As you know, in CSU, we do buy some print textbooks from Pearson, both as part of the textbook lending program, and as regular additions to the collection. Pearson has just announced that it will phase out print textbook publishing. Details are scant at this point, but it appears that […]
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a core tool for evaluating citation trends around individual journals, and for seeing how journals can be compared and ranked within subject areas, based on different bibliometric measures. JCR’s 2019 update has just been announced. Features of JCR 2019 include: 11,877 journals are included, from over […]
If you’ve been on the Alexander Street site recently, you may have noticed the banner inviting you to try the “new, improved video experience.” CRKN has arranged for two 30-minute webinars on this new video platform, and you are very welcome to attend: Register for the English-language webinar, Tuesday, 16 July, at noon Mountain […]
As you know, our library collection includes two large subscription ebook packages: EBSCO Academic and ProQuest Academic Complete. You may recall previous emails about removals of ebooks from these subscriptions, which happens every six months. This is an update on June removals from both collections. You can see both removal […]
You may have seen this article making the rounds online. It’s from The Atlantic, by Dr. Dan Cohen, Dean of the Library at Northeastern University, and it’s worth a read. Cohen does a good job teasing apart the tensions between the fact of declining usage of print books, and the real attachment that many people […]