Category Archives: Reference Publishing

eBooks on EBSCOhost to be available via Ingram’s OASIS

This just in from EBSCO’s Newsroom: An announcement of the newly formed partnership between EBSCO and Ingram to make eBooks on EBSCOhost available to academic librariesÂ via Ingram’s OASIS Platform this Spring.

IPSWICH, Mass. â€” January 15, 2013 â€”EBSCO Publishing and Ingram today announced an agreementÂ  aimed at benefitting mutual customers of Ingramâ€™s OASISÂ® (Online Acquisitions and Selection Information System) and eBooks on EBSCOhostÂ®. The agreement will allow libraries to order eBooks on EBSCOhost through OASIS.

EBSCO is the first outside e-book provider to be incorporated into OASIS. “As libraries develop programs to meet the changing needs of their patrons, Ingram is uniquely positioned to help content reach its destination, regardless of whether that destination is the printed page or a digital device,” said Dan Sheehan, Vice President and General Manager, Ingram Content Group library services. “Through our work with EBSCO, OASIS users will have access to an expanded selection of digital content, and, the added flexibility to acquire materials that they and their patrons require from one comprehensive source.” Continue reading eBooks on EBSCOhost to be available via Ingram’s OASIS

NSR Interviews: 2012 in Review

NSR 2012 Interviews

With 2012 coming to a close, I wanted to take another opportunity to introduce you to the wide array of interviews NSR offered this year. The 2012 interviews highlightÂ  innovative new products and services from librarians, publishers, and information professionals, a focus on information literacy and core competencies, and creative business models.Â  I hope you will take some time to listen.Â  Suggestions for 2013 interviews are now being accepted.Â  Please contact Sue Polanka for more information.Â  You may also be interested in reading Mirela Roncevic’s post, E-Content in Libraries, 2012 in review.

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Corwin launches ebook platform for Pre K-12 educators

Corwin, an imprint of SAGE Publications specializing in books and multimedia resources for Pre K-12 professionals (including principals, administrators, teachers, and consultants),Â is launching its new eLibraries product today at the Learning Forward Annual Conference in Boston. eLibrariesÂ consists ofÂ topic collections of ebooks that provide online access to Corwinâ€™s robust professional development content. The first three topic collections focus on Common Core, Bullying Prevention, and Cultural Proficiency. Others focus on Assessment, Differentiation, English Language Learning, and Response to Intervention. Continue reading Corwin launches ebook platform for Pre K-12 educators

Another “thumbs up” for Literati

Last month we reported on the success of Credo’s case study with Columbia University undergraduates, who said that usingÂ LiteratiÂ â€“ an extension of the original Credo Reference platform, marketed as â€œa libraryâ€™s connection to information literacyâ€ â€“ significantly enhanced their classroom learning experience. According to Credo, 90 percent of Columbia students who participatedÂ said they would likely use Literati again in the future.

Now the company has released the results of a similar study conducted at American University of Paris (AUP). The results, according to a new Credo press release, show more proof of Literati’s value: Â 72 percent Â of AUP students surveyed found the multimedia materials developed by the Literati team and AUP librarians to be â€œvery helpful” while 75 percentÂ said they would be likely to use Literati as a research tool inÂ their future assignments. Continue reading Another “thumbs up” for Literati

eContent Quarterly: Call for Contributions

Last week ALA Editions announced the 2013 launch of a new online journal: eContent Quarterly, edited by Sue Polanka and Mirela Roncevic. The journal will offer practical, user-driven solutions and ideas for curating, integrating, and managing electronic content in rapidly-changing digital library environments. Each issue will consist of in-depth articles on the many facets of electronic content as well as product reviews and interviews with industry leaders.

“Libraries, publishers, and information providers are constantly experimenting with business models, delivery methods, and usability of digital content.Â  eContent Quarterly aims to capture these stories, along with their successes and failures, in order to share best practices in the industry, ” said Polanka.

“We will strive to provide timely coverage that helps everyone in the information chain make informed decisions, with less emphasis on descriptions of products and more focus on unique features and comparisons,” added Roncevic. Continue reading eContent Quarterly: Call for Contributions

SAGE license agreements extend access to university alumni

This press release was sent out in early November.Â  I just now found it in my email.Â  What great news from SAGE.Â  We have plenty of faculty who contact us requesting access to databases, journals, and ebooks from our collection.Â  This will make it so much easier now.Â  Thanks SAGE!

Los Angeles, CA (November,02 Â 2012) â€“ SAGE today announced a change to its licenses that will provide university alumni with access to the content hosted on the SAGE Journals, SAGE Research Methods and SAGE Knowledge platforms through their university library. All alumni registered with subscribing or purchasing libraries will be able to access all SAGE products including over 645 scholarly and professional journals at no extra fee.

University libraries already support current students and scholars with access to online resources through both on-site and remote services. This new license will extend this offering to alumni via secure authentication, with alumni being authorized by their institutions. Libraries will have the option to opt in to this new license on renewing current subscriptions for 2013. Continue reading SAGE license agreements extend access to university alumni

Facts “on file” and “Common Core-aligned”

Common Core is all the rage in K-12 publishing catering to middle and high school students these days. When Common Core first began to make waves a couple of years ago, reference publishers in particular were quick to recognize the value of their contentâ€”especially in digital formâ€”for educators implementing the newly proposed standards into their curriculums. Â This is why we are starting to see more releases (and re-releases) of products strongly aligned with (and supporting) Common Core coming from major aggregators as well as publishers like Facts On File.

Continue reading Facts “on file” and “Common Core-aligned”

The new Oxford Handbooks Online: Research platform and publishing program

Oxford University Press announced yesterday the re-launch of Oxford Handbooks Online (OHO), now featuring coverage that has grown to 14 disciplines (translating to about 300 handbooks and 10,000 articles in total)â€”a significant expansionÂ of the original platform first launched in the not-so-distant 2009 with just four subject modules, which included Business & Management, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. The new platformâ€”designed (and referred to by OUP) as a publishing “program”â€” enables articles to publish immediately after passing peer review, which, according to OUP’s press release, will deliver new scholarship to those who need it faster and more efficiently.

Continue reading The new Oxford Handbooks Online: Research platform and publishing program

Oxford Reference: A new look of reference

Oxford University Press (OUP) launched a new reference platform this past September that combines the content of two existing OUP resources (available as separate entities until December 12th, 2012): Oxford Reference Online (ORO) and Oxford Digital Reference Shelf (ORDS). This launch of a new product simply called Oxford Reference coincides with OUP’s 80th anniversary of the first publication of The Oxford Companion to English Literature, prompting OUP to celebrate eight decades of subject reference publishingÂ on its web site.

Taking a closer look at its features and overall presentation of content (and the very name of the product), OUP’s new reference platform speaks volumes about the publisher’s perception of what reference publishing needs to be and where it needs to go from here. Continue reading Oxford Reference: A new look of reference

EBSCO’s “Super” LIS Database

EBSCO Publishing has just announced the release of Library & Information Science Source (LISS), one of several newÂ “super” databases that merge EBSCO’s existing LIS content with H.W. Wilson’s.

Developed “by librarians for librarians” and designed to “help researchers find the latest information in a rapidly evolving field,” LISS covers librarianship from every angle imaginable and offers full text for over 430 journals and 30 monographs. It also includes thesauri with nearly 11,000 terms and indexing for hundreds of journals, books, research reports, proceedings, and even library school theses. Â According to a press release from EBSCO,Â this is the first time the entire Wilson indexing collection of LIS literature is available within a single database. Continue reading EBSCO’s “Super” LIS Database
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