E-Res for Summer

Summer is a great time to "try out" Electronic Reserves. Contact Brenda Mathers by phone or email bmathers@ashland.edu for information on how E-Res can help your summer courses.

HigherEd BlogCon: Library & Information Resources

Second week offerings from the HigherEd Blog Conference focused on Library and Information Science resources. Several presentations concerning blogging in libraries are of interest from an e-reserves stand point.

• Blog applications at a small academic library
  University of Alaska Fairbanks
• Podcasting 101: the basics for librarians
  PALINET
• Learning to speak: creating a library podcast with a unique voice
  Dowling College
• Using RSS to Increase user awareness of e-resources in academic libraries
  Drexel University

Blogs, Copyright, and Podcasting

HigherEd Blog is currently hosting an online conference. One of the topics today is that of "Legal Issues in Podcasting the Traditional Classroom," presented by Elizabeth Townsend Gard from the London School of Economics, Stanford Law School, and Colette Vogele of Stanford Law School. Both presenters have blogs posted devoted to academic and cyber copyright.

• Blogs at The Center for Internet and Society
  http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/vogele/
• Academic Copyright
  http://academiccopyright.typepad.com/

Electronic Reserves Policy

New ERes policy guides have been posted on the library web page and the ERes main page. These guides for include information concerning acceptable ERes materials, procedures for beginning with ERes, and copyright.

• ERes Materials Policy: Brief Version
  Acceptable materials for ERes
  Procedure for placing materials on ERes
  Library alternatives for ERes
  
• ERes Materials Policy: Full Version
  Using Electronic Reserves
  Copyright & Fair Use
  Types of works accepted for ERes
  ERes requirements
  Restrictions

Comments or questions regarding ERes policy should be directed to Bill Weiss, library director.

Seminary Library Using ERes

The AU Theological Seminary library is now using ERes for course reserves. Interested? For more information, contact Sylvia Locher, Head Libraran at ATS Library.

ERes Handouts and Tutorials, Part 2

Two video (flash) tutorials are currently available on the Library's ERes help page. The following two topics are covered:

• Accessing Electronic Reserves
  Mirrors IUL class instructed for locating electronic and paper reserves.
• ERes Tour
  Details the ERes index page and information available for student users and faculty members

If accessing from off campus, dial up is not your best option for viewing.

E-Reserves Team Presents at ALAO

Janice Marotta, Jennifer Marotta, Diane Schrecker, and Kathryn Venditti presented Electronic Reserves: Backstage to the Balcony at the 31st Annual Academic Library Association of Ohio Conference (ALAO), November 4th at the Fawcett Center in Columbus, Ohio. This presentation focused upon the various elements leading up to the successful implemention of our new E-Res system this past fall.

ALAO is the Ohio chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries and a section of the Ohio College Association.

Think Spring!

If you are considering using ERes for the Spring 2006 term, and would like more information on how to create an electronic course reserve page for your class, contact the circulation desk for details.

• Email address: reserves@ashland.edu
• Phone: 419.289.5400
• Web page: http://www.ashland.edu/library

Using Internet articles in ERes

It is possible to add Internet or web links to your course reserve page. Resources may often be found to supplement database and book readings. However, it is important to know that general internet links are not persistent; they may work today and even next week, but could be changed just when you need them. In some cases, the link may be correct in the electronic reserve system, but are no longer viable because of web page changes.

When choosing articles from the Internet, it is a good rule of thumb to check and see if it is available in one of our databases. We are able to use persistent links to databases and, generally speaking, guarantee the article remains available throughout the term without any problems. How do you know if the article is in a database? Use the "Journals A to Z" link from the library web page, OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Finder, or contact the reference desk for help.