Find here freely available how-to resources for librarians from the Library Connect Newsletter (LCN), Library Connect Practical Assistance Pamphlets, and Library Connect Podcasts. For additional how-to information on Elsevier products such as ScienceDirect, visit www.trainingdesk.elsevier.com.

Electronic Resources

    How to get the most from Elsevier products

• TrainingDesk:   EMBASE.com Online Training Options
• TrainingDesk:   Engineering Village Online Training Options
• TrainingDesk:   ScienceDirect Online Training Options
• TrainingDesk:   Scopus Online Training Options
• TrainingDesk:   Crossfire Online Training Options
• TrainingDesk:   Pharmapendium Online Training Options

    How to get the most from eResources

• LCN (6:3, July 2008):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library implementing eLearning?
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Talking with a Turkish university librarian about lending eBook readers
• LCN (6:1, January 2008):   Study shows migration to online books saves libraries money and increases usage
• LCN (3:4, October 2005):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library helping users get the most benefit from digital resources?
• LCN (3:2, June 2005):   Success Story: RSS Moves into the Mainstream at the University of Alberta Libraries
• LCN (2:1, April 2004):   Partnering in eLearning: The Purdue Experience
• TrainingDesk:   Using tags for knowledge discovery

    How to improve your library's website

• LCN (6:3, July 2008):   Ask UCD: How can I make it easy for people to learn how to use my library website?
• LCN (5:3, August 2007):   Ask UCD: How can I make our library website more usable for international users?
• LCN (5:2, April 2007):   Ask UCD: How many users are enough when I test the usability of my library website?
• LCN (5:1, January 2007):   Ask UCD: How do I ensure that my website is readable?
• LCN (4:3, August 2006):   Ask UCD: What is the best way to organize all the features my library website offers?
• LCN (3:4, October 2005):   Ask UCD: What library terms do users understand? What terms should I use when naming links on my library website?
• LCN (3:3, August 2005):   Ask UCD: How can I convince my co-workers that our library Web pages aren't very usable?
• LCN (3:1, April 2005):   Ask UCD: What metrics would you recommend when assessing the success of a website?
• LCN (2:4, December 2004):   Ask UCD: What’s the best way to provide help and training information on my library website?
• LCN (2:2, June 2004):   Ask UCD: How can I improve the usability of my Web site?
• LCN (2:1, April 2004):   Ask UCD: How can I improve the accessibility of my website?
• Pamphlet 5, 2nd Ed. (2007):   How to Design Library Web Sites to Maximize Usability

    How to promote the use of eResources

• LCN (7:2, April 2009):   Ask UCD: How do we communicate value in our website design?
• LCN (6:1, January 2008):   How marketing can help increase the value of e-resource investments: Five key findings
• LCN (5:4, October 2007):   ScienceDirect eBooks promotional tools are at your fingertips
• LCN (3:4, October 2005):   Can You Lead a Horse to Water? Teaching Users About Electronic Resources
• LCN (3:4, October 2005):   Outreach Program Puts Focus on New Resources
• LCN (2:3, October 2004):   Librarians Speak Up: How do you direct users to your library’s A&I resources?
• LCN (1:2, June 2003):   Success Stories from the Field: Great Ways to Market Digital Content
• Pamphlet 1, 2nd Ed. (2007):   15 Ways to Promote Effective Use of Online Resources: Research and Findings
• Pamphlet 6 (2005):   How Libraries Are Training Users on E-resources: Best Practices

Outreach

    How to connect with library users

• LCN (6:4, October 2008):   UConn Student Ambassador Program connects students and library resources
• LCN (5:4, October 2007):   Enhancing library services: How to create a blog, wiki or RSS feed
• LCN (5:4, October 2007):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library using 2.0 to reach users?
• LCN (5:4, October 2007):   Using RSS to connect with your users
• LCN (5:2, April 2007):   Downloadable Toolbar Puts Library on Users' Desktops
• LCN (4:1, January 2006):   Librarians Speak Up: How is user behavior at your library changing?
• LCN (4:1, January 2006):   Tenopir: Top Tips on User Surveys
• LCN (4:1, January 2006):   Using Evidence to Build Faculty Participation in Serials Collection Development
• LCN (2:4, December 2004):   Training Can Be Your Library’s Best Promotion: Five Top Training Tips
• LCN (2:2, June 2004):   Librarians Speak Up: How do you get to know your users?
  
