Library Connect News

Crash course: Early career researcher guide offers practical tips

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:58:23 PST

After getting their doctorates, early career researchers face many challenging decisions.

Elsevier's new booklet "Charting a Course for a Successful Research Career" offers practical advice to help early career researchers choose the best paths.

Written by Professor Alan Johnson, the guide looks in-depth at important steps an ECR can take in order to have a successful research career.

In the initial chapters, Alan explains how to create a career plan and select a research discipline, supervisor and mentor. He also discusses the importance of collaboration and networking and how to go about these functions in an effective way.

The second half of the guide offers pointers regarding how and where to publish research findings. The last chapters explain how researchers should apply for funding and collaborate with industry and academia. Additionally the guide covers ensuring that one receives recognition for one's work.

Download the ECR guide at http://info.spotlight.scival.com/resource_library

The Informed Librarian Online now covers Library Connect Newsletter

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:01:51 PST

The Informed Librarian Online now covers the Library Connect Newsletter and links to each LCN issue.

The ILOSearch database indexes the Library Connect Newsletter, and, in the future, The Informed Librarian Online site may link directly to LCN fulltext articles.

The Informed Librarian Online is a monthly compilation of the most recent tables of contents from over 312 titles. This current awareness service helps keep info pros informed and abreast of library trends.

Learn more about The Informed Librarian Online: www.informedlibrarian.com

Learn more about the Library Connect Newsletter: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

Read transcripts for all Library Connect podcasts!

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:52:09 PST

One thing I have learned so far in LIS school is the importance of delivering information in multiple formats, be it print, electronic, audio, or video. My time as an intern with Library Connect reinforces this, as Elsevier is also committed to providing multiple ways to access content. As a result, I have been working on producing podcasts for Library Connect. Just today I finished my assignment to ensure that all the podcasts have transcripts.

So if you'd rather read the podcast interviews - or like to read while you listen or watch - check out the podcasts and their accompanying transcripts here: www.elsevier.com/librarians/multimedia

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Connect Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

Scholarly Perspectives '09 Series: Register for 2 upcoming webinars from Princeton, Hong Kong Univ. and Elsevier

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:41:34 PST

For the Scholarly Perspectives '09 Series, Elsevier and universities are partnering to deliver freely available webinars addressing the evolving roles of search and discovery tools in research and teaching.

Please join in the discussion!

Next webinar in the series:

Topic: A Life Science Lens: Connecting to Relevant Sources
When: Friday, 20 November, 2009
Time: 9.00-10.30a, EST
Host: Princeton University

Final webinar in the series:

Topic: Enriching Research and Teaching through eBook Content
When: Monday, 30 November, 2009
Time: 9.00-10.30a, GMT
Host: Hong Kong University

Research into environmental challenges: Read all about it

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:13:30 PST

The latest edition of Research Trends focuses on research into environmental challenges.

The issue reports on climate change challenges in politics, public opinion and science; the relationship between economic growth, CO2-led climate change and article output; and the promising potential of oilgae.

To subscribe to Research Trends, a freely available bimonthly newsletter, click here.

To see more freely available newsletters available from Elsevier, visit www.elsevier.com/librarians/alertingservices

What's going on to help facilitate journal transfers?

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:02:39 PDT

Transfers of journals between publishers can lead to challenges for librarians.

In his article "TRANSFER Code of Practice aims to facilitate journal transfers," Ed Pentz explains how the UKSG-led initiative TRANSFER is providing guidelines to prevent some angst and sturm und drang resulting from such transfers.

Read Ed's article in the Library Connect Newsletter, 7:3 (August 2009):
http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0703/lcn070316.html

Does persuasive design conflict with usability goals?

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:54:10 PDT

In the April 2009 issue of the Library Connect Newsletter (7:2), usability expert Tom Noonan discussed using website design to communicate value.

Following publication of that newsletter issue, Tom got a query asking whether persuasive design conflicts with usability goals. That was such a good question that Tom answered it in the latest LCN issue (7:3), in August.

