The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 2,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 5 years to get that many views.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Library Journal’s “Best Overall Database” for 2012! See what made Gale Virtual Reference Library the readers’ choice: more than 8,000 authoritative reference titles, improved navigation, a colorful new interface, cross-searching ease, and much more.
January 2, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
January 10, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
January 18, 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
January 21, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
January 29, 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Biography in Context
Biography in Context delivers outstanding school and academic research support with up-to-date biographical entries spanning centuries and continents. Discover how this resource can enhance assignments (and improve outcomes) through multidisciplinary content on notable figures and the societal forces that shaped their lives.
January 4, 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
January 23, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
History in Context
History in Context delivers comprehensive, contextual, media-rich search results. Learn about this extensive online collection of scholarly analysis, award-winning full-text periodicals, reference works, and primary-source documents.
January 10, 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
January 30, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
At the end of November Terry Beck sent an email about changes coming in 2013 to our subscription resources, especially our EBSCO package, as a result of our 2013 allocation for electronic resources. Here is a recap of the changes that we will see on January 1st:
New additions we will find:
We will no longer see:
I will be adding “subscription ending 12/31/12” notes to our website this week. Please share with staff and be sure to send any questions or comments to the your Reference Services Committee representative, Christa Werle, or Terry Beck. Thank you!
http://www.librarystuff.net/2012/12/07/macbeth-goes-digital-folger-shakespeare-library-launches-digital-texts/
Read a play here: http://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/
Interesting top ten this time.
| Stress-Related Disorders Sourcebook e3 2011 |
| Strategic Management, 1st American ed. 2009 |
| Aztec, Rev. ed. 2011 |
| Reincarnation 2009 |
| Building a Team 2011 |
| Early Civilizations in the Americas Reference Library, vol. 1: Almanac, vol.1 |
| VideoHound’s Golden Movie Retriever e2013 2013 |
| Business Plans Handbook, vol. 25 |
| Religions, 1st American ed 2008 |
| Science and Its Times, vol. 3: 1450-1699 |
These changes will take place beginning tomorrow to keep content current & relevant:
The following tests will be removed:
The following eBooks will be removed:
The following is a summary of products that will be added in 2013:
As the year comes to a close, we want to remind you that Morningstar Mutual Funds will be discontinued at the end of December 2012. This newsletter will be replaced with the Dividend Investor newsletter in January 2013.
Our friends at the Pew Internet and American Life Project have just released a new study about cell phone use in the U.S. It’s a fascinating look at how that little device has transformed life!
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