More Emerald Journals Now Available

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of over 200 business and management titles to its electronic documentation portal.

This collection covers the following subject areas:

  • Accounting and Finance;
  • Built Environment;
  • Business Ethics and Law;
  • Economics;
  • Education;
  • Enterprise and Innovation;
  • Environmental Management/Environment;
  • Health Care Management/Healthcare;
  • Human Resource Management;
  • Industry and Public Sector Management;
  • Information and Knowledge Management;
  • International Business;
  • Learning and Development;
  • Library and Information Studies;
  • Management Science/Management Studies;
  • Managing Quality;
  • Marketing;
  • Operations and Logistics Management;
  • Organization Studies;
  • Performance Management and Measurement;
  • Regional Management Studies;
  • Strategy; and
  • Tourism and Hospitality.

Some highlights:

  • Business Ethics and Law eJournal Collection
    A collection of journals covering areas such as corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate governance, business in society and environmental responsibilities.
  • Management Science/Management Studies eJournal Collection
    A collection of journals covering a range of issues including: management history, managing projects and modelling in management.
  • Managing Quality eJournal Collection
    A collection of journals covering topics such as business process management, environmental quality, maintenance engineering, service quality, Six Sigma and TQM.
  • Organization Studies eJournal Collection
    A collection of journals encompassing all areas of organizational behaviour and analysis, as well as change, leadership and learning within organizations.

Click here for the full list of journals sorted either alphabetically or by subject area.  Access to these journals is available via the “Find e-Journal” tab using the name of the journal or searching with Vendor = Emerald in the “Locate” tab or by using the link provided in the “Find Database” tab under the letter “E”.
 

ICOLC Response to the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) Statement

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INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA (ICOLC)

ICOLC Response to the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) Statement

Issued June 22, 2011

A recent statement by the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) advocates a set of new guidelines for document delivery.   http://www.stm-assoc.org/industry-news/stm-statement-on-document-delivery/ While intellectual property laws vary from country to country, STM’s approach would radically alter well-established library practices that advance knowledge, support scholarship, and are compliant with current copyright laws.  The STM recommendations are in conflict with widely held principles that provide a copyright exception for interlibrary loan (ILL) activities. The regime anticipated by the STM statement would place unfair restrictions on researchers’ access to information. In particular, ICOLC contends that:

  1. interlibrary loan, under existing principles and laws, is consistent with the three-step test of Berne;
  2. cross-border deliveries are adequately and appropriately governed by current copyright law;.
  3. digital document delivery directly to an end-user is best coordinated through the end-user’s library or community of learners;
  4. libraries are able to deliver on-site articles to library walk-up patrons in any format, including both digital and print;
  5. current copyright law appropriately places the burden on the library user to affirm that the documents they receive are for private, non-commercial use.

The ICOLC strongly supports IFLA’s Draft Library Treaty, Article 7, which states “It shall be permissible for a library or archive to supply a copy of any work. . . lawfully acquired or accessed by the library or archive, to another library or archive for subsequent supply to any of its users, by any means . . . provided that such use is compatible with fair practice as determined in national law.” http://www.ifla.org/files/clm/publications/tlib.pdf See also ARL’s statement clarifying legal protections afforded to libraries for national and international ILL use http://publications.arl.org/rli275/18, related documents http://publications.arl.org/rli275/4 and http://publications.arl.org/rli275 .

For further information please contact:

Helmut Hartmann, Director Central Office, Austrian Academic Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich Die Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH), helmut.hartmann@obvsg.at +43 1 4035 158-56

Ann Okerson, Director, NERL Consortium, Associate University Librarian, Yale University, Ann.Okerson@yale.edu +1 203-432-1764

Mei-yuh Shih, CONCERT Project Manager, CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan, CONCER, mei@stpi.narl.org.tw +886-2-2737-7648

Tracy L. Thompson-Przylucki, Executive Director, New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO), tracy.thompson@nellco.org +1 518-694-3026

Syun Tutiya, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, Japan tutiya@niad.ac.jp +81 42-307-1803

About the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has been in existence since 1996.  The Coalition is an international, informal group currently comprising approximately 200 library consortia in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa.  The member consortia serve all types and sizes of libraries.  ICOLC facilitates discussion among consortia on issues of common interest, and conducts one meeting per year in North America and one meeting per year in Europe.  The organization is dedicated to keeping its members informed about electronic information resources, pricing practices of electronic publishers and vendors, and other issues of importance to consortium directors and governing boards.  The Coalition also meets with the information provider community to discuss product offerings and issues of mutual concern.

