TCD Staff - new email system

IS Services will install a new staff email system, beginning during the first quarter of 2008. When this is complete, staff should have up to 10 times the previous email storage capacity. More information in the IS Services newsletter.

Trial - Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive

Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive

TCD Library has trial access to this Archive up to the end of November 2007. Further details on the Archive available here. Access to the trial site is as detailed in the email circulated.

Trial Access to Irish Times Digital Archive (1859-1996)

TCD Library currently has trial access to the Irish Times Digital Archive (1859-1996).

ProQuest, CSA, Chadwyck-Healey

ProQuest-CSA is now the company which supplies the following: ProQuest, CSA, Chadwyck-Healey and Safari databases.

TCD has subscriptions to the following:
On ProQuest platform:
ABI/Inform Global
CINAHL [Provided by EBSCO from 2008]
Nursing Journals/ProQuest [known as ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source]
Dissertations Abstracts/Digital Dissertations [changed to, Dissertations and Theses, and now [2010] ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT)

With the same 'look' as before:
Chadwyck Healey [now ProQuest-CSA]:
LION
MLA
Film Index International
EEBO
Patrologia Latina
International Index to Music Periodicals
Palmers Index to the Times
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals
British Periodicals (Collection 1 - Just purchased)

CSA [now ProQuest-CSA]:
British Humanities Index
Linguistics and Language Behaviour Abstracts
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
Ulrichs

Safari Books online is also a ProQuest-supplied product on its own [Safari] platform

LinkSource on the ProQuest platform

These are the databases on the ProQuest platform:
1. ABI/Inform Global
2. CINAHL
3. Nursing Journals/ProQuest [known as ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source]
4. Dissertations Abstracts/Digital Dissertations [now, Dissertations and Theses]

LinkSource on ProQuest:
LinkSource doesn't operate in exactly the same way on all 4 of the above.
CINAHL - The tcd icon giving the option to "check tcd ejournals" appears on the very first search-results screen. The ‘stretched’ appearance of the tcd icon is governed by ProQuest and cannot be altered.

ABI/Inform Global and Nursing Journals – the tcd icon does not appear on the first search-results screen. It appears if you click on the abstract link below your reference. The resulting screen will show the tcd icon on the top right hand side. Clicking on this will bring you through the LinkSource menu of suggested resources and, from there, on to the full-text resource.

If in ABI or the Nursing Journals there is a full-text link on your first results-screen, attached to the reference you want, you will not need to go any further.

Dissertation Abstracts, now Dissertations and Theses – the tcd icon won’t appear at all.

Please note: The link resolver depends on the ‘target’ database being OpenURL compliant. LinkSource is therefore depending on the technology of the database containing the article. Some databases are not fully compliant and you may reach the journal level rather than the article level or even just a search screen within the database. In this case, you’ll need to repeat the search for the article once you're in the full text database.

TCD LinkSource installation UPDATE

Summary update on LinkSource installation. 9/10/07
Apologies - this Blog won't take screen shots.

The work on installing the link resolver, LinkSource, is continuing.

The link resolver will enable a user to link from an article citation in one database to the article full text in another.

The link resolver depends on the ‘target’ database being OpenURL compliant. LinkSource is therefore depending on the technology of the database containing the article. Some databases are not fully compliant and you may reach the journal level rather than the article level or even just a search screen within the database. In this case, you’ll need to repeat the search for the article in the full text database.

See the TCD link resolver icon here (LinkSource) icon : and the text accompanying it is usually Check TCD e-journals

This icon will appear on a search results screen, in most cases.

There are a few databases on which it behaves differently. eg. Cinahl – the icon displays on the search result screen, stretched out, on the right hand side. This shouldn’t affect its functionality, however.

If you do a search, for example, in the Web of Science and choose the following reference; click on the tcd icon below the reference and a screen with the following information appears:

Title:
Satellite glial cells in sensory ganglia: Their possible contribution to inflammatory pain
Source:
HANANI, M. Brain, Behavior, And Immunity Volume: 21 Issue: 5 (2007-07-01) ISSN: 0889-1591
Revise Request
Resources Located for this Citation
View this article at Science Direct

Click on the View this article … line, and you should be brought to the full text article.

Note 1: If the message indicates that there are no results, it may be because, a) we don’t have it; b) we have it but it’s not set up with the link resolver yet – later on, when the link resolver is rolled out on more databases, I would ask you to let me know; c) it’s not working, or not working to the level you think it should – again, later on, can you let me know.

