Notice: RefWorks Citation Manager Cancellation Effective January 1, 2021

December 9, 2020 By Susan Silver

The Refworks citation management software will no longer be available after December 31, 2020.  This resource is currently funded through the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative (FALSC) and is not being renewed.  Other citation management software is available such as Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley and is supported by the USF Libraries. Visit Citing Sources: Citation Management Software LibGuide for more information.

RefWorks users who would like to save their references are advised to export them by December 31, 2020. Users will have until January 31, 2021 to access their accounts for the purpose of exporting references, after which accounts will be permanently inaccessible. To access your account after Dec 31, 2020, please contact ssilver@usf.edu. All attachments must be downloaded and reattached to references separately in another citation manager. 

Information on how to export your references and migrate to another citation manager is provided in the USF Libraries Guide on Refworks from the tab Migrating to Another Citation Manager and at Managing References: Exporting References to a File (New RefWorks users) and Exporting References from Legacy RefWorks (Legacy RefWorks users).

If you have already exported your references, you do not need to take any action. Your account will be deleted automatically on January 31, 2021.

If you have questions about exporting your RefWorks references, please contact Susan Silver (ssilver@usf.edu).

Email from Susan Silver to RefWorks users who have active accounts

Notice: Institute of Physics Journals Package Reconfiguration Effective November 1

October 27, 2020 By Carol Ann Davis

The immediate impact is the reconfiguration of the Institute of Physics (IOP) journals package, expiring November 1, 2020. A rigorous analysis of the Institute of Physics (IOP) journals package considered usage, cost per use, research impact, anticipated interlibrary loan and copyright fees, and perpetual content access. As a result, as of November 1, 2020, the USF Libraries will not renew the IOP ScienceExtra package, but rather subscribe to 25 titles individually (list is attached). Articles from titles that are not on this list will be available through interlibrary loan upon request.

In 2013, the USF Libraries purchased IOP backfiles through 2009. Beginning in 2013, annual subscription included perpetual access. This material continues to be available as part of the permanent collection.

The USF Libraries’ commitment to providing USF faculty and students with access to the content needed for research and instruction is unwavering. For more information on the USF Libraries’ revisioning of collection management, please see: https://lib.usf.edu/collections-and-discovery/revisioning/. Updates will be posted to this page in the coming weeks.

IOP 2021 Subscriptions
IOP Perpetual Access

Notice: LatinNews Cancellation Effective November 1

October 27, 2020 By Carol Ann Davis

In order to meet budget realignment targets, as well as to respond to a decade-long pattern of unsustainable annual cost increases, the USF Libraries is in the process of revisioning collection management strategies. A key component of the process is to evaluate all recurring expenditures to retain only those of primary importance to research and instruction at USF.

The immediate impact is the cancellation of LatinNews on November 1, 2020. A rigorous analysis of LatinNews considered usage, cost per use, research impact, and comparable subscribing universities with similar programs. The USF Libraries found declining usage over the past few years, resulting in a cost per use exceeding $25. The USF Libraries continue to provide access to Newsbank and Gale’s Informe for newspaper data, and other sources of country data, including OECD.

The USF Libraries’ commitment to providing USF faculty and students with access to the content needed for research and instruction is unwavering. For more information on the USF Libraries’ revisioning of collection management, please see: https://lib.usf.edu/collections-and-discovery/revisioning/. Updates will be posted to this page in the coming weeks, and I am attaching a handout with further information on our process, principles, and additional resources.

Revisioning Collection Management, Handout

Email: Streaming Media

October 26, 2020 By Carol Ann Davis

Message was sent to Department Chairs.

As the Spring 2021 textbook adoption cycle continues, I have an important message for courses using streaming video content provided by the USF Libraries.

Please submit all streaming video requests through the Course Reserves function in Canvas. Instructions are available at https://lib.usf.edu/course-reserves/make-request/. If you encounter any issues in submitting through Canvas, please email LIBReserves@usf.edu. The maximum number of videos per course will continue to be limited to five (5) units.

Visit our USF Libraries Media Guide:

To search by title to determine if the USF Libraries has perpetual ownership or expiring access to currently available streaming movies
To search for movies and documentaries in the USF Libraries’ extensive DVD movie collection
To identify open access media alternatives

If you are using a video that is currently expiring mid-spring semester, we recommend planning to use the video before the expiration date. If you would like additional help finding alternate material, please contact your Liaison Librarian.

Emails sent regarding Streaming Media for Spring 2021, 10/26/2020

Notice: Project Muse Evidence-Based Acquisition Program

August 26, 2020 By Carol Ann Davis

The USF Libraries’ Project Muse Evidence-Based Acquisition program for ebooks, which has provided faculty and students the discovery and access to significant scholarly books, is coming to an end on August 31st. The Library is in the process of purchasing unowned titles with the most substantial usage or need with the amount remaining in the deposit account. We will hold in reserve a small amount as a contingency to be expended by mid-September in case there are valued titles that we missed in our process. If you have any requests for Project Muse titles please let us know as soon as possible. C&D will determine if we own them already. Project Muse records for titles that we are not purchasing and have not been used will be removed from the catalog by August 31. Titles with recent usage that are not selected for purchase on the Project Muse platform will be made available via the Demand Driven Acquisition program on the Ebook Central platform, with associated records loaded into the catalog. If you, or any patron, are seeking an ebook title that you can no longer find in the catalog, please let us know, and we will endeavor to make it accessible for you.

Notice: HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service (ETAS) Program Shutdown at USF

August 24, 2020 By Carol Ann Davis

HathiTrust has been assisting libraries with bridging access to print collections for the past few months while we have been closed. During that time, we have not been permitted to loan print materials from the collection that are also in HathiTrust, because the HathiTrust online access “counted” as our copy for that time. With the reopening of the library, we have requested HathiTrust shut off the temporary online access to the digitized versions of the library’s print titles on their platform, effective August 24. Patrons will be able to check out the print materials by requesting them via mail or retrieving them in the building. We determined this step was necessary because, per the terms of the HathiTrust ETAS program, we could not allow both access to the print copies in the collection and the online versions through HathiTrust at the same time.

Email: Note to Faculty on RefWorks

June 16, 2020 By Academic Affairs

RefWorks, the citation management software, will no longer be available after December 31, 2020. This resource is currently funded through the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative (FALSC) and is not being renewed. Other reference management software such as Zotero, EndNote, and Mendeley …Continue Reading

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