New ALIA member benefit - full text LIS journals

ALIA has just announced that they will be joining forces with Proquest to provide ALIA members with access to more than 100 online full-text LIS journals. Titles will include Library Journal, Computers in Libraries and The Electronic Library.

For those working in small, special libraries, access to LIS journals is often not readily available so this news is very welcome, particularly with regards professional development and evidence-based practice.

More details will be made available in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.

HLA News, Dec 07 issue

The December 2007 issue of HLA News was emailed to members late last year. This issue is now also available to members on the HLA website.

Contents include:
Austin Health Library Survey | From Your Convenor | NSW Health Libraries Forum report | EBLIP4 Conference report | Writing a paper: two scientific perspectives | HLA at Dreaming08 | Management Strategies for Library & Information Service Centres: a conference report | Left Field: library branding and marketing

All other issues of HLA News, including the Nov 2007 issue, are available open access.

Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association

Volume 28, Number 4, Fall 2007 is now available. Click here to access the contents.

The feature article is - Introducing Web 2.0: wikis for health librarians.

Information Valuation

The latest issue of Elsevier's Library Connect newsletter has the theme 'Information Valuation'. Articles and columns include:

• How marketing can help increase the value of e-resource investments: Five key findings;
• Study shows migration to online books saves libraries money and increases usage
• Librarians Speak Up:How is your library determining its value?