See Tom's Ask UCD column addressing "Doesn’t persuasive design conflict with usability goals?": http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0703/lcn070321.html

Sign up for the free quarterly Library Connect Newsletter: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

Two Elsevier/MC Strategies online courses get nod in 35th Annual Freddie Awards

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:24:27 PDT

The 2009 FREDDIE Awards have recognized two online courses from Elsevier/MC Strategies.

The lesson “Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock” from Mosby’s Essential Nursing CE, a Clinical e-Learning course, was named winner in the Infectious Diseases category.

The lesson :Gowning and Gloving" from Mosby’s Perioperative Nursing was named a finalist in the Prevention category.

Learn more about the FREDDIE Awards, international health and medical media awards: www.thefreddies.com

Learn more about MC Strategies, the healthcare e-learning company: www.mcstrategies.com

Read the July 2008 Library Connect Newsletter issue to learn more about Elsevier's e-learning innovations: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0603/lcn060301.html

New awards help support young women researchers in Asia

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:54:50 PDT

Like many organizations, Elsevier recognizes the need to nurture women scientists as they move through their careers. To help bridge the gender gap in science, Elsevier is partnering with the Third World Organization for Women in Science and Third World Academy of Sciences and offering the Young Women Researcher Awards.

The awards are open to candidates in most Asian nations and will be presented in four major fields of research: Life Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Technology, and Agricultural Sciences.

Short-listed candidates from each category will present their work at the Regional Young Women Scientists Symposium 2009, “Bridging the Science Gender Gap in Developing Countries,” November 8-10, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During the same event, the winner will be announced.

Supporting women in science is also a key focus of the Elsevier Foundation's New Scholars program which helps the academic and research community create programs to help scholars in the early stages of their careers balance family responsibilities with demanding careers in science, health and technology.

Read Ylann Schemm's recent Library Connect Newsletter article to see a list of all the recipients of 2008 New Scholars grants: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0702/lcn070216.html

Join today's webcast and hear Professor Daryl Le Grew talking about academic research challenges

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:23:23 PDT

Are you an academic librarian or administrator? Are you involved in managing academic research planning, assessment or funding? Do you want to learn how to help your university's research endeavors stay competitive and successful? If any of that strikes a chord with you, then please read on.

The free webcast "New Research Landscapes: New Tools for Driving Success" starts in a few hours, but there's still time to register. The event addresses issues of interest to academic research managers and executives.

Here are the "New Research Landscapes: New Tools for Driving Success" webcast details:

Date: October 27, 2009
Time: 4:00p EST; 9p GMT+1; 7a TASMANIA (28 October)
Local Times: New York - 4p; Chicago - 3p; Denver - 2p; Los Angeles - 1p; Auckland - 7p; London - 9p; Paris - 10p; Berlin - 10p; Amsterdam - 10p
Speakers: Daryl Le Grew, Vice-Chancellor & President, University of Tasmania; Daniel Calto, Director of Product Management, Elsevier
Register here: www.info.spotlight.scival.com

Can't make the webcast? Read Professor Le Grew's article "Academic research executives and managers (REMs) face increasingly complex and changing challenges" in the Library Connect Newsletter, 7:3 (August 2009).

Look at the updated LIS Outreach page

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:11:14 PDT

This week's internship agenda included. . .an intern photo shoot? Yes, this internship has involved publishing in multiple medias: social, audio, video, and now photo.

The Library Connect LIS Outreach page, recently updated by yours truly, now contains more links to LC publications by subject (with more to come). There you can read about the Library Connect marketing internship and, yes, actually see a couple of us in action.

If you want to hear me in action, listen to my podcast interview with library lobbyist Jason Kramer, who discusses what academic libraries can do to successfully lobby. Coming soon - a video podcast about TrainingDesk.

