Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Business Source Premier Updates

EBSCO has announced forthcoming updates to the Business Source Premier search interface. The late October changes will align BSP interface with the EBSCOhost interface. Please see the announcement for a list of updates and screen captures of the search interface.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Preview the New GVRL Interface


"Sneak peek it now…enjoy it soon!


Get your first glance at the amazing-looking, function-filled, user-driven, cross-searchable, extreme-makeovered Gale Virtual Reference Library, coming this fall!

Based on feedback from librarians and patrons, we took the best features from GVRL, added amazing upgrades, and put it all together in a new, eye-catching package.

User Interface-lift
Your users will see a UI that looks like their favorite websites.
• Book covers grace the homepages, browsing is easier and more intuitive, and the entire interface is available in 35+ languages.
• User-focused navigation encourages researchers to stay longer, search deeper and find what they need faster.
And once they find the eReference they want, users can enjoy multi-page viewing for the "book" experience, text-to-speech technology in 19 languages, text translation into 13 languages, and plenty of Web 2.0 share tools.

See it in action before your migration
You'll receive GVRL migration information later this season, but get a sneak peek right now."

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

21st century librarians

Ran across this article while researching sources for an Advanced Advertising library session:

"As 21st century librarians, we must add strategic planning, financial, human resource, and marketing skills to those we traditionally associate with librarianship. Skills in developing our message and advocating for it have become embedded in the profession's consciousness as a requirement for ensuring that our voices are heard when funding is being considered. Skills in crafting fundraising proposals, identifying funding sources, and effectively reaching out to potential contributors are becoming essential parts of the new mix of knowledge required for library leaders."

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/Library/IPChecking.asp?http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=54358191&site=ehost-live



Friday, August 19, 2011

Global Researcher Cancellation

The Global Researcher portion of our CQ subscription is coming to an end, access expires 8/31/2011 and the title will no longer appear on the A-Z list as of Saturday, August 20, 2011.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Credo Reference Cancellation

Our subscription to Credo Reference expires on August 24, 2011. Please remove all links to Credo early, as to prevent any confusion for the Fall 11 trimester.