SPONSORED BY: Oxford University Press, and Library Journal
SCHEDULED EVENT DATE: Thursday, November 10, 2011- 12:00 PM ET – 60 minutes
What are scholars’ research paths? How do they get to the content they need? With the multitude of platforms and publishers and aggregators in today’s online research landscape, navigating through the sea of content is increasingly challenging for researchers at every level as they try to find not just the right search results, but a satisfying research experience.
Oxford University Press and Library Journal ask: How can libraries and publishers collaborate to deliver a successful research experience for scholars? Topics will cover collaborative publishing initiatives, discoverability and usage tools at the publisher and library level, and paths of inquiry in an ideal research environment. Register today to hear an esteemed panel, moderated by Library Journal’s Cheryl LaGuardia, discuss this ever-evolving issue of how scholars seek, discover, and use research materials in and out of the library and the changing roles libraries and publishers can play in this fast-paced arena.
Moderator:
Cheryl LaGuardia is Research Librarian for the Center for Jewish Studies, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, the Freshman Seminar Program, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, and the Regional Studies – East Asia Program, at Widener Library, Research Services Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Her e-Views Blog appears at http://blog.libraryjournal.com/eviews, her e-Reviews column appears in Library Journal, and she edits Bowker’s Magazines for Libraries.
Panelists:
Sue Polanka created the award-winning blog, No Shelf Required®, a blog about the issues surrounding e-books for librarians and publishers. The blog developed into a book of the same name in 2011 and will expand to include No Shelf Required 2: Use and Management of Electronic Books in Winter 2012. Sue is the Head of Reference and Instruction at the Wright State University Libraries in Dayton, Ohio and the Vice President/President Elect of the Academic Library Association of Ohio, She was named a Library Journal 2011 Mover and Shaker for her work with e-books.
John Giggie is associate professor of history and director of graduate studies in history at the University of Alabama. He is an award-winning teacher and the author or editor of three books.
John P. Hussey is Director of Marketing and Sales at the University Press of Kentucky. Hussey’s former positions include Sales Manager at the University Press of Kentucky and Assistant Acquisitions Editor at the University of Illinois Press.
Niko Pfund is President and Academic Publisher of Oxford University Press in the USA. He has been with Oxford for a total of 14 years, dating back to his initial foray into academic publishing in 1987, as an editorial assistant. From 1990 to 2000, he was with New York University Press, first as an editor, then as editor in chief, and finally as director of the press.
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No you may not. All Universities now have strict seicruty and a valid student card is required to gain access. These resources are very expensive and are limited so need to be retained for students studying not joe bloggs of the street.If you require a specialist book and live in the UK you can order it from the British library through you local library for a small fee. But being honest , I just finished at the University of Leeds, most libraries now are full of older out of date books because with the advent of the internet it is better to access up to date journal resourses for most subjects and many books are out of date by the time they appear in print anyhow.Hope this helpsReferences :