Nominations Sought for the COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award

Nominations are now open for the COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award for 2008. (Apologies for any duplication in posting).

This award may be given to an individual or team, working in a member library, that has made an outstanding contribution to the consortium.

Eligibility:
Individuals currently employed by COPPUL member institutions. Note: COPPUL Board members and COPPUL staff are not eligible.

Criteria:
Contributions should enhance service in multiple COPPUL libraries, i.e. have an impact within the region.

Procedures:
Nominations can be made by staff of any COPPUL member library, and should be no more than two pages in length.

Nominations must include:
* Name of individual being nominated, and home institution
* Description and impact of the exemplary contribution
* Contribution to the COPPUL mission
* Other supporting/relevant documentation
* Name of nominator and home institution
* One letter of support (the ‘seconder’)

Deadline for nominations:
January 30, 2009.

Nominations are to be sent to Sandy Slade <coppul@royalroads.ca> at the COPPUL Office. A decision will be made by the Directors at the spring 2009 meeting. All nominations will remain confidential to the COPPUL Directors and staff.

The award will consist of a plaque and a gift certificate for $200.

COPPUL Fall Meeting

The Minutes from the COPPUL fall meeting are now available on the website in PDF format at http://www.coppul.ca/minutes/minutes-index.html

Cambridge Histories Online

Seven COPPUL members recently participated in the one-time purchase of Cambridge Histories Online. This unique historical reference compendium of over 250 volumes is now available online for the first time, adding immense value to the texts and enhancing any aspect of historical research.

Since CHO is a one-time purchase, members are welcome to join the subscription anytime after the September 1st start date but will be eligible for the "introductory" prices only until the end of this year. Cambridge University Press is planning to increase pricing by 10% as of January 1, 2009.

For more information about joining this subscription, please contact Debbie Braun debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

Augustana Information Literacy Workshop

Registration is open for the 8th Annual “Augustana Information Literacy in Academic Libraries” Workshop.

Go to http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/library/workshop for information and to register. 

When
9am to 4pm on Thursday, November 20, 2008 (with optional Wednesday, November 19 evening dinner)

Where
Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, Camrose, Alberta, Canada

Topic
Considering Assessment: Evaluating Student Learning and Informing Evidence-Based Decisions Using Rubrics and Performance Measures

Presenter
Dr. Megan Oakleaf
Assistant Professor
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University

Space is limited: Register early for the lowest registration price and for Edmonton shuttles - they fill fast!

For more information, contact Nancy Goebel ngoebel@AUGUSTANA.CA

Canadian Historical Review

The Canadian Historical Review Archive (1897-2007) and Canadian Historical Review Online (2008-) from the University of Toronto Press have been added to the list of COPPUL subscriptions.

The subscription period is January 1 to December 31, 2009 but subscribers will have free online access for the remainder of 2008. For libraries that choose a print+online combined subscription, the print subscription will begin with v.90, 2009.

For more information about joining these subscriptions, please contact Debbie Braun debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

Announcing the Library Information Literacy Online Network or LION TV

The ANimated Tutorial Sharing Project (ANTS) Team would like to announce the introduction of their new site: the Library Information Literacy Online Network or LION TV (http://liontv.blip.tv).

LION TV is an educational network where information literacy broadcasts are directed at teachers, professors, students or members of the general public. It will not replace the ANTS worksites used by professional librarians, but rather will serve to enhance the work of the ANTS members by providing them with (1) an online network with video sharing capabilities and a better screen resolution than YouTube, and (2) a means of pushing the broadcasts created for ANTS out to popular brand sites where people spend time online. These sites include Facebook, Blinkx, iTunes, Flickr, AOL Video, Yahoo Video, MySpace, MeFeedia, Meebo, MeeVee, Lyco Mix, del.ic.ious and Internet Archive. Even though the broadcasts are not on YouTube, they are ubiquitous.

For more information about LION TV’s Push, Sharing, Syndication, Subscription and Embedding features, visit the official announcement of LION TV at the ANTS Wiki. It is at: http://ants.wetpaint.com/page/ANTS+and+LION+TV


The ANTS Team

Migne's Patrologiæ Græcæ

COPPUL has sent out an invitation to members to participate in an offer for Migne's Patrologiæ Græcæ.

Subscription Term: June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2009

Response Deadline: May 23, 2008

For more information about this offer, contact Debbie Braun at debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

Palgrave Macmillan Online Reference Works

COPPUL has sent out an invitation to members to participate in an offer for two online products from Palgrave Macmillan:

- Dictionary of Economics Online, 2nd edition
- Statesman’s Yearbook 2008 Online

Subscription Term: June 1, 2008 – May 31, 2009

Response Deadline: May 16, 2008

For more information about this offer, contact Debbie Braun at debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award

COPPUL is pleased to announce that two Outstanding Contribution Awards have been granted for 2008.

The winners are:
- Chuck Humphrey, Data Library Coordinator, University of Alberta, and
- Gwen Bird, Associate University Librarian, Collections Services, Simon Fraser University.

Chuck is being recognized for his many contributions through ACCOLEDS (A COPPUL Consortium of Library Electronic Data Services).

Gwen is being recognized for her service as the COPPUL representative on the CRKN Negotiations Resource Team.

Congratulations to both Chuck and Gwen!

COPPUL Spring Meeting

The Minutes from the COPPUL spring meeting are now available on the website in PDF format at http://www.coppul.ca/minutes/minutes-index.html

New Strategic Plan

COPPUL has a new strategic plan for 2008-2011. The plan is available in PDF format at http://www.coppul.ca/keydocs/index.html

SAGE Databases on EBSCOhost

COPPUL has added the following SAGE databases from EBSCO to its list of subscriptions. They are:

Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Educational Administration Abstracts
Family Studies Abstracts
Human Resources Abstracts
Peace Research Abstracts
Public Administration Abstracts
Race Relations Abstracts
Shock & Vibration Digest
Urban Studies Abstracts
Violence & Abuse Abstracts

The subscription period for all these titles is March 1, 2008 - February 28, 2009.

For information about joining any of these subscriptions, please contact Debbie Braun debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

Royal Society Journal Packages

COPPUL has added the following two Royal Society Journal Packages to its list of subscriptions for 2008:

*Package B: Biological Sciences Collection
*Package S: Excellence in Science Collection

Included in the subscription is exclusive online access to the Royal Society Digital Journal Archive dating back to 1665 and containing more than 60,000 articles.

For more information about this product, please contact Debbie Braun debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

NISC Databases on EBSCOhost

COPPUL has added two new EBSCO databases to its list of subscriptions. They are:

*Arctic & Antarctic Regions (AAR) - renewal date February 1
*The Left Index - renewal date January 1

In addition, new subscribers have been added to two existing COPPUL subscriptions from EBSCO:

*Middle Eastern & Central Asian Studies (MECAS)
*Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide (WESW)

For information about joining any of these subscriptions, please contact Debbie Braun debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca

SAGE Indexes from EBSCO

COPPUL has sent out an invitation to members to participate in an offer for the following SAGE databases on EBSCOhost:

Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Educational Administration Abstracts
Family Studies Abstracts
Human Resources Abstracts
Peace Research Abstracts
Public Administration Abstracts
Race Relations Abstracts
Shock & Vibration Digest
Urban Studies Abstracts
Violence & Abuse Abstracts

Subscription Term: March 1, 2008 to Feb 28, 2009

Response Deadline: February 22, 2008

For more information about this offer, contact Debbie Braun at debbie.braun@accesscomm.ca