COPPUL Outstanding Contribution Award

COPPUL is pleased to announce a new award to be given to an individual or team, working in a member library, that has made an outstanding contribution to the consortium.

The Outstanding Contribution Award may be given annually to recognize exemplary contributions to the mission of COPPUL.

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:
A call for nominations will be sent out before November 15 each year to all COPPUL listservs and posted on the COPPUL Blog.

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 31 of each year

Nominations are to be sent to the COPPUL Office. Discussion of the award will be led by the Director(s) of the institution(s) employing the nominee(s) at the March meeting. A decision will be made by majority vote of the members present at that 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.

Canadian Electronic Library / ebrary meeting at CLA Conference

From Gary Gibson, Gibson Library Connections:

I am writing today to invite you to join us for our “third annual ebrary / CEL users group meeting” to be held in conjunction with the CLA Conference in St. John’s this month.

This is an annual event where we bring both current customers and other interested parties together to discuss issues of common interest concerning e-books in general and ebrary and Canadian Electronic Library in particular.

This is not a sales presentation or product demonstration but rather a roundtable discussion covering topics relevant to you and your organization that will help both ebrary and Gibson Library Connections better serve the Canadian market and adapt to the ever changing landscape.

Some of the topics we will cover include:

Subscription or perpetual access?
Key licensing issues
Desired interface enhancements
New or revised product offerings
Consortia opportunities

Your participation at this gathering will help shape the future of CEL & ebrary services in Canada and your feedback is extremely valuable.

When: Thursday, May 24th, 7:30 am
(We’ll wrap up by 8:45 to get you to your first conference session)
Where: Delta Hotel, Governor Gower Room
120 New Gower Street, St. John’s, NL
What: Roundtable Meeting with continental breakfast
Hosts: Gary & Bob Gibson, Gibson Library Connections
Bryan Keane, ebrary Regional Sales Manager

Please RSVP by May 11th.

Due to high demand at the Conference hotel we are faced with limited space availability so we ask that if you are unable to attend that you contact us about designating an alternate contact to represent your organization but that otherwise you treat this as a personal invitation.

Thanks & Regards, Gary

Withdrawn Print Journals

Call for expressions of interest in withdrawn print journal titles University of Saskatchewan Library.

The University of Saskatchewan Library has recently withdrawn a number of print journal titles which are duplicated in electronic form via the JSTOR electronic journal subscriptions. These titles were removed to meet the physical requirements of the newly created University Learning Centre and the Library Transformation Project. The Library is now in the process of disposing of these withdrawn print volumes through calls for expressions of interest. First priority will be given to interested U of S departments and colleges and then Saskatchewan and other Canadian libraries.

If you are interested in considering these titles for your library's collection please review the policies and procedures document which outlines the responsibilities of the requestor and the review process for expressions of interest. This document, along with a list of available titles, including holdings information and linear cm measurements, can be found on the University of Saskatchewan's website at: https://library.usask.ca/ULC-LTP. Expressions of interest may be submitted via email to Ken Ladd, Associate Dean (ken.ladd@usask.ca) and must be received by May 15, 2007.

For more information, or if you have any questions about the dispersal process or the list of titles please contact Carol Shepstone, Head Access Services (carol.shepstone@usask.ca) or Ken Ladd, Associate Dean (ken.ladd@usask.ca).

Transitioning to Open Access: Action and Advocacy

Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 9:00 - noon
Earl and Jennie Lohn Floor Policy Room
Simon Fraser University - Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC

The Canadian Library Association's Task Force on Open Access (OA) warmly invites you to join the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC), and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) for a presentation and discussion on transitioning to open access. This is a pre-conference to the PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2007 (http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/index.php).

Presentations from three speakers, Heather Joseph (SPARC), Heather Morrison (CLA Task Force on Open Access), and Kathleen Shearer (CARL) will begin the half-day. These will be followed by discussion groups which will look at topics such as:

• What policy and advocacy initiatives could my library undertake to promote open access to scholarly literature?
• What policy and advocacy initiatives could the CLA and/or CARL undertake to promote open access to scholarly literature?
• Sharing successful initiatives (and failures) that have been undertaken at your institution to promote open access/changes to the scholarly communications system.

Registration is required. Registration is online, at http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/registration.php

If you have already registered for the PKP conference, please register again for the CLA preconference. The two registrations can be combined into one single payment if desired.

CLA members: $40
non-members: $50

The website for Transitioning to Open Access: Action and Advocacy is http://ocs.sfu.ca/pkp2007/cla-pre-conference.php.

