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The article describes evidence-based librarianship (EBL) "an approach to information science that promotes the collection, interpretation, and integration of valid, important and applicable user-reported, librarian observed, and research derived evidence". It mentions that the collected evidence is then analyzed and applied to solve practical problems using a decision-making framework; and use of EBL requires that a driving question leads the process.

The article discusses multimedia book club that embrace multimedia to enhance, revitalize, and modernize the experience. Topics include libraries which access to outstanding digital audiobook lending platforms; audiobooks provide an excellent way for generating a new curiosity for literature; and growing literary YouTube subculture, BookTube channels which discuss books, analyze publishing trends, and provide personalized recommendations.

The article offers information on the challenges associated with the handling of the bibliometric indicators. It mentions that resources for bibliometric indicators as handling this shift to electronic dissemination. It discusses that how usage statistics and other metrics gleanable from online access replace the JIF for library collections decision making.

The article discusses the use of electronic resource management (ERM) as a strategy practice in academic libraries. It mentions that the use of ERM is a convenient library platform brought by the changes in scholarly publication and in digitization of library materials. It also cites the benefits of using ERM in the printing of published materials.

The article offers information on library services platform (LSP). Topics discussed include LSp migration project blueprint, data migration, and system configuration. Also being discussed are the migration skills, concepts, and LSP functionality needed under the training of LSP migration project blueprint.

The article reviews the web site SAGE Publishing, located at sagepub.com, from the SAGE Publications Inc.

The article focuses on the use of internet for gathering information related to health issues which may sometimes not be accurate and factual. Topics include information on the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode), which offers users a reliable measure of credibility when web searching health information websites; information on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Involvement website; and information on the MedlinePlus online information service.

The article offers information on the controlled digital lending (CDL), ebook model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It further discusses that the largest CDL projects was developed by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization most widely known for the Wayback Machin; the National Emergency Library during COVID-19 by the Internet Archive; and impact of CDL model on publishers' markets.

The article indicates that librarians in the U.S. are having to asses the value of their purchased resources by going beyond cost-per-use assessment. Topics discussed include library budgets under intense scrutiny and acquisition prices continuing to increase as well as the Microsoft Idenitity Integration Server (MIIS) program from Microsoft Corp. Also mentioned are calculating the basic value proposition, balancing value and coverage, addressing a future need and when altmetrics matter.

The article discusses the author recalling the memories while working for the periodical "Streaming Media," who started consulting in late 2003 with opening the company "Transitions" and getting a call from the periodical's editor, Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen. He mentions that Eric will also keep chairing the Streaming Media conferences after the end of his tenure as an editor.

The article focuses on Sci-Hub, a free download site that offers easy and free access to scholarly resources. Topics included the description and overview of Sci-Hub, its ethical context, its content of copyrighted articles, its association with information literacy, and its significance in academic publication.

The article reports on the growing number of academic and research libraries that are engaging into scholarly publishing. Topics include the creation of the Library Publishing Coalition which aims to supply a central location for academic publishing initiatives, the release of the group's "Library Publishing Directory" which provides a snapshot of the publishing activities of academic and research libraries, and online digital publishing services for a print publisher.

The article offers information in relation to library and information science, particularly on managing library's electronic resources. It features the Moon Library at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry and its effort to manage its own databases and journal holdings. Information about library's active subscriptions to electronic resource is presented.

The article discusses the different aspects of open access repositories. Topics covered include the interoperability of the repositories and the systems' ability to gather, save and share various kinds of data. Also mentioned is the need for the core processes of the repositories to be aligned with the mission of institutions that are using the systems.

The article focuses on the report of the U.S. Federal Agency and Federal Library on the Federal Library Information Network (FEDLINK). Topics discussed include promotion of services in the federal libraries, professional education and the use of resource and technologies for upliftment of federal libraries. It also mentions an overview on the publications of FEDLINK in several formats including electronic journals, electronic books and audiovisual materials.

The article focuses of signing of contracts with content vendors related to electronic resources. It states that one should read terms carefully and pay attention to capitalized words. It mentions that to know structure of a content license one can download agreements like Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR). It highlights that one should have usage rights for the resources and discusses breach of contract.

The article focuses on open access (OA). It discusses two main routes of infrastructure for OA, who pays for OA publishing and the use of OA in higher education. It mentions the relationship between OA and journal impact factor and how librarians can show their support for OA. It highlights that role of OA in social sciences and humanities.

The article focuses on the promotion of open access in research and library sectors. Publishing community groups including MIT Press, the Modern Language Associaton, and Nature Publishing Group rejected the proposed bill Research Works Act due to concerns that it would revoke the open access policy of National Institutes of Helath and other U.S. government agencies. Various funding models have been used to back open access publishing including hybrid open access, volunteerism, and membership. INSET: But How Do You Find OA Content?.

