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The Collection and Resource Services Department in the Zach S. Henderson Library invites nominations and applications for the position of Coordinator of Continuing Resources. Position Description: Reports to the Head of Collection and Resource Services. Manages Continuing Resources Team and collaborates on procedures related to orders, receipts, and invoices for continuing resources, print and electronic. Responsible for resolving complex problems related to orders, renewals, and access of continuing resources. Maintains and disseminates data on subscriptions, standing orders, databases, licenses, trials, costs, impact, and usage rights. Establishes and maintains a system to generate usage reports on information resources needed for ongoing assessment. For more information, visit: http://library.georgiasouthern.edu/employ/coord56677.php Just in time for the Year of Cataloging Research! OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) seeks applicants for the 2010 OLAC Research Grant. This annual award of up to $2,000 encourages research in the field of audiovisual cataloging. Submit proposals by March 1, 2010 to Sevim McCutcheon, Lmccutch@kent.edu. Please see the OLAC handbook for guidelines and parameters: Prices for site licence access to The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports will be reduced by 9% in 2010, reflecting the increased publication of Open Access content in 2008. Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) announced the decision today, following ratification by the EMBO Council. Continue reading Open Access uptake prompts 9% price reduction for the EMBO Edinburgh University Press has entered into an agreement with JISC Collections to provide EUP journals to the UK academic community via the NESLi2 SMP initiative in 2010. Edinburgh University Press has provided a several options from the range of social science and humanities journals it publishes, including the leading Scottish History journal Scottish Historical Review, highly regarded publications in literary studies including, Oxford Literary Review, Paragraph and Romanticism, and the journal of the Society for the History of Natural History, Archives of Natural History. Institutions may subscribe to all Edinburgh University Press journals in the EUP Complete Collection or to one or more of the following subject collections:
For further information about the EUP offer please go to: http://www.nesli2.ac.uk/smp-information.html Bernadette Gray-Little, John R. Patrick to serve on Board of world’s largest library cooperative. The OCLC Board of Trustees has elected two new members: Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor of the University of Kansas, and John R. Patrick, President of Attitude LLC and former Vice President of Internet Technology at IBM Corporation. The two new members replace board members whose terms have expired. Continue reading OCLC Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members Application Deadline: February 2, 2010 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and in cooperation with Arts Midwest, announces the 2010 deadline for The Big Read, a program to revitalize the role of literature in American culture. Organizations may apply for grants ranging from $2,500 to $20,000 with the grant size determined by community population, number of activities planned, and artistic excellence and merit. Selected communities will participate in The Big Read from September 2010 – June 2011. Communities across the country have strengthened their Big Read projects by enlisting the support of art, science, history, and children’s museums, as well as aquaria, arboreta, botanical gardens, nature centers, and zoos. Since 2006, more than 800 awards have been made to communities across the country. Learn more about Big Read events and access free online versions of Reader’s, Teacher’s, and Audio Guides at www.NEABigRead.org. Applicants must choose one of 31 available Big Read selections, including this year’s new title In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. Big Read grants require the participation of a library as a lead applicant or a partner. Grant funds, which must be matched with nonfederal funds, may be used for such expenses as book purchases, speaker fees and travel, salaries, advertising, and venue rental. Organizations selected to participate in The Big Read will receive a grant, access to online training resources and opportunities, educational and promotional materials to support community involvement, an organizer’s guide for developing and managing Big Read activities, inclusion of the organization and its activities on The Big Read Web site, and the prestige of participating in a national program. The application can be downloaded at http://neabigread.org/guidelines.php. The proposal deadline is February 2, 2010. Questions should be directed to Arts Midwest at 612-238-8010 or TheBigRead@artsmidwest.org. CABI is offering a discount on its Archive products via EBSCOhost: Global Health Archive and CAB Abstracts Archive until December 31, 2009. In addition, CABI is offering complimentary access for one year to the front file with the purchase of the archive. For example, if a library does not currently subscribe to Global Health and purchases Global Health Archive, then the library would be entitled to get a discount on Global Health Archive and receive a one year