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NZZ Online: Wie Wissenschaftsverlage den freien Zugang zu Informationen zu blockieren versuchen

Der ETH-Bibliothek soll per Klage verboten werden, Dokumente in elektronischer Form an ihre Nutzer zu verschicken, Nutzer sollen die Artikel für 30 EUR (!) direkt beim Verlag kaufen.

Wissenschaftsverlag Elsevier unterstützt US Gesetzesvorschlag der die Open Access Plattform “Pub Med Central” mittelfristig den Garaus machen soll.

Mehr: Ein Bärendienst an der Forschung – Hintergrund, Wissenschaft, NZZ Online, 02.02.2012

Ausserdem: Petition by researchers against Elsevier: http://thecostofknowledge.com/

(Pub Med auf findit.lu)

Emerald : Research in the News

Emerald Publishing has launched “Research in the News”, a free on-line resource which links research published in scholarly journals to current global events. Every month, three articles or book chapters are selected from the latest Emerald content to highlight new ground breaking research.

The articles are freely accessible for one month. November’s selection includes: “IBM, McDonald’s and Google reinvent themselves”.

Check it out each month at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rin/index.htm.

 

What’s New in the The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics ?

The latest update of the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics consists of the following articles:

European Monetary Union
Paul De Grauwe
This article explores the development of Economic and Monetary Union in Europe from the Second World War through to the end of 2010.This article discusses its successes and failures, analyzes the fragility of EMU, and identifies two sources of this fragility. Finally, it discusses governance issues and the nature of the political institutions that will be necessary to sustain the European Monetary Union.

European Union Budget
Mojmir Mrak
This article starts by presenting the concept and evolution of the EU budget. It then discusses the principles and procedures governing its adoption and implementation, presenting the key features of the expenditure and revenue sides of the EU budget.

European Union (EU) Trade Policy
Stephen Woolcock
This contribution provides an overview of the evolution of EU policy, a summary of the EU’s positions on key issues in international trade and a summary of the decision-making procedures in EU external trade policy after the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty.

Dale Mortensen
Rasmus Lentz
This article studies Dale T. Mortensen (born 1939) who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2010 jointly with Peter A. Diamond and Christopher A. Pissarides for his work on the analysis of markets with search frictions. An empirically motivated theoretical economist, Mortensen has made a tremendous contribution to the field of labour economics.

Christopher Pissarides
Richard Jackman
This articles studies Professor Christopher Pissarides, who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Economics jointly with Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen ‘for their analysis of markets with search frictions’.

Two-part tariffs
Nikolaos Vettas
This article analyses the two-part tariff, a pricing scheme according to which the buyer pays to the seller a fixed fee and a constant charge for each unit purchased.

For these and other articles, click on The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics on findit.lu.

It’s not just about books: Film and Cinema at the Walferdange Book Days

The 17th edition of the Walferdange Book Days takes place this coming weekend, the 19th and 20th of November, in Walferdange at the Centre Prince Henri and the surrounding halls.  This year’s theme is “Film and Cinema”.  To get everyone in the mood, here are a selection of resources available on www.findit.lu:
 

Film Index International

Want to know what movies Luc Feit has directed? How about what movies René Deltgen has acted in? Check them out in Film Index International:

 

Naxos Music Library

Feel like listening to some music from your favourite films?  Take a look at the Film and TV section of Naxos Music Library where you can find things like the music from Star Wars and other Sci-Fi classics.
 

Munzinger Film

Want to find a film to watch but you prefer to check out the reviews first?  Read the reviews from Film Dienst online with Munzinger Film such as The Girl with the Pearl Earring/Das Mädchen mit dem Perlenohrring.
Note: Munzinger Film is in German.
 
Sophia Loren

Credo Reference

Have to win that film quiz night at all costs?  Check out the Chambers Film Factfinder on Credo Reference where you can find out who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1961.

 

 

American Film Institute Catalog

Want to rent a movie but don’t know what to pick?  Take a look at AFI’s Top Ten Films 2000-2010.

 

There is tonnes more available on the findit.lu portal! To see all resources linked to the Arts, click here.