The author looks at options provided by cloud computing in protecting and preserving digital assets that represent investments of time and creative energies. He notes that digital storage services provide cloud computing technologies that deliver high levels of protection. The need for proactive attention and planning for responsible care of digital data is discussed as well as the classic approach to disaster recovery planning.

The article introduces open access ebook collections and initiatives with a brief summary of content and purpose of the site. The Open Access Publishing in European Networks or OAPEN is described as a collaborative initiative to develop and implement a sustainable Open Access publication model for book in Humanities and Social Sciences. The Director of Open Access Books or DOAB is a service of the OAPEN Foundation and Scientific Electronic Library Online or SCIELO was introduced in March 2012.

This section offers news briefs relating to the Web search engine applications as of November 2016. Science data provider Elsevier has launched a new version of its QUOSA literature management solution designed for monitoring scientific literature for adverse drug effects. The American Chemical Society is planning to form a preprint server for the global chemistry community. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged academic journal publisher OMICS Group for business predatory practices.

The article discusses online tutorials and publishing for distance-education programs of libraries. It is noted that online publishing is growing because of the emergence of online databases, electronic journals and electronic books. Libraries, on the other hand, prefer face-to-face teaching instead of online tutorial. It is recommended that libraries determine which topics to tackle in tutorials before developing them.

This article offers a look at several articles about cancer that appeared in various issues of online business magazines. In the July 2006 issue of "Scientific American," Michael F. Clarke and Michael W. Becker published an article explaining the new theory that cancer is fueled by adult progenitor or stem cells. These are not the embryonic stem cells of abortion debate fame. eMedicine from WebMD offers current disease overviews aimed at general practitioners. These are written at a perfect level for savvy health consumers. Scientific American offers overviews of the latest trends in cancer thought, explained clearly for the intelligent layperson.

The article reviews several Web sites including CSA Illustrata database at http://info.csa.com/csaillustra, Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) at www.gale.com/ebooks and Cambridge Journals Online digital collection at http://journals.cambrdige.org.

The article focuses on the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds furnished by several online chemistry and science journals. RSS is a way to disseminate a list of regularly updated information. It allows users to quickly sift through information to find items of interest. As of April 2006, the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have added in their sites table of contents for all their journals as RSS feeds. The feeds from the ACS show the title of the article, the authors, the Web release date and a linked digital object identifier (DOI) number. Using the DOI link, users can access the article's graphical abstract. RSC also added its journal titles as RSS feeds, but it also made the text and graphical abstracts available within the feeds.

Reviews several Web sites, including Kluwer Online Journal and RedLightGreen.

The article focuses on events and announcements pertaining to electronic resources of interest to librarians working in academic and adult-service public libraries. This year's American Library Association's conference, headquartered at Peabody Hotel and the Orlando County Convention Center, was bigger and more successful than the 2003 join conference with the Canadian Library Association in Toronto, Ontario, when some librarians and exhibitors cancelled near the last minute. Over 14,000 librarians joined 6,000 exhibitor attendees in Orlando. Johns Hopkins University's Project MUSE has been investigating a pricing structure for access to its 250 scholarly electronic journals in the humanities and social sciences aggregated from 40 publishers. The structure is based on type of organization and amount of usage. First, each subscribing institution will be classified into one of five tiers, according to its Carnegie classification. Concurrent with the introduction of new pricing cones the introduction of new collection group options. In recent years, some customers who could not afford the complete set could purchase subsets of the collection based on publisher groupings. In 2004 MUSE, will still operate under its original pricing structure conceived in 1994. On the exhibit floor, SPARC distributed a brochure, targeted toward authors, readers, teachers and scientists or scholars, telling why they should care about open access, how they can provide open access to their own work, and how they can help the cause of open access. specific resources mentioned in the brochure include directory of open access journals and list of institutional repositories.

Focuses on managing electronic resources in libraries. Growth of the number of electronic journals, citation databases and full-text aggregations held by libraries; Information on how libraries subscribe to electronic content; Fundamental aspects to managing electronic resources.

Deals with the use of XML in managing periodicals holdings in a library. Discussion on incorporating full-text access into an overall list of holdings; Information on the product Serials Solutions, used in maintaining an up-to-date list of library resources; Details of managing electronic and print journals; Challenges in creating a search interface that provides several search options.

Evaluates three digital facilitators that provide services to publishers by bringing their journals to the Web site for subscribers and pay-per-view customers. Archive of the Online Journal Publishing Service from the American Institute of Physics; Online information services of MetaPress, a service of the Publisher Promotion & Fulfillment division of EBSCO; Features of the American Library Association site.

Focused on how electronic journals are treated in library and information science (LIS) databases. Top electronic LIS journals; Information on the best databases from the perspective of covering electronic LIS journals; Connection between record content and online services; Inconsistencies of a uniform resource locator.

Discusses the acquisition of electronic journal subscriptions by libraries. Cost issues, including how electronic journals compare to print journals; Impact of features provided by the journal provider, customization by the library, and the format of the received material on user access; Problems of integrating electronic resources; Complications involved with license agreements; Issues related to archiving; Conclusion.

