 |
||||||||||||||||||
|
Instruction librarian award in the USA
Times Higher Education Supplement turns to Scopus
The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) and QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) are now using Scopus Custom Data as the data source for metric evaluation of official rankings of universities worldwide. Each year, THES and QS release a World University
Rankings report and the 2007 full report is based on data from Scopus Custom Data. The move to Scopus is due to the quality and scope of its data. The Scopus data allows for higher quality and transparency in the THES-QS ranking process. Also, as it provides significant amounts of data from institutions outside the US and non-English language content, Scopus facilitates a global analysis of universities and institutions worldwide. 
Want to learn more about tagging and RSS?
Visit the Elsevier TrainingDesk and register for a free topic-focused online training. The TrainingDesk also offers downloadable presentations, tutorials, practice exercises and reference materials covering best-practice use of Elsevier electronic products. While visiting the TrainingDesk site, take a look at the blog and wiki.
2008 Engineering Librarian of the Year award
Continuing a fine tradition, Elsevier is collaborating with the Special Libraries Association and sponsoring the 2008 Engineering Librarian of the Year award. The winner will be announced at the SLA Annual Conference in June.
Staying connected by providing hardware
Dr. Kenan Erzurum, the head librarian at Istanbul’s Bahcesehir University Library, reports it has offered eBooks since 2004 and now is lending the WalkBook — an eBook reader designed by the university. Per Erzurum, “Our readers should profit from eBooks without time and place constraints. After numerous trials, we found excellent results with users borrowing the WalkBook and we’re ready to start this new service for all our users.” (Stay tuned! The next issue of this newsletter will cover the WalkBook lending
program in more detail.)
http://library.bahcesehir.edu.tr
Reprints Desk delivering ScienceDirect articles
Since November 2007, Elsevier has been partnering with Reprints Desk, a new content re-purposing company focused on medical and scientific publishing, to provide full-service article delivery. Through this initiative, customers can order individual articles from over 2,000 scientific journals published by Elsevier and receive the articles electronically or in print. Reprints Desk delivers articles in their original format and color, either in PDF or in professionally printed hardcopy.
Academic Database Assessment Tool
JISC Collections, in partnership with DataSalon Ltd., UK, has created the Academic Database Assessment Tool — a free online database comparison tool. Librarians can use it to evaluate and make purchasing decisions for online resources. The tool provides title lists for bibliographic and fulltext databases, plus service information regarding content platforms. Sponsors include Scopus, Engineering Village and EMBASE.com, as well as Thomson Scientific and ProQuest.
www.jisc-adat.com/adat/home.pl
