We are very pleased to share this announcement from Nylink’s partner, and leader in the Lexis Nexis national aggregation, Lyrasis. This is great news! Details specific to Nylink’s subscribers will be forthcoming as soon as we have renewal details from Lyrasis.
“Atlanta, GA, February 5, 2010: Last year, LexisNexis supported the ICOLC Global Economic Crisis Statement by agreeing to waive their 2.5% annual increase on LexisNexis products associated with the ICOLC aggregation. As a result, subscribers to these LexisNexis products renewed at a high renewal rate.
In recognition of this loyalty and to show continued support of the ICOLC Global Economic Crisis Statement, LYRASIS has once again asked LexisNexis to agree to a flat renewal for the next renewal year. We are excited to announce that LexisNexis has agreed. Consequently, the cost will remain flat for members of the aggregation for one more year regardless of FTE changes. Details regarding the renewal process will be forthcoming from LYRASIS within the next two weeks.” In addition, for those libraries that subscribe to both LexisNexis Statistical – Base Edition and LexisNexis Statistical Research Tables products, the renewal price decreased effective January 1, 2010. This price decrease has been applied to current agreements and LexisNexis is in the process of issuing credits to current subscribers. The decrease is a result of the combination of these two products to form LexisNexis Statistical Insight Tables……”
Read the entire press release at http://www.lyrasis.org/News/Press-Releases/2010.aspx
Back on January 22, CISTI announced that beginning on January 25, they would no longer bill using IFM (Interlibrary Loan Fee Management). CISTI announced today that they have reinstated their participation in the OCLC IFM payment option, Effective yesterday, February 3, ILL requests sent to symbol CAI with IFM payment selected will be processed as standard IFM transactions.
Receive 5% of if billed through Nylink and 10% off of IFM requests. You must be registered through Nylink to take advantage of these discounts. Visit the Nylink CISTI Information page and the Nylink CISTI Registration form
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Karen Calhoun, OCLC VP for WorldCat and Metadata Services posted the following WorldCat Cataloging Partners status update on OCLC-Cat on Feb. 1 2010:
This is to provide an update on the resolution of the recent problems with the WorldCat Cataloging Partners service. Nearly all of the reprocessing of incorrect label files and records that resumed on December 18, 2009 has been completed. We continue working to resolve remaining known issues, including Cataloging Report production. We are committed to resolving all of the issues.
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The Museum Association of New York and The Upstate History Alliance just announced their annual meeting: Museums in Conversation: What Inspires You?. Taking place in Albany, NY, April 11-13, this conference draws folks from all types of museums, historical societies, special collections and archives from across the state. This year’s conversation will focus on building better missions and visions for our institutions and thereby generating inspiration to reach and serve our communities. Make sure you register soon – don’t miss this great opportunity to meet and talk with your colleagues from across New York State!
OCLC is pleased to announce that a freely-accessible site for searching only OAIster records is now available. With this OAIster site (http://oaister.worldcat.org/), you are able to search only OAIster and its millions of metadata records.
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NELLCO is hosting a grant writing workshop in Albany at Albany Law School. The workshop is open to anyone who works in governmental agencies, colleges, universities and non-profits. You don’t have to be a law librarian to attend.
The workshop takes place March 18-19, 2010. Check it out and learn to write a kicking proposal that will nail the funds you need.
ALCTS has recently announced their schedule of web courses, which will include Fundamentals of Acquisitions, Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management, and Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Acquisitions. Click through for descriptions and info.
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The increasing use of handhelds and other mobile technologies has created a challenge for libraries. Mainly, we have to find ways to effectively assess and use the many mobile devices and applications that are available so that we can create services needed by our users.
There are a couple of events coming up that may be of interest to anyone intrigued by mobile technologies and libraries. On February 19, Nylink is offering a webinar that looks at Libraries and the Mobile Web. This webinar is being conducted by Ellyssa Kroski. The webinar will look at the diverse array of mobile Web applications available, how libraries are using the mobile web and how they can get started with the mobile Web.
The Alliance Library System and LearningTimes is offering the second annual Handheld Librarian conference on February 17-18, 2010. This is an online conference that will include keynote and other speakers, resources, discussion boards and access to recordings of all the live events. Over 2000 people participated in last year’s conference.
New Holds Feature Allows Users to Reserve Checked-Out Content
Beginning this week, your users will have the option to reserve OCLC NetLibrary content that has already been checked out by another user. New holds functionality, scheduled for release on Wednesday, January 27, will be automatically integrated into NetLibrary’s Web-based user interface and the Media Center.
Designed to help libraries manage the growing demand for eAudiobook and eBook titles, the new holds feature will enable users to:
- Place up to three hold requests for titles that are already checked out
- View their place in line, or cancel hold at any time
- Receive e-mail notification once the title becomes available.
When the holds feature is initially released, functionality will be activated for eAudiobook content only. To activate holds for eBooks, you will need to e-mail OCLC’s Customer Service Department at support@oclc.org. OCLC NetLibrary also plans future enhancements that will allow you and your staff to manage configuration of holds functionality and generate related access reports through the Library Resource Center. Be sure to watch for upcoming announcements.
Please note: During this upgrade, the NetLibrary Web site will be offline from 7:00-8:00 am EST on Wednesday, January 27.
Update: As of Feb. 3rd CISTI has reinstated OCLC IFM payment option
CISTI (Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information) has announced that starting January 25, 2010, they will no longer bill through IFM (Interlibrary Loan Fee Management). Nylink member libraries who have registered with CISTI through Nylink will continue to be billed for CISTI materials on their monthly Nylink invoice. Documents ordered from CISTI and billed through Nylink will receive a 5% discount off the standard CISTI price.
If you would like to take advantage of the Nylink discount and centralized billing, and are not already registered with CISTI through Nylink, please complete the registration form on the Nylink web site:
http://nylink.org/sharing/forms/cisti_reg.cfm
You can read more about Nylink’s CISTI offer at http://nylink.org/sharing/cisti.cfm
For questions about CISTI billing, please contact Peg Palmiere at palmierep@nylink.org or 1-800-342-3353.
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