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How Will You Celebrate Open Access Week?
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by Barbie E. Keiser
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On May 19, three members of the scholarly community participated in a webinar sponsored by SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, "an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication." … Open Access (OA) Week 2014 (October 20-26) is months away yet but successful events require planning. This webinar is the first in a series of efforts planned by SPARC to assure ever-expanding participation in OA Week 2014.
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YBP and JSTOR Collaborate on Purchase Options
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YBP Library Services, the academic division of Baker & Taylor, partnered with Books at JSTOR so librarians can make JSTOR purchases using YBP's GOBI3 acquisition and collection management interface. Libraries can opt to receive new title notifications from GOBI3 or request automatic title delivery to JSTOR via YBP's eApproval program.
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Thomson Reuters Provides New Continuing Education Package
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Thomson Reuters introduced its subscription-based, online Checkpoint Learning Corporate Advancement Package. It provides corporate tax and accounting professionals with a complete training and continuing education solution.
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BiblioBoard and Library Journal Launch Ebook Discovery Service
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BiblioBoard worked with Library Journal (LJ) to create SELF-e, an ebook discovery service that helps public library patrons find works by self-published authors. Authors can use SELF-e's free submission portal to submit their ebooks, which LJ evaluates and selects on a rolling basis for curated genre collections in participating libraries, with a planned first release early next year.
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Free Language Learning Tools at the Library
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by Brandi Scardilli
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Learning a second language can be a challenge, especially for people who only need to get by on a business trip or family vacation—it's difficult to decide whether a standard translation dictionary will be enough or if online education is the way to go. Even people who want to become fluent in a new language may think twice about investing in expensive language-learning tools. That's where the library comes in.
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Download Our May Editorial Sampler
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Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free May content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and an exclusive subscription offer.
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