More information about ICOLC can be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia or contact Tom Sanville, Director, Library Services, LYRASIS, Suite 200, 1438 West Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA, Phone: 404-892-0943 ext. 4873; tom.sanville@lyrasis.org
 

What’s New in the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics

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The latest release of the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics includes 8 articles from a diverse set of areas: the aim has been to commission longer survey articles relevant to current issues.  Here is a selection:

  • European Central Bank and monetary policy in the euro area: Since 1 January 1999 the European Central Bank (ECB) has had sole responsibility for monetary policy in the euro area. Its main aim is to maintain price stability over the medium term. The financial and economic crises of 2007–2011 made the tension between the single monetary policy and national responsibilities for economic policies and financial stability visible. …
  • Euro zone crisis 2010: The euro zone crisis is commonly regarded as a sovereign debt crisis. This definition certainly applies to Greece, but the Irish case represents an almost pure specimen of a banking crisis voluntarily transformed into a sovereign crisis. …
  • Economic impact of the Olympic Games: The Olympic Games are among the largest and most visible sporting events in the world. This article examines the financing of the Olympic Games, explores how the awarding of the Games has become a high-stakes contest, and analyzes the costs of running the Games and their economic impact on the host city and nation.

Check it out now! The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is available under the letter “P” in the Databases tab of by clicking here.
 

Naxos Video Library

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of the Naxos Video Library to its offering via the bnu Portal.

The Naxos Video Library brings you an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances, opera, ballet, live concerts and documentaries. Watch the world’s greatest opera houses, ballet companies, orchestras and artists perform on demand! Stream any video in the library from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.

Key features include:

  • Over 1190 full-length videos, available anytime, anywhere
  • Create custom clips: edit and add them to individual playlists
  • Subtitles available in over 5 languages
  • Search videos by category, role, composer, artist, production personnel, work, venue or festival
  • Access pre-defined video chapters and other points of interest including individual arias and scene breaks
  • View video as Full Screen, 2/3 Screen or 1/4 Screen
  • Videos stream at 700 Kbps (standard quality) and 2 Mbps (high quality)
  • Libretto/text included when available
  • Compatible with both PC and Mac

The Naxos Video Library can be found right under the Naxos Music Library under the letter “N” in the “Find Database” tab or by clicking here.

Video tutorials on how to use the Naxos Music Library (NML) and the Naxos Video Library (NVL) are available on-line via You Tube in both English and German:

Naxos Music Library

Naxos Video Library

To see what Naxos can offer you, check out this infographic:

 

Hein Online

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Consortium Luxembourg is pleased to announce the addition of a new database to the Consortium Luxembourg Electronic Documentation Portal, Hein Online – English Reports, Law Journal Library, Legal Classics and Treaties and Agreements Library.

English Reports

The English Reports, Full Reprint (1220-1865) online edition delivers exact page-images of the original bound reprint edition, containing more than 100,000 cases, together with the Indexes and Book of Charts. In addition, multiple navigation tools, such as a Case Locator, Chart Tool, and an Advanced Search feature enhance the ease of access to specific cases.

Law Journal Library

HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library contains more than 1,530 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes through the most-currently published issues allowed based on contracts with publishers. Search by article title, author, subject, state or country published, full text, and narrow by date.

Legal Classics

The HeinOnline Legal Classics Library offers more than 1,800 works from some of the greatest legal minds in history, including Joseph Story, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin N. Cardozo and Edwardo Coke. In addition to many “classics”, this collection includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.
The collection focuses on constitutional law, political science, and other classic topics.

