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Announcements and Updates
INFOhio Announces Core Collection of Electronic Resources for
2008-2009
Message from INFOhio Central
April 28, 2008
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the INFOhio Core Collection of Electronic Resources
for 2008-2009
will consist of the following products, beginning July 1, 2008:
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The ART Collection (continuation) |
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Biography Reference Bank by H.W. Wilson Company (replaces
American National Biography) |
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Digital Video Collection (continuation, with additional titles) |
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EBSCOhost (continuation) |
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LearningExpress Library (continuation with the addition of
Learn2, more than 50 computer
skills tutorials to help patrons improve their computer skills) |
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Literature Online (continuation) |
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NewsBank Newspapers (continuation) |
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Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection (continuation) |
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Science Online by Facts On File (replaces AccessScience) |
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SIRS Discoverer (continuation) |
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World Book Web Complete Suite (replaces Annals of American
History, Britannica Online
School Edition, Enciclopedia Juvenil, Enciclopedia Universal en Español
and World Data Analyst) |
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World Book Kids |
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World Book Online Reference Center |
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World Book Research Tools Edition |
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World Book Advanced |
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Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos |
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L’Encyclopedie Decouverte |
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Ohio Landsat 7 Images and Sanborn Insurance Maps, two current
Core Collection products
provided by OhioLINK
and OPLIN, will be
included on INFOhio’s
Other Resources
page
beginning July 1, 2008.
Most of INFOhio’s Core Collection is purchased in cooperation with two
partner library
networks, OhioLINK
and OPLIN, using
$1,467,414 Institute of
Museum and Library Services-
Library Services Technology Act funds administered by the
State Library of Ohio.
Joining efforts
as
Libraries Connect Ohio, these agencies' representatives considered the
current resource
marketplace and funds available, while keeping the needs of all our patrons
paramount.
More
information about the process and the new resources is available.
You can be confident that INFOhio staff and volunteers will be updating our
toolkits for 2008-
2009, along with our Help Resources pages for each Core Collection
component. Also,
INFOhio will work during this transition year with Encyclopaedia
Britannica, American National
Biography and AccessScience to secure discounted pricing to offer
all our schools. We certainly
have appreciated partnering with the three companies these past many years.
Watch for more
pricing information in the next INFOhio RECORD.
While changes to the Core Collection can be disconcerting to some in our
community, I am
confident that the 2008-2009 collection is the best we have ever provided to
PreK-12 students,
educators and parents!
Sincerely,
Theresa M. Fredericka
INFOhio Executive Director |
