| Ovarian Cancer 2012 |
| Mexico 2010 |
| The Cambridge World History of Food, vol. 1 |
| Concise Guide to Information Literacy 2012 |
| The Rough Guide to Windows 7 2009 |
| The Science of Nutrition 2013 |
| Corporate Disasters 2012 |
| Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, 2nd ed., vol. 1 |
| American Indian Biographies, Rev. ed. 2005 |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine Sourcebook e4 2010 |
Looks like it was a pretty intense month.
Tomorrow night is the opening of the Winter Olympics. This is just a reminder that the symbol of the Olympic rings cannot be used without written permission of the International Olympic Committee. For more information, please see: http://www.olympic.org/legal-information/documents-reports-studies-publications
Have you looked at the Gale Virtual Reference Library today? Things look very different–we now have access to everything Gale has published as an ebook. How did this happen?
Last year Gale announced an innovative new purchase option – a Usage-Driven Acquisition (UDA) model – for its Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) e-book platform. Unlike options currently offered by other e-book providers, this new purchase model will allow libraries to purchase e-books based on actual usage, allowing libraries to perform evidence-based collection development.
Customers interested in the UDA model will make an upfront deposit (minimums apply) and will get complete access to the full line of Gale and Gale imprint e-titles, roughly 2,000 titles, for six months. At the end of the six month period, e-books with the greatest usage will be automatically added permanently to the library’s GVRL collection and deducted from the library’s initial deposit. As with GVRL’s traditional purchase model, once an e-book is purchased, libraries have unlimited, simultaneous use of the title. Gale is also working directly with third party publishers to incorporate their titles into this program.
Our Reference Services Committee decided to take the plunge and give it a try. The titles that we don’t currently own are not in our catalog at this time, they’re only available once you’re in GVRL.
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