No.18 May 2007

News from the University Librarian The Morris Miller Library has currently a display about Dr E. Morris Miller, former Vice Chancellor of the University of Tasmania, librarian and bibliographer. Dr Miller’s ideas of the University and the Library were similar to our current views. He believed that their purpose was to extend learning into the community to improve society and the lives of people. I encourage you to come and see the display, which has been an interdisciplinary production, created by Richard Dearden (Library), Michael Roe (History), Caroline Evans (History), Philip Mead (English), and designed by Gill Ward (Library). The display will be in the foyer to the end of June, and it will then be available online: http://www.utas.edu.au/library/exhibitions/index.html

This week we farewell Debbie Wright. More details of Debbie’s contribution to the Library service can be found later in the newsletter. Her most recent work has been to develop the Workforce Plan for the Library which has provided a framework within which we have recently appointed Anna Klebansky and Vanessa Warren in Launceston, and Kate Gordon and Juliet Beale  in Hobart. I wish Debbie well in her new role in the State Library of Tasmania. Apologies to those who use the Morris Miller Library for the noise associated with the refurbishment. The project will provide enable CALT to move to Level 1, providing increased reader space on Level 2 and 3 of the Library. The work will be complete in September. The new Document Delivery system will be available in the next month. There have been some delays, but we are making steady progress now. If you use this service, you may like to come to the preview sessions advertised in this newsletter. Linda Luther University Librarian

New students function and ALIA award

Congratulations to Utas graduate Vanessa Warren who won the ALIA Tasmania Outstanding Student Award for 2006, presented by Jane Jeppson from ALIA.  Vanessa is now a Liaison Librarian at the Launceston Campus Library.

On Tuesday the third of April, a welcome function was held for new students studying the Graduate Diploma in Information Management.  The event was a great opportunity for new students to meet senior library industry and faculty staff, with Linda Luther (University Librarian), Siobhan Gaskell (Director Library and Information Services, State Library of Tasmania) in attendance. Also attending were Douglas Newlands and Leonie Ellis from the School of Information Systems, and Jane Jeppson, Local Liaison Officer for ALIA (Australian Library and Information Association).

Supporting Research

Getting Cited - ePrint update

-ePrint archive has grown to over 700 items-

The Utas ePrint archive is steadily growing with new research being uploaded every day from all Faculties and centres.
ePrints is not just for journal articles - have you uploaded your occasional working papers or technical reports ?

Utas ePrints will be found worldwide in search engines such as Google, Yahoo, OAIster and Scirus. http://eprints.utas.edu.au/

This is an effective way for researchers to increase citation rates, and also enables a one-stop shop to link personal publication lists to your faculty website.

For more information on UTas ePrints, please contact Lynn Davies (1895) or Lynn.Davies@utas.edu.au or your School's Liaison Librarian.

Database Tips for Researchers

Want to see who’s citing an author but can’t tell one SMITH J from the next?
New features within the Web of Science and SCOPUS databases will help:

• Distinct Author Identification System in Web of Science®,  

Distinct author set results are presented in a user-friendly tabular format, making it easier to locate the exact author you seek.   ISI Web of Science news

• Enhanced Author Searching in SCOPUS  

Refine results categories have been added to the author results page to enable users to limit their results according to: source title, subject area and the affiliation name, city and country.  SCOPUS news

Library Services

More computers for Morris Miller Library Learning Hub

Ten (10) extra computers are now available on level 3 for unlimited time use.
These workstations are a welcome addition and assist in meeting the growing demand for computer access.
Want to book a computer? A two hour booking may be made for computers on Levels 2 and 4 .

Do you know your library PIN ?

Ask at the Client Services Desk in any Utas Library. You can use this PIN to place a hold, request an item from inter-campus or book a reserve item for a 2 hour timeslot. Use these features online via the Library catalogue.

Document Delivery new system coming soon

We are now moving towards the launch of our new Document Delivery/ILL requesting system.

What will the new Zportal system mean for Postgrads & Researchers?

