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Register for RefWorks update Aug 29 and Sept 4

August 21, 2019February 24, 2020 claforesuncategorized

Join COPPUL for this RefWorks Virtual Update Event  The Ex Libris RefWorks team is delighted to invite all COPPUL members to a virtual update event. Please join Shalhevet Bar-Asher and other members of the RefWorks team to gain knowledge of recent RefWorks enhancements and upcoming product developments: 2018 & Jan-Aug 2019 Releases, Including […]

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Changes to EBSCOhost Search Results

August 8, 2019February 24, 2020 ccarpanuncategorized

We received the following update from EBSCO regarding upcoming changes to EBSCOhost search results: “As part of our ongoing product improvements, we are introducing a change that will result in an improved list of records returned for search terms entered by users on the EBSCOhost®research platform. Beginning after the EBSCOadmin™ […]

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Books24x7 Cancellation

August 6, 2019February 24, 2020 Elizabethuncategorized

As a follow up to the message sent to the Public Services list last week, here is a link to the message sent to faculty and instructors in the departments most affected by this cancellation.

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Elsevier cuts off the University of California

July 26, 2019February 24, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

Everyone, an update on the Elsevier/University of California situation. If you’ve been following this story, you’ll recall that in February, UC announced that it would not renew its Elsevier subscriptions. In brief, in their negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to recognise (and then compensate for) the nearly one million dollars paid […]

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Pearson announces it’s phasing out print US textbooks

July 25, 2019February 24, 2020 Sarah Polkinghorneuncategorized

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 […]

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