In case you did not see the LexisNexis announcement last week, we wanted to alert you that the cut-over to the new Academic interface has been postponed to August 7. Below is a reprint of the message from LexisNexis concerning this.

From the LN Academic list [ACADEMIC-LIST@LISTS.LNACADEMIC.COM], July 15, 2010:

Dear Colleagues,

The migration date that I announced below has been pushed back to August 7. This is not being done because of any problems with our move to the new interface for LexisNexis Academic. We have to coordinate our release with other change releases that are being completed across LexisNexis, and the people responsible for scheduling moved the next release back a week.

Those of you who have already made the switch to the “hottopics” version of the product URL do not need to take any other action.

Everyone else, please review the Migration Guide to be sure you are ready for August 7.
http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Migration_Guide

As always, please feel to contact me on- or off-list if you have any questions or concerns.

Best regards,
Alistair

Alistair Morrison, MA, MLS
Director of Product Planning
LexisNexis Academic & Library Solutions
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Bethesda MD 20814

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—–Original Message—–
From: Morrison, Alistair (LNG-BET)
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:14 AM
To: LN Academic list
Subject: LexisNexis Academic Migration Scheduled for July 30, 2010

Dear Colleagues,

The last step in the migration to the upgraded LexisNexis Academic user interface has been scheduled for July 30, 2010. We had originally planned on a June migration, but had to work around the LexisNexis software release schedule.

For details on the migration, please see our wiki article at http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Migration_Guide

Top things you should know:
1. If you have already switched to using the URL for the new interface, you do not have to do anything else, and you will not see any change on
July 30. The URL for the new interface is
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic

2. On July 30, URLs that currently point to the old interface will be redirected to the new interface.

3. Deep links to articles or sources that you may have in your catalog or e-journals system will continue to work, even if they are based on the old URL.

4. LexisNexis is working with providers of popular federated search, article linker, and e-resources systems to update their links following the July 30 migration. See the wiki page, near the bottom for a list of these vendors.
http://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/lnacademic

5. There will be a service outage of less than 2 hours during the migration on July 30. We will try to schedule the outage for late night/early morning to minimize the inconvenience to researchers.

Please let me know on- or off-list if you have any questions or concerns.

Best regards,
Alistair

Alistair Morrison, MA, MLS

You may have heard that H.W. Wilson recently launched the Careers database as part of its Current Issues series that also includes the full-text topical databases Environment, Health and Reference Shelf Plus (each subscribed to separately). This useful new resource is available at a discount through Nylink on top of special discounts Wilson is currently offering on new subscriptions to Careers and several other databases through August 1, 2010. 

As with the other Current Issues databases, Careers helps users take a manageable approach to researching broad topics by helping them bring their interests into focus. Careers is appropriate for high-school and college-age students and generally anyone planning a long-term career path, changing jobs, or just learning about the world of work. It covers all aspects of careers and career-related issues including qualifications, duties and responsibilities, pay scales, application processes, and future prospects.

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Just launched by Oxford University Press, Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is designed to help users navigate through the overwhelming mass of information to find reliable sources, directing them to exactly the right chapter, book, website, archive, or data set that they need for their research. 

• Each individual entry within OBO provides a guided tour through the key literature on a specialized sub-topic. Annotations indicate what is included in the work, and provide guidance as to how this resource will aid your research. 
• Includes cataloging of non-print material, especially online resources. 
• Intuitive linking throughout quickly delivers the user from a citation to full-text content, whether online or available through a library’s catalog. 
• Each module has an Editorial Board of 15-20 leading scholars, each with expertise in specialized areas within the field of study. 
• At launch, each subject module will include over 50 entries, with an additional 50-75 entries added each year over the course of three updates.  All entries are double-peer reviewed and board-vetted and will have a formal review by the Editorial Board once a year to ensure that it remains up-to-date.

OBO Subject Modules             

 An online guided tour of OBO is available at http://aboutobo.com/about-obo/a-powerpoint-overview/.  Live online demos are also available; view the calendar and sign up at http://aboutobo.com/calendar/.

Free 30-day trials: Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org or sign up yourself at https://ams.oup.com/user/trial.pfm.

Pricing: OBO is available to libraries of all types (academic, public, school, special) and purchasing through Nylink saves on cost. Annual subscription and one-time purchase options are offered. Cost is based on the number of subject modules purchased with volume discounts available in addition to the Nylink discount. Please contact Nylink at services@nylink.org for a quote.

Visit Gale’s National Library Week site beginning Sunday, April 11, to sign up for a week of FREE access to these Gale resources:

• Archives Unbound — a vast new resource of topically-focused, cross-searchable digital collections of historical documents
• Career Transitions — a new electronic resource offering a comprehensive guide to career change
• Global Issues in Context — this online resource offers global news and perspectives on issues and events of international importance
• GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) — a new electronic resource offering authoritative reference content on the environment, energy, economic development and natural resources 
• Grzimek’s Animal Life — an interactive, media-rich online resource, with information on more than 4,000 species

Learn more at http://www.gale.cengage.com/Emails/10ALL053/.

