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Launched in 2003, the Library Connect Newsletter (ISSN: 1549-3725) offers articles by librarians, industry experts and Elsevier colleagues. Here info pros can learn about best practices and case studies, read thoughts from leaders in the field, and stay up to date with Elsevier news.
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9:3, December 2011 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Librarian 2.0 and beyond
9:2, June 2011 (HTML |PDF). Theme: Marketing the library
9:1, March 2011 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Leaving the buildings behind
2010 Issues
8:4, November 2010 (HTML | PDF). Theme: The changing face of content
8:3, July 2010 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Supporting early career researchers
8:2, May 2010 (HTML | PDF). Theme: International & interdisciplinary
8:1, January 2010 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Trusted content
2009 Issues
7:4, November 2009 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Mobile access
7:3, August 2009 (The HTML | PDF). Theme: Changing roles
7:2, April 2009 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Communicating value
7:1, January 2009 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Performance & planning [See this issue's eAlert. Sign up for the LCN aAlert - delivering each issue's table-of-contents to your email - at the top of this page or here.]
2008 Issues
6:4, October 2008 (HTML | PDF). Theme: Advanced technologies
These publications offer practical assistance, such as quick tips to help librarians promote electronic products. Like the newsletter, the pamphlets feature contributions from info pros around the world. Comments on the pamphlets or suggestions of new pamphlet topics? Write to libraryconnect@elsevier.com.
Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier
2011, 4th Ed., Pamphlet 4 (PDF). Available in Japanese.
Developing Strong Library Budgets:
Information Professionals Share Best Practices
2009, Pamphlet 12 (HTML |PDF)
See this pamphlet's article (on page 43) “How to Build ROI Through Discovery,” by Carol Tenopir, Amy Love, Joseph Park and Lei Wu, in Vietnamese. (Thanks go toThai Nguyen University Learning Resource Center for having kindly provided the Vietnamese translation.)
Information Philanthropy Initiatives:
A Guide to Helping Libraries & Researchers Worldwide
2008, Pamphlet 11 (HTML |PDF)
Journal Publishing at Elsevier:
Facilitating Communication, Creating Community
2007, Pamphlet 10 (HTML | PDF). Available in Japanese
University Investment in the Library, Phase II:
An International Study of the Library's Value to the Grants Process
2010, by Carol Tenopir, Amy Love, Joseph Park, Lei Wu, Andrea Baer and Regina Mays,
Center for Information and Communication Studies, University of Tennessee
(HTML | PDF)
ScienceDirect High School Access Program:
Strengths, Challenges and Opportunities
2010, by J. Anne Clark & Wendy M. Limbert, Collaborative Research Associates
(HTML | PDF)
University Investment in the Library: What's the Return?
A Case Study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008, by Judy Luther, President, Informed Strategies
(HTML | PDF).
Available in Japanese| Brazilian Portuguese (Thanks go toPetrobras for having kindly provided the Portuguese translation.)
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