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Our congratulations to Sandy Yee, Dean of Libraries at Wayne State University and MLC Board member, who has been elected to a six-year term on the OCLC Board of Trustees!
“I look forward to helping to smooth the governance transition by working closely with colleagues on the 2008-2009 Members Council,” said Ms. Yee, who will make the transition from Members Council President to Board member. “After reading the documents and listening closely to the discussions about this move, I am confident that OCLC is positioned to continue to grow and add value to the membership worldwide.”
For the complete news release from OCLC, see MLC’s Communique post.
May 29th, 2008
MeL is pleased to announce that Gale has entered into an agreement to offer 41 journals from Nature Publishing Group, including their flagship publication, Nature, through Academic OneFile. These journals, which will carry a 12 month embargo and have an extensive backfile, will be made available in full-text with images over the next few weeks. Click here for more information about Nature Publishing Group.
Here are the titles that will be added to the Gale databases by the end
of May:
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Cancer Gene Therapy
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Gene Therapy
Genes and Immunity
International Journal of Impotence Research
International Journal of Obesity
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
Journal of Human Hypertension
Journal of Perinatology
Lab Animal
Leukemia
Molecular Psychiatry
Nature
Nature Biotechnology
Nature Cell Biology
Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
Nature Clinical Practice Neurology
Nature Clinical Practice Oncology
Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology
Nature Clinical Practice Urology
Nature Genetics
Nature Immunology
Nature Medicine
Nature Methods
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Protocols
Nature Reviews Cancer
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Nature Reviews Genetics
Nature Reviews Immunology
Nature Reviews Microbiology
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
Oncogene and Oncogene Reviews
Prostate Cancer
The Parmacogenomics Journal
May 8th, 2008
All MeL accounts for NoveList now have a link from each record to MeLCat. Users can look up a book in NoveList, then click on the MeLCat link to find out which MeLCat library owns it.
In addition, any library that wants to display a link to its own online catalog can contact the MeL databases support staff at:
meldatabaseshelp@mlcnet.org
May 6th, 2008
How does the public distinguish fact from fallacy? How can we help people deal with the age of information overload and misinformation. Why do we need to get students and faculty and the public using MeL?
This is an article about information literacy in today’s world. It’s well worth reading and well worth sharing, so please feel free to forward to as many folks as you’d like to!
May 1st, 2008
NoveList is a popular readers’ advisory database for children through adults.
In mid-March, a new interface was launched to make it even easier for users to find information about favorite books, authors, award winners, and recommended “good reads.”
The Home page has a monthly Spotlight in the center of the screen. The right column offers information for using the database and help for library staff doing Readers’ Advisory
The left column focuses on content for various reader groups: adults, teens, older kids, younger kids, and curriculum connections for teachers.
NoveList can be searched from a very visible search box at the top the home page. Results are divided into various materials by helpful tabs.
For a quick video tour of the new NoveList interface, go to the NoveList Home page and click on Tour NoveList on the right side, or click here:
March 11th, 2008
These are just a few comments from recent classes taught by the MeL Databases trainers:
It was great!
Great chance to be exposed to these resources, opens up a lot of possibilities.
Lots of tips regarding how to do specific things!
WOW - so useful! Great presentation, easy to follow, allows for self-education.
Great overview — this introduced me to many new features (and I consider myself a regular user).
So much available - I learned a lot.
Great exposure for our staff!
And the BEST kind of reaction — “I went right back to my library the next day and could use a database I learned about to help my patrons!”
For information on scheduling a free class for your staff, contact Suzanne Robinson at MLC.
February 27th, 2008
The class that gives your library staff an overview of all the changes to the MeL Databases will be ending March 31. The changes have been incorporated into all the other free classes.
If you still want to schedule the three-hour What’s New 2007 overview, please contact Suzanne Robinson at MLC as soon as possible! For more information, please go to our MeL class description page.
January 24th, 2008
Check out the Library of Congress blog:
Great story about the launch of a brand-new pilot project with Flickr, the enormously popular photo-sharing site.
More than 3,000 photos from two of the most popular collections are being made available on a new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist.
“We want people to tag, comment and make notes on the images, just like any other Flickr photo, which will benefit not only the community but also the collections themselves.”
January 16th, 2008
Tight Budget? Need to offer your staff quality professional development? Is MeL being used to its fullest potential to serve your patrons?
If you want your staff to be able to better utilize the tremendous resources found in the MeL Databases, we have FREE training available for you.
You need eight library staff members. You need a lab with a computer connected to the Internet for each participant. You need a projector for the trainer’s computer. That’s it.
For more detailed information and class descriptions, please read the information on this page:
http://www.mlcnet.org/cms/sitem.cfm/workshops__conferences/mel_workshops_/
Contact Suzanne Robinson (robinson@mlcnet.org) for more information.
January 14th, 2008
New York Times
The Well-Wired Use Libraries More
By ALEX MINDLIN
Published: January 7, 2008
Library use is far more prevalent among people who have a broadband Internet connection at home or at work, according to a new study. The finding counters a decade-old assumption that libraries serve as a “bridge†for people who want to use the Internet, but have only dial-up connections, or no access at all.
“People in the low-access population don’t often think, ‘If I only had the Internet, I’d be in a different position,’†said Lee Rainie, director for the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which performed the study in tandem with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The study also found that people 18 to 30 years old were the age group most likely to have recently used a library. “They are the most recently in school,†said Mr. Rainie, “so they potentially have a better sense of the way that libraries have become more wired and more high-tech.â€
January 7th, 2008
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