http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/feeds/artarch.html en Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:25:26 -0400 webmaster@lib.vt.edu webmaster@lib.vt.edu http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-06-06.html <p>The <a href="http://www.lib.vt.edu/cdrs/index.html">Center for Digital Research and Scholarship</a> (CDRS) has licensed the <a href="http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/ezid/">EZID service</a> to enable digital object producers (researchers and others) to obtain persistent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier">Digital Object Identifiers</a> (DOIs) for their digital content. CDRS Services will create and maintain DOIs for works that are added to <span> <a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/" title="VTechWorks" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/')" shape="rect">VTechWorks</a> </span> , the university’s digital repository. CDRS does not charge for assigning DOIs</p> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-06-06.html Faculty announcements Graduate student announcements Extended campus announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements Center for Digital Research and Scholarship http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-06-01.html <p><a href="http://dsp.lib.vt.edu/newbooks/newbooks.php">New materials lists</a> for items cataloged in May 2013, have been posted.</p> Sat, 01 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-06-01.html Collections Faculty announcements Graduate student announcements Visitor and alumni announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-27.html <p><span> <a href="http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/" title="VTechWorks" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/')" shape="rect">VTechWorks</a> </span> is Virginia Tech's institutional repository. It contains born-digital and scanned publications of Virginia Tech faculty and students, plus documents like Virginia state publications. Most are available in full text (PDF and other formats) and have no restrictions on access. Here are the top downloaded documents and collections from this academic year:</p> Mon, 27 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-27.html Faculty announcements Graduate student announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements Digital Library and Archives http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-26.html <div><p>For many years, we have recommended using the Journal Title Database to find information about journals: direct links, coverage dates, vendor platforms, and links to information about these journals from <span> <a href="https://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/" title="UlrichsWeb - Ulrich's Periodical Directory" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('https://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com/')" shape="rect">UlrichsWeb - Ulrich's Periodical Directory</a> </span> . To facilitate these searches, we created a search form in the Journals tab on our home page and pages for our branch libraries. We are now planning to remove this tab and recommend using Summon in the first search tab to perform these searches. Despite having the Journal Title Database form labeled to search <i>journals whose title begins with</i>, many users attempted to use this form in other ways that would not give them the results they expected.</p><p>We recommend using Summon to find journals. Access to journal title searches (and other known item searches like databases, articles, ebooks, and DOIs) will continue to be offered through the Search menu available on the home page and every library web page.</p></div> Sun, 26 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-26.html Faculty announcements Graduate student announcements Undergraduate announcements Extended campus announcements Visitor and alumni announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements Summon http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-23.html <p><span> <a href="http://readyreference.data-planet.com/dataplanet/" title="Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://readyreference.data-planet.com/dataplanet/')" shape="rect">Data-Planet Statistical Ready Reference</a> </span> indexes statistical data from the Data-Planet repository of time-series data across all disciplines. Searches are against real-time data. Search results provide a cleanly formatted visual representation of the data, links to the underlying data, and contextual descriptions of the data source, indicator and dataset from which the indicator derives. Datasets can be downloaded in spreadsheet, SAS, SPSS, and XML formats.</p><p><span> <a href="http://data-planet.conquestsystems.com/statistical/ip" title="Data-Planet Statistical Datasets" class="vt_link_url" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('http://data-planet.conquestsystems.com/statistical/ip')" shape="rect">Data-Planet Statistical Datasets</a> </span> indexes structured datasets from Data-Planet's massive repository. Data can be exported in spreadsheet, PDF, SAS, and XML formats. </p><p>Please provide feedback on these trial databases to <a href="mailto:bpencek@vt.edu">Bruce Pencek</a> or <a href="https://ensemble.vt.edu:443/Rhythmyx/assembler/render?sys_authtype=0&amp;sys_variantid=565&amp;sys_revision=17&amp;sys_contentid=38660&amp;sys_context=0">your college librarian</a>.</p> Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.lib.vt.edu/libnews/2013/2013-05-23.html Faculty announcements Graduate student announcements Undergraduate announcements Extended campus announcements Announcements Announcements Announcements Databases on trial