UPDATE 14 September 2012

 

 

This week is Recycle week at UJ.  This blog therefore deals with “recycling” in the UJ law library context. 

We Rethink our current approach to books and Reduce the carbon footprint of our book and journal collection by looking at what e-books and open access journals are currently available.  We also talk about the value of Reusing what we have and think about the Recycling of devices.

IN TODAY'S POST INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING WILL BE COMMUNICATED:

· Legal e-Books @ UJ –

• Ebrary
• My iLibrary

· Open Access -

• @UJ
• Law journals available on the Internet
• Creative Commons
• DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
• Duke Law Journals
• Sabinet Open Access Journals

· Articles, links and debates-

• Links to articles dealing with a scholarly open access approach
• Blogs dealing with the issue of scholarly open access
• Alternative view as to whether e-books are really the green solution  

· UJ Law Library Matters –

• Access to database problems
• LexisNexis (Internet and Intranet access)
• New book orders
• Wifi in the law library

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· LEGAL e-BOOKS @ UJ –
 

• Ebrary          

 

    

• Account has to be created with username and password before books can be downloaded
• Powerpoint presentation on Ebrary’s Download feature
• 2152 legal titles available

• My iLibrary           

 

•   10 Law Books available @ UJ.

•   Only 4 of these titles available as full text.

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· OPEN ACCESS -

• @UJ

 

 

Resources for UJ staff, Students and Reading Resources dealing with the issue of open access at UJ

 

• Law journals available on the Internet

 

• Creative Commons

 

• DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

  

• Duke Law Journals

• Sabinet Open Access Journals

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· ARTICLES, LINKS AND DEBATES-

• Links to articles dealing with a scholarly open access approach

 

• http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1777090

• http://www.law.ucdavis.edu/news/news.aspx?id=3366

• http://fairuse.stanford.edu/blog/2011/01/open-access-scholarship-part-i.html

• http://fairuse.stanford.edu/blog/2011/01/open-access-scholarship-part-i.html

• Blogs dealing with the issue of scholarly open access

• Legal Informatics Blog 

with the text of the Durham Statement on Open Access to Legal Scholarship, lists of scholarly open access legal journals, articles and resources about open access and presentations and videos about open access to legal scholarship.  

 

• Alternative views as to whether e-books are really the green solution  

We also need to realise that e-books and electronic access might not be the answer to all scholarly endeavours or the only answer to our role in the saving of the planet.  Our print book collection remain one of our valuable assets.  For a discussion of the problems and an alternative view as to whether e-books are really the green solution see:

• http://jlsc-pub.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=jlsc

• http://www.themillions.com/2012/05/are-ereaders-really-green.html 

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· UJ LAW LIBRARY MATTERS –

• Access to databases

If you experience any problems accessing the databases, please fill out this form , available on the library website.

• LexisNexis (Internet and Intranet access)

UJ currently has trial access to LexisNexis on the Internet until 31 October 2012. It is also available on the Intranet.

With the online (Internet) version, content is updated daily, whereas with the Intranet version content is updated monthly.  The Intranet version is only available on campus and does not require a pin.

• New book orders

The last day for submission of new book orders is 25 September 2012. 

 

From January until August 2012 468 new order requests were received in the law library.  41 of the requests were already on order or in the catalogue.  417 books were therefore ordered.

 

We received 432 new books in the law library during the January - August 2012 period.

• Wi-Fi in the law library

We are happy to announce that WiFi is now available in the law library.   A set-up manual is available in the law library and staff members on level 1 can assist if you have access problems. Please ask the law librarians if you need further information.