From the monthly archives: September 2011

News & Announcements 09/28/11

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European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Journals Join Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is pleased to announce its new publishing partnership with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS):  OUP will be publishing the Association’s three journal titles from January 2012.The journals are European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EJCTS), Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery [...]

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Institutional and subject repositories have become an important feature of the information landscape and have arguable `come of [...]

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We realize this is a perennial issue, but lately we’ve seen some posts online about this and it got us wondering:

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This is preprint of an article accepted for the July issue of College and Research Libraries. We saw it referenced on Gary Price’s INFOdocket and thought a number of you would be interested.  Below is an abstract:

Give ‘em what they want: A One-year Study of Unmediated Patron-Driven Acquisition of E-Books

Abstract: In September 2009 the University of [...]

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News & Announcements 09/26/11

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Semantico to Launch SIPP2 at Frankfurt Book Fair, 2011

“Semantico, a leading provider of services and technology for online publishing, is attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. You will find us on stand number L446, hall 4.2.

The hot news for this year’s fair is the launch of our new publishing platform, [...]

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ACRL announces the publication of Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries, the first book to specifically address security of special collections in academic libraries. Compiled and edited by Everett C. Wilkie Jr., the work covers topics integral to the security process, including background checks, reading room [...]

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