Trexler Library Scuttlebutt
A Bi-Weekly Update 4/27/12 “Move Prestige to Open Access” The Faculty Advisory Council to the Library at Harvard University has gone public with a statement on the “untenable” nature of the institution’s Continue Reading
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A Bi-Weekly Update 4/27/12 “Move Prestige to Open Access” The Faculty Advisory Council to the Library at Harvard University has gone public with a statement on the “untenable” nature of the institution’s Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 4/13/12 Alternate Access to the New York Times As reported in the last Scuttlebutt, the New York Times is reducing free access to 10 articles a month, Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 3/30/12 New York Times Reduces Free Access The New York Times is revisiting how to strike a balance between for-free and for-fee. They are reducing free access Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 3/16/12 Local Schools Visit Trexler Library Thanks to the planning efforts of library staff and the Office of Community Service & Civic Engagement, some 200 elementary and Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 3/2/12 A Giant Yields Big news on the journal publishing front. According to Inside Higher Ed, Reed Elsevier, a giant in the journal publishing business, yielded to academics Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 2/17/12 Fair Use Best Practices for Libraries Authoring best practices can be one means to reinvigorate fair use. For example, some of the longest standing fair use Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 2/3/12 Ebscohost Dominates A significant change has taken place in the database landscape over the past few weeks. And probably for the best. H.W. Wilson, the maker Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 1/20/12 Open Science: “Cracking Open the Scientific Process” The New York Times recently reported on a movement underway to open up the process of scientific publishing. “Open science” advocates Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 12/2/11 Course Reserves: Leave the Driving to Us Library staff are well-equipped to support your course reserves needs. In the new year, we will work directly with Continue Reading
A Bi-Weekly Update 11/11/11 Ebscohost Expands Its Territory Some Scuttlebutt readers will be very familiar with research databases like Omnifile (WilsonWeb), Humanities Full Text, or Art Full Text. These databases are produced by H.W. Wilson, the Continue Reading