-Federated searching: search across many library catalogues and place a request automatically
-Time saving: the request form is populated with your search results- no more cutting & pasting into a blank request form ! (unless you prefer)
-Utas holdings appear- no need to check if Utas already holds the item!
-Monitor your own Doc Del requests: Clients will be able to monitor the status of all requests via an immediate ID request number

When will the new system begin?
The test environment for the database is working satisfactorily for us, and the final stage of testing with the National Library is about to begin.

Want to preview the new system? Chris Halloran will conduct two (2) more ZPortal introductory sessions for eligible Document Delivery Service clients. Venue will be:

Interested clients who wish to have a look at ZPortal themselves can contact Chris Halloran (ext. 2880) in Hobart, or Jill Wells and Kylie Mallett (ext. 3571) in Launceston for access details.

As mentioned before the requesting interface (ZPortal) is easy to use and a guide to making requests will be available from the Document Delivery web pages shortly.

Hobart Phone: 03 6226 2230
E-mail docdel.hbt@lib.utas.edu.au

Launceston Phone: 03 6324 3571
E-mail docdel.ltn@lib.utas.edu.au

Teaching and learning

Training Tours and workshops - Helping students gain information skills

Are you a New Postgrad researcher?

Postgraduate students and research staff have training from Librarians in the use of databases to find track and manage information for their research eg. SCOPUS, Web of Science, Alerts and Endnote, with more workshops on these topics still to come in May:

Bookings are filling up fast:

Workshop Details –Book here for May 2007

Undergraduates: As usual, Semester One has been a busy time for Liaison Librarians as they deliver information skills programs for Undergraduate students. The provision of these services have been a real group effort, with lecturers and librarians working together to collaborate on course content and delivery.

Kate Gordon(Liaison Librarian) teaching information skills
for School of Government Students in HSG 101

New Electronic Resources: Recent purchases

eBooks - new Springer Collection (2005, 2006 & 2007) Locate ebooks via SpringerLink under “S” on the Library Databases page. These books will appear in the Library catalogue shortly. Selected eBook Titles include: Architecture & Design ebooks Urban textures/Lion 2005 Recent advances in design and decision support systems in architecture & Urban Planing/ 2005 Behavioural Sciences ebooks Further information Encyclopedia of Cognitive Behavior Therapy/Freeman 2006 Understanding Sleep and Dreaming Recent Developments in Alcoholism /Galanter 2005 Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping/2006 Business and economics ebooks Further information Outsourcing to India/ Kobayashi-Hillary 2005 Recent Developments on Money and Finance/ Camera 2006 B2B Brand Management/Kotler 2006 Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science

Online journal archives - step back from the shelf

Royal Society of Chemistry Journals - now back to 1841

Available under “R” on the Library databases page; or
browse individual titles via ejournals
Try these ejournals: ChemComm,  PCCP and The Analyst

Springer Journal Archives are now fulltext online- Volume 1

Sample titles include:
Business & economics collection
Economist ( Netherlands) 1852-present  Springer Online Journal Archives Springer Online Journal Archives
Public choice   1966-present
Asia Pacific journal of management   1983-present
Annals of regional science 1967-present

Earth and environmental sciences collection
Contributions to mineralogy and petrology 1947-present
Environmental Management 1979- present
Oecologia 1968-present

Behavioral sciences collection
Higher Education 1972-present
Journal of abnormal child psychology 1973-present

Physics Archives

Taylor & Francis physics journals-Fulltext access to key titles now goes back to volume 1.

Some titles include:
Advances in physics from 1952 to present in InformaWorld
Contemporary physics from 1959 to present in InformaWorld

Law Library - whats new

Westlaw
New databases are available via Westlaw:

Eckstrom’s Licensing in Foreign and Domestic Operations (ECKLIN)

This treatise is the standard reference guide for the worldwide licensing of intellectual property rights. Coverage includes comprehensive summaries of licensing operations in the United States, the European Communities and 30 other countries. It addresses the licensing of virtually every intellectual property right including: patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secret and computer technology.

