ScienceDirect, Scopus, Hub, Applications, SciVal, Journals Consult and the Admin Tool are expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 19 hours beginning Saturday, August 25th, 2012 for scheduled maintenance for a new release.
Now available! Queen’s students and teaching faculty can access Micromedex 2.0 for teaching & educational purposes. Micromedex 2.0 provides information about drugs & toxicology, as well as clinical tools for checking IV compatibility & drug interactions. You can access Micromedex 2.0 here: http://proxy.queensu.ca/login?url=http://library.queensu.ca/node/10085
Students and faculty also receive FREE access to apps for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Android devices. Information on downloading and accessing mobile apps is available from the mobileMicromedex® link located at the top of the Micromedex 2.0 page.
Are you interested in working in one of the Queen’s Libraries during the 2012/13 academic year? We have a variety of positions available for students who qualify for the Queen’s Work Study Program.
For more information:
Visit our Student Employment Opportunities website and contact us soon!
The Copyright Advisory Office is providing the following services and workshops to help course instructors prepare for the Fall term.
New copyright developments
In addition to Queen’s not signing a licence with Access Copyright, there have been a number of national developments that are relevant for course instructors. To clarify what these developments mean for education, I have posted a brief analysis on my website. This post provides a synopsis of Bill C-11 (the Copyright Modernization Act) and discussion of recent Supreme Court decisions that will have an impact on the way we use copyrighted materials on campus. See http://library.queensu.ca/library/news/story/12/07/27/copyright-update-0.
New permission services for your materials on Learning Management Systems (e.g. Moodle), other password-protected websites and print handouts
Queen’s is committed to ensuring that you can use as many materials in your course as possible. While course-packs are still available through the AMS P&CC and the Campus Bookstore, we now have a new service that will facilitate getting permissions for digitizing (scanning) print course material and articles unavailable through the Library’s digital collections or reproducing them as class handouts.
Who is this best for? If you have a small class or a limited number of items, this service can help you provide materials to your class. If you have a large class or are using a large collection of print materials, a course-pack or print library reserve is often still the best way to go.
More information about this services is available on the Copyright Advisory Office webpage.
Please submit your materials as soon as possible for the Fall term, even if you have to submit material piece-by-piece. Contact with publishers can sometimes take a while, so the sooner you contact us, the better the chance of getting permission in time (3-4 weeks before your students will use the material is ideal).
Workshops
The Copyright Advisory Office will be offering weekly question and answer sessions in Stauffer Library. These sessions are open to anyone at the University.
Register for one of these workshops here: https://moodle.queensu.ca/mod/facetoface/view.php?id=99633
For in-depth information on how copyright relates to teaching materials, there is a session in the Centre for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Development Workshop Series on Thursday, September 20th from 9:30-11:00. Registration for this workshop and upcoming September Q&A sessions will be available in the coming weeks on the following page: http://library.queensu.ca/copyright/services
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