0 Comments The U.S. Congress last week formally re-introduced the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2010 (FRPAA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill that would mandate public access to publicly-funded research in the U.S.
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January and February are not the most colorful months here in the Northeast. Exercise your eyes with a trial to the Wilson Cinema and Art Museum Image Galleries. Nylink has arranged a special trial, available at http://www.hwwilson.com/nylink.htm, for several key Wilson Art resources. In addition to the highly-praised image galleries, the trial, which requires registration for first-time users, includes Art Full Text, Art Index Retro, and the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. For this trial period, Wilson has agreed to special discounts for Nylink members and affiliates who subscribe to these resources before the trial ends on 2/28.
The trial page also offers brief interactive demos of the image galleries.
Contact us at services@nylink.org to get a quote today!
BioOne is pleased to celebrate the new year by welcoming six new titles and their respective not-for-profit publishers to the 2010 BioOne Collections. At least two years of back content has been made available for each title, all of which is now accessible via your BioOne subscription. For more information, click on each hyperlinked title below.
To BioOne.1:
International Forestry Review, published by the Commonwealth Forestry Association (UK)
To BioOne.2:
To BioOne Open Access:
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, published by the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
If you need more information about BioOne, you may want to sign up for one of their webinars. Please see http://www.bioone.org for a complete webinar schedule.
For discounted pricing info for Nylink members and affiliates, please contact services@nylink.org.
Journal Search: Looking for a specific title? Using journal title or ISSN, quickly track down a journal and its coverage dates in the more than 500 electronic collections in the True Serials knowledge base.
Resource Comparison: Analyze titles, coverage dates and overlap for any two of the more than 500 collections in the True Serials knowledgebase.
Join Lauren Pinsley for a live demo of True Serials at your local 3Rs! Next week Lauren will be at METRO on 1/25, and at the Nassau Library System on 1/26. More dates
Attendance is free, but we do appreciate your advance registration; sign up now!
Multi-type New York State library consortium Nylink is pleased to announce a partnership with New York -based library services company Media Flex to market and support their Open-source Automated Library System, OPALS™.
The OPALS Open-source Automated Library System is a powerful cooperatively developed, web-based, open source program providing internet access to information databases and library collections. OPALS users include school, church and business libraries, and union catalogs with interlibrary loan needs.
Media Flex continues its role in conducting research and development, more technical support, and providing hosting services for those institutions where hosting is not an affordable option.
David Penniman, Executive Director of Nylink, says “OPALS low-cost, open-source approach to fulfilling library automation needs is timely, and we look forward to expanding and supporting the OPALS community in partnership with Media Flex.”
Harry Chan, Owner, Media Flex, says “OPALS is a proven solution to library automation needs, and we are excited about the opportunities this partnership presents for bringing OPALS to more libraries.”
About Nylink
Nylink, a membership organization of all types of libraries and cultural heritage organizations in New York state, facilitates collaboration and cooperation among its members and supports access to high-quality, cost-effective resources that enable member institutions to enhance the services they provide to their constituents. A program of the State University of New York System Administration under the umbrella of the Provost’s Office, Nylink is based in Albany. http://nylink.org
About Media Flex
Media Flex is a library services company located in Champlain, New York. The company develops, provides and services solutions that adapt to changing information technology, learning and fiscal environments and has done so since 1985. Librarians, company technicians and programmers have collaborated to develop OPALS, a twenty first century, open source, information broadcasting technology alternative. http://www.mediaflex.net