Global Market Information Database (GMID)

Global Market Information Database (GMID) from Euromonitor International has been added to the list of COPPUL subscriptions.

Euromonitor is extending a 15% discount to new and existing subscribers. COPPUL’s subscription term runs from Feb. 15, 2007 to Feb. 14, 2008. Current subscribers will join the COPPUL agreement (with a 15% discount) when their direct subscriptions come up for renewal. They will be pro-rated to the common renewal date of Feb. 15, 2008. New subscribers are welcome to join at any time.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Euromonitor International's Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an online business information system providing business intelligence on countries, consumers and industries. It offers integrated access to statistics, market reports, company profiles and information sources. 205 countries are researched, with extended coverage of 52.

Elsevier Book Series on ScienceDirect

COPPUL has issued an invitation to members to participate in a subscription to Elsevier's Book Series on ScienceDirect.

Available Book Series include:

• Business, Management & Economics Package
• Chemistry Package
• Life Sciences Package
• Methods in Enzymology
• Psychology Package
• Social Sciences Package

Information about the products: http://www.info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/bookseries/

Subscription Period: January 1 to December 31, 2007 (pro-rated from May 1).

Response Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2007.

Members should respond to Debbie Braun at COPPUL.

Canadian Learning Commons Conference 2

Canadian Learning Commons Conference 2: Continuing the Conversation
April 29 - May 1, 2007
UBC and SFU

Whether your institution is considering creating a learning commons, has reached the planning stage, or is up and running, you are invited to join colleagues from across North America for the second annual Canadian Learning Commons Conference in Vancouver, BC, April 29 - May 1, 2007.

Simon Fraser University Student Learning Commons and Library, in partnership with the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and University of British Columbia Library, are pleased to host this opportunity to "continue the conversation" begun last year at the University of Guelph.

Registration is now open. The conference program is still being finalized so check back for more details as the program evolves.

Elaine Fairey and Simon Neame
2007 Conference Co-Chairs

http://www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/clcc2/index.html

Canadian Social Investment Database (CSID)

COPPUL has issued an invitation to members to participate in a TAL/COPPUL coordinated subscription to Canadian Social Investment Database (CSID) from Jantzi Research Inc.

Information about the product: http://www.jantziresearch.com/index.asp?section=2&level_2=3

Subscription Period: 01-April-2007 to 31-March-2008.

Response Deadline: Friday, March 23, 2007.

Members outside Alberta should respond to COPPUL.

Members in Alberta should respond to TAL.

Gibson Library Connections presentation

The UBC Library will be hosting a presentation by Gary Gibson, of Gibson Library connections, along with his counterparts from Alexander Street Press, ebrary and Paratext. The presentation will take place on Thursday, April 19, just prior to the opening of the BCLA Conference, and is open to library staff from other COPPUL institutions.

Eileen Lawrence, Vice President Sales & Marketing for Alexander Street Press will be sharing the latest news and demonstrating many of the newly released products from this publisher of collections in the humanities and social sciences.

Gina McCue, Vice President North American Sales for ebrary will talk about recent developments from this eContent services & technology provider and supply information about plans for 2007 relating to new functionality and content.

Eric Calaluca, President of Paratext will be presenting their three databases: 19th Century Masterfile, an index to periodicals, books, patents, newspapers, and government documents for that period; Reference Universe, a resource integrating print reference sources with online databases; and Public Documents Masterfile, an electronic guide to U.S. and international public documents covering over 200 years.

Gary Gibson will wrap up with information about some of the other publishers he represents, including Xrefer and InteLex Past Masters.

To register, go to: http://toby.library.ubc.ca/booking/description.cfm?sessionid=3806

NetLibrary Collection 4

COPPUL will start NetLibrary Collection 4 on March 1. The collection will be commonly referred to as COPPUL IV and libraries will see the collection listed in that way in the NetLibrary Resource Centre, where ownership and use reports can be generated.

There will be 14 libraries participating in this new collection:

Athabasca U.
Concordia U.C.
Malaspina U.C.
Simon Fraser U.
Thompson Rivers U.
Trinity Western U.
U.C. of the Fraser Valley
U. of Alberta
U. of Lethbridge
U. of Manitoba
U. of Regina
U. of Saskatchewan
U. of Victoria
U. of Winnipeg

An updated copy of the NetLibrary user guide and the latest consortia eligible title list have been sent to the participants.