Use UBorrow for Interlibrary Loan

Looking for books not available at MLibrary? Try UBorrow.

UBorrow is another service of interlibrary loan (ILL) for the borrowing of physical items that allows you to:

• Search or browse a database of 14 combined library catalogs
• Discover whether or not a book is available at MLibrary or within the participating institutions
• Place a request that goes directly to another institution without pausing in the local interlibrary loan office
• Expect a faster and more reliable turnaround time (usually within 5 business days)
• Receive longer loan period for physical book loans for 12 weeks (DVDs and other special materials will still have relatively brief loan periods)

UBorrow is only available for books and other items that can be physically loaned (not scans/article/chapters that you would download).  If you are going to need a book for 12 weeks, start with Uborrow; ILL traditionally has shorter loan periods, particularly for popular items.  But if you can’t find the book in the UBorrow database, then ILL should be your next stop.

For further information see: http://www.lib.umich.edu/ill-interlibrary-loan-um-community/uborrow

Spouse and Significant Other Borrowing Privileges

Did you know that UM faculty and staff may request an MLibrary card for their spouse or significant other? It's true! With this MLibrary card, the borrowing privileges are good for one year (or for the duration of the faculty/staff appointment, if less than one year), and the loan period is typically three weeks. For more details, and to request borrowing privileges for your spouse or significant other, see:

https://www.lib.umich.edu/spouse-so-borrowing

Shapiro Library Staff Say READ - Summer reading recommendations

Looking for some recommended books for reading during the lazy days of summer? Explore the READ READ READ list, provided by the Shapiro Undergraduate Library staff. 

This list of books will help entering undergraduate students get a glimpse of the cultural universe at the University of Michigan. Arranged in categories of Fiction, Science, Technology, The Arts, History, Politics/Economics/Media, Sociology/Anthropology and Psychology, the READ READ READ list gives you a fresh introduction to a field to be studied at UM and an opportunity to discover some new pleasure reading material.

Emergent Research Conversation Series: Office of Technology Transfer

Emergent Research Conversation Series: Office of Technology Transfer
by Shevon Desai on behalf of the Emergent Research Working Group

Please join us Monday, June 24th, from 10:00-11:30 a.m. in the Hatcher Gallery for the next Emergent Research Conversation Series event: 

Katherine Moynihan and Jack Minor, Office of Technology Transfer

The mission of the Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) is to “effectively transfer University technologies to the market so as to generate benefits for the University, the community, and the general public.” Katie Moynihan and Jack Minor will provide a general overview of OTT and discuss their work, specifically with licensing and startups. In addition, they will talk about how OTT reconciles their role with the movement toward open access, when a researcher should contact OTT, and more.

Light refreshments will be available. We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information about each of the speakers, and about other events in this series, check out our webpage: http://www.lib.umich.edu/research/events. 

BrowZine journal app trial

The library is running a trial of  a new technology called BrowZine which is a tablet application that allows you to browse, read and monitor some of the library’s best journals, all from your iPad.  Built to accompany your searching needs, items found in BrowZine can easily be synced up with Zotero, Dropbox or several other services to help keep all of your information together in one place.

To learn more, please take a look at this short two minute video:

http://thirdiron.com/browzine-ipad-app/video/

For the trial, search for “BrowZine” in the App Store and download the app for free; when initially launching BrowZine, select our school from the drop down list.

We only have this trial for a few weeks, so I would appreciate your feedback while we consider subscribing to this service.

Thank you,

Annette Haines

ahaines@umich.edu

 

Copyright workshops and information

Two copyright workshops are being offered next month for faculty and graduate students. I would encourage everyone to attend one these courses to help you understand your rights and responsibilities regarding copyright:

Copyright Basics
Monday, 6/3, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm

https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/copyright-basics-4/

Copyright and Your Dissertation
Thursday, 6/27, 10:00 am-11:30 am

https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/ttc/sessions/copyright-and-your-dissertation-3/

If you are unable to attend one of these workshops, here are two useful online resources that offer clear guidelines:

Copyright Basics

http://guides.lib.umich.edu/copyrightbasics

©Guide | What Can I Put in CTools? Ten Copyright Considerations

http://www.lib.umich.edu/files/departments/Guide%20-%20CTools%202012-10-4.pdf

ARTstor video demos and online training

ARTstor is a vast database of digital images from hundreds of world class museums and institutions. Faculty can use these images and collaborate with others to enhance lectures and help students learn about art and design. ARTstor's excellent help resource (http://help.artstor.org) includes video demos to help you learn to take advantage of its functionality. Demos include:

• Export to PowerPoint walks you through the process of exporting your ARTstor image groups into a single PowerPoint presentation. Step-by-step PDF guides are also available.
• Folders and image groups explores user options for organizing images within the ARTstor Digital Library. Step-by-step PDF guides are also available. 
• How to unlock a password protected folder guides users through the process of finding and unlocking a shared folder. Step-by-step PDF guides are also available.
• Faceted search describes how to use the faceted search panel to narrow your results when searching within the ARTstor Digital Library. Step-by-step PDF guides
•  Registering walks users through the process of registering for an ARTstor user account.

ARTstor also offers webinars on the basics (viewing, printing and downloading images) and advanced topics (using folders and creating personal collections). You can sign up for these seminars here: http://help.artstor.org/wiki/index.php/Online_training_schedule