Want to suggest more categories for the LIS Outreach page or ask me about the Library Connect marketing internship? Write me at A.Toland@Elsevier.com

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Connect Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

Listen to this info pro advocate's tips for your library

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:13:39 PDT

Internship, week 10: my podcast with Jason Kramer, Executive Director of the New York State Higher Education Initiative (NYSHEI) is ready for prime time! In this audio podcast, Jason discusses why NYSHEI has been effective lobbying for academic libraries in New York and gives advice to academic libraries about the most important thing they can do to lobby successfully.

The podcast complements Jason Kramer's article in the upcoming Library Connect pamphlet, which was just sent to press! In it you will be able to read all of his tips. (Read a past interview with Jason in the Library Connect Newsletter 6:3. You can also sign up for an alert when new publications arrive.)

Producing a podcast was a new experience for me, another way this internship has contributed to my MLIS training. To create the podcast I used InterCall, a phone conferencing service that also provides an easy way to record and later edit interviews - invaluable since Jason is in New York and I am in San Diego.

Today I recorded a video podcast with TrainingDesk's Susannah Megow, so watch for that coming soon!

Find all the Library Connect podcasts here: www.elsevier.com/librarians/multimedia

Want to know more about the Library Connect Library Marketing Internship? Read the LIS outreach page or ask me at A.Toland@Elsevier.com

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Connect Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

How is your LIS degree benefiting you? Diary of a Library Marketing Intern

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:26:19 PDT

As a current MLIS student, I echo one response to this question, by MLIS student Liu Jingyu in the August Library Connect Newsletter (7:3): "That question has been on my mind since I chose library science as my major!"

Her response is part of a recurring column in the LC Newsletter called "Librarians Speak Up," where information professionals offer thoughts on timely questions.

I pose the same question to all of you in the current question of the week - In this time of information professionals’ changing roles, how is your LIS degree benefiting you? Has it taught you important competencies and prepared you for the information profession, have you learned more on the job, or somewhere in between?

To share your thoughts, take our Facebook poll, become a fan and post a comment on our Facebook page, or respond on Twitter.

Read past Library Connect Newsletters here: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

How does your library promote eBooks?

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:05:37 PDT

This is week 8 of my internship here at Elsevier, and the 3rd week I have posed a question to our Facebook friends and Twitter followers. This week's question: How does your library promote eBooks?

Want to share the ways your library promotes eBooks? Become a fan of our Library Connect Facebook page and join the discussion, or take our Facebook poll.

The August 2009 issue (7:3) of the Library Connect Newsletter contains some ways to promote eBooks:

Learn how the medical library of the University of Muenster promotes eBooks via their library blog.
Read about a recent study indicating that access to eBooks makes researchers' workflow more efficient.

Browse through past Library Connect publications here: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnec t

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Connect Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

10 Elsevier books win first prize at BMA Medical Book Competition

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:43:33 PDT

Did you hear that 10 professional and scholarly books published by Elsevier received first prize at the annual British Medical Association Medical Book Competition ceremony in London in September?

And, an additional 19 Elsevier books were highly commended.

What Elsevier books emerged as winners?

Elsevier's first-prize winners include Gray's Anatomy for Students, by Richard Drake, Wayne Vogl and Adam Mitchell, which won first prize in the Basic and Clinical Science category. Rheumatoid Arthritis, by Marc C. Hochberg, Alan J. Silman, Josef S. Smolen, Michael E. Weinblatt and Michael H. Weisman, won first prize in the Orthopaedics and Rheumatology category. Heart Sounds Made Easy with CD-ROM, 2nd Edition, by Elspeth Brown and others, won first prize in the BMA Student Textbook category.

See all 10 first-prize titles from Elsevier: www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_01322

See all the titles honored during this year's BMA competition:
http://www.bma.org.uk/library_medline/2009bookcompetitionwinners.jsp?page=1

Oct. 15: TRF-CHE Scopus Researcher Award recipients will be announced in Thailand

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:32:25 PDT

The Thailand Research Fund (TRF) and Commission on Higher Education (CHE) Thailand are partnering with Elsevier to present the TRF-CHE Scopus Researcher Awards, recognizing outstanding new researchers and mid-career researchers who have received grants from TRF and CHE.