Cambridge Histories Online:

Cambridge Histories Online offers over 250 volumes categorized under 15 subject areas for comprehensive and authoritative historical information. Learn more about this collection of award-winning titles from Cambridge University Press at http://histories.cambridge.org/public_home.

REMINDER ABOUT SPECIAL SAVINGS!  For 4-year academic institutions with less than 2500 FTE and 2-year colleges of any size, the following special pricing for Cambridge Histories Online remains available through June 2010: $3600 one-time purchase price with $400 annual fee beginning in year two for hosting and new content. 

This special one-time purchase price is 50% of the normal Nylink-discounted rate at the lowest pricing tier. The $400 ongoing annual fee is also discounted greatly from the usual $750 fee.

Discounted pricing on CHO is always available through Nylink for academic institutions of all sizes. 

Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org to confirm pricing for your academic library.

 Shakespeare Survey Online:

Shakespeare Survey Online, comprising all issues from the printed series from 1948 through 2009, is available for purchase at a discount through Nylink. The Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also contains a section of reviews of that year’s textual and critical studies, and of the year’s major British performances. A variety of Shakespearean images and production photographs are included.

Learn more and sign up for a trial at http://www.cambridge.org/online/shakespearesurvey/default.htm.

Available as a one-time purchase with ongoing annual access fee. Contact Nylink for pricing at services@nylink.org.

If your library purchases a NEW subscription to an Oxford University Press database for an April, May or June start, you’ll get 15, 14 or 13 months of subscription access through June 2011, but will pay only for 12 months at the current 2009-10 rates (with Nylink discount).  If you’re considering a new subscription to an Oxford database, subscribing now will provide extra months of access at no extra charge.
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As previously announced, LexisNexis plans to launch a new COUNTER-compliant usage reporting system by March 31. Databases affected include Academic. To access this new system, you must register for an ID. LexisNexis cannot transfer IDs from the old system because all IDs in the new system must be associated with an email address. U.S. subscribers can register for an ID at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7KM6SH3. Learn more at http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php?title=Usage_Reports. Questions? Contact Alistair Morrison at LexisNexis, 800-638-8380 or alistair.morrison@lexisnexis.com.

 The cutover to the new LexisNexis Academic interface is planned to take place by June 30. Are you ready for it? If not, LexisNexis is providing a variety of ways to get prepared:

Consult the LexisNexis wiki at http://wiki.lexisnexis.com/academic/index.php for lots of detailed information.

Attend a free LexisNexis webinar on Academic. The schedule and sign-up form are located at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academicwebseminars/.

Subscribe to the LexisNexis Academic discussion list. You can register at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic-forms/listserv.aspx. This is an active list and libraries have been posting questions to it about the new interface.

As always, contact Nylink at services@nylink.org with questions about your existing LexisNexis subscriptions or if interested in setting up a new subscription.

BBC College of Journalism, Berg Fashion Library, and Oxford Bibliographies Online are new databases from Oxford University Press that will be launching soon, and available at a discount through Nylink. Here’s a preview of what these databases will offer:
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Encyclopedia of Africa, Oxford Companion to the Book, and Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome are the latest additions to Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (DRS). DRS e-books are purchased individually for a one-time purchase price with an ongoing annual hosting fee. Introductory pricing is available through March 31 for Africa and Greece and Rome, and through April 30 for Companion to the Book. 

To learn more about these and other DRS e-books, go to http://www.oxford-digitalreference.com/title_list, and sign up for a trial at https://ams.oup.com/user/drstrial.pfm.

Many ways to save on purchases of  Oxford Digital Reference Shelf e-books! In addition to introductory pricing for new titles, a Nylink discount is always available for the purchase of any DRS e-book. And, libraries that own the print edition of a DRS title can deduct 50% of the print list price off the e-book purchase price. Libraries that maintain a subscription to Oxford Reference Online (http://www.oxfordreference.com/pages/intro) do not pay the annual hosting fees for any DRS titles they’ve purchased. And volume discounts are available if 7 or more DRS titles are purchased at the same time.

DRS purchase prices vary by e-book, with cost additionally determined by institution type and size, and eligibility for various discounts as described above. Please contact Nylink for a quote at services@nylink.org.

For 4-year academic institutions with less than 2500 FTE and 2-year colleges of any size, the following special pricing for Cambridge Histories Online remains available through June 2010: $3600 one-time purchase price with $400 annual fee beginning in year two for hosting and new content.

This special one-time purchase price is 50% of the normal Nylink-discounted rate at the lowest pricing tier. The $400 ongoing annual fee is also discounted greatly from the usual $750 fee.

Learn more about this 250-plus volume collection of award-winning titles from Cambridge University Press’ acclaimed Histories series at http://histories.cambridge.org/public_home. 

Discounted pricing on CHO is always available through Nylink for academic institutions of all sizes.

Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org to confirm pricing for your academic library.