Note 2: Revise request – if you come up with no results, there is no point in using the Revise Request option on this screen.

There are various reasons why you may not find the full text of an article:
The library doesn’t subscribe to full text
The library doesn’t subscribe to the date range
A recent article may not have appeared in the vendor’s database yet
A database is not OpenURL compliant.


If you don’t find full text,
search the A-Z of e-journals listing manually (i.e. typing in your journal title as before) or
search the GEAC catalogue.

The database providers with whom I am working to date to provide a functioning link resolver at the moment include, ProQuest, EBSCO, Elsevier, Emerald, Thompson Henry, amongst others.

All these communications are at varying stages, as there are many technical details to sort out. Once the process is begun with any supplier, it goes live immediately, before any testing and corrections can be made. Therefore, HANDLE WITH CARE.

I will be compiling an FAQ as I go along, so if you have any queries about the link resolver, or comments on how (or if) it is working in your subject area, please let me know.

Regards,

Cliona

Web of Knowledge. Training session on new interface

Thomson Scientific has launched a new interface to Web of Knowledge.
Rachel Mangan of Thomson Scientific will provide a training session on the new interface:

Time: 10.00-12.30
Date: September 20th, 2007
Venue: South Training Room.

We will be hosting this session on behalf of ourselves, DCU and UCD.
Rachel will supply updated quick reference guides on the day of the training session.
Please let Arlene know if you are able to attend the session.

We will continue to link to the old version for the moment.

On the current interface you can click on a preview of the new version. Click here to learn more.

LinkSource work in progress

Work is progressing on installing the link resolver, LinkSource, across the Library's database platforms. There may be some testing of TCD icons linking to e-journals, etc., as different platforms have differing requirements.

I hope the work won't be disruptive, the databases will work in the usual way, with the added bonus of direct linking through to TCD e-journals gradually being installed across all platforms.

TCD's 1872 Printed Catalogue online

The 1872 Printed Catalogue lists the books received in the TCD Library up to 1872. The printed copies of this catalogue were available to date in small numbers, placed in some of the Library's Reading Rooms.

Professor John G. Byrne (Department of Computer Science) and his team of research students have developed an extremely useful online version. The indices have been built using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and the images of actual entries can be viewed.

WebCT

The Centre for Learning Technology WebCT V6 Upgrade

A new version of WebCT is being rolled out over the next few months to be completed byOctober 2007.

As part of the migration process, the Centre for Learning Technology is currently hosting clinics to migrate courses to the new system. A training programme for current users has been in place and many users have attended a WebCT V6 clinic to ensure their courses will be successfully migrated.
For further information and to check out the new schedule of training and development, see here.

Electronic dictionary of the Irish language

This electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (eDIL) is a digital edition of the complete contents of the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of the Irish Language based mainly on Old and Middle Irish materials.

Funding for the digitisation was provided by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK).

For the first time users will be able to make complex searches of translations, citations, grammatical descriptions and sources.

The eDIL team is now beginning the task of revising the content of the Dictionary itself. It is projected that the project will be completed by 2012.

This summary is based on information gleaned from the DIL website

Survey software

For your information
The Library has renewed its subscription to the Survey software used for the LibSDC staff training survey. Should any member of Library staff wish to conduct an online survey of a section of Library users, please contact me.

Digital Dissertations - New name, new platform

ProQuest Digital Dissertations, renamed ProQuest Dissertations and Theses [PQDT] is now accessed through the ProQuest platform along with ABI/INFORM Global, CINAHL and Nursing and Allied Health. The look is new but you get there by the same routes as before, i.e. the usual links from the Library's database page .

ProQuest advertise several improvements to the service resulting from this migration amongst which:

- Cross-searching between PQDT and other ProQuest databases
- Citation software support for EndNote
- Immediate PDF downloading
- Multi-language interface
- Emailed search alerts for subscribing users when new
material in their chosen fields is added to PQDT 

Please note: After July 2007, PQDD Free will no longer exist. PQDT subscribers will be directed to the ProQuest platform for database access, and non-subscribers will be directed to Dissertation Express for copy purchases.

SourceOECD training July 11th at 9.30am

2 hour training session on SourceOECD in UCD on July 11th at 9.30am. Contact Arlene

SourceOECD provides:
SourceOECD is the OECD's Online Library of Statistical Databases, Books and Periodicals. The aim is to provide a single e-library offering online access to all OECD books, reports, annuals, working papers, loose-leaf binders, periodicals and databases.
Source OECD comprises 20 thematic book collections, 24 periodicals, 3 reference titles, 24 OECD statistical databases and 10 IEA statistical databases – all in full text.
Access to SourceOECD is funded under the IReL initiative.