• British Company Cases (BCC-RPTS) 1983 +

• Housing Law Reports (HLR-RPTS) Dec. 20 2006 +

• American Maritime Cases (AMC) 1923 +

• Multi-State Construction Law Cases AIA (MCSTR-CS-AIA

• Corporate Counsel’s Guide to Copyright Law (CCHCOPYR)

• Corporate Counsels Quarterly (CCQTRLY)

• International Trade and US Antitrust law (ITUSA)

AustLII

AsianLII http://www.asianlii.org was launched in December 2006. Since then the following databases have been added:

• Additional Philippines databases, bringing the total to 15

• Additional Indian databases, bringing the total to 16.

• Complete Singapore legislation [Regulations will be added shortly]

• The Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam Benchbook

• Decisions (in Portuguese) of Macau’s Tribunal of Final Appeal & Tribunal of Second Appeal

• Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand Decisions

• Two databases on intellectual property decisions from Thailand

• ASEAN Agreements and Declarations

• APEC Agreements and Declarations

• Constitutions of the following countries: Bangladesh - Bhutan - Japan - Cambodia - Korea (North) - Korea (South) - Lao PDR - Mongolia - Maldives - Nepal - Thailand – Vietnam

• Large legislation databases for South Korea and Taiwan  from the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the United States Law Library of Congress

• Over 14,000 decisions from the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh Decisions 2000-
  
  There are now 123 databases from the 27 countries included in AsianLII.

WordLII http://www.wordlii.org

The Global Legal Information Network (GLIN) of the United States Law Library of Congress is now searchable via WordLII. GLIN abstracts provides databases from 40 countries. Approximately half of the 139,622 abstracts in GlIN provide links to the full texts of the legislation, court decisions and other documents that are abstracted. The collaboration with GLIN increases WordLII’s coverage to 820 databases from 123 countries.

Library Staff News

Arrivals

Your new Education Liaison Librarian in Launceston
	Anna Klebansky B.A, Grad Dip. Info. Tech. Lib. Sci. Liaison Librarian(Launceston) Phone (03) 6324 3833 Education Visual & Performing Arts
Your new Business Liaison Librarian in Launceston
	Vanessa Warren B.A., Grad. Dip. Inf. Mgmt., AALIA . Liaison Librarian (Launceston) Phone: (03) 6324 3359 Accounting & Corporate Governance Economics & Finance Information Systems Management & Tourism
Your new Business Liaison Librarian in Hobart
	Juliet Beale Liaison Librarian for Faculty of Business (Morris Miller) B.A., Grad Dip Info Man, B.Ed. Phone 6226 2306 Accounting & Corporate Governance Economics & Finance Information Systems

New Liaison Librarian in Faculty of Arts Team
Kate is currently enrolled in her Masters Degree in Literature studies. She is also passionate about the Library profession, in particular the library’s role in education, and the part emerging technologies have to play in the library of the present and future.	Kate Gordon B.P.A., Grad.Dip. Info. Mgt., AALIA, ASLA Liaison Librarian Faculty of Arts Team (Morris Miller) Phone 62262306 Sociology Government Riawunna

 

Departures

Susan Robson will be leaving the Morris Miller library temporarily in late April to take maternity leave. We wish her all the best in her “new role”. Until she returns, Kate Gordon will be Liaison Librarian for the schools of Sociology and Government, and Riawunna.

Farewell to Debbie

Debbie Wright, the Policy & Planning Librarian, will be leaving the University Library on 10 th May to take up a position as a Senior Librarian at the State Library of Tasmania. In her new job Debbie will be managing the Hobart Lending Library, and will also be coordinating the state-wide delivery of library services to young people.

Debbie started work at the University Library in 1995, after working for 7 years with the State Library of Tasmania and for 5 years in Darwin in public, reference and parliamentary libraries. By coincidence, Debbie first job as a professional librarian was in the Hobart Lending Library, the library she is now returning to manage. Since coming to the University Debbie has worked in a number of interesting and challenging jobs:

• Collection Development Librarian in the Launceston Campus Library where she coordinated a $750,000 grant to enhance the Launceston print collections.

• In 1996 she became Document Delivery Librarian, and led the transition from print to electronic document delivery.

• From 2000 to 2005 Debbie was the Law Librarian, and then in late-2005 she was seconded to run the Library Workforce Planning Project and the AMC-UTAS Library Integration Project. We wish Debbie all the best in her new position.

For any enquiries/comments please contact:
Heather.Mitchell @utas.edu.au

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