New Products

The following two products were recently added to COPPUL’s inventory of database licenses:

• Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is the first online journal featuring video demonstrations of experimental measures. This new method of scientific publishing allows researchers and students to learn new experiments much faster than traditional text journals, thereby increasing the reproducibility and the efficiency of research in the biological sciences.

• Merck Index Online is the internationally recognized encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. The entries cover a wide range of compounds that have been selected by the editors on the basis of present or historic importance and interest.

For more information on these products, please contact Debbie Braun, COPPUL Licensing Coordinator.

New COPPUL Executive Director

The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Gwen Bird, Associate University Librarian, Collections, Simon Fraser University, as the next Executive Director, effective October 17, 2011. Gwen will replace Alexander (Sandy) Slade who will be leaving COPPUL on October 28th.

Effective October 17, the new COPPUL contact information will be:

COPPUL
Bennett Library
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6

Email: execdir@coppul.ca
Phone: 778-782-9404
Fax: 778-782-3023