(4 November 2013) The Academic Senate of the University of California adopted an Open Access Policy on 24 July 2013, ensuring that future scholarly articles authored by faculty at all 10 UC campuses will be made available to the public at no charge. The Open Access Policy Implementation team at the California Digital Library is…
(Chicago, 29 October 2013) Google can be an incredibly powerful tool for research, but the top-of-the-page results are seldom the most beneficial to library users and students, and many of the search engine’s most useful features are hidden behind its famously simple interface. In “Google Search Secrets,” published by ALA Neal-Schuman, Christa Burns and Michael…
(Alexandria, VA & Stanford, CA, 28 October 2013) Debuting this month, OpenGeoSci (opengeosci.org) is a free, map-based discovery interface providing geographic searching for more than 300,000 maps, cross-sections, charts, tables, and other high-value content from GeoScienceWorld (GSW) publications. The advanced technology behind OpenGeoSci is built and hosted by HighWire Press incorporating a design from iFactory. Using…
(Seattle, WA, 24 October 2013) – Serials Solutions® and Maruzen Company Ltd., are increasing access to Japanese eBooks through the Summon discovery service. Metadata from the Maruzen eBook Library will be indexed in the Summon service and mutual subscribers of each company’s service will be able to discover this authoritative eBook content, encompassing topics ranging…
(Seattle, WA, 23 October 2013) The University of Tokyo Library in Japan recently selected the Summon® discovery service from Serials Solutions®, a ProQuest® business. The powerful navigation and contextual guidance features in the Summon service significantly advance the research experience for both novice and experienced researchers. Librarians at the University of Tokyo will now have…
(18 October 2013) You know that you can export image groups as PowerPoint presentations. But sometimes you want the images by themselves. That’s why you can now download groups of as many as 150 images as a zip file. It’s easy! Watch ArtStor’s short video to learn more.
(Note that none of the ADAT links below have worked for a year or more.) (See also http://www.crl.edu/news/database-assessment-tool-available-crl) (20 October 2016) The ADAT website notes that The Academic Database Assessment Tool (ADAT), which was originally developed by JISC and later hosted at CRL, has been discontinued. The descriptive information on electronic resources, however, has been…
(20 September 2013) Photograph conservators, art historians, archivists, library professionals, and anyone with an interest in the care and preservation of photograph collections will find the Getty Conservation Institute’s latest foray into the preservation of photographs an important one. Scientists at the Conservation Institute have just released the first installment of The Atlas of Analytical…
(11 September 2013) IFLA’s Acquisition & Collection Development Section (ACD) has published a simplified Chinese version of its widely read Electronic Resource Guide, which will complement the classical one. Access the simplified Chinese translation here. Read the announcement here. http://www.ifla.org/node/8002
(5 September 2013, Boston, Oxford) Credo has 19 new and updated Subject and Publisher Collections, adding to the more than 80 collections currently available for perpetual purchase or subscription. Credo’s new collections help librarians grow their reference shelves through their Literati or Credo Online Reference Service solutions. The newly released collections include: Intelecom Intelligent Telecommunications…
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