Information resources news
Library Book Collection Review
The Library currently provides access to over 70,000 e-journals and 60,000 e-books. New initiatives such as the Worldwide Loans and Document Supply Service and BONUS provide access to an extensive range of materials held by participating libraries locally, nationally and internationally. As access to resources change, the local collections must be regularly reviewed to ensure that they remain aligned with the expectations of academic staff and students and with courses and research.
Library staff regularly review collections to ensure that they remain current and relevant to the teaching, learning and research activities of the University. As part of a collection management project, a systematic review of the library book collections will be undertaken over the next few months. As part of the review, some materials may be identified for de-selection based on defined Guidelines. For example, materials in poor condition, duplicated materials no longer needed for courses, content that is outdated, low use content that is available electronically or items that have had no borrowings recorded. At all stages of the project, liaison librarians will carefully review material to ensure that required items are retained and that the de-selected items fit the defined guidelines. Liaison librarians will consult with academic staff when further advice is needed regarding the ongoing research value of materials under review. Scholarly material that is no longer relevant to Deakin University, though not held elsewhere in Victoria, will be relocated to the CARM Centre, an environmentally controlled storage facility jointly owned by Australian Universities.
For further information or queries please contact Janine Epps, Manager, Collections and Access, Sue Owen, Associate Librarian, Client Services or your Library Faculty Manager or Liaison Librarian (see: Key Library Staff Contacts)
Additional information:
- Library Book Collection Review Guidelines
- De-selection (Weeding) Guidelines
- CARM Centre
- Worldwide Loans and Document Supply Service
- BONUS
Information Resources to support Medicine
The Library is currently acquiring resources to support the new medical course which commenced in Semester 1, 2008. A range of medical texts in both print and electronic versions are being acquired to support the course units. The Library has also commenced some subscriptions to databases and electronic journals that will support the new course. A few highly specific electronic tools to support anatomy, physiology and evidence based practice have also been acquired.
New Books and items in the Library collection
A regularly updated list of new material added to the collection is available from the library catalogue.
New information resources or databases
- Informit Media TV News :indexes the majority of TV news stories, current affairs and documentary series broadcast on Australian television. Individual stories may be downloaded to the desktop in a compressed video format.
- ABI Inform: a very large database of business and management full text journals
- Academic Onefile: a comprehensive database of more than 8,000 journals covering everything from
STM to the humanities. - AnthroSource: an online database of peer reviewed journals and resources relating to Anthropology
- JSTOR Arts & Science Collection V: a scholarly archive containing over one hundred titles. Law, psychology, and public policy and administration are the new areas introduced with this collection. The collection also includes business and education titles.
- SIRCA: membership to the Securities Industries Research Centre of Asia-Pacific which provides access to a range of online financial resources
- Lecture Notes in Computing
- American Chemical Society Legacy Archives
- Emerald Journal backfile
- National Citation Report (Web of Knowledge)
- Sydney Morning Herald Archive 1955 - 1990
- Testaments to the Holocaust Digital Research Collection
New Ebook collections
The Library has substantially increased it's ebook collections and now provides access to over 60,000 ebooks. Some new collections purchased recently include:
- NetLibrary collections in the areas of Contemporary issues, Criminal Justice, Environmental Science
- Oxford Scholarship Online collections in the areas of Biology, Business & Management, History, Literature, Psychology
- ScienceDirect collections in the areas of Agriculture & Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Material Science
- Springer ebook collections in the areas of Behavioural Science, Humanities, Professional computing, Business & Economics, Architecture, Biomedical & Life Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Queries about access to any of these new resources should be made to your Liaison Librarian (see: Key Library Staff Contacts)
Moving to electronic journals
As part of a continuing project to provide journals and other information resources in an online widely accessible format, the Library is moving many print journal subscriptions to their electronic equivalents. This is a project is now in its final stage with the majority of journal titles moved to electronic format.
An electronic serials FAQ page provides further on this project. Any questions regarding the lists can be directed to your Faculty Librarian, or the Manager, Collections and Access[janine.epps@deakin.edu.au].
Guidelines for maintaining print journal subscriptions when access is available to an electronic version, is available which lists the criteria that are used to assess whether journals should be retained in print form if also available in an electronic version.
Library review of print journal back issues
The Library is continuing to assess non-current journal issues (back issues) that are duplicated by an equivalent electronic version and remove these from campus libraries where this will not adversely affect the University’s teaching, learning or research.
A document, Guidelines for retaining print journal back issues when access is available to an electronic version is available to provide information on the steps taken when considering each title. A second document, Guidelines for disposal or archiving of print journal back issues, provides information on the disposal process to ensure continued access to an archival print copy within Victoria. The library has also prepared Print to electronic journal back issues – FAQS to provide additional information.
Last revised April 2008
