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The OECD iLibrary contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and International Transport Forum (ITF) since 1998 – some 390 complete databases, 2 500 working papers, 5 500 books, 14 000 tables and graphs, 21 000 chapters and articles.

Themes include:

• Economics – Over 13 000 published items including OECD Economic Outlook and OECD Economic Surveys;
• Education –  Over 4 000 published items including PISA and OECD Education Statistics;
• Development – Over 4 500 published items including Development Aid at a Glance and the International Development Statistics database;
• Governance – Over 2 000 published items including the OECD e-Government Studies.

Features include:

• Intuitive navigation by theme or country;
• Search and click directly to tables, chapters or articles;
• Content in context – related content is one click away;
• Links to previous editions, with the opti on to download any full-text item such as tables or chapters from the table of contents;
• Executive summaries available for key titles in up to 20 languages;
• Bilingual (English & French) user interface.

Access to the OECD iLibrary is offered free of charge to all National Library card holders and is available under the letter “O” in the Databases tab of the Portal bnu or by clicking here.

Getting started guides are available in English, German, Russian and Polish directly from OECD by clicking here.

INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA (ICOLC)

ICOLC Response to the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical (STM) Statement

Issued June 22, 2011

A recent statement by the International Association of Scientific Technical and Medical Publishers (STM) advocates a set of new guidelines for document delivery.   http://www.stm-assoc.org/industry-news/stm-statement-on-document-delivery/ While intellectual property laws vary from country to country, STM’s approach would radically alter well-established library practices that advance knowledge, support scholarship, and are compliant with current copyright laws.  The STM recommendations are in conflict with widely held principles that provide a copyright exception for interlibrary loan (ILL) activities. The regime anticipated by the STM statement would place unfair restrictions on researchers’ access to information. In particular, ICOLC contends that:

1. interlibrary loan, under existing principles and laws, is consistent with the three-step test of Berne;
2. cross-border deliveries are adequately and appropriately governed by current copyright law;.
3. digital document delivery directly to an end-user is best coordinated through the end-user’s library or community of learners;
4. libraries are able to deliver on-site articles to library walk-up patrons in any format, including both digital and print;
5. current copyright law appropriately places the burden on the library user to affirm that the documents they receive are for private, non-commercial use.

The ICOLC strongly supports IFLA’s Draft Library Treaty, Article 7, which states “It shall be permissible for a library or archive to supply a copy of any work. . . lawfully acquired or accessed by the library or archive, to another library or archive for subsequent supply to any of its users, by any means . . . provided that such use is compatible with fair practice as determined in national law.” http://www.ifla.org/files/clm/publications/tlib.pdf See also ARL’s statement clarifying legal protections afforded to libraries for national and international ILL use http://publications.arl.org/rli275/18, related documents http://publications.arl.org/rli275/4 and http://publications.arl.org/rli275 .

For further information please contact:

Helmut Hartmann, Director Central Office, Austrian Academic Consortium (Kooperation E-Medien Österreich Die Österreichische Bibliothekenverbund und Service GmbH), helmut.hartmann@obvsg.at +43 1 4035 158-56

Ann Okerson, Director, NERL Consortium, Associate University Librarian, Yale University, Ann.Okerson@yale.edu +1 203-432-1764

Mei-yuh Shih, CONCERT Project Manager, CONsortium on Core Electronic Resources in Taiwan, CONCER, mei@stpi.narl.org.tw +886-2-2737-7648

Tracy L. Thompson-Przylucki, Executive Director, New England Law Library Consortium (NELLCO), tracy.thompson@nellco.org +1 518-694-3026

Syun Tutiya, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, Japan tutiya@niad.ac.jp +81 42-307-1803

About the International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)

The International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC) has been in existence since 1996.  The Coalition is an international, informal group currently comprising approximately 200 library consortia in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa.  The member consortia serve all types and sizes of libraries.  ICOLC facilitates discussion among consortia on issues of common interest, and conducts one meeting per year in North America and one meeting per year in Europe.  The organization is dedicated to keeping its members informed about electronic information resources, pricing practices of electronic publishers and vendors, and other issues of importance to consortium directors and governing boards.  The Coalition also meets with the information provider community to discuss product offerings and issues of mutual concern.

More information about ICOLC can be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia or contact Tom Sanville, Director, Library Services, LYRASIS, Suite 200, 1438 West Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta, GA, Phone: 404-892-0943 ext. 4873; tom.sanville@lyrasis.org
 

The latest release of the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics includes 8 articles from a diverse set of areas: the aim has been to commission longer survey articles relevant to current issues.  Here is a selection:

• European Central Bank and monetary policy in the euro area: Since 1 January 1999 the European Central Bank (ECB) has had sole responsibility for monetary policy in the euro area. Its main aim is to maintain price stability over the medium term. The financial and economic crises of 2007–2011 made the tension between the single monetary policy and national responsibilities for economic policies and financial stability visible. …
• Euro zone crisis 2010: The euro zone crisis is commonly regarded as a sovereign debt crisis. This definition certainly applies to Greece, but the Irish case represents an almost pure specimen of a banking crisis voluntarily transformed into a sovereign crisis. …
• Economic impact of the Olympic Games: The Olympic Games are among the largest and most visible sporting events in the world. This article examines the financing of the Olympic Games, explores how the awarding of the Games has become a high-stakes contest, and analyzes the costs of running the Games and their economic impact on the host city and nation.