Given the importance of using clear and transparent indicators to evaluate outstanding research performance, Scopus citation data and the Scopus h-index were used to measure applicants’ research performance and influence in their disciplines.

The awards will be presented in: Life Science, Health Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Multidisciplinary Technology, and Humanities and Social Sciences.

The awards will be presented at the 2009 TRF-CHE Annual Congress in Thailand on October 15.

Get more details:

Take a tour: Professor Daryl Le Grew takes us into the world of academic research executives and managers

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:04 PDT

So, what's it really like to be an academic research executive or manager (REM)?

According to Professor Daryl Le Grew, the vice chancellor and president of the University of Tasmania in Australia, complex and changing challenges face REMs, whose ranks include deans, chancellors, and heads of schools and departments.

Read more of what the professor has to say, as he takes us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the world of REMs, in his Library Connect Newsletter article.

See the article at http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0703/lcn070306.html

What is science mapping? Read UCSD case study by Klavans and Boyack

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:42:01 PDT

Elsevier's new product SciVal Spotlight uses science mapping, which can help reveal a university's areas of scientific leadership.

To learn more about how science mapping works, read Richard Klavans and Kevin W. Boyack's article "Case study: Using science mapping to identify areas of scientific leadership at the University of California, San Diego."

The article appears in the latest Library Connect Newsletter, 7:3 (August 2009), freely available at www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

Mark your calendar with these free TrainingDesk sessions

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:34:27 PDT

Do you want to know more about ScienceDirect or Scopus? Whether you are looking to invest and want an introduction to these databases, or you are a current user that wants to know how to get the most out of ScienceDirect or Scopus, Elsevier TrainingDesk has a free training for you:

Attend an online ScienceDirect Demonstration to learn what ScienceDirect offers and how it works.
Discover how to enhance your current use of ScienceDirect with Getting Started with ScienceDirect.
Scopus Demonstration: Covers how Scopus works and how it can benefit you.
Get the most out of your Scopus sessions with Getting Started with Scopus.

Visit the TrainingDesk for a list of all trainings. While you're there, check out the other training videos, audio files, and presentation slides, all searchable by topic, keyword, or format: trainingdesk.elsevier.com

Want updates about Library Connect events? Become a fan of our Facebook page!

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

Looking to thrive rather than survive? Read Kathy Brown's article in the latest Library Connect Newsletter

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:35:01 PDT

In the new Library Connect Newsletter issue (7:3; August 2009), Kathy Brown - the director for planning and research at North Carolina State University Libraries, offers insights on how academic libraries can thrive rather than survive.

See Kathy's article: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0703/lcn070303.html

Sign up for Library Connect Newsletter alerts: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

Podcasts, por favor! Diary of a Library Marketing Intern

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:48:48 PDT

This is week 6 of my tenure as a Library Connect Marketing Intern (see my past posts here). The theme of the week has been podcasts!

Library Connect has a growing number of audio and video podcasts because, like most information professionals, Library Connect is committed to making information accessible in different forms. And if you'd rather read the content, almost all of the podcasts are also in transcript form, many of which have been proofread by yours truly!

Here are my favorites:

Former intern Risa Blumlein discusses what she learned while interning at Elsevier.
Clinical Simulation in Nursing editor Suzie Kardong-Edgrin talks about using simulation in nursing education. . .including Star Trek references and the problem of fear of dolls!
A panel discussion of "Next Gen Librarians: Who Are They & What Do They Want?" from the 11th Annual Digital Libraries Symposium.
How is being a doctor like being an artist? Medical Illustrator Carlos Machado explains.

Peruse all our podcasts here: www.elsevier.com/librarians/multimedia
We have more podcasts in the works, so check back for news on those soon!

