We are pleased to announce that two new read-and-publish agreements are now in effect for 2024 and beyond via our national Library consortium, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN). University of Alberta authors are now eligible for unlimited Open Access publishing in over 1,800 Elsevier Hybrid journals with no Article […]
After receiving input from several library units, as well as ISUE staff and FE librarians, we made the decision to cancel FirstSearch effective December 31, 2023. Staff let us know that they use Worldcat.org for the type of searches we would once have done via FirstSearch, so this subscription was […]
For the last few years, UAL has participated in a “Custom Choice” program with ProQuest whereby we committed to a certain level of spending on many of their primary source databases, and in exchange were granted access to a much larger collection of resources. At this stage, 90% of the […]
The start of term often brings an increase in the number of turnaway problems encountered by library users. Did you know that we track turnaway alerts, to help fill ebook needs without patrons having to request access? This spreadsheet (also linked on the ebook Libguide) shows the title, platform, current […]
This invitation was shared via CRKN, and might be of interest to many in the library. Registrations are open for the second DOAJ at 20 webinar on the 28th September at 13.00 UTC. This webinar will be around the theme Global, and we will hear eight lighting talks from inspiring […]