Facet Publishing have announced the release of Engaging with Records and Archives: Histories and theories

Engaging with Records and Archives showcases the myriad ways in which archival ideas and practices are being engaged and developed and offers a selection of original, insightful and imaginative papers by emerging and internationally renowned scholars, taken from the Seventh International Conference on the History of Records and Archives (I-CHORA 7).

The book, edited by Fiorella Foscarini, Heather MacNeil, Bonnie Mak and Gillian Oliver, reveals the richness of archival thinking through compelling examples from a wide variety of views of records, archives and archival functions, spanning diverse regions, communities, disciplinary perspectives and time that will captivate the reader. Examples include the origins of contemporary grassroots archival activism in Poland, the role of women archivists in early 20th century England, the management of records in the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century, the relationship between Western and Indigenous cultures in North America and other modern archival conundrums.

The editors said, "Today, more than ever before, everyone, not only archives specialists, would benefit from a deeper and better informed engagement with archival objects and practices as they become increasingly engrained in our daily lives, from the pervasiveness of archival materials on the web, to the use of archive-based knowledge in all sciences, to the uncertainty about the preservation of our digital memories that we may all experience sooner or later. The 11 essays selected for inclusion in this book explore different ways of historicizing and theorizing record making, recordkeeping and archiving practices from a range of disciplinary perspectives and through the eyes of creators, custodians and users."

Fiorella Foscarini PhD is an associate professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. She is Co-editor in Chief of the Records Management Journal and co-author of Records Management and Information Culture (Facet 2014)

Heather MacNeil PhD is a professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto where she teaches courses in the areas of archival theory and practice and the history of record keeping.

Bonnie Mak PhD is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, jointly appointed in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Program in Medieval Studies. She teaches courses in the history and future of the book, reading practices, and knowledge production.

Gillian Oliver PhD is an associate professor at Victoria Univeristy of Wellington. She is the co-author of Records Management and Information Culture (Facet 2014) and Digital Curation, 2nd edition (Facet 2016) and is Co-editor in Chief of the journal Archival Science.

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Engaging with Records and Archives: Histories and theories | Nov 2016 | 256pp | paperback: 9781783301584 | £59.95 | hardback: 9781783301591 | £89.95 | eBook: 9781783301607| £59.95

The book is published by Facet Publishing and is available from Bookpoint Ltd | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. | Mailing Address: Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD. It is available in North America from the American Library Association.

~ Enhanced Free Resource Includes 80,000 New Citations from 1902 to Present and Links to Full Text When Available ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — November 17, 2016 — American Doctoral Dissertations™, a free database made available by EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO), OhioLINK, H.W. Wilson Foundation and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston, now offers greater coverage of 20th century research and access to full text. The enhanced American Doctoral Dissertations, accessible at http://www.OpenDissertations.com, includes more than 172,000 theses and dissertations in total, including 80,000 new citations for theses and dissertations from 1902 to the present and a link to full text, when available, is included.

American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933-1955™, was first made available by EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation in 2014 as a new way to access scholarly writing that was previously difficult for researchers to find. EBSCO and the Congregational Library & Archives in Boston worked together to digitize the content and build the free database from the volumes originally published by the H.W. Wilson Company. Since that time, many EBSCO customers have added the free resource to their profile.

The enhanced American Doctoral Dissertations, expands the comprehensive record of dissertations and exposes more content with links to full text. The dissertations and theses from OhioLINK represent student research from 31 colleges and universities. The citations include a link to access the full text, when available, via the individual Institutional Repository, where the thesis or dissertation is housed.

“OhioLINK’s open access ETD center now provides over 60,000 digital dissertations and theses for global access,” said Gwen Evans, Executive Director of OhioLINK. “OhioLINK supports increased access and discoverability of our open access materials, and partnering with EBSCO and the H.W. Wilson Foundation is a great way to increase the visibility of Ohio graduate research. We were so pleased when EBSCO approached us about adding the metadata and link to the ETD Center into the American Doctoral Dissertations index. We just added the capability to batch upload many older digitized dissertations to the ETD, so an even richer collection of Ohio materials soon will be available.”

Theses and dissertations records from Rochester Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University are also included in American Doctoral Dissertations. Data from all the repositories will be updated regularly and additional repositories are planned in the near future.

American Doctoral Dissertations is accessible at http://www.OpenDissertations.com. The database is searchable by fields that include dissertation title, author and school.

EBSCO is hosting American Doctoral Dissertations on the EBSCOhost® platform and the content is available via EBSCO Discovery Service™. The EBSCO Support Site contains information to help librarians learn more about adding the database to their EBSCOhost profiles.

About OhioLINK
Established in 1992, the Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) is Ohio’s statewide academic library consortium and serves more than 600,000 end users. A member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, OhioLINK provides a competitive advantage for Ohio’s higher education community by cooperatively and cost-effectively acquiring, providing access to and preserving an expanding array of print and digital resources, and by centrally hosting digital content. Together, OhioLINK and its member libraries provide users access to nearly 50 million books and other library materials, more than 100 electronic research databases, more than 81,000 e-books, thousands of images and videos, and millions of electronic journal articles. www.ohiolink.edu.

