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Use data updates, 11/3/09

November 3, 2009 on 4:20 pm | In Use Data Updates | No Comments

September use data has been added for:
IEEE

October use data has been added for:
AMS MathSciNet

VIVA Users’ Group Meeting, October 29, 2009

November 3, 2009 on 12:29 pm | In vivalib_announcements | No Comments

A brief summary of the Users’ Group Meeting and some of the materials presented at the meeting have been posted at http://www.vivalib.org/committees/outreach/vla09/index.html

VIVA Users Group Meeting at VLA

November 3, 2009 on 12:07 pm | In vivalib_announcements | No Comments

Colleagues,
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the VIVA Users’ Group on October 29. It’s always wonderful to see so many old friends and to get a chance to meet some new folks too. It was a packed room, a full agenda, and I think everyone learned something.

Our thanks to Alan Zoellner (W&M for his update on the Stat-USA Task Force (we will be posting the link to the website soon) and to Donna Hughes-Oldenburg for her update on the VIVA TF on the OCLC Reclamation Project (we will post the report soon) and ODU’s experiences with the reclamation project.

A very special thanks to Iris Moubray (JMU Procurement) for stepping in to discuss procurement with us as a last minute replacement for Madelyn Wessel. (Madelyn was very sorry to be called away at the last minute and has agreed to try to join us next year to do her talk on licensing, so we can look forward to that.) As many of you know, Iris is something akin to a “National Treasure” in VIVA lore and it is my extreme pleasure to be able to work with her and her colleagues at JMU. They do a fantastic job and VIVA members benefit every day from their excellent work.

Andrew Pearson, Director at Bridgewater College, took notes throughout the entire meeting (Thank you!) and we will post those as soon as they are available.

In the meantime, David Fiumara has sent this note about a question Tara raised about articles in the Safari Tech Books:

In addition to all of the book content we offer, Safari also provides related articles as well. Here is the information off our product book that you can share:

Related Articles - Technical articles written by experts in their field from such trusted sources as O’Reilly Network and IBM DeveloperWorks add additional value. They offer targeted treatments of technology topics that complement our existing content

I am also including the link to our website for Safari as well.

http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/safari_tech_books.shtml

Anyone wishing more information can contact David directly
david.fiumara@proquest.com

Finally, many thanks again to our vendors — those who were present and even some of those who couldn’t be with us — for their generous donations. We had drawings throughout the session for a lot of cool “techie stuff”, tote bags, beautiful books, bookstore gift certificates, a Harry and David gift basket, and even an iPod Shuffle. So not only was it an informative session, but one might even say it was especially rewarding for many in the audience.

Next year’s VIVA Users’ Group will again be scheduled in conjunction with the Virginia Library Association meeting, October 28-29, 2010, Portsmouth, VA. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Let us know if you have suggestions for topics to be included.

All best,
Kathy and Tansy

Stat-USA Subject Guide

November 2, 2009 on 4:34 pm | In vivalib_announcements | No Comments

The VIVA Stat-USA Task Force has created at Subject Guide to assist users in discovering some of the materials formerly available through Stat-USA. It is available here:

http://guides.lib.virginia.edu/VIVAstats

Members are also reminded that U.S. Federal depository libraries in Virginia have access to STAT-USA. A list of Federal depository libraries is available here: http://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/public.jsp.

If your library is a Federal depository library and you have not yet received a password for STAT-USA, information about obtaining access is available here: http://www.fdlp.gov/outreach/partnerships/268-statusa-access

Please join us in thanking the VIVA STAT-USA Task Force members for their work on this project.

Use data updates, 10/28/2009

October 28, 2009 on 4:28 pm | In Use Data Updates | No Comments

September use data has been added for:

Wiley-Blackwell

July - September use data has been added for:

Oxford University Press

VIVA User’s Group Meeting at VLA

October 28, 2009 on 3:00 pm | In General | No Comments

One final reminder to please join us for the VIVA User’s Group Meeting at the annual VLA conference tomorrow, October 29, from 4 - 6 PM.

In addition to the VIVA Update and our brief vendor updates, the following speakers will be featured:

* Donna Hughes-Oldenburg (Virginia Tech) will discuss the work of the VIVA OCLC Reclamation Task Force.

* Alan Zoellner (College of William & Mary) will briefly address the work done by the VIVA STAT-USA Task Force.

* Kathy Perry and Iris Moubray (JMU Procurement) will lead a panel discussion and Q&A session on VIVA Procurement practices that should prove to be both informative and provocative.

Madelyn Wessel (UVA) will unfortunately not be able to join us as planned. We’ll look forward to hearing from Madelyn at a future meeting.

Hope to see you all in Williamsburg!