I suspect most of you have seen this already, but just in case. . . PubMed will soon have a different look. There's a link to the technical bulletin in the message below (or attached).
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/nd08/nd08_pm_adv_search_evolves.html
Harriet
19/11/08
News & announcements for the staff of the Information Desk
Friday, November 28, 2008
Racer - password/pin issues
Yesterday at our meeting there was some discussion about the difficulty
experienced by some patrons, whose PIN is all letters in lower case,
when using this password to access RACER. I contacted Amy Greenberg and
her reply is as follows: "The password (in RACER, coming from the
nightly Sirsi upload) is the same, but in capital letters. Looks like
somewhere between the data upload and conversion, it is being converted
to upper case. This is what the patron will need to use."
Bottom line-when logging into RACER type an all letter password in upper
case. Patron can continue to use lower case when accessing 'my.account'.
Jane Lynch
28/11/08
experienced by some patrons, whose PIN is all letters in lower case,
when using this password to access RACER. I contacted Amy Greenberg and
her reply is as follows: "The password (in RACER, coming from the
nightly Sirsi upload) is the same, but in capital letters. Looks like
somewhere between the data upload and conversion, it is being converted
to upper case. This is what the patron will need to use."
Bottom line-when logging into RACER type an all letter password in upper
case. Patron can continue to use lower case when accessing 'my.account'.
Jane Lynch
28/11/08
Saturday, November 22, 2008
SilverPlatter Databases Move to OvidSP
This is for those who use databases on SilverPlatter and OvidSP.
Ovid has notified us that it's started the migration of the remaining SilverPlatter databases to OvidSP. This affects the following eight databases:
- IFLP- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
- CABI
- FIAF (International Film Archive Database) [Available March]
- IPSA (International Political Sciences Abstracts)
- SWAB (Social Work Abstracts and NASW Clinical Register)
- Transport Quarterly
- Mental Measurements Year Book
- AV-ONLINE
All these except FIAF are now on both platforms. We'll have dual access for the next few weeks while we work out settings and other details before the final switch over.
I'll send out more info when available.
Weijing
21/11/2008
Ovid has notified us that it's started the migration of the remaining SilverPlatter databases to OvidSP. This affects the following eight databases:
- IFLP- Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
- CABI
- FIAF (International Film Archive Database) [Available March]
- IPSA (International Political Sciences Abstracts)
- SWAB (Social Work Abstracts and NASW Clinical Register)
- Transport Quarterly
- Mental Measurements Year Book
- AV-ONLINE
All these except FIAF are now on both platforms. We'll have dual access for the next few weeks while we work out settings and other details before the final switch over.
I'll send out more info when available.
Weijing
21/11/2008
Physical Examination & Health Assessment
Please check out this new title, acquired by the Media Commons in
response to a request by a prof from Nursing. It looks very good and
may be something that could be recommended to students/instructors in
other courses? http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/61844
Sandra
17/11/2008
response to a request by a prof from Nursing. It looks very good and
may be something that could be recommended to students/instructors in
other courses? http://simplelink.library.utoronto.ca/url.cfm/61844
Sandra
17/11/2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Copyright - users scanning in the stacks
The University of Toronto agreement with Access Copyright does not limit the fair-dealing rights of any of us. Anybody can use a portable scanner to copy material according to the appropriate limits of fair dealing.
Noel McFerran, 19/11/2008
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I found the following at a Waterloo library website.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/copyright/#basics13
Using the rationale below, it would seem that the Access license is only invoked if Fair Dealing does not apply.
"The University has a licence with Access Copyright which, within the limits described in the following paragraph, allows professors, students and staff to make photocopies of print works (books, journal articles etc.) where the copying is not permitted under fair dealing or another exception in the Copyright Act. Taken together, fair dealing, exceptions in the Copyright Act, licences with publishers and the Access Copyright licence generally allow you to photocopy what you need for ordinary educational activities."
Re: scanning
"Please note that the Access Copyright licence only covers photocopying. It does not cover scanning. Accordingly, if you want to scan something and use it in your research or study, you may only do so if this is permitted under an exception in the Copyright Act such as fair dealing."
So from this, scanning would be allowed under fair dealing:
"Fair dealing is an exception in the Copyright Act which allows you to use other people’s copyright material for the purpose of research, private study, criticism or review, provided that what you do with the work is ‘fair’."
Gail Nichol, 19/11/2008
Noel McFerran, 19/11/2008
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I found the following at a Waterloo library website.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/copyright/#basics13
Using the rationale below, it would seem that the Access license is only invoked if Fair Dealing does not apply.
"The University has a licence with Access Copyright which, within the limits described in the following paragraph, allows professors, students and staff to make photocopies of print works (books, journal articles etc.) where the copying is not permitted under fair dealing or another exception in the Copyright Act. Taken together, fair dealing, exceptions in the Copyright Act, licences with publishers and the Access Copyright licence generally allow you to photocopy what you need for ordinary educational activities."
Re: scanning
"Please note that the Access Copyright licence only covers photocopying. It does not cover scanning. Accordingly, if you want to scan something and use it in your research or study, you may only do so if this is permitted under an exception in the Copyright Act such as fair dealing."
So from this, scanning would be allowed under fair dealing:
"Fair dealing is an exception in the Copyright Act which allows you to use other people’s copyright material for the purpose of research, private study, criticism or review, provided that what you do with the work is ‘fair’."
Gail Nichol, 19/11/2008
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Endeca Quick Start Guide
A quick start guide to the new catalogue (Endeca) interface, written for staff, is available at:
http://main.library.utoronto.ca/discover/staff_quickstart.pdf
We'll be following up soon with a second brochure for public use. This second brochure will be more suitable for duplication and distribution. We will also be embedding some help tips into the new catalogue interface (with thanks to Elizabeth O'Brien and the librarians at UTSC!).
As always, please let me know if you've got questions or feedback about the Staff Quick Start brochure, or about the new catalogue interface.
Thanks,
Sian
Nov. 4, 2008
http://main.library.utoronto.ca/discover/staff_quickstart.pdf
We'll be following up soon with a second brochure for public use. This second brochure will be more suitable for duplication and distribution. We will also be embedding some help tips into the new catalogue interface (with thanks to Elizabeth O'Brien and the librarians at UTSC!).
As always, please let me know if you've got questions or feedback about the Staff Quick Start brochure, or about the new catalogue interface.
Thanks,
Sian
Nov. 4, 2008
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