About the Congregational Library & Archives
Founded in 1853, the Congregational Library and Archives serves professional scholars, graduate students, and genealogists who use the resources of our historical collections. Its digital collections including Colonial-era church records and manuscripts are accessible through its website to anyone. http://www.congregationallibrary.org/

About the H.W. Wilson Foundation
The Foundation was established by Halsey W. Wilson in 1952 to support the needs of company employees and retirees. Since 1957, The H.W.Wilson Foundation has focused on providing financial assistance to causes having the greatest impact on improving the spirit, mind and body of the greatest number of people through aid, support and cooperation with charitable, benevolent, educational and religious institutions. Major donors to the Foundation included Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Wilson, and the H.W. Wilson Company. http://thwwf.org/

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 900,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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Kathleen McEvoy
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kmcevoy@ebsco.com

~ PlumX Suite Now Mines Citations from More Than 21,000 Clinical Practice Guidelines ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — November 10, 2016 — Researchers now have an additional way to see the impact of their work in clinical practice by tracking when their research is cited in clinical practice guidelines. Plum™ Analytics, an EBSCO company, has expanded its Clinical Citations metrics in its PlumX Suite to include clinical practice guidelines indexed in PubMed®.

Clinical practice guidelines in PubMed are part of a wider variety of clinical resources and services provided by the US National Library of Medicine®. Designed to help improve the quality of patient care, more than 21,000 clinical practice guidelines are currently indexed in PubMed, which provides free access to MEDLINE® and other selected life science journals.

PlumX measures citations to research in the clinical practice guidelines from PubMed, and tracks them in the Clinical Citations category in PlumX to help clinical and translational science researchers, and organizations that fund their work, better understand what types of research are impacting clinical topics and guidelines. When a piece of research is cited in a clinical practice guideline indexed in PubMed, it is counted and displayed in the PlumX user’s tab as a PubMed Clinical Guideline Citation. The citation also includes a hyperlink to the cited guideline so users can view the original guideline.

The PlumX Suite is the only altmetrics provider to include instances where research is cited and used in clinical information resources. The first clinical citations in PlumX were from Dynamed Plus®, which clinicians rely upon to provide instant access to the most current evidence-based information at the point of care.

Plum Analytics Co-Founder and President Andrea Michalek says expanding research metrics tracking to clinical practice guidelines in PubMed demonstrates Plum Analytics’ commitment to helping researchers show the clinical impact and influence of their research. “Clinical practice guidelines are an important part of medical practice. Being able to track when particular research is used in clinical practice guidelines gives researchers, institutions and funders powerful information to understand the interest, reach and impact of their work.”

For more information, please visit www.plumanalytics.com.

About Plum Analytics
Plum Analytics is a pioneer in the field of altmetrics, revealing research interest and usage beyond traditional measures. The company helps individuals and organizations that use, fund, support, perform, publish or analyze research obtain a broad-spectrum view of interest in and usage of research through both immediate and historical perspectives. Plum Analytics gathers metrics about research through a deep array of scholarly sources, media channels and social media tools, and categorizes them into Usage, Captures, Mentions, Social Media and Citations. The complete PlumX Suite of five products delivers research output information based on the unique needs of each type of PlumX user. To learn more, visit http://www.plumanalytics.com.

About EBSCO Information Services
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) is the leading discovery service provider for libraries worldwide with more than 11,000 discovery customers in over 100 countries. EBSCO Discovery Service™ (EDS) provides each institution with a comprehensive, single search box for its entire collection, offering unparalleled relevance ranking quality and extensive customization. EBSCO is also the preeminent provider of online research content for libraries, including hundreds of research databases, historical archives, point-of-care medical reference, and corporate learning tools serving millions of end users at tens of thousands of institutions. EBSCO is the leading provider of electronic journals & books for libraries, with subscription management for more than 360,000 serials, including more than 57,000 e-journals, as well as online access to more than 900,000 e-books. For more information, visit the EBSCO website at: www.ebsco.com. EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., a family owned company since 1944.

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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Vice President of Communications
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kmcevoy@ebsco.com

Dr. Terence K. Trow Named Deputy Editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine for DynaMed Plus®
~ Will Oversee Content for Evidence-Based Clinical Reference Tool ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — November 8, 2016 — EBSCO Health is strengthening its evidence-based content with the appointment of Terence K. Trow, M.D., FACP, FAACP as the Deputy Editor of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Trow brings nearly 30 years of medical, teaching, research and editorial experience to EBSCO Health’s evidence-based clinical reference tool, DynaMed Plus®.

Dr. Trow is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine where he served as the Director of the Yale Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program prior to assuming the position with EBSCO Health. Dr. Trow is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).

A graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, he completed his internal medicine residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and The New York Hospital Cornell program before his post-graduate fellowship training in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Trow has received numerous teaching awards, has served on the ACCP Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network Planning Committee and served as the state of Connecticut Governor on the U.S. and Canadian Governors Council for the ACCP. He is currently on the Scientific Leadership Council of the National Pulmonary Hypertension Association.

Senior Vice President of Medical Product Management Betsy Jones says the addition of Dr. Trow will be an asset to the DynaMed Plus team. “Dr. Trow has an impressive level of experience that will enhance an already solid editorial team of physicians who evaluate the best evidence and guidelines to provide medical professionals what they need to know in clinical practice.”

As a deputy editor, Dr. Trow oversees the integration of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine content for DynaMed Plus. He supervises medical writers and editors along with external peer reviewers to ensure that physicians and healthcare professionals have access to the most current, relevant, evidence-based clinical information available. EBSCO Health maintains a rigorous editorial process that includes subject-specific experts reviewing topics using a proprietary, evidence-based methodology and quality assurance process.

For more information about Dynamed Plus and its editorial team, visit: http://www.dynamed.com

About EBSCO Health
EBSCO Health, part of EBSCO Information Services, is a leading provider of clinical decision support solutions, healthcare business intelligence, and medical research information for the healthcare industry. EBSCO Health users include professionals in medicine, nursing, and allied health. Flagship products include CINAHL®, DynaMed Plus™, Nursing Reference Center™, clinical e-books and e-journals, EBSCO Discovery Service™, licensed databases (such as MEDLINE®), plus EBSCONET®. EBSCO databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the electronic resource favored by libraries around the world.

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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Vice President of Communications
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kmcevoy@ebsco.com

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Marywood University Library and Learning Commons Goes Live on ByWater Solutions Koha Support

ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Library and Learning Commons at Marywood University in Scranton, PA. is now live on their Koha open source integrated library system.

ByWater Solutions completed the migration of the Libraries' more than 260,000 titles and is providing ongoing hosting and support services to the library. As part of their implementation, ByWater assisted in the configuration of Koha to work with Marywood's automated storage and retrieval system which houses 98% of their physical collection.  The Library's customized online catalog can be viewed at: https://libcat.marywood.edu/

Lee Jamison, Automated Library Technician for the University, commented on the results of their switch to Koha:

"Since having Koha live for just one semester, we are already seeing positive effects. Although it took some time for our patrons to adjust to the new system, their response and reaction has been positive. We have transformed our online system to one we are proud of and it is a relief to not have to explain tedious “workarounds” or glitches to patrons and they report much better success in finding what they need. Instead of “let me explain” we can now say “let me show you what else the catalog can do!” Our staff and Librarians are also pleased by the level of flexibility and problem-solving that the system provides. If a patron mentions a feature that isn't currently available, we can say “we’ll look into adding that feature” knowing that our ideas and suggestions are real possibilities and we will get help with implementation from ByWater Solutions or the Koha community."

He continues: "Overall, Koha is a total 180 degree change from our former ILS in the best way possible. Staff and patrons remark on greater ease of use, and faculty (some for the first time in years) are actively integrating library resources into their classes, using public lists, reserves, comments, tags and more to get more of our resources in the hands of students. With ByWater’s help we enabled the Koha EDS plugin so that patrons have access to not only our physical collection but also our subscribed databases in a one-stop-shop fashion. The feedback so far has been overwhelming and we hope usage continues to grow at such a rapid pace."

Brendan Gallagher, CEO of ByWater commented on this new partnership:

"We are thrilled to partner with the team at the Learning Commons at Marywood. Working with Lee has been fantastic and his enthusiasm and skills have already proven to be an invaluable addition to the global Koha community. We look forward to many years of partnership and working together to make Koha even better for Academic libraries worldwide!"

About the Library and Learning Commons

As the Intellectual and Social Heart of campus, the Marywood University Learning Commons puts knowledge creation at the forefront of the educational experience. Students develop patterns of discovery and achievement that last a lifetime, with abundant opportunities to discern what learning styles and environments work best for them.

The use of flexible and more open physical spaces, new ways of using technology for accessing resources, and the expertise of skilled specialists, such as technologists and digital media professionals, turn what was once the familiar library into an environment infused with creative energy and engaged learning. The impressive physical design of the Learning Commons also ensures adaptability to future advances in teaching and learning. For more information please visit: http://www.marywood.edu/library/

About Koha:
Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). In use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. Koha's impressive feature set continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. It includes modules for circulation, cataloging, acquisitions, serials, reserves, patron management, branch relationships, and more.

Koha's OPAC, circulation, management and self-checkout interfaces are all based on standards-compliant World Wide Web technologies,HTML5, CSS and Javascript,making Koha a truly platform-independent solution. Koha is distributed under the open-source General Public License (GPL). For more information about Koha, please visit: http://koha-community.org/

About ByWater Solutions:
ByWater Solutions is a full service, high quality support and implementation company dedicated to providing libraries with a lower cost, more advanced level of support for their ILS than a traditional proprietary solution can offer. ByWater Solutions has a proven track record in first rate Koha implementation and support with library systems of all sizes. Our highly ranked, comprehensive support is what sets our company apart from any other vendor in the industry. Partnering with ByWater Solutions for Koha support not only lowers the cost of implementing and maintaining an ILS, but more importantly empowers libraries by giving them the flexibility and freedom they deserve. For more information please visit: http://bywatersolutions.com/