SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Birmingham University (27 Mar 2009)
• CONSER (15 Apr 2009)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Apr 2009)
• Dundee University (02 Apr 2009)
• Exeter University (03 Apr 2009)
• Glasgow University (06 Apr 2009)
• Hull University (02 Apr 2009)
• Leicester University (17 Apr 2009)
• Sheffield University (13 Apr 2009)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Edinburgh Napier University (08 Apr 2009)
• Leeds University (24 Mar 2009)
• Liverpool University (07 Apr 2009)
• National Library of Scotland (06 Apr 2009)
• School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (31 Mar 2009)
• Southampton University (30 Mar 2009)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Cardiff University (25 Mar 2009)
• CONSER (01 Apr 2009)
• Durham University (23 Mar 2009)
• Edinburgh University (21 Mar 2009)
• Kent University (01 Apr 2009)
• London Business School (07 Apr 2009)
• Natural History Museum (17 Mar 2009)
• Nottingham University (01 Apr 2009)
• Oxford University (24 Mar 2009)
• Queen's University, Belfast (01 Apr 2009)
• Royal College of Music (01 Apr 2009)
• University of the West of England (23 Mar 2009)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past few weeks. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• British Library (27 March 2009)
• Cranfield University (20 March 2009)
• National Museum Wales (20 March 2009)
• Sheffield Hallam University (06 March 2009)
• Society of Antiquaries of London (17 March 2009)
• Swansea University (14 March 2009)
• University College London (12 March 2009)
• Warwick University (01 April 2009)
• Wellcome Library (19 March 2009)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT at UKSG (II)

Last week, two SUNCAT team members (Natasha and Moira) attended the UKSG annual conference in Torquay. This was a fascinating three day meeting, covering anything and everything to do with serials and e-resources. It was also a chance to meet up with some of our contributing libraries’ representatives on a face-to-face basis.

As far as the plenary and breakout sessions were concerned, the highlights included a talk by Joseph Janes from the University of Washington Information School, who commented that an environment which looks familiar, but is slightly off-kilter, is highly disorientating; referring this to scholarly communications, he said that comfortable territory was being left behind in the march forward, but that the future is not yet an alien landscape. However, the serial as it exists now is evolving, and that has to be accounted for in library practices.
Three sessions on e-books were also interesting. One session of note concerned the JISC national e-books observatory project, which concluded that e-books which were free at the point of use did not have a significant impact on print sales. Moira particularly liked these sessions, as she likes to keep abreast of developments in e-resources as a whole, not simply serials, and so found them useful.
Both Natasha and Moira appreciated the talk by Jill Taylor-Roe from Newcastle University, which considered the current economic climate and the “Big Deal” packages offered by publishers. It was interesting to note that a number of libraries are considering cancelling their Big Deals to concentrate on more specific journal titles.
A highlight for Natasha was the breakout session offered by Dave Pattern, from the University of Huddersfield, which illustrated how Web 2.0 can infiltrate the library OPAC to give increased functionality and usability.

However, the high point of the conference had to be the infamous UKSG quiz – with EDINA representatives on the winning team!

Next year, the UKSG annual conference is being held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. SUNCAT hopes to see some of you there!

(For more details of the UKSG conference, please see the website: http://www.uksg.org/ and the live blog from the conference: http://liveserials.blogspot.com/ )

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past few weeks. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• CONSER (15 Mar 2009)
• Exeter University (06 Mar 2009)
• ISSN (15 Mar 2009)
• King's College London (01 Mar 2009)
• London School of Economics & Political Science (12 Feb 2009)
• Newcastle University (11 Mar 2009)
• Oxford University (09 Mar 2009)
• Royal Botanic Garden, Kew (02 Mar 2009)
• Sheffield University (14 Mar 2009)
• York University (06 Mar 2009)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.