Write to me at A.Toland@Elsevier.com

~Posted by Amber Toland, Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability: New journal launches on ScienceDirect

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:58:21 PDT

The new journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability is now available on ScienceDirect. The journal addresses the scientific, economic, social, technological and institutional aspects of environmental sustainability.

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability was developed by the Earth System Science Partnership to ensure that specialists keep up to date with research in the interdisciplinary area of environmental change and sustainability.

See a video interview with Rik Leemans, one of the editors-in-chief of the new journal:
www.elsevier.com/locate/cosust

Find more sustainability news and resources on the Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development forum:
http://sustainabilityscience.org/content.html?contentid=2664

Get more information on Elsevier's support of the environment:
http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0502/lcn050201.html

Read all about changing roles: See latest Library Connect Newsletter online now

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:30:06 PDT

How are our roles changing? Read all about it in the latest Library Connect Newsletter.

LCN, 7:3, hot off the press, addresses the theme of "Changing Roles."

In this issue, information professionals talk about how the roles of researchers, librarians and academic research executives are changing.

The issue reports on the results of a changing roles survey taken by academic librarians worldwide. See the results from that survey: http://tiny.cc/2009AcademicLibrariansChangingRolesSurvey

See the issue in PDF: www.elsevier.com/libraryconnect

See the issue in HTML: http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/lcn/0703/lcn070301.html

"Conveying Your Value" seminar, in San Diego, Oct. 9: Hear info pros discuss best practices, insights & ROI

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:53:11 PDT

Calling all info pros in the southern California area!

The 2009 Fall Seminar of the San Diego Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is coming up, and you're invited!

2009 SLA-SD Fall Seminar Basics:

Theme: Conveying Your Value
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009
Time: 8a-3:30p
Location: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, 9360 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121
Register: On the SLA-SD blog

2009 SLA-SD Fall Seminar Program:

Keynote Speaker Mary Ellen Bates: "Wanted: Information Revolutionaries; The Info-Pro Manifesto"
Dolly Goulart, Qualcomm: "Expanding the Value of the Library beyond the Research Deliverable"
Kira Cooper, Elsevier: "Research to Measure the Library’s Return on Investment"
Deborah Hunt, Special Libraries Association: "The SLA Alignment Project: What Does a Brand Say to You? And More Importantly, What Does It Say to Your Users?"
Linda Coates, San Diego Zoo: "The Weekly Roar from the San Diego Zoo Library: A Value-Added News Service"
Cynthia Shamel, Shamelinfo, & President, SLA-SD: "Getting Your Money’s Worth from Your SLA Membership"

Get more info on SLA-SD: http://sla-sd.typepad.com/blog/

Diary of a Library Marketing Intern: Polls, Tags, and Tweets, Oh My!

libraryconnect@elsevier.com (Elsevier Library Connect) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:22:04 PDT

This marks week 4 of my library marketing internship here at Elsevier. I'm learning a lot about the publishing and information professions while here, but it sure is speeding by!

This morning one of the local news channels made a remark about employees spending too much time on social media sites like Facebook instead of working. However, social media has been an important part of my work this week. Many info pros are experimenting with how to best use social media to connect with users, so working with these sites is very practical experience to complement my concurrent SLIS enrollment at San Jose State University.

This week I posted a Question of the Week poll on Facebook about mobile access in libraries, the first in a weekly series of polls that will run through the end of my internship in November. I also added links to our Delicious page for a new way to access and add to our library resources. And if you have not already done so, check out our Twitter page and respond to some of the questions I have posed there in the last week.

Of course, not everything I have been doing has been in tweet, tag, or post form. Other projects I have taken on include editing some Library Connect pages and preparing to create and post podcasts. I'll let you know when those are up!

Want to know more about Elsevier's Library Marketing Internship program? Visit the outreach page here: www.elsevier.com/librarians/LISoutreachprogram

Write to me at A.Toland@Elsevier.com.

~Posted by Amber Toland, Fall 2009 Library Marketing Intern, Elsevier, San Diego