If you are a researcher in the fields of Science and Technology, you probably heard about Arxiv.org, an open access repository for millions of e-prints in the areas of mathematics, computer science, physics, quantitative biology and statistics. It is a great resource because it makes possible to obtain access to recent studies even before they get…Continue Reading SocArxiv: open archive of the social sciences
Year: 2016
Libraries and the challenge of e-books acquisition
We had an interesting situation at Yukon College Library recently. One of our management staff members asked if we could purchase a book which he later intended to pass to the Senior Executive Committee (the infamous SEC) for a quick read. Nothing new with that, except for the fact that the recommendation was for an…Continue Reading Libraries and the challenge of e-books acquisition