campuses; maintain license and documentation file and participate in initial license review.  Manage database trials and report statistical data related to e-resources.  Provide reference coverage, participate in planning and teaching and assist in the creation of tutorials and other online learning tools. MLS from an ALA accredited school with 3+ years experience in serials management. ... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 22:20:03 +0100 873161 http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/news/infoskills Library Saturday workshops - Autumn Term 2010 The Library is running workshops during the Autumn term on Saturdays - at 11.30pm and repeated at 2pm - in the Seminar Room on Level 1 of the Library. These sessions will last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, except for ‘Introduction to the Library catalogue’ which is scheduled for 1 hour. The sessions on the first 2 weeks are a general introduction to the Library catalogue, and the third week is an introduction to ejournals. The following five Saturdays are introductions to specific databases or resources in particular subject areas. Date Session Times 9th  and 16th October 2010 Introduction to using the Library catalogue 11.30am and 2pm 23rd October 2010 Introduction to using ejournals 11.30am and 2pm 30th October 2010 Getting the most out of JSTOR and PAO 11.30am and 2pm 6th November 2010 Searching the Psychological literature 11.30am and 2pm 13th November 2010 Using the Citation Indexes 11.30am (introductory) and 2pm (advanced) 20th November 2010 Exploring English literature 11.30am and 2pm 27th November 2010 Introducing ARTstor and the Bridgeman Art Library 11. ... Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:15:52 +0100 871978 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/teleread/ezFR/~3/AdSPHlgttF0/ From the UTSA Press Announcement: UTSA officials announced Thursday the opening of the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, the nation’s first completely bookless library on a college or university campus. The 80-person capacity library, which caters to College of Sciences and College of Engineering students, is a satellite of the larger John Peace Library on the Main Campus. Electronic research is central to the AET Library. Instead of storing printed volumes, the library offers students a rapidly growing collection of electronic resources including 425,000 e-books and 18,000 e-journal subscriptions. Skilled science and engineering librarians are available during library hours to help students who need research assistance. [Snip] The trend to move higher education library collections online began in October 2000, when Kansas State University opened the Fiedler Engineering Library. The branch library’s collection is completely electronic with the exception of a series of reference books and a few journals that are unavailable electronically. Earlier this year, Stanford University continued the trend when it removed all but 10,000 printed volumes from its Engineering Library. More Info in the Full Text Report Source: UTSA [University of Texas at San Antonio] News See Also UTSA Libraries Homepage Digg us. Slashdot us. Facebook us. Twitter us. Share the news. (Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home) Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:59:05 +0100 870504 http://blog.case.edu/orgs/ksl/news/2010/09/07/core_research_toolsksl_research_spotlight_sept_2010 Find your eJournals, articles, CourseReserves, Research Guides and Citation Guides, and more, with key resources on the KSL homepage! Start the school year with KSL's Research Spotlight, highlighting how KSL organizes a lot of your favorite tools on the left side column of the homepage. Look through some of those icons with QuickLinks for things like finding articles, the Case Catalog, Course Reserves, and more... ...then look at the September Research Spotlight, to find other helpful sources like Research Databases, ASK-A-Librarian, and how to find and borrow items for fun that aren't on your syllabus! (Source: KSL News Blog) Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:07:34 +0100 869711 http://outofthejungle.blogspot.com/2010/09/scholarly-e-books-on-way.html The Chronicle of Higher Education has an article at page A12 of its print issue for September 10, online if you have a subscription. "Publishers Join forces to Sell E-Books to Libraries," by Jennifer Howard, surveys several efforts by publishers to either set up consortia or otherwise get digital versions of scholarly monographs to academic libraries. She speaks with Garret Kiely, director of the university of Chicago Press, who is watching several efforts, but whose press already markets e-books. Kiely says that 80% of Univ. Chicago Press' e-book sales came from sales to consumers through e-tailers like Amazon.com, while only 20% of their e-books sold to libraries. Nevertheless, he and others of the university press publishers are pushing hard to develop a way to package their books in a digital format that will appeal to academic libraries. Here is the run-down of who is working on these projects, though I recommend reading the whole article:* Project MUSE - currently produces e-journals, and wants to move into MUSE Editions to provide scholarly monographs. This is a consortium of 110 midsize university presses. Scheduled to debut July 1, 2011 on an "integrated platform" that should allow users to access journals and monographs in the same search result. They expect to offer "between 250 - 500 titles from the fall, 2011 lists of a pilot group of presses." Muse hopes to add backlist titles soon afterward, but not textbooks. In the future, participating publishers would make the digital version of a monograph available simultaneously with the print version. The cost structure would be similar to the current Project Muse, with discounted, tiered pricing. Eventually, Muse Editions could include "any nonprofit scholarly publisher in the humanities and social sciences..." who wants to join. ... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0100 869883 http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60306 From a Web Page: Better pricing and increased access to content can be achieved by institutions operating as a single bloc at a national or UK-wide level. However, bloc purchasing also presents many challenges - for example, how should the total costs be shared between participating institutions? Our bloc payment project, managed by John Cox and Albert Prior, [...] (Source: ResourceShelf) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:47:14 +0100 868685 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/idNwtKQtIDI/ Yesterday I posted about ebooks and what some of the librarians attending the Springer LibraryZone Virtual eBook webinar discussed.  Today I saw a post on liblicense from Scott Plutchak comparing the transition and the situation to what librarians experienced when journals transitioned from print to electronic.  Interesting.  I have to admit that just never occurred to me.  But Scott brought up some excellent points saying just like now with ebooks, librarians were very frustrated and up in arms when journals started becoming much more electronic.  Just think, the official version of BMJ isn’t the print any more, it is the online journal.  PubMed citations for BMJ journals no longer include page numbers, just the doi.  Did anybody see that coming when ejournals started going big?  I wouldn’t say our experiences with ejournals are all rosy now, nor do I think Scott would say that.  But they certainly were a lot bumpier back then.  (“Back then”…. it almost sounds like I am talking about the days before automobiles and talkie films.)  Basically we are farther along in the online process with ejournals than we are with ebooks.  In a few years perhaps much of the issues and confusion over content, ILL, access, etc. will have been worked out a little bit.  It is an interesting thought, and I am wondering what other librarians might think about the comparison of print journals to ejournals and print books to ebooks. Tweet This Post (Source: The Krafty Librarian) Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:07:22 +0100 868724 http://joblist.ala.org/modules/jobseeker/controller.cfm?rssjobid=15579 Electronic Resources Librarian (St. Olaf College, Nortthfield, Minnesota) St. Olaf is seeking a library professional who recognizes St. Olaf's unique place in higher education as a college of the church, an exemplary national liberal arts college, and a leader in global education. The Electronic Resources Librarian provides leadership to the Libraries in the rapidly developing realm of electronic collections and manages the Libraries' electronic resources including e-journals, research and reference databases, e-books, online sound and multimedia databases, and archival electronic document collections. The Electronic Resources Librarian also provides reference services to students and faculty. ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:20:01 +0100 868211 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/kraftylibrarian/OLay/~3/1Ncy1KeD3dc/ Last week I sat in on the Springer LibraryZone Virtual eBook webinar and it was a very interesting discussion.   Many libraries (especially academic) are investigating and collecting e-books in lieu of some printed text.  How much they are collecting and the nature by which they to the selection process seems to vary according each library, their type, size, consortia involvement, usage data, etc.  The reasons why and how much they bought all varied but the frustrations, questions, and concerns the faced were very similar and seemed on the minds of every librarian regardless of their library, type, size, consortia involvement, etc.  So what were these concerns? DRM- Digital rights restrictions.  It seems that every publisher has different rules and while some things can be put on electronic reserve others cannot.  While some things can be shared through ILL or on Blackboard others cannot.  This is not only a particular frustration among librarians but also patrons who aren’t as savvy with copyright issues.  The patrons get frustrated with DRM restrictions for library materials and they are even more frustrated with the restrictions for e-books they buy themselves.  Their view is, “I bought, don’t tell me how I am allowed to use it.”  I am not saying this is always the right or wrong thought process, but it is their thoughts and to a certain extent librarians. Access – How do people find your e-books was a common question among the librarians.  The e-books publishers don’t always have decent MARC records (if they have any) that can be easily added to the catalog.  So the cataloger must work to add them into the catalog, yet more and more patrons really don’t use the catalog these days.  They would rather randomly search the library’s website or Google. ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:10:53 +0100 868390 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BabyBoomerLibrarian/~3/wm4Aw0ZbXe8/jobs-systems-librarian-university-of-la.html #3041 – Systems Librarian, University of La Verne  -- Wilson Library The University of La Verne invites applicants for a Systems Librarian (Assistant Professor), a non-tenure track 12-month faculty appointment. Reporting directly to the University Librarian, the Systems Librarian will use a high level of technical, instructional, and interpersonal skills. The responsibilities of this position include administering and providing technical support for all aspects of library technology including the Innovative Interfaces Millennium integrated library system, hardware and software installations and maintenance, library wireless, opac, proxy server, online resources and services such as LINK+, ILLIAD, ERM, OCLC, link resolver, research databases, e-journals, e-books, etc.; assisting the University Librarian with technology planning and project implementation; serving as primary liaison with the university’s Office of Information Technology to coordinate all library systems’ installation, upgrade and maintenance; supervise one full-time staff member (Electronic Services Technician); serving as liaison to database and online service providers; providing technology training to library staff; providing research consultation services to library users in a multi-disciplinary environment using multiple formats (in-person, e-mail, phone, and chat); developing, promoting, and delivering effective library research skills/information literacy instructional sessions, seminars and workshops for both on-campus and off-campus programs; developing the library collection by selecting materials for acquisition in all formats; serving as liaison with selected academic departments; maintaining a program of professional development. ... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:44:00 +0100 868359 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/08/biology-related-ejournals-added-in-august-2010.html We now have access to the entire run of Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 1933+. We purchased the 70-year backfile (1933-2003) with some end-of-the-year funds. Ecosphere Full text, v.1, 2010+; open access; Ecological Society of America. Oecologia Australis Full text, v.14, 2010+; freely available. Oecologia Brasiliensis Full text, v.1-13, 1995-2009; freely available. (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 868774 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/08/springer-clarifies-no-fee-option-for-nih-funded-authors.html A new form for NIH-funded authors with Springer makes it easy to request submission to PubMed Central in a timely manner. More info from Cathy Sarli at Becker Medical Library. (Source: Biology Library News) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 868778 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02640471011065391 Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to focus on the keenness of students of business schools of Orissa (India) on the use of electronic resources and attempts to evaluate the level of electronic information services offered by the primary information reserves of the respective business schools with an opinion pool of sample respondents. Moreover, it intends to elicit the barriers in use of e-information with recommendations for the improvement of services and usage of e-resources. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the use of electronic resources by students of business schools of Orissa (India) through structured questionnaires. SPSS is used for data analysis. Findings – The study finds that students express keen interest in the use of e-journals, followed by e-books, e-newspapers, e-reports, and e-articles. Least interest is shown towards the use of electronic theses and dissertations. The study reveals that the majority of students are aware of EBSCO, and Emerald Management Xtra. However, the awareness of all other databases is not quite so encouraging. Further, it is revealed that the use of printed materials is slightly more compared to that of e-resources. Use of Web OPAC is also less than expected. Practical implications – The paper highlights the practicality of the use of electronic resources, compared to print, among the students of business schools of Orissa (India). Originality/value – The paper reveals the degree of use of electronic resources by business students and makes some useful deductions for its subsequent generalization. (Source: The Electronic Library : Table of Contents) Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:05:02 +0100 869617 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1434 Der Verlag Elsevier meldet: ScienceDirect, Scopus, Journals Consult and the Admin Tool will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, 28 August. During this time, upgrades will be implemented to these systems as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform. For more information about SciVerse, please visit http://www.acceleratescience.com/. Down time [...] (Source: Newsblog) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:09:17 +0100 866702 http://digital-scholarship.com/digitalkoans/2010/08/26/daily-tweets-2010-08-26/ Libraries Announce Supporter Membership in BioMed Central [University of Florida] http://icio.us/odjdkd # Nature Publishing Group and the University of California Make Nice http://icio.us/2basqu # SpringerLink Relaunched with Semantic Linking and Content Previews http://icio.us/ybwvof # Joel Tenenbaum to Appeal 90% Reduced File-Sharing Penalty http://icio.us/fqixec # Has the U.S. Caved on Secondary Liability in ACTA? http://icio.us/1yhtaq # Today's UK Researchers: E-journals Dominate, Access Not an Issue, Skimming Increasing http://icio.us/otxhpl # (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:08 +0100 866047 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DigitalKoans/~3/VOobJ_03DtY/ Libraries Announce Supporter Membership in BioMed Central [University of Florida] http://icio.us/odjdkd # Nature Publishing Group and the University of California Make Nice http://icio.us/2basqu # SpringerLink Relaunched with Semantic Linking and Content Previews http://icio.us/ybwvof # Joel Tenenbaum to Appeal 90% Reduced File-Sharing Penalty http://icio.us/fqixec # Has the U.S. Caved on Secondary Liability in ACTA? http://icio.us/1yhtaq # Today's UK Researchers: E-journals Dominate, Access Not an Issue, Skimming Increasing http://icio.us/otxhpl # (Source: DigitalKoans) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:00 +0100 867328 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~5/SAnnET1MNaU/AJIC10-Gray.pdf Next Weblog update on 9/29/10. The African Journal of Information and Communication, no. 10 (2009/2010): Includes "Access to Africa's Knowledge: Publishing Development Research and Measuring Value," "Copyright and Education in Africa: Lessons on African Copyright and Access to Knowledge," "Open Access and Open Knowledge Production Processes: Lessons from CODESRIA," "Research Productivity-Visibility-Accessibility and Scholarly Communication in Southern African Universities," and other articles. Ariadne, no. 64 (2010): Includes: "Data Services for the Sciences: A Needs Assessment," "Repository Software Comparison: Building Digital Library Infrastructure at LSE," "Retooling Libraries for the Data Challenge," and other articles. Aslib Proceedings 62, no. 4/5 (2010): Includes "Excavating Grey Literature: A Case Study on the Rich Indexing of Archaeological Documents via Natural Language-Processing Techniques and Knowledge-Based Resources" and other articles. Bailey, Charles W., Jr. Open Access Journals Bibliography, version 1. Houston: Digital Scholarship, 2010. International Journal of Digital Curation 5, no. 1 (2010): Includes "Bit Preservation: A Solved Problem?," "Chronopolis Digital Preservation Network," "Towards Interoperable Preservation Repositories: TIPR," "Towards Smart Storage for Repository Preservation Services," "The Use of Quality Management Standards in Trustworthy Digital Archives," and other articles. Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, no. 62 (2010): Includes "Publishing Practices of NIH-Funded Faculty at MIT" and other articles. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 7, no. ... Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:23:48 +0100 866426 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002129.html While writing about subject pages and library websites the other day, it occurred to me that we might think of library websites in three stages - which emerged successively and continue to exist together. Always mindful of the rule of three ;-) We might clumsily call these stages: [1] fragmentary, [2] integrated supply, and [3] demand-influenced. Fragmentary. Libraries have to manage a variety of resources which are outside their control and present them to their users as best they can. This has meant that the library website has often been a thin wrapper around two sets of heterogeneous resources.One is the set of legacy and emerging systems, developed independently rather than as part of an overall library experience, with different fulfillment options, different metadata models, and so on (integrated library system, resolver, knowledge base, repositories, ...). Another is the set of legacy database and repository boundaries that map more to historically evolved publisher configurations and business decisions than to user needs or behaviors (for example, metadata, e-Journals, eBooks, books, A&I databases, and other types of content, which may be difficult to slice and dice in useful ways). [Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog - Stitching costs] Integrated supply. Recently, libraries have been focusing on the website in a more holistic way, as a unified service. There are several developments which have supported this. One is the move to the single, or tabbed, search box as a focal point of the website. This may sit over a metasearch product, or, more recently, over a discovery layer product. Another is the adoption of a consistent content management framework which gives a similar look and feel across the website, extending to linked services (the catalog for example) where possible (I was interested to note that SOPAC and Ting both advertise the integration between the catalog and the rest of the website). ... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:25:23 +0100 866750 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/08/new-wiley-and-springer-sites.html Wiley and Springer both brought up new web sites for their ejournal and ebooks recently. The new Springer interface has been available as their Beta site for several months. On the new platform you will find: Related documents for every article or eBook chapter; this is nice but only leads you to related documents within the Springer universe PDF Preview for eBook chapters. Note: I find this especially useful in when browsing in collections we do not subscribe to because you can see several pages of each chapter online even though we do not have full access to the book. Then, if needed, you can search the catalog or Mobius to find out if we have the book available. The ebook collections which we do have, 2005+, are Biomedical & Life Sciences, Medicine, Computer Science, and Mathematics & Statistics. Enhanced browsing features. Note: use the TOOLS menu if you would