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Established July 2006
ISSN: 1946-1852
by Rick Mason
Category Archives: Periodicals
SERU Initiative
SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding is an attempt by libraries and publishers alike to break out of the licensing process that many in both camps find problematic. Simply put, it is a straightforward agreement that a particular library subscribes … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged National Information Standards Organization
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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) review
Review : Directory of Open Access Journals (Pdf), by Heather Morrison is a very good introduction to what is becoming a top-tier collection of journals. Although some of the statistics are a bit dated (due to a strength of the … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Directory of Open Access Journals;, Heather Morrison
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Institutional Repositories
If you work at an academic library, especially a school which emphasizes publication, then the issue of Institutional Repositories is critical to understand. Even if you don’t fit the above, these repositories, combined with Open Access, will strongly effect librarianship, … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Open Access, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged Charles W. Bailey, de Suite, Eric Lease Morgan, Jr.
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Code4Lib Journal
Issue 1 of the Code4Lib Journal is now available! The journal is an open-access journal dealing with, well, the more techie aspects of libraries. Even if you aren’t into systems and web coding, you should still look this over. The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Library 2.0, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals, Publishing
Tagged API, Code4Lib Journal;, creative technical solutions, Integrated Library Systems, koha, Steven Weber, Tom Keays, USD, web coding
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Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices – Highlights
ResourceShelf has a list of highlights of the Survey of Library Database Licensing Practices. The highlights are pretty interesting, and the cost of the complete survey results ($80 for a paper version and a whopping $89.50 for a downloadable pdf) … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals, Statistics, Web Design
Tagged USD
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Movers and Shakers, part 2
It seems that Library Journal’s Movers and Shakers nomination process has hit a severe bump: every nomination that was submitted through their online form prior to November 5th has been lost. If you nominated someone, well… you need to nominate … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals
Tagged Library Journal, online form
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Movers & Shakers 2008
Nope, the list hasn’t been announced yet. In fact, Library Journal is asking for nominations: The editors of Library Journal need your help in identifying the emerging leaders in the library world. Our seventh annual Movers & Shakers supplement will profile … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Periodicals
Tagged Canada, Library Journal, online nomination form, United States
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Informal Organization
The Streetwise (pdf) column in the September 2007 issue of Strategic Finance contains a summary of a report titled “The Informal Organization”. The focus of the report is that formal management structures are not how organizations actually work. Informal organization, … Continue reading
Posted in Groups, Periodicals
Tagged Alexandra Corriveau, Informal Organization, The
Streetwise;
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OncologySTAT
Oncology by OncologyStat is an experiement by Elsevier to see if they can provide access to scholarly journals for free using an ad-based revenue formula. In addition, they offer many resources for medical staff, patients, and families. The press release … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Medical, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals
Tagged cancer;, healthcare professionals
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Free Science Search Tools
A Quick Look of a Few Free Science Search Tools is a post on ResourceShelf (if you only have time to follow two blogs, they should be the other one!) that provides a good starting point for finding free and/or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Libraries, Online Databases, Open Access, Periodicals, Search
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Open Access better for Journal Survival?
An interesting, but non-conclusive, study has found that open access journals are ten times less likely to cease publication than their traditional counterparts. Might this become a reason for journals to adopt open access – namely to broaden readership and … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Open Access, Periodicals
Tagged Journal Survival;
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BibMe
BibMe is a great site for locating and generating bibliographic citations in MLA, APA and Chicago styles, which you can then download to your computer, or store on their server (if you sign up for a free account). In their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Search
Tagged Amazon, Amazon DVD & VHS from BiblioTech Web, Chicago, Web page parser, Web page parser Journal, Yahoo
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Open Medicine
Open Medicine is a new journal from Canada which is striving to be an online, open access alternative to the likes of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). There have been many … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Medical, Open Access, Periodicals
Tagged American Medical Association, Canada, New England Journal, New England Journal of Medicine;, Open Medicine;, the Directory of Open Access Journals, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New England Journal of Medicine
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Copyright Discussion
On Coyle’s InFormation, a blog written by the ever-interesting Karen Coyle, there is a discussion about the transcripts of a Section 108 Study Group meeting hosted by the Library of Congress on the topic of copyright, libraries and digitization. These meetings are happening … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Copyright, Fair Use, Libraries, Online Databases, Periodicals
Tagged Congress, digitization/internet, Karen Coyle, Library of Congress
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Public Knowledge Project
The Public Knowledge Project is a Canadian research initiative started nine years ago in order to develop “free, open source software for the management, publishing, and indexing of journals and conferences.” In doing so, they have found themselves at the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Copyright, Libraries, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals
Tagged IT Manager, IT Manager's Journal;, Open Source Software
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Elsevier and the arms business
Reed Elsevier, the European publishing corporation behind over 15,000 journals, is being challenged by one of them, The Lancet, in regards to its commercial involvement in the arms trade. This connects to libraries in several ways: subscriptions to many print … Continue reading
Posted in ILS, Libraries, Medical, News, Periodicals, Politics
Tagged Elsevier, Endeavor, Forbes;, online access, owner, Reed Elsevier, United Kingdom
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ERIC links to libraries via WorldCat
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) search tool has added a “Find in a library” link to many of their search results, which will open WorldCat in a new browser window with detail on which libraries in your area subscribe … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Periodicals, Search, Web Design
Tagged Education Resources Information Center, search results, search tool
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New York Times – TimesSelect for free*
The New York Times is offering it’s TimesSelect service for free – if you register with an .edu e-mail address. You can register here. from Web4Lib post
Posted in Education, News, Periodicals
Tagged New York Times, The New York Times, TimesSelect, TimesSelect service
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Nines
On the surface, Nines is a searchable database for nineteenth-century studies (their name stands for “a networked infrastructure for nineteenth-century electronic scholarship”). When you go beneath the surface, however, there is a great deal of potential to be explored. The … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Open Source, Periodicals, Search, Software, Web Design
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PubMed PubReMiner
PubReMiner is an interesting tool that lets you see the metadata behind your PubMed search, and lets you narrow your search with quite a bit more understanding of the ways in which you can do so. This was included as … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Libraries, Medical, Online Databases, Online Services, Open Access, Periodicals, Search, Web Design
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