The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Library has provided updates on the following subjects, including news you may have missed this summer:
- Elsevier journals 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 did not renew its subscriptions for 2019, but the library has workarounds to obtain the content you need.
- Cambridge University Press 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 has an agreement in place for open-access publishing (the kind of deal 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 continues to seek with Elsevier). Publishing is free in 2019, and a discount and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 financial support will take effect in 2020.
- Physical Sciences and Engineering Library 鈥 Closed through summer 2020.
- The New York Times 鈥 Free access continues, but faculty and staff may need to reauthenticate their subscriptions.
- Fall exhibitions 鈥 In the lobby of Shields Library, on the topics of gun violence and historic wine tastings.
Elsevier
Following a between 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and Elsevier earlier this year, the university decided not to renew its subscriptions for 2019, and the journal publisher subsequently (in July) discontinued 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 direct access to 2019 articles (and some older articles).
How did we get here? MacKenzie Smith, university librarian and vice provost of digital scholarship, provides the (as published by The Conversation, July 15).
Elsevier workarounds
- Looking for a 2019 Elsevier article? The library has published , such as how to find free versions when available. The library has also implemented new, faster interlibrary loan systems, including weekend and evening support, so that most articles are delivered within 24 hours 鈥 and some within just an hour or two. (For urgent interlibrary loan requests, use the 鈥渘ote鈥 field to ask for an expedited copy, or contact the library鈥檚 interlibrary loan staff by email or phone, 530-752-1978.) The systemwide Academic Senate has stakeholders across 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 to take advantage of these options and refrain from any new independent subscriptions to Elsevier journals at this time. 鈥淏y 鈥榟olding the line,鈥欌 the senate leadership wrote, 鈥渢he 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 can help change the system of scholarly communication for the betterment of all.鈥
- Looking for an earlier article? It鈥檚 probably still available via ScienceDirect. 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 has permanent access rights to articles published before Jan. 1, 2019, in most Elsevier journals, with these .
- What鈥檚 next? 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 is hoping to re-enter formal negotiations with Elsevier if the publisher indicates that it is willing to discuss a contract that achieves the of containing journal subscription costs while moving toward full open access to 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 research 鈥 an objective deeply rooted in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 mission, as a public university, to make knowledge freely and openly available.
Cambridge University Press
The agreement applies to research articles, review articles and proceedings papers with a 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 corresponding author in most Cambridge journals (some society journals do not yet offer an open access option).
Questions? Send an email to Michael Ladisch, the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Library鈥檚 scholarly communications officer.
PSEL
The campus announced in early September that the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library, which has been temporarily closed since June for asbestos abatement and installation of fire sprinklers and fire alarms as part of the QMAP Renovations and Seismic Retrofit project, must remain closed through summer 2020 due to a number of unforeseen construction, inspection and permitting issues.
NYTimes.com
The 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Library began offering free online access to The New York Times last year, to all members of the campus community. Faculty and staff must to maintain their access. To set up your free account as a member of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis community for the first time, .
Fall exhibitions
On display in the lobby:
- A Tale of Two Tastings, including the 1976 Judgment of Paris that put California wines on the global map. Through Feb. 3. (Location in the lobby: to the left of the main staircase.)
- Gun Violence in America, in conjunction with the Campus Community Book Project. Through Oct. 31. (Location in the lobby: near the library entry.)
Media Resources
Dateline Staff, 530-752-6556, dateline@ucdavis.edu