complimentary subscription to Global Health. If the library currently has a subscription to Global Health, then a discount would only apply to Global Health Archive. CAB Abstracts Archive – this database consists of journals that provide information on agricultural science, veterinary medicine, nutrition and natural resources. Additionally, other topics covered in the database include: biodiversity, pest control, environmental pollution, animal diseases, food production, managing natural resources, plant and animal breeding and more. Global Health Archive – this resource puts current international and public health problems into an historical context and also contains information on issues that are still being researched today, including: Bioterrorism; Disease control; Patent protection; Food security and malnutrition and much more. For additional information including a free trial, please contact us at information@ebscohost.com. At the invitation of Professor Amit Sheth, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), Christian Bizer and Tom Heath have been joined by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and first to use the term “Linked Data” in this context, to produce the overview article “Linked Data – The Story So Far,” featured in the Vol. 5, No. 3 special issue of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems. IGI Global is pleased to offer an exclusive opportunity to view “Linked Data – The Story So Far,” published in the Vol. 5, No. 3 issue of the International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems (IJSWIS), for free. Featuring the cutting-edge discussion on Linked Data and Semantic Web by Bizer, Heath, and Berners-Lee, IJSWIS promotes a knowledge transfer channel where academics, practitioners, and researchers can discuss, analyze, criticize, synthesize, communicate, elaborate, and simplify the more-than-promising technology of the Semantic Web in the context of information systems. This journal aims to establish value-adding knowledge transfer and personal development channels in three distinctive areas: academia, industry, and government. To receive a complimentary download of “Linked Data – The Story So Far”, please visit http://new.igi-global.com/Forms/OrganizationForm.aspx. IGI Global is pleased to offer this article as a sample of the innovative, quality materials that are available online at www.igi-global.com and within the InfoSci-Journals database. InfoSci-Journals, one of IGI Global’s premier research databases consists of 1000’s of articles from more than 100 internationally ranked journals. Please refer this journal or other quality journals in the InfoSci-Journals database to your librarian. Free 30-day trials of InfoSci-Journals are available by emailing eresources@igi-global.com. ISSN: 1552-6283; EISSN: 1552-6291; US $545.00 (Print) To learn more about this title, please see: www.igi-global.com/ijswis For additional information about this publication, to arrange an interview with the editor, please contact Gregory Guenther at gguenther@igi-global.com. The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the American Chemical Society’s Division of Chemical Education will partner to publish the Journal of Chemical Education (JCE) beginning with the January 2010 issue of the journal. JCE is the premier journal for chemical education, providing educators with a resource serving all teachers of chemistry including current information that impacts the teaching and understanding of specific chemistry content along with research on the teaching and learning of chemistry itself. In addition, JCE includes information about opportunities such as conferences, workshops and new curricula and teaching methods and materials. The journal publishes full peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and feature columns covering chemical education through the graduate level. The research community at large and specifically educators benefit from the partnership with integration of all JCE articles dating back to 1924 onto the award winning ACS Web Editions Platform. With more than 28 million searches already conducted on the ACS site alone in 2009, this translates to significant exposure for JCE. Authors and reviewers for the journal will now also enjoy new efficiencies via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment for real-time, Web-based manuscript submission and peer review. Contact: Michael Woods Adis, a Wolters Kluwer business, would like to announce a new tiered pricing model designed to make its publications more affordable for customers worldwide. The new model offers 3 tiers of pricing and will deliver significantly lower prices for small and mid-sized organisations, and a price freeze for the largest organisations. The model is based on the number of FTEs within pharmaceutical companies, the number of staffed beds in hospitals and the number of relevant FTEs across the health faculties within academic institutions. Adis worked closely with industry partners and carried out extensive market research to ensure the new pricing model was appropriate and fair for existing and prospective customers. If you have any questions about the new model, or are interested in finding out more about Adis journals, please contact Gillian Brailsford at gillian.brailsford@wolterskluwer.com or visit: http://adisonline.com/home/documents/pricelist2010.pdf |
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