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Do More, Spend Less with Bowker’s New Link Resolver |
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 Bowker is proud to introduce a brand new product to the serials suite of products -- Ulrich’s Resource Linker™ -- which brings affordable full-text search and linking capabilities to you and your patrons. Bowker’s new OpenURL link resolver currently tracks approximately 70,000 electronic periodicals from more than 1,100 publishers. The Ulrich's Resource Linker knowledgebase includes metadata and links for more than 580 databases and aggregator packages, and tracks more than 800,000 individual holdings from providers of all types. Those holdings include cover-to-cover full-text, as well as selected-coverage full-text, citation databases, and non-subscription access resources such as the Directory of Open Access Journals.
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Bowker in Beantown!
A brand new year brings brand new products! In 2005, Bowker will debut two brand new library workflow tools that will offer affordable solutions to core collection development and maintenance as well as an OpenURL link resolver bringing full-text linking right to your patrons fingertips.
Booth #218 is the place to learn about all the exciting things happening this year. Plus, you could win this exciting “Bowker Toolkit” just for sitting down (take a load off in our chairs!) at ALA and learning about our new “tools” for 2005!
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BookWire Presents
Just in time for the holidays, BookWire Presents offers up a holiday gift list that is sure to please. Since our last edition of the Bowker Bulletin, BookWire has presented lists on Foreign Language Titles; Horror, Mystery, and Fantasy; and Self-Help and Health.
 BookWire Presents are subject specific lists of titles ranging from the latest bestsellers to diamonds in the rough. These themed lists can be used for collection development or personal enjoyment -- either way Bowker’s BookWire is pleased to offer this service to all booklovers from librarians to consumers.
Lists, of about 25 titles per month, include cover image, book synopsis, review annotations, author, and ordering information. Benefit from having the latest list arrive right in your mailbox, and sign up for the “BookWire Presents” mailing list.
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Who Says Bigger Isn't Better?
 Now with 11 million titles, Bowker’s GlobalBooksInPrint.com is the world’s largest most comprehensive bibliographic database available. Why look anywhere else? GlobalBooksInPrint.com now contains records from 43 different markets and includes the ability to perform cross-market searching.
This new enhancement also includes 530,000 Spanish Language records and the ability to search by language (including German, French, Chinese, Hebrew, Italian, Arabic and even Karakalpak!) or country of publication.
Value-added content is now available for all markets covered ...
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LIS Education in the Spotlight
by Galen Strazza
When I saw a conference titled, “The Future of Library Information Science Education,” taking place right in my backyard of New York City on November 5th, I had to attend!
Michael Gorman, president elect, ALA, opened the seminar with an introductory talk on his perspective of “a crisis in LIS education.” His primary concern was a gap between an academic, research-focused education and the actual day-to-day life of the librarian.
Mr.Gorman suggested a new set of criteria for ALA accreditation, including a set of required core courses which all LIS programs would have to offer. Core knowledge which Mr.Gorman hopes these courses would incorporate are:
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The nature of information
“what carries information, what formats information comes in” |
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Cataloguing
“every student should take this to think like a librarian” |
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 And the Winner is ...
Bowker appreciates your feedback! In September and October we sponsored the latest in a series of customer surveys and as promised, we have a few winners! We would like to thank all the participants of the Ulrich’s Fall Survey and the Core Collection Survey and encourage everyone to participate in the upcoming surveys of 2005!
The $100 American Express Gift Cheques go to (drum roll please) ...
Karen A. Liston
Wayne State University
ILL Librarian |
Carolyn Waite
MIT Lincoln Library
Supervisor, Technical Processing |
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F U N F A C T :
"The 4000 libraries of the country, that have till now worked almost entirely alone, each independent of the rest, must from this time go rapidly forward in a constantly increasing usefulness, by means of thoroughly organized efforts and co-operation."
Who said this, when, and where?
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| This month’s Bowker Bulletin Fun Fact is brought to you by our sponsors, Audio Editions and Fotel Incorporated. |
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LIS Professors and Adjunct Professors!
Please sign up to take part in Bowker's NEW Library School Support Program. We will be sending you information soon that will enable you to integrate Bowker's librarian-centric database tools into your curriculum. Watch for more news coming to your e-mail box in the next few weeks and months!
Go Here to Sign Up Now!
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