What's New

December 2011 Legislative Library MARC records 

The December 2011 Legislative Library MARC records, as well as the full-year files for 2011, are now available for free download from here. ... More
Category: Resource SharingUpdated: 02-Feb-2012
 
URLs for Linking to the Wilson Indexes and FT Products 

January 17, 2012 To:        BC ELN Subscribers to the Wilson IndexesFrom:    BC ELN OfficeRe:        URLs for Linking to the Wilson Indexes and FT ProductsEBSCO recently announced changes to the URLs which link to the H.W. Wilson collection of products. This is in fact one of BC ELN's oldest ... More
Category: DatabasesUpdated: 18-Jan-2012
 
Learner Resources (licensing) update January 2012 

January 12, 2012

To: BC ELN Collection Development Team
cc: BC ELN Directors
Re: Learner Resources (licensing) update January 2012

** mark your calendars for the annual Resources Forum and Ranking Survey **

It is time to start thinking about what new Learner Resources (databases) for BC ELN to add in the coming year! Please mark your calendars for ... More
Category: DatabasesUpdated: 12-Jan-2012
 
New BC ELN Connect Issue Available Winter 2011-12 

The winter 2011/2012 Issue of BC ELN Connect is now available at: http://eln.bc.ca/newsletter/201112Connect/index.htmlWondering what resources other libraries are subscribing to? This issue answers Frequently Asked Questions about BC ELN Communications; find the answer to this question and more.Connect's feature article, AskAway: Positive Changes from Constructive Feedback, discusses the method that ... More
Category: About BC ELNUpdated: 15-Dec-2011
 
2011 the year of open - BCcampus 

BCcampus' Paul Stacey's inclusive look at the expansion of open in many dimensions, from library and museum digital collections to open government and open textbooks, at http://www.bccampus.ca/2011-the-year-of-open/ ... More
Category: AnnouncementsUpdated: 15-Dec-2011
 
CUFTS Free! open access collections: over 12,000 titles 

The CUFTS Free! open access collections have just been updated, and the title count is now over 12,000 titles. A new collection is now available, the NUNDAM list of titles from France's Centre nationale de la recherche scientifique. BC ELN will activate this list in 2012 on behalf of partner ... More
Category: Resource SharingUpdated: 14-Dec-2011
 
Feature Film Public Performance Rights (PPR) Licensing 



BC ELN coordinates two licenses for feature film public performance rights (ffPPR) which cover a number of BC post-secondary institutions as well as a group of institutions in several other provinces.

The licenses are with the two leading Canadian PPR licensing agencies, Audio Cine Films (ACF) and Criterion Pictures. Between them ... More
Category: Projects & InitiativesUpdated: 07-Dec-2011
 
November 2011 Database Licensing Update 

November 8, 2011

To: BC ELN Collection Development Team
Re: BC ELN Database Licensing Update

NEW PRODUCTS IN THE WORKS / COMING SOON

Alexander Street Press - Academic Video Online
http://alexanderstreet.com/
BC ELN has begun discussions with Alexander Street Press on their Academic Video Online collections. This is an updated version of Critical Videos Online, second ranked in ... More
Category: AnnouncementsUpdated: 15-Nov-2011
 
AskAway Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes and Coordinator's Report 

The minutes from the October 3 Advisory Committee meeting are now available here: http://www.eln.bc.ca/askaway/documents/20111003AAMinutes.pdf


The Coordinator's Report is also available: http://www.eln.bc.ca/askaway/documents/AACoordRep20111003.pdf ... More
Category: Projects & InitiativesUpdated: 18-Oct-2011
 
BC ELN Strategic Plan 2011/12 to 2015/16 

The BC ELN Strategic Plan as endorsed by the Steering Committee on July 8, 2011 is now available here.

Full details and links to planning documents can be found here.

The December 2 All-Partner Meeting will include a discussion by BC ELN partner library directors to further articulate strategies. ... More
Category: AnnouncementsUpdated: 05-Oct-2011