2016
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IOP Publishing hosts the 2014 Library Advisory Board in Florida, USA
As many of you know, our Library Advisory Board meetings typically coincide with the PAM Division of the SLA each year. While this worked well in many aspects, we realised that there were time constraints that made it difficult for many of our Board Members to attend both the meeting and the sessions at the […]
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Spotlight on: article level metrics
What are article level metrics? Article level metrics can be broadly described as measures that characterize the use, influence, or popularity of a single article in a scholarly journal. These metrics offer users the opportunity to discover the wider impact of individual articles in a way that was not previously possible. The availability of article […]
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Macquarie University
Courtesy of Paul Wright Photography Macquarie University Library is the first Australian library to use an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) to help house its entire physical collection. This innovative storage solution allows library floor space to be utilised for student study rather than shelf space. Librarian Insider speaks with Brendan Krige of Macquarie […]
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Kathleen Lehman, Head of Physics Library, University of Arkansas, USA
What do you think will be your biggest challenges over the next five years? “They will be the same challenges that librarians everywhere will be facing. One challenge is promoting our growing ebook collection. Most researchers have come to expect that our journal subscriptions will be digital but they don’t always realize that we have […]
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Do you know what COUNTER release 4 means for usage reporting at your institution?
New usage reports for journals and ebooks In addition to the existing journal reports, you will also be able to run: Journal Report 1 GOA – successful Gold Open Access article requests by month and by journal Journal Report 2 – full-text access denials by month, journal and category Furthermore, if you’ve purchased IOP ebooks™, book […]
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SLA Travel Stipends Renamed in Memoriam
Earlier this year, IOP Publishing lost a cherished member of our family. In fond remembrance, and with the support of the PAM Community and the SLA-PAM Professional Development Committee, we are honored to announce that we have renamed the SLA Travel Stipends the “Louise Leckner Memorial Travel Stipends.” For the 2013 award year, IOP doubled […]
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Newton in Australia
By kind permission of Rare Books & Special Collections, University Library, University of Sydney Jacqui Grainger, Manager of Rare Books & Special Collections at the University of Sydney, speaks to Librarian Insider to share a fascinating insight into how the University of Sydney Library came to hold an annotated copy of the first edition of […]
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DC/SLA’s student scholarship
In our continuing support of libraries and librarians, IOP Publishing was delighted to once again sponsor the Catherine A Jones Memorial Scholarship award for the DC/SLA Chapter. This award is designed to assist students and future librarians in preparing for a master’s degree in library science (MLS), or a related degree, from an accredited program. […]
