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Jay writes “This article points out that the libraries with outstanding educational and teaching programs can play a vital role in particpating students academic progress.

Read the full article at: Librarians explore role in improving student progress
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Jay writes “The University of British Columbia Library’s UBC Google Scholar Blog earlier reported a compilation of open access historical digital collection of medical literature. Excerpt: ‘The great medical texts of history – such as Harvey’s Circulation of the Blood – are not yet digitized but others mention Harvey’s landmark book or are translations. Text versions are available on Bartleby’s as are writings by Lister and even Pasteur. Try an advanced search on the Web for specific digital versions.’ Read the full article at:
Open Access to Digital Medical Atheneum.”

Jay writes “Libraries can play a vital role in supporting a wide range of activities on a university campus and is not just a place to check out books. Cal State is an example of this in which it transformed its campus life. Excerpts: ‘Within the first three days, the hub of campus life had shifted to the library and the area surrounding it,” said Marion Reid, longtime dean of the library. “It was amazing —- we had never seen so many students in one place.’ also ‘While the hundreds of computer terminals and private carrels for intense study receive the most use by students, Reid said that the reading room, which opened last fall, is like the crown jewel of the facility.’ and ‘There was a notion that we wouldn’t need a library because of the electronic revolution,’ Worden recalled last week. Read the complete article at: Cal State library has transformed campus life
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Jay writes “The U.S. Congress Votes Database now offers an RSS feed for every current member of Congress, so you can get notified each time your elected officials vote. Each member-specific feed includes the member’s position in the latest 10 votes. To reach a member’s feed, navigate to his or her page and look for the “RSS” link.”

Jay writes “Various medical journals such as JAMA, Archives of Plastic Surgery, Archives of Internal Medicine, and many other archival journals provide RSS feeds of the latest tables of contents of their new journal issues as they become available. For more information, see JAMA & Archives – RSS feeds.”

Jay writes “According to a news item in the Search Engine Watch Blog, CiteSeer (A digital library for the scientific literature) now offers acknowledgement search of all papers in CiteSeer for funding agencies, individuals, deities, etc.

Read the full article at: CiteSeer Offers New Feature; Mirrors of Database Also Added“

Jay writes “As posted in Engineering Resources Blog, Refworks has incorporated a RSS feed reader to allow you to establish links to your favorite RSS feeds and import data from those feeds directly into RefWorks. You can access the RSS Feeds page from the Search area of RefWorks.
This will help you automatically create bibliography of citations of those feeds. There is also an online tutorial available at Refworks Tutorial.”

Jay writes “EContent: Digital Content Strategies and Resources earlier reported that CSA, a Division of Cambridge Information Group, has announced it has acquired Community of Science (COS) , an Internet site for the global R&D community. CoS helps researchers to find funding with COS Funding Opportunities database, Identify experts and collaborators worldwide with COS Expertise database, and helps promote research with ability to create a COS personal research profile.

CSA also publishes subject based Discovery Guides covering disciplines in Arts and Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology. CSA has also announced that, effective January 2006, it will publish and distribute the Ulrich’s line of serials products–including Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory and Magazines for Libraries, Ulrichsweb.com, Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System, Ulrich’s Resource Linker, and Ulrich’s on Disc.
For more information, please refer to
CSA Acquires Community of Science; Will Publish and Distribute Periodicals.”

Jay writes “According to the Kansas State Governor Kathleen Sebelius,’Learning can’t stop at graduation. We rely on libraries to help us keep up-to-date on knowledge that helps us in our jobs and in our lives. Libraries serve as our window to the world.’ Read the full article at Kansas Governor Says Libraries Key to Lifelong Learning. This story was reported in Kansas Infozine.”

Jay writes “The WebWire reported earlier that Scirus, Elsevier’s science search engine, is expanding its repository search service with the First European Partner, DiVA – Academic Archive On-line.

Repositories worldwide are beginning to respond to the growing need to increase the visibility of their content and implement improved search functionality. DiVA , the Academic Archive Online (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet in Swedish) is a collaborative effort of a number of universities in Scandinavia, which offers both publishing services and technical solutions for local repositories. Scirus is the most comprehensive science-focused search engine available on the Internet, supporting over one million researchers, scientists and students worldwide. Read the full article at Scirus Expands its Repository Search Service with the First European Partner, DiVA – Academic Archive On-line
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