JISC National eBooks Observatory project: final reports

The reports generated by the NeBO project are now available on the JISC website at:
http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/reports

Background from the site:
"In 2007 the JISC national e-books observatory project was set up to undertake market research to help e-book publishers, aggregators, libraries and funding bodies understand the behaviours of e-book users and to assess the impact of free at-the-point of use course text e-books on traditional print sales to students. The huge amount of empirical data gathered through the Observatory project will help all of us to take informed decisions based on real evidence rather than assumptions. The data is available for all to use and we hope that by sharing the data, we encourage further collaboration and the development of new ideas and solutions that meet the needs and expectations of users."

Trial to Springer Image databases

Through our current subscription to images.MD , the online medical images library, we have set up a trial to the whole Springer Image database which offers more than 1.7 million images spanning science, technology and medicine, in an online collection of photos, graphs, histograms, figures and tables. Search captions, keywords, context and more, even jumping from image to source article. Users can create personalized image “sets” and export images for use in presentations or lectures.
Access the database through the eLibrary Gateway or, on campus, directly at SpringerImages and explore the potential for your research and teaching. Please feedback your views on this service to the blog or to the library staff.

Film and Sound Online

The following films have been added to Film & Sound Online this month and can be accessed along with other Wellcome Film titles.
Note: films marked with an asterisk (*) are medically restricted.

Collection: Wellcome Film
A Question of confidence
A question of balance
A way with warbles
An introduction to NMR theory
Mosquitoes and malaria
On leprosy
Paste dosing
Spastics?
* The organic acidaemias
* The role of prostaglandins in the inflammatory response of the skin Venomous snakes - medical aspects
Vision: the structure of the eye.
* What is a spastic?

A list of previously added films can also be found at - http://www.filmandsound.ac.uk/updates.shtml

Staffing update

Following the departure of Rachael Adair to Lincoln College, Ruth Curtis has been appointed Faculty Team Librarian, Derby Medical School Library on a two year fixed term contract. Ruth has previously worked in the JCG, George Green and Greenfield Medical Libraries and she has worked at Derby Medical School Library since it opened in 2003. Ruth brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this post and she will be a valuable addition to the Medicine and Health Sciences Team.

October New Book Arrivals

A listing of all new book arrivals for October is now available.
It includes new titles purchased in the medical, health sciences and nursing subject areas. To view click on the link "New Book Arrivals" on the right hand menu.

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds Supporter Membership of BioMed Central

The NIHR has agreed a membership arrangement with BioMed Central to support publication of research articles in the publisher’s open access journals.

Under the terms of the NIHR's Supporter Membership arrangement, all NHS researchers supported by the NIHR and its partners will benefit from a 15% discount on publication fees when publishing in any of BioMed Central’s 200 peer-reviewed open access journals. Researchers are expected to acknowledge NIHR support.

A list of open access articles by NIHR-funded researchers recently published in BioMed Central journals can be found on the institution’s BioMed Central Member Page: http://www.biomedcentral.com/inst/37456

Cochrane Journal Club

The Cochrane Library has just launched the Cochrane Journal Club, a new free resource to support clinicians and researchers. Key articles are taken and expanded with background information, podcasts, powerpoint slides of key figures and tables and discussion questions. The first Cochrane Journal Club is on Biologics for rheumatoid arthritis – www.cochranejournalclub.com