This overview is to get us acquainted with the general idea of Open Access (OA). 

Peter also maintains a very interesting OA blog – Open Access News.

 This white paper, by ACRL’s Scholarly Communications Committeee, encourages academics, librarians and their key partners to gather more data on practices that both enable and inhibit the production of scholarship and its communication. The report results from a one-day invitational meeting to collectively brainstorm the evidence needed to manage and influence the changing system of scholarly communication. It identifies eight themes, with research possibilities in each area, and invites broad comment.

 

 ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals.

ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. 

Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

 The 2007 environmental scan by the ACRL Research Committee explores the current atmosphere in the world of academic and research libraries along with trends that will define the future of academic and research librarianship and the research environment. The document builds on earlier ACRL reports, identifying several emerging issues.

 ACRL is a division of the American Library Association (ALA), representing more than 13,000 academic and research librarians and interested individuals.

ACRL is the only individual membership organization in North America that develops programs, products and services to meet the unique needs of academic and research librarians. 

Its initiatives enable the higher education community to understand the role that academic libraries play in the teaching, learning and research environments.

Here is a “state-of-the-library” document for this particular library.  It is a very thorough and well-written examination of the issues and challenges facing many academic libraries, including a chapter called “Library Collections:  Growing and Changing”.

The report is called Mosaic: The Many Facets of the Library.  Read the full report here

 Welcome to BookWire®, the internet resource dedicated to new titles, new authors, and the general scoop on the book industry!

Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming book events.

Take a look around, bookmark this site, and stop back often; there are many new and exciting titles that await your discovery!

From the Library of Congress’ web site:

 The Library’s Collections Policy Statements guide what materials are added to the Library’s permanent collections. In addition there are four joint policy statements (on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, biotechnology, human nutrition, and veterinary science) that cover collecting by the Library, the National Library of Medicine, and the National Agricultural Library. These statements are under continuous review.

Academy Publisher provides us with more information about the open access publication practice.

Academy Publisher is an independent publisher specializing in the publication of journals, proceedings and books across all areas of science and technology. We produce the printed and online versions of high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content by hosting the large repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 5 featured journals so far.

 The California Digital Library supports the assembly and creative use of the world’s scholarship and knowledge for the University of California libraries and the communities they serve.

The American Library Association’s “Research and User Services Association” (RUSA) provides us with the following web page of collection devlopment policy examples, including electronic collection development policies. This is found under RUSA’s Collections Development and Evaluation Section. 

 ”Held in Toronto, BookExpo Canada is a publishing industry trade show that combines a large and diverse selection of book titles with an unparalleled conference program. This special publishing industry and author event is held annually to create a dynamic environment for networking, sourcing and relationship building within the publishing industry in Canada.”

Have a look at Book Expo Canada’s “For Librarians” page.

The Conference is June 13, 14 and 15.

The Trade Show is June 15 and 16.