OhioLINK Snapshot 2010

The 2010 OhioLINK Snaphot (pdf) is now available online and "ready for viewing." This document provides information concerning the benefits of collaborative licensing, effecient borrowing with the OhioLINK central catalog, the Electronic Journal Center (EJC) and Digital Media Bookshelf, and the Digital Resource Commons.

Take a few minutes to learn more about OhioLINK and the advantages available to Ashland University students, faculty, and staff. Ashland University Library is an OhioLINK member institution.

"OhioLINK is a consortium, which by its very definition suggests the efficient pooling of resources for the benefit of many. Once digital materials like journals and e-books are purchased, they are held locally, meaning OhioLINK will always own the rights to their distribution. This arrangement, unique even in the library world, allows the member libraries to more efficiently plan the development of their own collections, assuring that the group-purchased content will always be available to their students, faculty and researchers." - OhioLINK Snapshot 2010

Scheduled Downtime for ProQuest Databases

ProQuest® will be performing infrastructure maintenance from Saturday, March 19, 2011, at 10:00 p.m. to Sunday, March 20, 2011, at 10:00 a.m.  Affected databases include:

American Periodicals Series, Dissertation Abstracts (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses), PAIS International, ProQuest Newspapers (Wall Street Journal), Safari Books Online, Sanborn Digital Maps, and parts of the OhioLINK Electronic Books Center.

LexisNexis Academic Scheduled Downtime

"LexisNexis services, including LexisNexis Academic, will be unavailable because of maintenance work related to the change to Daylight Savings Time from Standard Time. The service interruption is scheduled for:

Sunday, March 13, 2011 from 3 a.m. EST to 5 a.m. EDT. (07:00 to 09:00 GMT/UTC)."

Library Hours: Spring Break

Library spring break hours begin Saturday, March 5, 2011.

• Saturday 3/5 and Sunday 3/6: Closed
• Monday 3/7 through Friday 3/11: Open 8 am to 5 pm
• Saturday 3/12 and Sunday 3/13: Closed

A complete listing of Library hours and updates is available on the Library web site. Regular hours resume on Monday, March 14th. Have a safe and enjoyable spring break!

WorldCat Scheduled Downtime

"On Sunday, February 27 there will be a scheduled service downtime for a number of OCLC services from 1:00 am until at least 6:00 am and, at most, 11:00 am (U.S. Eastern Time). We apologize for any inconvenience this causes. [OCLC] need[s] to take the following services off-line in order to upgrade the storage systems and capacity for all OCLC services."  Among the services affected will be the WorldCat database.

Library Spotlight: Digital Sign

New to the library, a campus digital sign! Located on the library main floor near the circulation desk exit, this sign will feature digital information snapshots specific to the library and offices, such as Global Education and the Numismatics Center, located in the library. Part of the campus digital sign network, the library sign will highlight campus events and library specific content.

Databases: FDsys replaces GPO Access

America's Authentic Government Information, FDsys - Federal Digital System, has been added to the library's list of database resources. Replacing GPO Access, the Government Printing Office, FDsys "provides free online access to official Federal Government publications. Through FDsys, you are able to Search for documents and publications, browse for documents and publication actions (Congressional committee, and date), access meta data about documents and publications, and download documents and publications in multiple formats."

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/