Publishing News
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December 2024/January 2025 removals of ebooks from EBSCO and ProQuest subscription collections
Hello everyone, For two of our large subscription ebook packages, books are added throughout the year (and their accompanying records are added to the catalogue), but removals happen only twice each year. This is an update on removals that will occur in December 2024 and January 2025. Lists of removed […]
New eBook Collection
Global Food Cultures is now available on the Bloomsbury Food Library platform. This new collection was announced as forthcoming on our year-end, one-time purchase list back in April. It includes monographs, encyclopedias, handbooks, and some multi-volume reference works.
FYI – New version of Indigenous Historical Publications Dataset now available
ICYMI, Kathryn Ruddock from the University of Calgary shared this update: The latest version of the Indigenous Historical Periodicals Dataset is now available for viewing and download via Borealis (https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/JGN15S). Documentation, including project history, data collection, and contributions, is also available at the link. This dataset was created by members […]
FYI – CSU and vendor-provided AI add-on tools
As you may have noticed, library vendors have begun introducing new tools on their platforms — tools that are “powered by AI.” Scopus AI and Lexis+AI are a couple of examples. Often these tools promise to perform functions such as summarizing information from publications, or “supporting” users in similar ways. […]