prefer to turn off Access Indicators or search-term Highlighting. View abstracts without leaving search results Improved search functionality - including searching by citation Easy filters for Online First and Open Access articles Wiley Online Library is also more than just a new "look." More info about Features and Benefits. My favorite feature so far is that it is much easier to see when access is freely available or accessible (due to WU-license). I have noticed several links on subject pages that need repair, particularly Wiley links, but the links from the library online catalogs and EJournals Holdings list seem to be up-to-date. If you have bookmarks or RSS feeds to Wiley or Springer tables of contents alerts or new book alerts, you may need to update your links. Please let me know when you have access problems or when you note other new features. I really appreciate your reports. (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 866609 http://jis.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/36/4/494?rss=1 This paper presents the results of the second phase of a Research Information Network study, which sought to establish the impact of e-journals on the scholarly behaviour of researchers in the UK. The first phase of the project was a deep log analysis of the usage and information seeking behaviour of researchers in connection with the ScienceDirect and Oxford Journals databases. This paper reports on the second phase, which sought to explain and provide context for the deep log data by taking the questions raised by the quantitative study to the research community via interview, questionnaire and observation. Nine major research institutions took part, six subjects were covered and the behaviour of about 1400 people was analyzed. Findings show that academic journals have become central to all disciplines and that the e-form is the prime means of access. Most importantly the study demonstrates that computer usage logs provide an accurate picture of online behaviour. High levels of gateway service use point to the re-intermediating of the broken chain between publisher and reader. (Source: Journal of Information Science current issue) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:42:55 +0100 867391 http://www.umm.uni-heidelberg.de/apps/bibl/mwbnews/?p=1421 Aufgrund von Arbeiten im Stromnetz des Anbieters der Elektronischen Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB) ist diese von Freitag 13.8.2010 (14 Uhr) bis Montag 16.8.2010 (8 Uhr) nicht bzw. nur bedingt verfügbar. (Source: Newsblog) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:51:55 +0100 866710 http://mcdermottlibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wiley-online-library-not-fully-working.html When Wiley InterScience migrated to its new platform, Wiley Online Library, on August 7th and 8th, the transition did not go without its flaws. Some of the old Wiley links do not redirect the user properly; some content to which the library is subscribed cannot be accessed; and some content to which the library does not subscribe can be incorrectly accessed, among other issues. Since many of the links in the catalog must be updated manually, the update to the library's catalog and e-journals pages will require a few days to execute. We ask our patrons for their patience while the library makes the necessary update. (Source: The Orbit) Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 867224 http://mblc.state.ma.us/jobs/find_jobs/rss.php?job_id=6308 Scholarly Communications Librarian The Boston College Libraries seek an energetic and innovative leader to develop the Libraries' eScholarship@BC institutional repository program and associated initiatives to highlight and preserve the scholarly and research output of the University. The Scholarly Communications Librarian plays a key outreach role, promoting new forms of scholarly publication and Open Access (OA) activities and educating the Boston College community on intellectual property isues related to scholarly publishing. Working closely with both internal partners in the BC Libraries and external stakeholders (particularly faculty), and plays a central role in promoting eScholarship@BC and establishing the BC Libraries as a hub of conversation and services around scholarly communication and publishing. Building a robust and sustainable institutional repository is a key element of the Libraries' recently completed strategic planning process. The Scholarly Communications librarian will lead these efforts, building on work already under way as well as developing new services in support of the repository. Major components of the eScholarship@BC program include: A database of openly accessible faculty publications Growing electronic theses and dissertations program Open-access e-journals hosted by the libraries Faculty-contributed digital collections Digitized library special collections Research output from academic departments and research centers. This position, which reports to the Associate University Librarian for Collections, requires proven organizational, communication, and leadership skills coupled with an ability to manage in an ever-changing environment that embraces entrepreneurship, collaboration, and the continuing development of a learning organization. (Source: MBLC Job Listings) Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:05:02 +0100 864631 http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/major-library-systems-2/3608/ Due to required electrical work, the following library systems will be down from 7PM on August 4th (Wednesday) until 7AM on August 5th (Thursday). Vera: E-Journals and Databases off-campus access to most of our online resources MIT Libraries web site SFX, including the FullText Finder shortcut URLs to our databases (such as http:libraries.mit.edu/get/webofsci), bookmarked URLs may work, but only on campus These systems will remain functional: Barton Catalog will still be available, but you must use this URL to reach it: http://library.mit.edu/ Note: Many (but not all) links in Barton to online resources will not function DSpace@MIT We regret this inconvenience! (Source: MIT Libraries News) Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:02:53 +0100 864482 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NetbibWeblog/~3/enSwnqRfcu0/ von unserer geschätzten Mitautorin, die aber auch z.B. bei beluga und anderswo bloggt, gibt es jetzt auch auf Annes eigenem Weblog A growing organism. Wir wünschen natürlich viel Spaß, viel Erfolg und einen regen Austausch!! Im jüngsten Beitrag macht Anne sich Gedanken über das Thema Are libraries up for e-science? I am particularly concerned about the lack of openness of our information systems, both in a technical and conceptual sense. If we don’t fix this, I don’t think that engaging in e-science is going to make much of a difference, let alone be a safeline for libraries who would otherwise just become the Starbucks with books Ich kann mir nicht so recht vorstellen, dass die Wissenschaftsgemeinde von BibliothekarInnen irgend etwas innovatives erwartet, solange uns nichts besseres einfällt als spannende Linksammlungen zusammen zu tragen, gerne auch in ViFas, eigentlich gemeinfreie Literatur zu leicht überhöhten Preisen an andere Bibliotheken zu verkaufen, Kataloge anzubieten, auf deren Einträge man nicht vernünftig verlinken kann und immer noch Webseiten aufzusetzen, auf denen bestenfalls “internetartige Zustände” herrschen… Die Bibliothek A-Z, Buchstabe “E”. Hatte eBooks oder eJournals erwartet. Der einzige Eintrag: Essensverbot. Ich liebe Bibliothekare! [via libtwi] (Source: netbib weblog) Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:51:36 +0100 863967 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ScholarlyElectronicPublishingWeblogrss/~3/5m0ye3BduOQ/ Next Weblog update on 8/25/10. Collection Building 29, no. 3 (2010): Includes "Assessment of the Problems LIS Postgraduate Students Face in Accessing E-Resources in Makerere University, Uganda" and other articles. Collection Management 35, no. 3/4 (2010): Includes "Resolving the Challenge of E-Books" and other articles. College & Research Libraries 71, no. 4 (2010): Includes "The Open Access Availability of Library and Information Science Literature," "Walk the Talk: Open Access and Academic Libraries," "The York Digital Journals Project: Strategies for Institutional Open Journal Systems Implementations," and other articles. College & Research Libraries News 71, no. 7 (2010): Includes "Open Access at the University of Kansas: Toward a Campus Initiative" and other articles. D-Lib Magazine 16, no. 7/8 (2010): Includes "No-Fault Peer Review Charges: The Price of Selectivity Need Not Be Access Denied or Delayed," "Semantically Enhancing Collections of Library and Non-Library Content," and other articles. First Monday 15, no. 7 (2010): Includes "Scientometrics 2.0: New Metrics of Scholarly Impact on the Social Web" and other articles. IFLA Journal 36, no. 2 (2010): Includes "Innovative Services for Libraries through the Virtual Reading Rooms of the Digital Dissertation Library, Russian State Library" and other articles. The Journal of Academic Librarianship 36, no. 4 (2010): Includes "Can Web 2.0 Enhance Community Participation in an Institutional Repository? The Case of PocketKnowledge at Teachers College, Columbia University" and other articles. Learned Publishing 23, no. ... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:49:24 +0100 863589 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/07/ejournals-added-july-2010.html EvoDevo Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; BioMed Central. Genome Integrity Full text, v.1, 2010+; freely available; PubMed Central. (Source: Biology Library News) Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 863647 http://medinfo.netbib.de/archives/2010/07/29/3776 Nach einer Rundmail von Ebsco werden sich ab nächstes Jahr die Kombiabos der Verlage Wiley, OUP, Taylor&Francis deutlich verteuern. Grund sind neue Berechnungsmodelle wie folgt. Die im May letzten Jahres von Swets verbreitete Meldung einer Mehrwertsteuertrennung scheint nun also doch zu kommen. Die Mehrwertsteuer auf eJournals wird sich also weiterhin negativ für Angebot und Konkurrenzfähigkeit in der EU auswirken. Wiley Online-Anteil: 50% mit 19% MwSt. und  Print-Anteil: 50% mit 7% MwSt. Eine (netto) 1.000 Euro-Zeitschrift würde also 1.130 Euro kosten (+5,6%) Oxford University Press  Online-Anteil: 70% mit 19% MwSt. und  Print-Anteil: 30% mit 7% MwSt. Eine (netto) 1.000 Euro-Zeitschrift würde also 1.154 Euro kosten (+7,9%) Taylor & Francis  Online-Anteil: 48,72% mit 19% MwSt. und  Print-Anteil: 51,28% mit 7% MwSt. Eine (netto) 1.000 Euro-Zeitschrift würde also 1.128 Euro kosten (+5,5%) Was treibt die Verlage dazu? Soll der Druck verstärkt werden, auf e-only umzusteigen oder gibt es rechtliche Probleme? Related posts Wiley-Blackwell läutet neue Profitmaximierungsrunde ein (2) subito-Lizenzvertrag mit Taylor & Francis (0) Preise für Clinics of North America (1) Nationallizenzen, Pay-per-use-Zugang auf Laufendes (0) Is it time to stop printing journals? (6) (Source: medinfo) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37:29 +0100 863064 http://news-libraries.mit.edu/blog/major-library-systems/3592/ Due to required major electrical work in the Hayden Library, the following library systems will be down from 7PM on July 28th (Wednesday) until 7AM on July 29th (Thursday). MIT Libraries web site Vera: E-Journals and Databases SFX, including the FullText Finder shortcut URLs to our databases (such as http:libraries.mit.edu/get/webofsci); bookmarked URLs may work on campus These systems will still be functional: Barton Catalog will still be available, but only at this URL: http://library.mit.edu/ Note: Many (but not all) links in Barton to online resources will not function. DSpace@MIT We regret this inconvenience. (Source: MIT Libraries News) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:30:53 +0100 862868 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/07/27/digital-preservation-the-philosophy-documentation-center-to-preserve-e-journals-in-portico/ From the Announcement: Portico is pleased to announce that it has entered into a preservation agreement with the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC), a non-profit aggregator and distributor of scholarly resources in applied ethics, philosophy, religious studies, classics, and related disciplines. PDC’s initial commitment will be to deposit 50 e-journals to the archive. Through this agreement with Portico, PDC ensures that these e-journals will be preserved and available for future scholars, researchers, and students. As part of the agreement, PDC will make an annual contribution to Portico and has also named Portico as a mechanism to provide post-cancellation access to the titles committed to the archive. With the inclusion of these 50 e-journals, over 11,900 e-journals, 43,000 e-books and 10 d-collections from 115 publishers on behalf of over 2,000 societies and associations have now been entrusted to the Portico archive. Further, nearly 15 million articles are currently preserved in Portico. See Also: Portico Facts & Figures. See Also: Complete List of Titles and Participating Publishers Source: Portico (Source: ResourceShelf) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:01:40 +0100 862567 http://www.slis.indiana.edu/careers/view_job_specific.php?job_id=7626 State: Florida Position number: 040401 The University of Miami Libraries seeks a nominations and applications for an Assistant Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services to provide leadership and guidance in planning and managing database maintenance, authority control, and copy-cataloging activities in the University Library to ensure the quality of its resource discovery tools. The incumbent hires, trains, and supervises 6 FTE supporting staff in cataloging and quality control and may also participate in original cataloging of print/online materials in a variety of formats, as well as provide descriptive metadata for digital collections. The University of Miami is one of the nation’s leading research universities in a community of extraordinary diversity and international vitality. The University is privately supported, non-sectarian institution, located in Coral Gables, Florida, on a 260-acre subtropical campus. The University comprises 11 degree granting schools and colleges, including Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Communication, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Music, Nursing, and Marine and Atmospheric Science http://www.miami.edu The University of Miami Libraries rank among the top 50 research libraries in North America with a collection of over 3 million volumes, 74,000 current serials, and over 64,000 E-journal titles. The Otto G. Richter Library lies in the heart of the Coral Gables campus and serves as the central library for the University. Other University of Miami libraries include the Paul Buisson Architecture Library, the Judi Prokop Newman Business Information Resource Center, and the Marta & Austin Weeks Music Library, and the Marine and Atmospheric Science Library. The campus also has independent medical and law libraries. The Libraries provide support and services for approximately 10,100 undergraduates, 5,100 graduate students, and 10,000 full and part time faculty and staff. ... Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:30:02 +0100 861240 http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2010/07/jstor-plant-science.html We have free access to JSTOR Plant Science through 2011. JSTOR Plant Science is an "online environment that provides access to a massive aggregation of content vital to plant science—plant type specimens, taxonomic structures, and scientific literature. It is currently the largest online database of plant type specimens (over 800,000 to date), expected to grow to 2.2 million by 2013. Not only plant type specimens, JSTOR Plant Science also includes additional materials such as foundational reference works and books; a significant set of correspondence, including handwritten letters and memorandum from the senior staff of Kew from 1841 to 1928; and more than 20,000 paintings, photographs, drawings, and other images." My guess is that, after the free period is over in 2012, WU will not have access but there will probably be access at the Missouri Botanical Garden. Comments from WU biofolk are always welcome. (Source: Biology Library News) Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 862199 http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/002118.html I am on vacation and traveling this week, and so am taking the opportunity to air again an entry of a couple of years ago on what I called 'stitching costs' .... We are familiar with switching costs, the costs of