New list of Open Access Journals in UiTM Library website

EconBiz search integration to UiTM Library website [[posterous-content:pid___0]][[posterous-content:pid___1]]http://library.uitm.edu.my/v1/facilities-a-services/serial-services/193.html EconBiz Open http://open.econbiz.de/ EconBiz Open finds open access material in business and economics. EconBizOpen offers free content. It is the open access portal of EconBiz and contains about 1 million free online full texts for economics, business...

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IFLA Helsinki 2012

World Library and Information Congress : 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre, Helsinki, FinlandCongress theme: Libraries Now! - Inspiring, Surprising, Empowering  Find more information in the Final Announcement [English - PDF - 4MB]  https://www.facebook.com/wlic2012http://conference.ifla.org/ifla78/http://conference.ifla.org/   Persatuan...

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New code of practice for Academic and Research Libraries

http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/index.shtmlView/download the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) recently released its own Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries.  Supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the code: enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library...

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What Students Don't Know

CHICAGO -- For a stranger, the main library at the University of Illinois at Chicago can be hard to find. The directions I got from a pair of clerks at the credit union in the student center have proven unreliable. I now find myself adrift among ash trees and drab geometric buildings. Finally, I call for help. Firouzeh Logan, a reference librarian here, soon appears and guides me where I need to go. Several unmarked pathways and an escalator...

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