Serials Solutions System Downtime

On Friday, May 6, we will require system downtime for up to 12 hours beginning at 6 p.m. Central Time.

This system downtime will affect the Serials Solutions Client Center, Ulrichsweb™, and Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System; web notifications will indicate that services are temporarily unavailable.

Our discovery services (the Summon™ service, AquaBrowser, 360 Search, 360 Link, 360 Core E-Journal Portal, and hosted 360 MARC Updates) will be available throughout the release.

ProQuest Webinars

Sign up now for our popular webinars—which are filling up fast! They’re an easy way for you, your staff, and your users to become familiar with all that the new platform offers. If you have already attended a session, why not sign up for another webinar? Here are just a few of the 60-minute webinars that are being offered: Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform: April 25 and April 28 and May 4 and May 12 Learn how the new ProQuest platform can make your life easier—and how users will be able to search, find, use, and share their research in exciting ways. We will also answer questions and show you how to access support, including tutorials, help pages and documentation. K-12 Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform: May 6 New ProQuest Platform FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): April 26 and May 11 and May 24 A great way to get answers to the questions we hear most such as: “How do I get started?” … “What has changed?” … and more. An open forum for additional questions will follow. My Research: April 21 and May 5 and May 16 See how the powerful My Research tool—now on the new ProQuest platform—allows users to create a profile within their institutional account to save and organize search strategies and references, create and save RSS feeds, email alerts, tags, and shared lists. ProQuest Administrator Module: April 29 and May 3 and May 9 An overview of functions, features, and tips for local ProQuest resource administrators to obtain usage statistics, customize display settings, set up remote authentication, and create links to resources—support, tutorials, help pages, and documentation. See all of the the live and recorded sessions that are available. Check out these recorded webinars if you can’t attend the scheduled webinars: Introduction to the New ProQuest Platform My Research New ProQuest Platform FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) ProQuest Administrator Module Live and recorded sessions in more languages are available. To request on-site or online training for the new ProQuest platform or ProQuest databases, please email our dedicated training team. Be sure to also check out our platform demo and the continuously updated list of databases on the new platform—and share these with your coworkers and users. The all-new ProQuest platform Start here. Discover more.

New Ulrichsweb Platform

The enhanced Ulrichsweb service completely replaces the legacy Ulrichsweb service.

Training videos, user guides, how-to documentation, and other information is available for you through Answer 408 in the Support Center.

The new url is http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/

Funding and Priorities: The Library Resource Guide Benchmark Study on 2011 Library Spending Plans

"This study, conducted by the Library Resource Guide (LRG) — in conjunction with Unisphere Research, the market research division of Information Today, Inc (ITI) — in October and November 2010 among libraries listed in ITI’s American Library Directory, reveals current spending patterns for public, academic, government, and special libraries and projects budget and other spending trends for 2011."

http://www.libraryresource.com/Downloads/ResearchReports

IBISWorld: Improved iExpert Report

"Pulled directly from our full-length industry reports, the iExpert has condensed the integral data and analysis into bite size paragraphs, graphics and tables.

IBISWorld is fresh, engaging and even more concise than before. Here's a taste of what you can expect from our new brief:

• NEW User-Friendly Format: easy-to-read analysis condensed into a four page format
• NEW Key Performance Drivers: a snapshot of external drivers, cost structure graphics and a performance summary
• NEW Analytical Charts: graphics that describe industry data and better support your strategic decision making"
  

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Global Issues in Context Cancellation

On April 1, 2011 our subscription for Global Issues in Context will end.

New Free EBSCO Database

EBSCO Publishing and the John Carter Brown Library Join Forces to Offer Free Historical Database

EBSCO and the John Carter Brown Library have collaborated to bring a new bibliographic database to libraries, scholars and individuals interested in European works that relate to the Americas. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is a database based on the authoritative bibliography “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493-1750.” European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 is freely available online at: www.europeanamericana.com.

This new database contains more than 32,000 entries and is a comprehensive guide to printed records about the Americas written in Europe before 1750. It covers the history of European exploration as well as portrayals of native American peoples. A wide range of subject areas are covered, from natural disasters to disease outbreaks and slavery.

While the database is freely available online at www.europeanamericana.com, libraries may add European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 to their EBSCOhost® profiles by contacting technical support at support@ebsco.com. European Views of the Americas: 1493-1750 will be the fourth database EBSCO has made available for free, joining Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA), Teacher Reference Center™ and GreenFILE™.

From: http://www2.ebsco.com/en-us/NewsCenter/publications/ays/Pages/pdfs/ays-issue84.pdf