• LCN (1:3, September 2003):   Engaging Patrons Through Strategic Marketing

    How to ensure excellent customer service

• LCN (4:3, August 2006):   Librarians Speak Up: How does your library help users with limited English proficiency access STM information, much of which is in English?
• LCN (3:3, August 2005):   Heading for Success: Customer-Focused Service Improvement at Griffith University in Australia
• LCN (3:3, August 2005):   Librarians Speak Up: How do you ensure excellent customer service at your library?
• LCN (3:3, August 2005):   Piecing the Customer Service Puzzle

    How to implement environmentally friendly practices at your library

• LCN (5:2, April 2007):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library helping take care of the environment?
  

    How to support and engage Millennials

• Library Connect Podcast:   Using Web 2.0 to reach Millenials (  Audio |  Transcript)
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Commons, chat and collaboration: How we’re connecting with Millennials at Murdoch University Library
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   How we’re redesigning academic libraries to keep them as the center of campus
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library innovating to support Millennials?
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Millennial disconnects with publishers and libraries
• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Undergrads’ research habits, motivators and attitudes: What studies tell us
• LCN (4:1, January 2006):   Shedding Light on Student Use of Library Resources

    How to support your authors

• Pamphlet 3 (2004):   15 Ways to Support Your Authors

Performance and Planning

    How to add value to your library services

• LCN (7:1, January 2009):   Ask UCD: What are some tips for planning usability activities so they are most effective?
• LCN (7:1, January 2009):   Three tips to help us, as we all transform into Next Gen librarians
• LCN (4:2, April 2006):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library adding value to content?
• LCN (4:2, April 2006):   So Far, So Good: Value-adding Services "Down Under"

    How to advocate for your library

• LCN (7:2, April 2009):   Communicating the value of libraries and librarians: Take a leadership role in the academic enterprise
• LCN (7:2, April 2009):   Lobbying your governing body for library funds: Communicate clearly and deploy library champions
• Pamphlet 8 (2006):   Marketing Library Resources: An Annotated Bibliography

    How to determine value

• LCN (7:1, January 2009):  How we’re laying the foundation for a culture of assessment at our university libraries
• LCN (6:1, January 2008):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library determining its value?
• LCN (3:1, April 2005):   Librarians Speak Up: What's the Most Important Criterion You Use to Measure Success at Your Library?
• Library Connect White Paper (2008):   University Investment in the Library: What's the Return? A Case Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    How to evaluate useability

• LCN (4:2, April 2006):   Ask UCD: How can I assess the usability of a product our library is purchasing?

Publishing

    How to encourage your faculty to publish

• LCN (4:2, April 2006):   Taking a Proactive Approach and Encouraging Faculty to Publish

    How to get your work published

• Pamphlet 2, 2nd Ed.  (2006):   How to Get Published in LIS Journals: A Practical Guide

    How to publish with Elsevier

• Pamphlet 10 (2007):   Journal Publishing at Elsevier: Facilitating Communication, Creating Community

    How to use content published by Elsevier

• LCN (6:3, August 2008):   How can I include digital articles or books in online course packs?
• LCN (6:1, January 2008):   Do I need to pay to reuse Elsevier material?
• LCN (5:2, April 2007):   Is email transmission an option for sending ScienceDirect articles that have been requested by interlibrary loan?
• Pamphlet 4, 3rd Ed. (2008):   Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide

Research

    How to develop collections for researchers

• ScienceDirect White Paper (2008):   The role of online books in supporting academic researcher productivity

    How to help researchers collaborate

• LCN (6:2, April 2008):   Looking to help researchers stay connected? Try TopCited and 2collab
• TrainingDesk:   Find Your Next Research Partners with Topcited and 2Collab

    How to help researchers evaluate their performance

• LCN (7:1, January 2009):   Visualizing research performance: Bringing strategic insight to research management
• LCN (6:4, October 2008):   5 Questions with Loet Leydesdorff, Associate Professor, Amsterdam School of Communications Research (ASCoR), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (re: bibliometrics)
• LCN (5:3, August 2007):   Librarians Speak Up: How is your library helping researchers evaluate their performance?
  
• Pamphlet 9 (2006):   Using Scopus for Bibliometric Analysis: A Practical Guide

    How to help researchers receive funding

• LCN (7:2, April 2009):   Grant funding workshops help faculty, staff and graduate students
• LCN (7:1, January 2009):   Funding intelligence tool: Launching soon to provide a better grip on the funding landscape
• LCN (7:1, January 2009):   James Weyhenmeyer, PhD, senior vice provost for research at the State University of New York, talks about academic research funding
• SciVal White Paper (2009):   Navigating the research funding environment: Junior researchers find success through networking, mentors and doing their homework