SEPTEMBER 2008 COLLECTIONS E-NEWS

[1] NEW PRODUCTS
[2] PRODUCTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION
[3] COLLECTIONS COUNCIL WEBSITE REDESIGN
[4] CURRENT LIST OF TRLN LICENSES
[5] NEW WEBSITE LISTS TRIAL E-RESOURCES IN TRLN
[6] NEW LISTSERVS FOR COLLECTIONS INTEREST GROUPS
[7] CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF COLLECTIONS COUNCIL AND ERC
[8] THE COLLECTIONS COUNCIL AND THE ERC WANT YOUR INPUT!
[9] SUBSCRIBE TO FUTURE EDITIONS OF TRLN COLLECTIONS E-NEWS


[1] NEW PRODUCTS
Palgrave Macmillan Journals: TRLN is activating a site license to five Palgrave Macmillan titles as a consortium. By signing the license in 2008, TRLN will secure archival access to these titles back to 2004.

[2] PRODUCTS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION
EMBASE
SCOPUS
SPIE Digital Library
Taylor & Francis Journals

[3] COLLECTIONS COUNCIL WEBSITE REDESIGN
With the creation of new TRLN Councils -- including Services, Technology, and Human Resources -- TRLN is redesigning council websites to enhance communication across the consortium. We hope the redesign better conveys the current activity and goals of the councils. See: http://www.trln.org/committee/CollectionCouncil/index.htm.

[4] CURRENT LIST OF TRLN LICENSES
Please see http://www.trln.org/eresource/private/LicenseRenewalTimelineTable08-09.pdf for a list of all TRLN licensed products, including the participating members and dates of renewal. All areas of the ERC's website are IP protected to the TRLN institutions.

[5] NEW WEBSITE LISTS TRIAL E-RESOURCES IN TRLN
The ERC is compiling a list of electronic resources currently under trial on the TRLN campuses. By maintaining current information on trials in one central location on the TRLN website, the Collections Council and ERC hope to increase awareness and informal communication among subject selectors across campuses regarding e-resources under consideration. The new website is IP protected to the TRLN institutions, and will list the names of products and contact information on the individual campuses. We are asking TRLN acquisitions departments and/or collection managers to alert TRLN when you set up a new trial database, with the name of the product, the length of the trial, and a campus contact person. See http://www.trln.org/eresource/private/erctrials.htm.

[6] NEW LISTSERVS FOR COLLECTIONS INTEREST GROUPS
TRLN has created two new listservs: one for librarians with an interest in Science, Technology and Medicine -- trln-stm-ig@listserv.unc.edu, and the other for Special Collections -- trln-specialcollections-ig@listserv.unc.edu. If you are not yet subscribed to these groups and wish to be, please contact Judy Ruttenberg at judy@trln.org.

TRLN has supported meetings of interest groups including AV and Government Documents. Please contact judy@trln.org if you wish to see any other listservs established for these or other consortia interest groups.

[7] CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF COLLECTIONS COUNCIL AND ERC
The Collections Council has a new chair for 2008-2009 -- Bob Byrd, Associate University Librarian for Collections Services, Duke. TRLN gratefully acknowledges Greg Raschke's leadership as chair during the Council's first year, 2007-2008.

The ERC also welcomes new members this year, including Carlton Brown (Duke Ford Library), Emma Cryer (Duke Medical Center Library), Ashley McDuffie (NCCU Law Library), and Nichelle Perry (UNC Law Library). The full list of ERC membership can be found here: http://www.trln.org/eresource/index.htm.

[8] THE COLLECTIONS COUNCIL AND THE ERC WANT YOUR INPUT!
You can communicate to the Collections Council or ERC through your institutions' representatives or directly, using the following forms on the ERC Website:

Recommend a Product: http://www.trln.org/eresource/recommend.htm
Ask the ERC!: http://www.trln.org/eresource/ask.htm

[9] SUBSCRIBE TO FUTURE EDITIONS OF TRLN COLLECTIONS E-NEWS
To receive future editions of TRLN COLLECTIONS E-NEWS, send email to Patti Pittman at pmpittma@email.unc.edu.