0 Comments As of June 30, 2009, the Network Education Exchange, which made it possible for members of regional networks such as Nylink, SOLINET, NELINET, and AMIGOS to take distance ed classes at other networks at member rates, will no longer be available. Thanks to all the networks who have participated in this large-scale cooperative effort!
In July, OCLC will add metasearch functionality to WorldCat Local.
WorldCat Local metasearch will enable users to search your library’s collections, library resources in WorldCat, electronic resources from OCLC and other content providers from a single search with integrated search results. In addition, relevancy ranking will feature your library’s resources in results lists.
Learn more about the upcoming addition to WorldCat Local at a webinar on Thursday, June 25 at 1:00 - 2:00 PM Eastern. This program will include a sneak preview of the metasearch functionality planned for July along with overview of OCLC’s plans for future development of the service.
Register here to attend the WorldCat Local metasearch webinar: https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=WorldCat%20Local%20metasearch
Springer eBook Collections comprise the world’s most comprehensive digitized scientific, technical and medical (STM) book collection. The Springer Protocols Collection of peer-reviewed life sciences protocols, based on tried and tested resources, includes more than 18,000 protocols with an additional 2,000 added each year. Nylink now offers great discounts on both to its members and affiliates. For more information about how Nylink and Springer working together means discounts for you, please contact services@nylink.org, or call us at 518-443-5444 or 800-342-3353.
If you’re a WilsonWeb user, and a MP3 player aficionado (and who isn’t these days?), check out WilsonWeb’s new ReadSpeaker functionality. This new, free, tool converts HTML files from nearly 20 popular Wilson databases into audio files to either take along with you, or to use as read-along supplements, great for learning or visually challenged users. To learn more, visit Wilson’s online demo.
Few new databases get the kind of acclaim and enthusiastic response that Teen Health and Wellness has received. It’s been a School Library Journal Top 10 Digital Resource (”A ground-breaking database. … A+. … The front-runner in health information for teenagers and a definite must-have for all high school and public libraries.”), a Library Journal Best Reference Source, and won The Charleston Advisor’s Best New Product, Readers’ Choice Awards. Nylink is delighted to have partnered with Rosen Publishing to offer discounted access to Teen Health and Wellness to New York libraries. Contact us today to get a quote or a trial: 800-342-3353, 518-443-5444, or services@nylink.org.
Sample Emerald Group Publishing’s business and management journals online for free and take advantage of a special offer for the Emerald Backfiles online collection available through May 31, 2009.
Journal of the Week
A good way to sample Emerald’s business and management journals is to take advantage of the Journal of the Week (JOTW) feature that provides free online access to two journals (current and archived issues) each week. Check it out at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/jotw/index.htm.
Emerald Backfiles Special Offer
The Emerald Backfiles online collection is a one-time purchase offering 120 journal titles with more than 68,000 articles in key management disciplines. The Backfiles can be used to complete and enhance a mature collection or provide an introduction to business and management research.
Visit the Emerald web site for features, benefits, frequently asked questions, and sample articles: http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/backfiles/index.htm.
Journal title list:
in PDF at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/backfiles/pdf/backfiles_titles_list.pdf
or in Excel at http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/backfiles/pdf/backfiles_titles_list.xls
Academic pricing: $18,000 for the Backfiles if ordered by May 31, 2009 (a savings of 25% off the list price of $24,000). A two-payment option is also available with a total payment of $18,500. An annual hosting fee may also apply.
Other Emerald online products available at a discount through Nylink:
Emerald Management Xtra (http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/xtra/index.htm)
Emerald eBook Series (http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/ebookseries/index.htm)
Emerald Engineering (http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/engineering/index.htm).
Contact Nylink at services@nylink.org or 800-342-3353 for more information.
Wilson has announced the addition of nearly 200 new profiles of authors and artists whose recent works have earned wide readership and critical acclaim. More than 2,300 profiles are now available in total.
Like the book series, Junior Authors & Illustrators on WilsonWeb helps young readers learn more about the writers and artists behind their favorite works, and find more titles by them. The database makes an excellent complement to any robust children’s and YA collection, offering biographical information for fans, help with readers’ advisory and acquisitions, career advice for aspiring writers and artists, and diverse coverage by ethnicity, style, and subject matter.
Each profile lays out family background, education, career path, and approaches to art and life. Many feature autobiographical statements written specifically for Junior Authors & Illustrators. Suggested reading lists and web sites offer a starting point for further research. More than 90% of the profiles also feature photographs.
New profiles are added annually. The recent additions include recipients of nearly 50 leading literary awards and honors, from the Aesop Prize to the Americas Award, Caldecott Honorees and Newbery Medalists, School Library Journal Best Books honorees, Parent’s Choice picks and much more. They also reflect the diversity of today’s children’s literature, with profiles of many African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-American authors and artists. Also featured are retrospective profiles of some of the most renowned figures in YA and children’s literature, including Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren, and Dr. Seuss.
Free trials of Junior Authors and Illustrators are available at any time! Contact services@nylink.org for details.
WorldCat Local “quick start” is now included in subscriptions to the WorldCat database on the FirstSearch service at no additional charge, giving subscribing libaries additional options to deliver their own resources and those of libraries around the world in a single search. Built on the popular WorldCat.org interface, WorldCat Local “quick start” includes:
To learn more about WorldCat Local “quick start,” or to register for a webinar introducing the service and its options, visit the WorldCat Local Quick Start page.
Join an interactive webinar to learn more about new and recent Oxford electronic resources!
See dates and times for the sessions here (PDF), and RSVP to Taylor Stang by May 6th. Taylor will need your name, title, the name of your institution, and of course your email so that he can send the session URL and password.
The following update on the “Expert Community Experiment” has been provided by OCLC.
In March, there were 18,910 Expert Community Experiment replaces. There were 1001 institutions that did at least one replace. Individual institution numbers ranged from 3 institutions doing more than 500 replaces to 242 institutions doing 1 replace each.
Here are the numbers for the other types of replaces during the same time period:
Database Enrichment: 18,235
Minimal-Level Upgrade: 14,791
Enhance Regular: 15,052
Enhance National: 3,583
CONSER Authentication: 1,929
CONSER Maintenance: 6,183
OCLC staff replaced 1,086,715 records during the same time period.
The Experiment began in mid-February 2009, and OCLC expects it to last six months.
More information can be found by visiting the Expert Community Experiment page at http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/catalog/quality/expert/default.htm
