Fax service now at main campus UPS store

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For many years Paley Library has offered send and receive fax service for students through our Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery unit located in Tuttleman. the number of faxes handled by us, however, has greatly decreased over the past decades as access to the internet has spread. Recently, the UPS Store on main campus began offering send and receive fax services for longer hours, including Saturdays, and at less cost than the service at Paley could be offered. Because the UPS Store will offer more convenience at better rates, effective November 2 Paley Library discontinued its fax services. The UPS Store is located in the Howard Gittis Student Center at 13th and Montgomery in the lower level atrium. For hours, contact information and other services, see http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/5760/ or call 215-204-7815.

Scientific American price up 650%

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Librarians across the country have expressed concern and even outrage at the impending increase in subscription price of the popular journal Scientific American. While a personal subscription will remain $39 per year, the cost for just one print subscription for college and university libraries will rise from $39 to $300 on January 1. The increase was announced shortly after Scientific American was bought by the Nature Publishing Group. Many librarians and faculty see this as an egregious example of predatory pricing strategies adopted by for-profit publishers who re-sell research results generated by colleges and universities. In this case, NPG is attempting to raise the price of a rather slim general interest magazine to the level of more scholarly journals publishing original research. Libraries from Penn State to Oberlin College to the University of Maryland Baltimore County are canceling their print subscriptions in protest of NPG’s effort and to save precious subscription dollars. Across all Temple University Libraries we have had five (5) print subscriptions to Scientific American as well as a university wide electronic subscription, but like other institutions we plan now to drop most existing print subscriptions in protest and to spare our subscription budget the impact of such an increase. We will retain -– at least for a year — the print subscription in Paley Library although it appears to have been read less than a dozen times last year according to our reshelving data. Those concerned at such predatory pricing might consider emailing the editors of Scientific American.

Pick Up Your Library Users’ Guide in Today’s Temple News

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Grab the October 27 issue of the Temple News, and you’ll get important information about Temple University Libraries along with your campus updates. Need to schedule a reference session with a subject specialist? Want to know how to contact librarians for immediate research advice? Need to bookmark links for journal searching versus the Diamond catalog? All of this information and much, much more is found in this concise, helpful guide. Pick up yours today!

ARTstor Update 10/23/09

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ARTstor has announced the following:

Now available: Medieval stained glass images from Madeline Caviness
ARTstor has collaborated with Madeline Caviness to digitize approximately 1,400 images of medieval stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries, now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel
Approximately 7,200 images of works of South Asian and Cuban art and architecture from Alka Patel are now available in the Digital Library.

Now available: Additional images from Magnum Photos
The final images of the Magnum Photos collection are now available in ARTstor. This second release brings the collection total to approximately 80,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and personalities by this world-renowned group of documentary photographers.

Printer Added To Second Floor of Paley

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Paley Library has 125 computers on its three floors, but up to now has had only two black & white printers on the first floor to receive all the printing requests. As a result, lines often form as students wait to print their materials. And for those on the upper levels, printing was an inconvenience. To help improve the quality of printing services in Paley Library an additional printer was added on the east side of the second floor. The printer is located near the existing photocopier and stand-up computers. Although the printer is on the second floor, any computer in Paley Library can print to any printer. So if a student finds a line for the printer on the first floor, he or she can go to the second floor to print their job. Every card swipe can release any job to a printer no matter what computer it originates from. The only exceptions are for the color printer and for those who need to pay for their printing. Color printing and paid printing may only be done on the first floor. We hope the addition of this printer will help to improve the ease of using Paley Library. If you have any concerns, complaints or suggestions about the printers please contact Steven Bell, Associate University Library for Research and Instructional Services.

Credo Reference Update: 10/19/09

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Credo Reference recently added the following new titles:
  • Encyclopedia of Emapcipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, from M.E. Sharpe
  • Encyclopedia of World Trade from Ancient Times to the Present, from M.E. Sharpe
  • First Ladies of the United States, from Lynne Rienner Publishers
  • Great Irish Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins
  • Great Lives: A Century in Obituaries, from Collins
  • Great Military Lives: Leadership and Courage – from Waterloo to the Falklands in Obituaries, from Collins
  • Great Thinkers A-Z, from Continuum
  • Great Victorian Lives: An Era in Obituaries, from Collins
  • Key Ideas in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press
  • Key Thinkers in Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language, from Edinburgh University Press
  • Philosophy of Science A-Z, from Edinburgh University Press
  • The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places and Operations, from M.E. Sharpe

JSTOR Update 10/13/09

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The following journals have been added to JSTOR.

Asian Affairs [1973- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=asianaffairs
Previous Title: Southeast Asian Perspectives [1971-1973] (0042-577X)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=soutasiapers
Previous Title: Vietnam Perspectives [1965-1967] (0506-9823)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=vietpers
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (August, 1965) – Vol. 3, No. 2 (November, 1967);
Nos. 2-9 (1971-1973);
Vol. 1, No. 1 (September/October, 1973) – Vol. 30, No. 3 (Fall, 2003)
Moving Wall: 5 years
Publisher: Heldref Publications
ISSN: 0092-7678
Note: The content for No. 1 (1971) and No. 10 (1973) will be released as soon as the issues become available to JSTOR.

Russian Linguistics
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=russling
Release Content: Vol. 1, No. 1 (July, 1974) – Vol. 29, No. 3 (2005)
Moving Wall: 3 years
Publisher: Springer
ISSN: 0304-3487

The University of Miami Inter-American Law Review [1984- ]
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=umiaintlawrev
Previous Title: Lawyer of the Americas [1969-1984] (0023-9445)
http://www.jstor.org/action/showPublication?journalCode=lawyeramericas
Release Content:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (February, 1969) – Vol. 15, No. 3 (Winter, 1984);
Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring, 1984) – Vol. 38, No. 2 (Winter, 2006/2007)
Moving Wall: 2 years
Publisher: Joe Christensen, Inc.
ISSN: 0884-1756