Presents an interview with Carol Hansen Montgomery, the dean of libraries at Drexel University, about their move from print to electronic journals. Why they began the inititative; How they will handle archives, including their own print archives; Creation of a position of Eletronic Resources Librarian to deal with publishers and license agreements; Questions regarding searching multiple sites; How Montgomery sees the role of aggregators, abstracting and indexing databases, and books changing as the trend toward electronic access increases.

Discusses efforts of libraries to develop a free reference source to describe online journals and aggregate content. Use of open source software by libraries; Differences between open source software and free software; Use of the software by the Washington Research Libraries Consortium; Compatibility of the software with Apache Web servers. INSET: Open Source Tools and Philosophy.

Features the technology used in science classrooms at the Greenwood Middle School in Greenwood, Indiana. Purchase of traditional textbooks along with CD-ROMs; Use of an online component called Science Brainium; Benefits of Science Brainium; Difference of the online science curriculum from an automated learning system.

Offers a look at the types of questions asked by users through the Pricing Electronic Access to Knowledge (PEAK) project to test pricing models for access to electronic journals. Background on the pricing models of the PEAK project; Advantages of providing electronic user support; Details on the measured questions and responses; Strategies for electronic support.

This section offers news briefs on online searching. ProQuest has acquired Ex Libris Group, a provider of library automation technology, from private equity firm Golden Gate Capital. Knowledge Unlatched has launched its second collection of open access books. EBSCO Health has launched the Nursing Reference Center Plus application (app) for evidence-based nursing content.

Gives advice on how to access articles from scholarly journals through search engines and databases. Information on the `Net.Journal Directory', a directory for sites that archive scholarly journals; Subscription conditions and processes; Information on the scholarly Web hosting services.

Discusses the methods of accessing electronic journals in libraries. Disadvantages of bibliographic databases from index and abstract providers; Advantage of online public access catalog; Issues regarding the access of electronic journals.

Focuses on the emergence of electronic journals or e-journals that provide scientific, technical and medical (STM) information. Origins of e-journals; Reasons for e-journal versions of peer-reviewed scholarly journals; Forecast on the developments in STM publishing.

Illustrates the use of the online `MidLink Magazine' as an educational resource. Organizations providing support for the magazine; Involvement of educators in selecting and writing articles; Examples of school projects included in the magazine. INSET: A Sampling of MidLink Projection.

Describes the online journals,`Business Week Online' published by McGraw-Hill, `Fortune' published by Time Inc. and `Forbes' published by Forbes Inc. Scope; Search features; Extra or add-on features or services.

Discusses the database availability and scope of coverage for online newspapers and business journals online. News coverage of the South China Morning Post as the widest-circulating English-language daily in Hong Kong; Full-text database of the Mideast Mirror published by MediaGen in London.

Discusses the evolution of science journals on the Internet. Effect of economic factors; Forms of Internet science journals; Internet journal standards; Instruction on how to access science journals; Internet as an up-to-date source of network journals; Requirements to network accessibility of science journals; Future trends. INSET: Profile--earth interactions.; Profile--The Florida entomologist:.

Describes the Personal Journal published by Dow Jones Business Information Services (BIS), the electronic publishing arm of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. Daily. Subscription costs; Contents including investment portfolio; Customer service.

This section offers news briefs on the information technology industry. Altmetric has launched Altmetric for Institutions, an online application that tracks and evaluates the online dissemination of higher-education institutions and the impact of authored research. William Lewis has been appointed as chief executive officer of Dow Jones. The U.S. government has launched the Interagency Pain Research Portfolio which features more than 1,200 research projects.

The article offers news briefs related to the internet industry as of March 1, 2014. Cengage Learning Inc. to be out of bankruptcy after entering into an agreement with its creditors. The company EBSCO Information Services has acquired the alternative research metrics provider Plum Analytics. James P. McGinty to retire as vice chairman of Cambridge Information Group Inc. (CIG)

The article reports that the European Commission's Open Access (OA) policy, funded by the European Union (EU), is improvements "Monitoring the Open Access Policy of Horizon 2020" examines the OA progress of the Horizon 2020 program for scientific research and innovation. Topics include the European Commission's leadership in the Open Science policy has paid off Compliance has steadily increased; and European Commission collaborating closely with funding agencies across Europe.

This section offers news briefs concerning the online search industry. The Library of Congress finished its initial archiving of donated public Twitter messages from 2006 to April 2010, as it holds about 170 billion tweets. ProQuest introduced online and print editions of the book "ProQuest Statistical Abstract," which feature statistical tables that are updated monthly and can search results by data date, subject, and data breakdown type.

The author provides an update on the CLOCKSS Archive digital preservation which preserves all Web-published content including supplementary materials, branding, presentation and all file formats. He explains that the non-profit Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (CLOCKSS) aims to build a sustainable, geographically distributed dark archive to ensure the survival of web-based scholarly publications. The open source software development approach is discussed.