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from CLOCKSS:

The AMA's "Archives of Family Medicine" and "JAMA Français" are now available from the CLOCKSS Archive. The American Medical Association announced on January 23rd that the journals "Archives of Family Medicine" and "JAMA Français" are no longer available from their journal site and will be accessible through the CLOCKSS Archive.

"Archives of Family Medicine" and "JAMA Français" were removed from the Highwire platform on August 15, 2011. The CLOCKSS Archives, the AMA's preservation partners, will provide free access to the title and take responsibility for its ongoing long-term preservation.

See http://www.clockss.org/clockss/Triggered_Content

"The AMA, along with the founding members of the CLOCKSS Archive, agreed early on to make triggered content in CLOCKSS available to the world for free," explains Randy Kiefer, Executive Director of the CLOCKSS Archive. "That policy sets the CLOCKSS Archive apart, and is a result of the community-based governance by libraries and publishers. The CLOCKSS Archive's digital preservation efforts enable libraries of all sizes to serve future scholars, researchers, and students."

from ARL:

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announces the release of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, a clear and easy-to-use statement of fair and reasonable approaches to fair use developed by and for librarians who support academic inquiry and higher education. The Code was developed in partnership with the Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law at American University. Winston Tabb, Johns Hopkins University Dean of University Libraries and Museums and President of ARL, said, "This document is a testament to the collective wisdom of academic and research librarians, who have asserted careful and considered approaches to some very difficult situations that we all face every day."

See the ARL website for more information.

from OCLC:

This report highlights successful strategies in providing a single point of access to library, archive and museum collections.

In the era of global search engines, users are often puzzled by the realization that they can search the Internet through a single interface, yet the resources of universities and other institutions are often compartmentalized in a plethora of informational silos, each with its own dedicated system, search categories and user interfaces. Many institutions want to make the breadth of their local resources easily discoverable regardless of where and how the resources are managed.

Read the report.

ebrary is pleased to offer an open access collection of e-books related to 9/11 throughout the month of September. For details, please see the posts by the following well known library bloggers:

» Cheryl LaGuardia/Library Journal.com
» Sue Polanka/No Shelf Required

We hope that this collection provides a valuable resource to anyone seeking to learn or understand more about this tragic event, or reflect on its world impact.

For additional open access sites hosted by ebrary, please click here.

As always, your input and suggestions are welcome, and we appreciate your support.

Sincerely,

The ebrary team

from the Getty:

As of April 1, 2010, the Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) will be available free of charge on the Getty Web site at http://library.getty.edu/bha. Free Web access to BHA is an advantage not only to all traditional users of the database but also to such potential users as institutions in developing countries and independent scholars worldwide, who until now have been unable to afford access to the BHA. Since ending its collaboration with the Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique (INIST)-CNRS in December 2007, the Getty has been searching for partners to continue the production and distribution of BHA. This process has been complicated, and with no suitable arrangement immediately available, the Getty decided to act on its commitment to the scholarly community by providing access to BHA directly from its own Web site.

BHA on the Getty Web site offers both basic and advanced search modules, and can be searched easily by subject, artist, author, article or journal title, and other elements. To search BHA, please visit, http://library.getty.edu/bha. Note that the database search includes both BHA (covering 1990-2007) and the International Bibliography of Art (IBA), covering the years 2008 and part of 2009. The Répertoire de la litterature de l'art (RILA), one of the predecessors of BHA, with records that cover 1975-1989, will be online by May 1.

from Gale:

Gale is providing free access to Global Issues in Context and dozens of eBooks from the Gale Virtual Reference Library in an effort to make reliable information regarding the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, available. Librarians can install a free widget - found at www.gale.cengage.com/flu/ to their homepage, Facebook page or blog through Oct. 31, 2009.

Concerns about Pandemic H1N1 and the upcoming flu season have people on alert and the medical and nursing editors from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) are responding by making the latest evidence-based flu-related information available for free.

The site (www.ebscohost.com/flu) will provide evidence-based clinical information from DynaMed™ and Nursing Reference Center™, EBSCO's clinical and nursing point-of-care databases, along with patient education information in 17 languages from Patient Education Reference Center™.

The Library of Congress is now offering 3,100 images on Flickr. See the LOC website for details on the project and their Flickr account, http://www.flickr.com/photos/Library_of_Congress for the images.

ProQuest offers a variety of free email newsletters designed to help teachers, librarians, and administrators stay informed about the latest changes to their ProQuest subscriptions. The newsletters also provide classroom resources and offer tips for using your ProQuest databases in a variety of settings.

Check the ProQuest Web site to sign up for free email newsletters for the following ProQuest resources:

• ProQuest Teachable Moments
  
• eLibrary Curriculum Edition
  
• eLibrary
  
• SIRS Spotlights
  
• SIRS ChallengeQuests
  
• SIRS Knowledge Source
  
• SIRS Discoverer
  
• ProQuest Historical Newspapers
  
• ProQuest Platinum
  
• CultureGrams Culture Matters
  
• ProQuest LearningPage

From September 15 to October 15, 2006, Thomson Gale will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by offering free or trial access to a variety of online resources, educational activities, and authoritative information about the history, influence and achievements of the Hispanic culture.

Check the Gale Web site to find free activities, biographies, links, music, and more.