Lancement de l’App iPad “BnL elux”

App iPad "BnL eLux"

La Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg (BnL) et Sogeti Luxembourg S.A. ont présenté la mise en ligne de l’App iPad “BnL elux” pour le site www.eluxemburgensia.lu à la presse, le lundi 3 octobre 2011. L’App “BnL elux” permet d’accéder gratuitement au contenu du portail www.eluxemburgensia.lu à l’aide de la tablette iPad.

eLuxemburgensia, mis en ligne en 2009, est le résultat du projet de numérisation des journaux luxembourgeois anciens par la BnL. Il permet d’accéder gratuitement, à distance, via l’internet au « full text » de ces journaux.

L’App “BnL elux” peut être téléchargée gratuitement dans l’App Store d’Apple. Elle est compatible avec les iPad 1 et 2. L’App a été conçue de façon à rendre l’accès mobile aussi simple et intuitif que possible tout en gardant les fonctionnalités du portail. Pour garantir cette facilité d’utilisation, il est important que l’écran des tablettes soit adapté à la visualisation d’une page entière de journal.

A l’occasion de la présentation de l’App iPad « BnL elux », deux nouveaux titres de journaux numérisés ont été ajoutés au portail www.eluxemburgensia.lu: « De Mitock » et « das Luxemburger Land in Wort und Bild ».
 

Physics Nobel: Free Journal Articles and Resources from AIP

The American Institute of Physics congratulates this year’s Nobel Laureates in Physics “for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae.” Sharing half the prize is Saul Perlmutter from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley. Sharing the other half jointly are Brian P. Schmidt from the Australian National University, and Adam G. Riess from Johns Hopkins University and Space Telescope Science Institute.

AIP is pleased to make available free of charge a selection of research papers these Nobel Laureates have published in their journals, Conference Proceedings, and Physics Today magazine. To view any of these materials go to http://journals.aip.org/Nobel2011.html.

AIP will build on this material throughout the day to bring you a host of additional resources, including an overview of the work done by these three scientists, plus related links, photos and interviews.
 

Accès Wi-Fi à la BnL

   A partir du 15 septembre 2011, les utilisateurs de la Bibliothèque nationale peuvent accéder gratuitement au réseau sans fil (Wi-Fi) à la salle de lecture Pétrusse, à la salle du prêt, à la salle des Arts ainsi qu’à la médiathèque de la BnL.

Ainsi, les chercheurs peuvent travailler parallèlement sur les ressources électroniques du portail bnu, abonnées par la BnL et le Consortium Luxembourg, consulter les documents sur support papier et faire des recherches en ligne sur leur ordinateur portable.

Ce nouveau service permet aux usagers de consulter plus aisément le catalogue en ligne bibnet.lu depuis leur table de travail et de commander les documents désirés via leur ordinateur portable ou leur smartphone. La commande des documents sera donc plus facile et plus rapide.

Contre présentation de sa carte de lecteur, l’usager reçoit un code qui lui permet d’accéder au réseau Wifi pendant une durée limitée.

La Bibliothèque nationale est la 3e administration étatique au Luxembourg à offrir un tel service à ses clients.
 

IBFD: Platform Enhancements

To make the user experience simpler and more efficient, the following enhancements have been added to the IBFD Tax Research Platform:

  • All the tables in the Quick Reference Tables collection can now be exported to Microsoft Excel
  • The “See Alsobox, which displays the latest developments and related information for the document you are viewing, is now also available for the Key Features collection
  • The collections National Legislation, EU Law en Treaties, now include a bi-lingual display which allows an easy and direct side-by-side comparison of two language versions (if available) of a law
  • Export any selected text, document or entire chapter contained in the Country Analysis collection to Microsoft Word for simple and quick further processing. This feature is also available for the Country Surveys. Other collections will follow.

To access IBFD, from within the University of Luxembourg and the National Library of Luxembourg only, click here or go to the letter “I” under the “Find Database” tab.
 

Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy New Update

The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy has recently had a significant update which includes 10 brand new articles and 7 revisions, including contributions from some of the most celebrated authors in the field.

Examples of new essays available to read now:

For a complete summary of the Logic, Language and Mathematics update, visit the What’s New page.
 

Notre page de connexion fait peau neuve

Afin d’améliorer votre expérience avec le portail, nous avons changé notre page de connexion. Vous y trouverez, dès maintenant, les dernières nouvelles de ce blog ainsi qu’une petite explication comment procéder face à un problème de connexion.

Finalement, comme toujours noté sur la page de connexion, n’oubliez pas que votre utilisation aux ressources électroniques est sujette à la législation luxembourgeoise sur les droits d’auteurs ainsi qu’au règlement interne de la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg.