SUNCAT: University of Strathclyde added as a new contributing library

The University of Strathclyde Library has been added to SUNCAT. This addition brings the total number of contributing libraries to 88, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals. The University of Strathclyde Library has contributed over 48,000 serial records and is the 12th Scottish library to be added to SUNCAT

EIA publications now free of charge

With demise of the European Information Association now imminent, the slimmed-down EIA website now offers free access to selected publications and materials. They include: an introduction to HORIZON 2020; the 102-page 'European information: a guide to official sources'; and a compendium of 'How To' guides on topics such as using the Official Journal, finding a Directive and tracing COM documents

InSITE: A Current Awareness Service of Cornell Law Library - Vol. 18, No. 3, October 29, 2012

InSITE: A Current Awareness Service of Cornell Law Library - Vol. 18, No. 3, October 29, 2012 is now available. Contents:


Copyrightlaws.com
Heritage Law Bibliography
Vote411.org

Internet Archive: 10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes archived

On Thursday, 25 October, hundreds of Internet Archive supporters, volunteers, and staff celebrated addition of the 10,000,000,000,000,000th byte to the Archive's massive collections

Day-Lewis archive donated to the Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries have announced the gift of the Day-Lewis papers which belonged to the poet Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972) and his wife, actress Jill Balcon (1925-2009). The archive was donated to the Bodleian Libraries by their children, Tamasin and Daniel Day-Lewis and accompanies an initial literary bequest from Jill Balcon, following her death in 2009. The bequest is celebrated during a special one-day symposium where the poet's daughter, Tamasin Day-Lewis will discuss the life and work of C. Day-Lewis with known scholars of English literature. Participants will have the opportunity to listen to recorded readings of Day-Lewis's poetry by Jill Balcon and live reading by actor Gabriel Woolf. Photographs, manuscripts and correspondence from the archive, never seen in public before, will also be on display during the event

Digital Library Digest: October 30, 2012

Digital Library Digest: October 30, 2012 from The Digital Public Library of America

Elsevier Business Intelligence content now available from the British Library

The latest news and analysis from Elsevier Business Intelligence is now available from the British Library's Document Supply service

Open Access Spectrum

In 2002, the Budapest Open Access Initiative articulated the basic tenets of Open Access for the first time. Since then, thousands of journals have adopted policies that embrace some or all of the OA core components related to: readership; reuse; copyright; posting; and machine readability. It's time to move the conversation beyond the deceptively simple question of, "Is It Open Access?" toward a more productive evaluation of "HowOpenIsIt?". PLOS, SPARC and OASPA have collaborated to create a guide that identifies the core components of OA and how they are implemented across the spectrum between "Open Access" and "Closed Access". The guide provides an easily understandable, comprehensive, and quantifiable resource to help authors make informed decisions on where to publish based on publisher policies. In addition, funders and other organizations will have a resource that indicates criteria for what level of OA is required for their policies and mandates

SAGE to publish The Journal of International Medical Research

SAGE has announced the purchase of The Journal of International Medical Research from Field House Publishing LLP. The Journal of International Medical Research, edited by Professor Malcolm Lader, King's College London, is a peer reviewed international journal, now in its 40th volume. All published content is made freely available on a page charge, open access basis

McGill University librarians announce support of Open Access movement (Canada)

Librarians at McGill University are proud to announce their support of the open access movement. McGill librarians are granting the McGill University Library a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise any and all rights under copyright relating to their scholarly articles, in any medium, and to authorize others to do the same, provided that the works are properly attributed to the authors and not sold for a profit

Michigan libraries can't ban guns, court of appeals rules

Though it said the idea of people openly carrying weapons into libraries is "alarming," libraries can't ban weapons, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled. In a 2-1 decision, the court said it's up to the state, not local governments, to regulate matters related to firearms

OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights issue 6

Issue 6 of OCLC Research Quarterly Highlights now available. This periodic bulletin gathers items from the previous quarter of work in OCLC Research, the OCLC Innovation Lab, and the OCLC Research Library Partnership. Issue 6 covers the period July - September 2012

What authors want from open access publishing

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced the results of an author survey on open access, with over ten thousand respondents from across Wiley's journal portfolio. The research explored the factors that authors assess when deciding where to publish, and whether to publish open access. Among the top factors considered by authors were the relevance and scope of the journal, the journal's impact factor and the international reach of the journal

British Ecological Society partners with Wiley Open Access journal Ecology and Evolution

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. has announced a new partnership between the British Ecological Society and the Wiley Open Access journal Ecology and Evolution. This latest partnership brings the number of high profile journals supporting the open access title to 16. Eleven of these partner titles are ranked in the top 20 ecology journals by the Institute for Scientific Information

Maney Publishing acquires Left Coast Press, Inc. journals

Maney Publishing has acquired the journal publishing division of Left Coast Press, Inc. The 13 journals centre around a group of archaeology and anthropology titles, including California Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, and Lithic Technology, which complement one of Maney’s key subject strengths. A further group of titles, including Journal of Museum Education, broaden Maney's activity in heritage and museology, whilst a group of titles on qualitative research and education add a new dimension to Maney's list

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #218

LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #218. "This week's episode brings discussion of preparing to respond appropriately to Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath as well as a news miscellany.". Previous Podcasts/Programs can be found here

Law librarian expertise showcased in CBA National Magazine

The October/November 2012 issue of CBA's National magazine spotlights the expertise of Canadian law librarians in a trio of articles:

- Legal Research in the Digital Age: Why there is still a role for the law library
- Online Resources for Lawyers: Law librarians and research lawyers recommend some of their favorites
- In the Ring: Does digital research beat the traditional approach? It depends

Hitler's last days: secret files show dictator believed Germans 'deserved to perish'

Newly-released files reveal that Hitler told Himmler "everyone has deceived me" in his last days in the bunker and said the "German people deserve to perish".

Video: Out of the Trenches: A Linked Open Data Project (Canada)

Partners of the Pan-Canadian Documentary Heritage Network have developed a "proof-of-concept" to showcase a sampling of the network's wealth of digital resources using "linked open data" and principles of the semantic web. The underlying premise is to expose the metadata for these resources using RDF/XML and existing/published ontologies (element sets) and vocabularies, maximizing discovery by a broad user community. The partners selected the First World War as the topic for the digital resources to be contributed to the proof-of-concept. The metadata for these digital resources was provided by five partner institutions

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - October 26, 2012

The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference - this week: Grey or Gray. "All the questions or answers in this week's brainteaser contain the word "grey" or "gray"." Answers here.

1. What kind of drink is "Earl Grey"?
2. Which fictional detective, invented by Agatha Christie, often referred to the "little grey cells" - meaning the human brain?
3. What kind of animal was "Greyfriars Bobby"?
4. In which sport do dogs pursue a mechanically propelled dummy hare around a race track?
5. Is "Grey Friars" another name for the Franciscans, Carmelites or Dominicans?
6. What kind of novels was Zane Grey most famous for writing?
7. Who wrote the famous poem "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard" (1751)?
8. Which play by Shakespeare includes the lines "I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot"?
9. By what title is James McNeill Whistler's painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1" popularly known?
10. At the end of a famous novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, which character visits Baltimore where his identity as Lord Greystoke is confirmed?