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Digital Magazine Services for Your Library This Summer
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by Brandi Scardilli
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This summer's beachgoers will probably be bringing along paper magazines to help them relax on the sand. But for other lazy days this season--lying in a hammock in the shade, lying on the couch in the air-conditioning--it's undeniably cheaper to get digital magazines from local libraries to read on a mobile device. The following services help libraries offer e-magazines to their patrons. Read on to compare their features and for a sneak peek of what they're doing next.
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Download Our July-August Editorial Sampler
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Want to review some articles from our library publications? Download the free July-August content sampler (PDF) of recent articles and an exclusive offer for a free book with a subscription to Computers in Libraries magazine.
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OCLC Launches Community Portal for Its Users
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OCLC created the OCLC Community Center, a new online resource that helps its users connect, share best practices, learn about OCLC's products, and submit suggestions for improving OCLC's services. It features product updates, news, upcoming events, and discussion boards, as well as areas for providing feedback and input.
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BioMed Central Will Begin Checking Reproducibility
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BioMed Central introduced the Minimum Standards of Reporting Checklist pilot program to analyze manuscripts submitted to its journals BMC Biology, BMC Neuroscience, Genome Biology, and GigaScience. The checklist is designed to improve the reproducibility of studies published in these journals by addressing three areas of reporting: experimental design and statistics, resources, and availability of data and materials.
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SAGE Brings Together Neuroscience and Education Scholarship
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SAGE Publications rolled out a new open access (OA) journal, Educational Neuroscience (EDN), which covers developing brain-behavior relationships and how they impact the science of learning, academic skill acquisition, and educational practices from early childhood to higher education.
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Metalogix Evolves Software to Include Content Management
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Metalogix updated its recently released software (for increasing content migration speed from platforms to the cloud) with content management tools, including Essentials for Office 365, which is out now, and Essentials for OneDrive, which will be out within the next month.
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Pew Report Delves Into Scientific Attitudes
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A new Pew Research Center Internet, Science & Tech division report, "An Elaboration of AAAS Scientists' Views," explores findings from its January 2015 surveys in more depth by examining American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) scientists' views on major science-related issues.
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The Consumer Expenditure Survey Gets a Makeover
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by Barbie E. Keiser
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) 10th Consumer Expenditure (CE) Microdata Users' Workshop took place in Washington, D.C., July 15-17 and was preceded on July 14 by the CE Survey Methods Symposium, which highlighted the Gemini Project (for redesigning the CE survey). Both the workshop and the symposium consisted of presentations by BLS staffers and academics from around the country who have used CE survey data for economic research, as well as hands-on practical training sessions with the data.
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