PLoS: Now with -Article Level Metrics-
“The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is the first publisher to place transparent and comprehensive information about the usage and reach of published articles onto the articles themselves … We call these measures for evaluating articles ‘Article-Level Metrics‘…” –PLoS website Visit PLoS’ recently re-vamped site, read up on what the new Metrics include… and what’s […]
Nature Archive: Issues back to 1869
“Every boy should be furnished with a small deal board, a lens, and a sharp knife.” –Science-Teaching in Schools, Nature, 1869 You can now peruse every issue of Nature from 1869 to the present. Read what was being written about Darwin. Read what Darwin wrote about “Rats and Water-Casks.”
Wireless for Walk-ins?: Yes, but…
So, can walk-ins access the internet from their laptops at UBC? Yes, but only if they fall into two groups: people with FatPort accounts or visitors affiliated with institutions that use eduroam. For more FatPort info, visit UBC IT’s FatPort page. For more eduroam info and the institutions participating, visit UBC IT’s eduroam page. For […]
UBC eLink (SFX): Down at 2:00
*UPDATE* …and we’re back online. Yikes! We’ve lost it for the moment. Stay tuned.
ProQuest: Some Databases Acting Up
*UPDATE* All fixed, per ProQuest. “We are currently experiencing system difficulties and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you and your users. We have every available resource working on the problem…” Hmm. Sounds like a peck of trouble down at the ol’ ProQuest place. Everything seemed to be working briefly around 3:30 pm. […]
EZproxy Server: *Back Up*
EZProxy service is back. Friday’s problems now resolved. — We’re having problems with our ezproxy server. Systems staff are investigating and we hope access will be restored as quickly as possible. In the meantime, resources authenticated via EZProxy are unavailable. We apologize especially for the inconvenience to our Books 24×7 and Euromonitor (GMID) database users.
Implementation of Primo
Technical Services staff are involved with the implementation of Primo, the Ex Libris next-generation discovery and delivery tool that helps expose local and remote reources to our users. It functions as a federated search, discovery and delivery tool that will sit on top of our many content silos [catalogue, Metalib database quick sets, eLinks, cIRcle, […]
HAPI: Server Being Upgraded
*UPDATE* “HAPI Online has been up and working steadily for a week now so hopefully our technical issues have been resolved…” -the HAPI folks *UPDATE* Not the HAPpIest of news. “HAPI Online is still experiencing intermittent disruptions in access,” say the site’s tech folks. Stay tuned. “HAPI Online has been experiencing recurring server errors over […]
IOP Journal “Smart Materials and Structures”
“… Smart Materials and Structures, published by non-profit scientific publisher IOP Publishing, UK, has announced that it has been named one of the most influential journals in the field of engineering in 2009, as recognised by ScienceWatch.com from Thomson Reuters.” –Knowledgespeak Newsletter 13 Aug 2009. And The University of British Columbia Library has a subscription. […]