Resources and Services
Open Access Week, Oct 18 – 24
Join the MU Libraries for two events celebrating Open Access Week!
“Open Access University Repositories”
Paul Thirion from the University of Liege, Belgium
Co-sponsored by SISLT and the RJI Transatlantic Center
2 pm, Tuesday, October 19
Fred W. Smith Forum, Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI)
Reception 3:30-5 in RJI 100
“Open Access Textbook Solutions”
Eric Frank from Flatworld Knowledge
Co-sponsored by the University Bookstore
Panel discussion to follow
2 pm, Thursday, October 21
Jesse Wrench Auditorium (in the South wing of the Memorial Union)
Followed by refreshments
RSVP for both events to Mark Ellis at ellismw@missouri.edu or 573-882-4701.
For more information about Open Access, visit http://www.openaccess.org/
Open Access Week
Learn More About Banned Books at MU Libraries
Stop by Ellis Library to pick up your copy of our Banned Books brochure. Learn more about Banned Books Week at http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm
Four New Group Study Rooms Now Available for Reservation
Sam and Laura
Ask a Librarian
Faculty and Instructors: Integrate Library Resources Into Your Blackboard Pages
Make it easier for your students to find and use scholarly library resources by adding links to those resources on your Blackboard page. Remember, you can always ask your Subject Librarian for help.
Bring Your Lunch, Learn a Bunch
ScienceDirect and Scopus Scheduled Outage on Aug. 28
ScienceDirect and Scopus will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance for approximately 9 hours on Saturday, 28 August. During this time, upgrades will be implemented to these systems as part of the launch of the new SciVerse platform. For more information about SciVerse, please visit www.acceleratescience.com.
Down time is expected to be as follows:
- U.S. Central Daylight Time: 6:30AM to 3:30PM, August 28
We apologize for the inconvenience while we improve your Elsevier products.
Regards,
The Elsevier Team.