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July 27th, 2012
Filed under: general, HSSE, HSSEB | Comments Off on ITaP’s Customer Service Center moving to HSSE LibraryJuly 27th, 2012
Filed under: general, HSSE, HSSEB | Comments Off on ITaP’s Customer Service Center moving to HSSE LibraryJuly 25th, 2012
Starting this fall semester, Purdue Libraries will offer a text message reference service, in addition to email and chat services. Get a brief answer to your simple question. TEXT Purduelib to 66746 to get started! Purdue Libraries’ reference service has many options available, whether the physical library is open or not. In fact, Libraries is more…
Filed under: AVTE, CHEM, EAS, ENGR, general, HLS, HSSE, LIFE, MATH, MGMT, PHAR, PHYS, services, UGRL, VETM | Comments Off on Ask a Librarian service expands to textJuly 24th, 2012
A new tool, Databib, has been developed to help researchers identify and locate repositories of research data on the Internet. Its development was led by the Purdue University Libraries with collaborators from Penn State University and the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Many funding agencies like the National Science Foundation require more…
Filed under: D2C2, general, RSRCH, scholcomm | Comments Off on Databib Links Data Repositories and ResearchersJuly 20th, 2012
“Determining Data Information Literacy Needs: A Study of Students and Research Faculty” has been selected as one of the Top Twenty Articles, by the Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT). The article, co-written by Libraries faculty members, Jake Carlson, Michael Fosmire, Chris Miller and Megan Sapp Nelson, was published in portal: Libraries and the Academy in 2011 more…
Filed under: D2C2, general, RSRCH | Comments Off on Libraries faculty publication recognized on LIRT’s Top Twenty Articles listJuly 16th, 2012
The Purdue e-Pubs digital repository (www.purdue.edu/epubs) is an open access software platform which provides access to full-text publications as well as unique previously unpublished scholarly content. In June, its 2.5 millionth download took place. With over 26,194 publications uploaded to date, this puts Purdue e-Pubs among the most popular university repositories in North America. Purdue more…
Filed under: general, scholcomm | Comments Off on Purdue e-Pubs reaches milestone, 2.5 millionth downloadJune 22nd, 2012
Filed under: general, HSSEB, UGRL | Comments Off on Program works toward innovating Hicks’ libraryJune 20th, 2012
Purdue University Libraries, as a member of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), is implementing a federated catalog and direct consortial borrowing service known as UBorrow. This system allows users to search for, and request, available books from all CIC libraries, which includes all universities in the Big Ten as well as the University of more…
Filed under: general | Comments Off on UBorrow increases access to and availability of booksJune 19th, 2012
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) partners develop innovative technical solution to improve consortial borrowing for users The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative announced that the winner of the Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) 2012 Innovation Award is UBorrow, a project of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC). This award honors individuals or institutions for changes they more…
Filed under: general | Comments Off on CIC awarded the 2012 Innovation Award for UBorrowJune 15th, 2012
Filed under: general, scholcomm | Comments Off on Purdue endorses FRPAA legislation as member of COAPI