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AccessEngineering - trial

UQ Library is trialling AccessEngineering until 5 March 2013. AccessEngineering provides:

Please email your feedback on the trial, thank you.

The Global University Press

Peter J. Dougherty, Director of Princeton University Press, reflects on how university presses are embracing new technologies to continue their role in driving global scholarship.
Now university presses can become an even larger and more influential force in the global theatre of ideas by capitalizing on two converging trends: the growth of global scholarship and the expansion of digital communications networks. Read the full article.

Access to John Murtagh's General Practice online to cease in June

The publisher is withdrawing online access to John Murtagh's general practice resource from 12th June 2012.

Access to the hard copy books is available via this link for the 5th edition and this link for the 4th edition.

Access to various chapters have been made available via the Library course reserve for MEDI3005.

IFLA Releases Background Paper on e-Lending

We have been receiving many requests from Teacher-Librarians about issues relating to e-books and e-lending and the implications this has for School Libraries.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has drafted a background paper on digital lending.

The paper attempts to:

  • Provide an overview of the issues relating to eBooks in libraries;
  • Summarise the current positions of publishers in both the scholarly publishing and trade publishing sectors;
  • Summarise the differences in the way that academic/research libraries and public libraries address the issue of digital collections;
  • Address the legal context for eLending and library principles that must be upheld in any suitable models;
  • Provide a detailed legal analysis of e-Lending