Boston College Libraries Newsletter

	RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTS PsycTESTs: A New Database The Library recently subscribed to the new American Psychological Association database PsycTESTs. O'Neill Library Awarded Full Membership in National Network of Libraries of Medicine The National Library of Medicine's National Network of Libraries of Medicine has awarded Full Membership to the O'Neill Library for 2011-2016.
.	DATA CORNER Got Data? Data/GIS Services for Faculty and Students BC Libraries provide a suite of data and geographic information (GIS) support services for both faculty and students. Third Annual GIS Mapping Contest Winners of the Third Annual Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Mapping Contest announced.
	Faculty Publication Highlights Interviews with authors of newly published works. Faculty Research Support Resources and procedures to support the research process. Professional Activities Conferences, new staff, accomplishments.

		Library Musings: Tom Wall, University Librarian Update from Tom Wall about the latest developments in BC Libraries.
		Access to Major Research Center Coming This Summer BC Libraries will be joining the Center for Research Libraries this coming July.
		Turning Information Oceans into Streams New discovery tools to help scholars learn about new and exciting developments in their fields.
		Are You in the 87%? When you have signed a journal's copyright transfer agreement, can you also put a version of the article in an open access repository like eScholarship@BC?
		Ford Memorial Tower: Portal to Opportunity The Ford Memorial Tower is more than an attractive architectural feature on the Boston College campus; it is a portal of opportunity for goal-oriented students.
		Assessing Journal Quality Strategies to evaluate the quality of academic journals.
		E-Books at Boston College: The Landscape is Evolving E-books are an increasingly important part of the Boston College Libraries collections.
		The Policy Debate on Access to Research Heats Up Highlights (and low points) of the shifting political landscape of Open Access to research
		Digital Humanities at Boston College The Library plans to play a leading role in providing support for the digital humanities.
		Opportunity for Discovery: The Michael H. Leary Letters Burns Library recently digitized the Michael Leary Letters, a collection of letters sent home to his sweetheart by a Boston soldier fighting in the Civil War.
		iPads in Education Students and faculty are eagerly embracing the iPads made available by both the Educational Resource Center and the Lynch School of Education.

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