The Library Futures organisation has created the following principles for library ownership of digital books: This proposal is actually quite different from the current environment, in which libraries can purchase perpetual access to digital books but there are still limitations on what they can do with those books. In most […]
There are some updates to the Alumni Eresources page: New additions include Medical books and journals from Karger, as well as three new collections from Sage that were included with our year-end purchases: CQ Press Library, SAGE Business and Sage Data. And effective July 31st, the OECD iLibrary is Open […]
Based on feedback from our Spring Training session on Read & Publish Agreements, CSU has created a list of FAQs related to Article Processing Charges (APCs) and the discounts and APC-free publishing available through our R&P Agreements with some publishers. These FAQs can be searched through the Library’s Ask Us […]
The Transformation of Shopping: Department Stores, Social Change and Consumerism 1830-1994 from AM (Adam Matthew) is now available. This was one of the forthcoming titles announced in April on our list of fiscal year-end, one-time purchases.
Beginning this term, users registered for access to LSEG Data & Analytics (formerly known as Refinitiv) will have the option to use the desktop version of LSEG on their personal computers. Users receive a download link for the desktop software with their registration confirmation. However, neither UofA Library staff nor […]