changing a supplier. I may decide not to change my phone or email arrangements, for example, because I do not want to incur the effort of notifying all my contacts. Libraries are very familiar with switching costs given the range of data migration issues involved in changing library systems. Indeed, high switching costs are one reason that libraries often stay with the same vendor for long periods. Libraries are also familiar with high 'integration' costs: perhaps these might be called stitching costs. This means that it may be costly developing higher level services based on integration of various lower level services. Think for example of the website integration issues libraries have where they want to provide unified access to the catalog, to licensed resources, to repositories and so on. The intermittent levels of integration we see are because the 'stitching costs' are high. This is largely because they are providing a thin layer over two sets of heterogeneous resources. One is the set of legacy and emerging systems, developed independently rather than as part of an overall library experience, with different fulfillment options, different metadata models, and so on (integrated library system, resolver, knowledge base, repositories, ...). Another is the set of legacy database and repository boundaries that map more to historically evolved publisher configurations and business decisions than to user needs or behaviors (for example, metadata, e-Journals, eBooks, and other types of content, which may be difficult to slice and dice in useful ways). Or think of higher level federation across library services. We have few compelling federated services, whether these are based on metadata harvesting, metasearch, or other approaches. ... Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:16:29 +0100 860901 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2010/07/09/ala-annual-2010-the-trip-report/ Hotter than blazes, but still a great venue, even after a major blister on one foot made me limp. Great discovery: the Circulator, which for $1 brought me from Georgetown (church with my stepmom) back to the CC in air-conditioned bliss. Presentations: “Ultimate Debate 2010: Open Source Software: Free Beer or Free Puppies?” Sunday, June 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Approximately 400 in attendance. Co-presenters: Stephen Abrams, Gale/Cengage; Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University; Roy Tennant, OCLC (debate moderator). It was what it was. Best showcase: ALA Learning Roundtable (LearnRT), of course, because Nicole Greenland of MPOW, was presenting, and her poster session about faculty development was excellent.  This was a well-attended event where librarians showed off their innovative techniques for information literacy. Best program: LITA President’s Program; Mary Madden from Pew Internet Research on “four or mores”—people who own four or more portable electronic devices. Early adopters are as racially diverse as the general population, but tend to be male, and the biggest early adopter group is not teens or young adults, but the 30-49 age range. She spent quite a while covering actual (as opposed to assumed) behavior of teens and young adults. While a typical teen texts on average 50 times per day (probably due to all-you-can-eat texting plans and the fact that parents are paying for these plans), not all other popular assumptions are correct. For example, teens and young adults are far more attentive to managing their privacy settings than other age groups. For similar higher ed issues, Madden also recommends Steven Jones’ work on the impact of tech on faculty. Best unofficial program: Battledecks. This program first appeared in 2008 at South by Southwest, the popular tech/music conference. ... Sat, 10 Jul 2010 02:22:26 +0100 858335 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/iRcS/~3/PobZjZlDHxA/maney-publishing-joins-clockss-lockss.html "Maney has joined the CLOCKSS, LOCKSS and Portico digital preservation services to guarantee the long-term security of its e-journal content" (Source: Peter Scott's Library Blog) Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:48:51 +0100 857375 http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=FES Folgende E-Journals wurden im o.g. Zeitraum neu in der Elektronischen Zeitschriftenbibliothek der FES verzeichnet: Action programme / International Trade Union Confederation Activiteitenverslag / Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond Administratief verslag / Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond Aktionsplan für die ITBLAV Au clair de la lutte Beamten-Post, Die Blickpunkt Europa : Newsletter / Hrsg. : DGB-Bundesvorstand, Bereich Europapolitik Bürgerinformation / Hrsg.: Ortsverein und Ratsfraktion der SPD Salzbergen Calcutta Review (via BPC) Central European University Political Science Journal (via CIAO) CGIL news international Check.punkt : Presseschau / Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, [Büro in den Palästinensischen Gebieten] Claridade Collective bargaining in the european metal industry combat syndicaliste, Le / CNT Congress / International League of Religious Socialists Congresso do PCP / Partido Comunista Portugês Dem Kongress vorzulegende Anträge / Internationale Textil-, Bekleidungs- und Lederarbeitervereinigung Deutsche Hausfrauen-Zeitung (via Gerritsen Collection) Droit des Femmes : Revue Internationale du Mouvement Feminin, Le (via Gerritsen Collection) (Source: Neu in der Elektronischen Zeitschriftenbibliothek der FES) Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:10:00 +0100 857279