News & Events

1) IU Named First CIC Partner in Google Agreement

2) Google Books Added to IUCAT

3) Life Sciences Collections Relocated

4) New Look for Web Site

5) Quick Clicks

1) IU Named First CIC Partner in Google Agreement

Indiana University was selected as the first Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) library to participate in the Google Book Project since the CIC partnership agreement was announced in June 2007.

The agreement calls for Google to scan and digitize selected titles from the collections of partnering libraries. IU's first shipment of books leaves on August 20 for scanning.

To minimize the impact in any particular area, we will pull books from a broad range for each shipment. Books may be unavailable for a maximum of three months and will be flagged as such in IUCAT. You may wish to request a book through interlibrary loan to obtain it sooner.

The University of Michigan and the University of Wisconsin, both already working with Google to digitize their materials, entered agreements with Google prior to the CIC partnership.

The CIC is a consortium of 12 research universities, including the 11 members of the Big Ten Conference and the University of Chicago.

2) Google Books Added to IUCAT

IUCAT now links to Google Book Search, making previews and tables of contents and in some cases full text available for selected items.

Records in IUCAT link to books Google has digitized in a long-term effort to create a worldwide online library. Some books are available online in their entirety, but for others with copyright restriction you will only see "snippets" of the text.

For catalog records that link to either previews or digitized books, an icon for Google Book Search appears in IUCAT at the right of the screen.

3) Life Sciences Collections Relocated

Most of the collections in the Life Sciences Library in Jordan Hall were moved this summer to the Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility (ALF) and the Wells Library. A small collection of heavily used materials will remain in the Life Sciences Library.

Materials relocated from the Life Sciences Library will be available via rapid delivery through the Libraries "Request Delivery" and "Request Article Delivery" services.

The ALF, an off-site shelving facility, provides ideal preservation conditions and ready access to materials. Items requested from the ALF are delivered six days a week to 22 campus locations, usually the same day if requested before noon.

4) New Look for Web Site

A redesigned Web site for the IUB Libraries will launch in mid-August. The site will function as it currently does, but have a new look that's both easier to use and better integrates the site with other campus units.

The Search function and the Resource Gateway, Services, and Subjects menus will continue to be primary means to navigate the site, which comprises more than 3,500 pages and provides access to more than 400 databases and 43,000 electronic journals.

View a sneak peek of the new Web site.

5) Quick Clicks

Have a question? Ask a Librarian.

Don't forget to submit your reserve requests on time.

View a list of online journals about a specific subject.

See our instructional tools. Librarians are available to meet with your class to teach research-related concepts and resources, create class Web pages to direct your students to the most appropriate sources, or consult with you about designing effective research assignments.

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Comments or questions about this e-newsletter?

Contact Carolyn Walters, IUB Libraries, Executive Associate Dean

cwalters@indiana.edu or (812) 855-7747