Check it out now! The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is available under the letter “P” in the Databases tab of by clicking here.
 

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Wussten sie schon? Über das Portal des “Consortium Luxembourg” haben sie Zugang (auch von zuhause) auf mehrere wichtige internationale deutschsprachige bibliographische Datenbanken des Verlags DeGruyter:

• Internationale Bibliographie der Rezensionen (IBR) : Die IBR umfasst ca. 1,2 Mio. Nachweise von Rezensionen aus den Jahren 1985ff. Sie weist interdisziplinäre, internationale, vornehmlich die Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften berücksichtigende Rezensionen aus 6.820 wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften zu 560.000 rezensierten Werken nach. Die Datenbank wird monatlich aktualisiert, wobei der jährliche Zuwachs ca. 50.000 Eintragungen beträgt. Die Einträge sind mit deutschen und englischen Schlagworten erschlossen. Damit können Rezensionen in den unterschiedlichsten Sprachen gefunden werden.
• Internationale Bibliographie der Zeitschriftenliteratur (IBZ): Die Bibliographie IBZ ist seit über 100 Jahren das führende internationale Nachschlagewerk für Zeitschriftenaufsätze der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften und angrenzender Fachgebiete. Das Themenspektrum der erfassten Zeitschriften ist fachübergreifend: Publikationen aus 40 Ländern in mehr als 40 Sprachen sind berücksichtigt.  Die IBZ Online weist derzeit über 3.2 Millionen Zeitschriftenaufsätze aus 11.500 Zeitschriften der Jahre 1983ff nach. Jährlich kommen über 120.000 Eintragungen hinzu. Die Datenbank wird regelmäßig aktualisiert.
• Internationale Jahresbibliographie der Festschriften (IJBF): Gerade in den geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Disziplinen sind Festschriften ein beliebtes wissenschaftliches Forum. Mit der IJBF werden diese wertvollen wissenschaftlichen Ressourcen der Öffentlichkeit schnell zugänglich gemacht. Mit über 1.000 neuen Festschriften pro Jahr ist die IJBF die einzige regelmäßig erscheinende wirklich internationale Festschriftenbibliographie. Die IJBF online enthält über 20.000 Festschriften mit 240.000 verschlagworteten Beiträgen und ca. 609.500 Beiträgen insgesamt. Der Berichtszeitraum umfasst die Jahre 1986ff. Die Einträge in der IJBF werden von Wissenschaftsredakteuren durch ein Schlagwortsystem erschlossen und aufbereitet. Damit sind in den Festschriften veröffentlichte Beiträge zu einem bestimmten Thema schnell und problemlos aufzufinden.
• Internationale Jahresbibliographie der Kongressberichte (IJBK): Die Datenbank IJBK verzeichnet über 989.700 Inhaltsverzeichnisse von mehr als 33.100 – vornehmlich europäischen – Kongressberichten. Der Berichtszeitraum umfasst die Jahre 1984 ff. Die Artikel sind in deutsch und englisch sachlich erschlossen. Der jährliche Zuwachs der Datenbank beträgt ca. 2.000 Kongressberichte. Neben den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften sind schwerpunktmäßig auch andere wissenschaftliche Fachgebiete berücksichtigt, wie z.B. Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften.

Sie finden die Bibliographien unter dem Tab “Datenbanken”, Buchstabe “I” oder direkt indem sie hier klicken.

Ausserdem können sie folgende deutschsprachigen Datenbanken des Verlags DeGruyter nutzen:

• Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE)
• Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (ALK)

Did you know that a number of databases available in Consortium Luxembourg’s portal offer a mobile interface? To find them simply search for “Mobile” in the title of the database or click here
 

Naxos Music Library (NML) is the world´s largest on-line classical music library. Currently, it offers streaming access to more than 46,000 CDs with more than 653,000 tracks, standard and rare repertoire. Over 800 new CDs are added to the library every month.

The library offers the complete Naxos and Marco Polo catalogues plus the complete catalogues or selected titles from over 250 classical, jazz and world music labels with more labels joining every month. Classic pop and rock music as well as Chinese orchestral music are also represented.

The contents can be searched by composer, work, genre and label; by keyword search and by a sophisticated advanced search engine with up to 10 combined search criteria. In addition to allowing subscribers to listen to recordings, NML provides liner notes for most recordings. Listeners can create personalized playlists or use predefined Naxos Music Library playlists.

Naxos Music Library is available via under the letter “N” in the “Find Database” tab of the Consortium Luxembourg portal or by clicking here.
 

Did you know that the full text of the 8-volume edition of the Palgrave Dictionary of Economics is available on-line via the Consortium Luxembourg portal?

The on-line Dictionary is a dynamic resource for economists which:

• offers excellent search and browse facilities, both full text and advanced, which make it possible to explore the Dictionary with great speed and ease;
• contains hyper-linked cross-references within articles, making it an indispensable tool for researchers and students;
• features carefully selected and maintained links to related sites, sources of further information and bibliographical citations;
• enables users to bookmark searches and articles, along with their own notes, in My Dictionary, or add links to articles on social bookmarking sites;
• incorporates quarterly additions and updates.

To find out more about what the Dictionary has to offer, view the demo.

The Palgrave Dictionary of Economics can be accessed via the “Find Database” tab under the letter “P” or by clicking here.