EPIC update

12 January 2012

Anita Joice, the Asia/Pacific Training Manager for Oxford University Press is going to be running a webex training session on Oxford Art Online on Tuesday 14 February at 2pm.

The session will take about 35 minutes and will look at different search options, learning resources, and especially how to find Australian & New Zealand related content.

10 January 2012

Happy New Year EPIC member libraries! I hope that those of you that had breaks over the Xmas/New Year period had a lovely time despite the changable weather & that those that didn't have much of a break end up having a fabulous one at some other point.

Pricing is now available for Tertiary Libraries interested in subscribing to the Vogue Archive through EPIC.

19 December 2011

This is just a wee note to wish you all a very Merry Xmas and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.

I also thought I'd take this opportunity to remind you of the platform updates that will be taking place over the next few weeks.

16 December 2011

I have some exciting news from Oxford University Press. They would like you let you know about the Art of New Zealand update that has just been completed on Grove Art Online (accessed through Oxford Art Online).

14 December 2011

I recently attended a free workshop hosted by Credo Reference at the University of Auckland on increasing usage statistics.

9 December 2011

The following is an exciting announcement from Liza Fisher - our EPIC Gale Cengage representative:

Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) - a new experience!

5 December 2011

Pricing is now available for  Public Libraries interested in subscribing to the Vogue Archive through EPIC. (Academic Library pricing is coming soon - I promise).

If you represent a  Public library you can access the pricing information by logging into the to the Members Only section of the EPIC website. (If you do not have a Members Only login, please email epic@epic.org.nz to request one.)

24 November 2011

Knowledge-Basket would like to let you know about 2 exciting new additions to the New Zealand Index:

The Bibliography of Homosexuality in New Zealand and the Bibliography of NZ Bibliographies.

The Bibliography of NZ Family Histories has also been updated, as well as a major update (440 new records) to Manukau's Journey.

24 November 2011

Most EPIC members who subscribe to ProQuest Science Journals have hopefully received this email last week, letting you know that you will be automatically migrated over to the new ProQuest platform on Thursday 22 December.

Since then, I have been contacted by a few libraries to find out if there is anything that you need to do in preparation for the migration. The answer is NO! The links that you currently have will be forwarded to the new interface.

22 November 2011

Clare Bristow (the training specialist from ProQuest) is aiming to be in New Zealand in the week of 13-17 February and has offered to do some training sessions for EPIC libraries on PressDisplay & Ancestry Library Edition.

ProQuest have asked me to find out from our members which libraries would be interested in training on these resources and where they are located to see if Clare can put together an itinerary to cover as many organisations / locations as possible.