Trial ebook database - MyiLibrary

Coutts eBook collection, MyiLibrary: trial 11 June - 7 July.
Access here

MyiLibrary offers content from publishers such as: McGraw Hill, John Wiley, Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Springer and Elsevier.
It provides access to intergovernmental publications. Subjects covered include Education, Law, Medicine, History, Science, etc.
The collection holds 70,000 titles at the moment.

Can you have a look at MyiLibrary and make any academics/researchers in your areas who might be interested aware of the trial?
Purchase of the collection will depend, as usual, on relevance, feedback and available resources. Could you send any comments you have to either me or Arlene.

CURL/RIN study of Researchers and Academic Libraries

The recent study, entitled, Researchers’ Use of Academic Libraries and their Services - a report commissioned by the Research Information Network and the Consortium of Research Libraries in the UK is available here.

This is a broad-ranging study which examines how researchers use academic libraries. The issues raised, from the point of view of the provision of digital resources, include: the perceived emphasis placed by libraries on support for teaching and learning rather than support for researchers; the fact that many researchers appreciate the online services, but don't necessarily realise they're supplied by the Library; and, differences in value placed on eJournals versus other digital resources in the Library.

As for non-digital topics, it has been found that the perception of the Library differs depending on the researcher's discipline. Arts and Humanities researchers are still the group who most value the services provided in Library buildings although the number of their physical visits to the Library building is in decline. On the other hand, visits to the buildings are necessitated by the fact that the objects of research for Arts/Humanities researchers are often held in the Library.

Plenty of figures and food for thought.

Univ. of London Research Lib. Services (ULRLS)

New at ULRLS, an electronic catalogue for archives and manuscripts which contains descriptions of more than 2,000 unique collections searchable online. The subjects encompassed by the ADLIB database include world history and culture over more than 1,000 years and a significant amount of material in Romance languages. The catalogue is available online for researcher consultation.
Information received from the French Studies Library Group

Free trial of Nielsens BookData Online International edition

Nielsens Book Data Libweb - international edition with new interface, BookData Online.
Free trial until 13/6/07.
If you didn't receive a notification by email, please contact me to get the logon details.

Podcast of Trinity Week Academic Symposium

The inspiration for the theme of this year's Symposium (Weds., May 16th) was the completion of the full digitisation of the Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-2007.

Niamh Brennan was the project manager of this digitisation project, Eneclann scanned the journals and metadata cataloguing was done by members of the School of Social and Human Sciences. Geraldine Ryan, Collection Management was responsible for quality control. This project has resulted in all the issues of the Journal being available in our open access repository, TARA

Future issues of the Journal are to be published by the TCD Library via TARA.

The symposium was captured by Podcast - in two parts. Part 1 and Part 2

You can view and hear the presentations of several of the speakers, including Prof. Paul Walsh, Dean of Social and Human Sciences, TCD, Prof. Mary Daly, UCD, Prof. Eunan O'Halpin, School of Histories and Humanities, TCD, Prof. Jane Grimson, School of Computer Science and Statistics, TCD, and Niamh Brennan, TCD Library. The questions and observations from the floor have also been captured.

Eureka database service ending. 12 databases going to OCLC FirstSearch

12 of the Eureka databases, which were free when they were on the RLG service, eg. BHO, Scipio, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, will now be subject to annual subscription charges, having transferred to OCLC FirstSearch.

See here for more details, a list of the databases and where they will be going.

The plan is that these databases will become available via FirstSearch from September 2007 onwards. The Eureka database service will then end.

The English Short Title Catalogue will not transfer from Eureka and will be no longer available there once the transition is complete.

Free online full text from the BNF, the National Library of France

Europeana website

The prototype of the BNF's contribution to the European Digital Library
(EDL)/Bibliotheque numerique europeenne(BNUE)project is now online.

Google, gmail and TCD

March 8th saw the launch of a joint TCD / Google plan to provide all TCD students with gmail. Many people already have a gmail account, but the difference here is, that students will retain their @tcd.ie address.
See college web page on the subject for more details.

New LibSDC training blog

Wearing my hat as a member of the LibSDC, I've set up a blog to display the training courses and training bodies most relevant to the Library Staff in general. A member of the LibSDC compiles the list, and another will post to the blog on a monthly basis. Individual courses which people wish to advertise as they come up may also be added to the blog. Please send the details to me or John Cremin