Treaties and Agreements Library

The Treaties and Agreements Library includes all U.S. treaties, whether currently in-force, expired, or not-yet officially published. This is the world’s largest and most complete online collection of U.S. treaties and agreements and includes such prominent collections as the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements set (commonly referred to as the “Blue set”), as well as famous sets from Bevans, Miller, Malloy and others.

The databases can be found under the letter “H” in the “Find Database” tab or by clicking here.

Note: These databases are only accessible from within the National Library of Luxembourg and the University of Luxembourg.

 

Maintenance Portail bnu: Tuesday 7th June, 8h-12h

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In order to upgrade our system, the Consortium Luxembourg Portal and all of its linking features may be temporarily unavailable on Tuesday 7th June 2011 from 08h00 to 12h00. Consortium Luxembourg apologizes for any inconvenience.

Le portail bnu pourra être temporairement indisponible mardi le 7 juin de 08h00 à 12h00 pour cause de maintenance. Raison: Mise à jour de logiciels.
Veuillez nous excuser pour tout désagrément causé.

Maintenance: ProQuest – Sunday 5 June – 04h00-16h00

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Due to essential site maintenance, the following databases will be unavailable on Sunday 5 June 2011 from 04h00 to 16h00:

  • ArtBibliographies Modern
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Suite à un entretien essentiel, les bases de données suivantes ne seront pas disponible dimanche, le 5 juin 2011 entre 04h00 et 16h00:

  • ArtBibliographies Modern
  • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

 

New Features in IEEE Xplore

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IEEE Xplore has introduced, amongst others, two new features as of April 2011:

  • The IEEE Standards Dictionary Online; and
  • The Complete List of Citations of Journal Article Abstracts (including other publishers).

The IEEE Standards Dictionary Online

The IEEE Standards Dictionary is a comprehensive database of standards terminology which provides access to over 39,000 standards terms and is fully integrated into the IEEE Xplore interface.  This dictionary can be accessed in three ways:

a. From your search results

Perform a search and you will find, on the right-hand side, a box containing relevant terms:

Standards Dictionary in Search Result

When you click on a term, the dictionary will provide all definitions of that term:

Standards Dictionary Contents

b. From the abstract page

Once you have accessed the abstract page, the standard dictionary terms are available directly on that page:

Standards Dictionary in Abstract

c. Browse the dictionary

Also from your search results page, you can browse the dictionary:

Browse Standards Dictionary in Search Results

Browsing can be done alphabetically or by standard/technology:

Browse by Alphabet Browse by Standard/Technology

Citations by Other Publishers

The IEEE Xplore journal article abstract has always displayed a list of other IEEE documents that have cited the article. Since April 2011, a list of all articles that have cited the document from any publisher participating in CrossRef’s Cited-By Linking program will also be included. This information will be added for all IEEE journal articles and goes as far back as 1929.

Cited by other publishers

Cited by other publishers - example

 

EBSCOhost now available on your iPad/iPhone

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Ebscohost has just announced the launch of its iPad/iPhone application.  To install, please follow the steps outlined below.  Both Sections A and B below must be completed.

A. From a web browser on your computer or on your iPhone/iPad:

  1. Connect to the Ebscohost Mobile interface by clicking here : Ebscohost Mobile.
  2. Click the “Select/Deselect All” check box and click on “Continue”.
  3. Click the link “EBSCOhost iPhone/iPod Touch Application”.
  4. Enter your e-mail address.  This must be the e-mail that you have configured in your iPhone/iPad. In order for the Ebscohost authentication to work correctly, you must be able to click the links they provide in an e-mail from the “Mail” application on your iPhone/iPad.  It will not work if you open your e-mail in a web browser!

B. From your iPhone/iPad:

  1. Open the e-mail sent to you by Ebscohost using your iPhone/iPad “Mail” application and click the first link to install the application.
  2. Once the application is installed, click the second link in the e-mail. This will authenticate your installation with Ebscohost and allow you to have the same access as if you had connected to Ebscohost via the findit.lu portal.

If you have any questions, contact us at help [at] consortium[dot] lu.