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How is your library adding value to content?
Cathy Norton
In biology, content related to living organisms is annotated with names and names are grouped in hierarchical classifications. The MBLWHOI library has worked for the past three years on a project that created the Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio) where we organize content annotated with names in a taxonomically intelligent manner through accessing classification hierarchies and synonymy information. We have cataloged over 6 million name records and multiple representative classifications.
Our most recent application of this service is a taxonomically intelligent RSS parser that can identify scientific names in the source feeds and cross-reference the resultant index against classifications for context-sensitive browsing. We believe this application exemplifies the sort of collaborative potential that exists between libraries, electronically published papers and biodiversity informatics and may lead the way for more beneficial partnerships and focused information delivery. Visit http://names.mbl.edu/rss/index.php and try it! 
http://mblwhoilibrary.mbl.edu
Biljana
Kosanovic
Efficient access to e-journals remains a concern for libraries. Our KoBSON portal offers integrated access to all TOCs, abstracts and full text available from e-journals within Serbian libraries.
The portal allows users to search subscribed or OA resources from a single, easy-to-use interface. The results page identifies where one can access a certain journal, and provides direct access to subscribed e-journals. Additionally, from result details the user can get further information: the availability of the title in hardcopy at Serbian libraries, link to the editor's page, and position of the title in its ISI category.
The interface supports typical uses of the service: choosing a journal for publication and locating an article quickly. It also allows users to request printed copies of articles. Though providing our portal, our library adds value to content.
Judy Rieke
Our library adds value to content through our user-friendly website and through trainings and other outreach. To help users find content fast, our website features an A-Z list linking directly to content. Users can also find content by subject (assigned using National Library of Medicine headings) and by collection. As our number of electronic journal titles grows, searching options become more important.
Further, our library partners with vendors and publishers to promote content through trainings and special events. In October 2005, to promote Scopus and other products, we staged in-depth trainings and an open house in the student union. Besides giving away literature, t-shirts, pens and an iPod, we offered apples, brownies
and beverages to all who stopped for demonstrations. The event generated interest and excitement for Scopus, and for our library.
Rajpal Walke
My library is adding value in the form of e-journals, which save our researchers significant time. Many of our library users are scientists and research scholars who do not find our library hours convenient; they do
experiments at odd times in labs and can’t come to the library to browse shelves and racks and stand in line to get photocopies of necessary articles. Since we started to license e-books and e-journals, in 1999, our affiliated researchers have benefited from the convenience of browsing scholarly publications from their computers and from their own labs or offices. They are happy to have this type of access, and our library feels strongly that providing such online access definitely ranks as a leading means of adding value to content.
Librarians Speak Up questions coming soon:
Do your users prefer e-books to print?
Given that much STM content is in English, what special services does your library provide to help make STM information more easily accessible to your users with limited English proficiency?
