EPIC News

September 2007

We are now delighted to announce that the deal for Knowledge Basket’s New Zealand Index has sufficient commitment to go ahead!  Visit the Procurement page for more information.

 

August 2007

Access to New Zealand content has been a focus of The EPIC Governance Group (EGG) since EPIC’s inception.  We are now delighted to announce that we have negotiated all of country access to Knowledge Basket’s New Zealand Index. Visit the Procurement page for more information about this offer.

 

July 2007

The latest EPIC Newsletter (PDF 80Kb) is now available. (Also available in Word (250kb) format)

You can read about an upcoming EPIC new deal, our very own Training Coordinator, what EPIC is up to at the LIANZA Conference, and loads more interesting and useful EPIC information.

March 2007

Learn more about the EPIC LIANZA Training Initiative

February 2007

The 2006 EPIC Annual Review (PDF 1.28Mb) is now available.

October 2006

EPIC LIANZA Training Initiative

EPIC and LIANZA are collaborating to develop and implement a training initiative that will improve New Zealand librarians' electronic literacy skills.  This initiative aims to provide New Zealand librarians with the confidence and knowledge to effectively deliver online resources to match the information needs of their user communities.

To help us achieve this we invite applications for a 3 month fulltime contract or secondment for the position of Training Co-ordinator.
  

Oxford University Press Training in October

 

July 2006

ProQuest Science Journals Online Training

As part of ProQuest's ongoing commitment to EPIC we are offering a number of online training sessions for ProQuest Science Journals.

This second round of training sessions will focus on using the ProQuest Local Administrator (LAD), which all subscribing libraries have access to.  This session is aimed at the staff that are responsible for managing your online resources and want to learn more about running Usage Reports, setting Account Preferences such as library branding, creating Customised URLs, and much more.

Session 1: Tuesday 11th of July 10:30am - 11:15am
Session 2: Thursday 13th of July 2:00pm - 2:45pm

You are welcome to attend either of these sessions.  Please note that spaces are limited.

Access to the sessions will be via a URL combined with live audio commentary through a free call number.  You will be sent full instructions once you have registered.

If you would like to take part please email dan.hamid@anz.proquest.com and you will be sent the necessary details.  Please indicate which session you would like to attend.

June 2006

Encyclopaedia Britannica Training

Britannica will be running 'hands on' train the trainer sessions in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch during the last week of June (26 - 30th).

They will also be running audio/web training sessions for those librarians that are unable to travel to the sessions.

The sessions will provide a structured training programme that attendees can use to train staff in your own library. The handouts are here.

For full details please refer to the registration brochure.

ProQuest Science Journals Online Training

As part of ProQuest’s ongoing commitment to EPIC we are offering a number of online training sessions for ProQuest Science Journals.

Four sessions will be run to provide background on the content and functionality of ProQuest Science Journals and to provide tips and techniques for searching on this content.

Session 1: Tuesday 20th of June 10:30am - 11:45am

Session 2: Tuesday 20th of June 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Session 3: Thursday 22nd of June 10:30am - 11:45am

Session 4: Thursday 22nd of June 2:00pm - 2:45pm

You are welcome to attend any of these sessions.

Access to the sessions will be via a URL combined with live audio commentary through a free call number. You will be sent full instructions once you have registered.

If you would like to take part please email dan.hamid@anz.proquest.com and you will be sent the necessary details. Please indicate which sessions you would like to attend.

At a later date ProQuest will also be running online training sessions on using the ProQuest Local Administrator, which all subscribing libraries have access to. This will cover topics including running Usage Reports, Account Preferences such as library branding, creating Customised URLs, and much more. Further information on these sessions will be distributed soon.

Dan Hamid

Area Sales Executive (Aotearoa/New Zealand)

ProQuest Information & Learning

Tel: 0800 443 429

Mobile: 021 356670

Fax: +61 (0) 2 99116652

Email: dan.hamid@anz.proquest.com

 

31 May 2006

New Databases

All subscribers to the new EPIC databases should now have received set up emails from the vendors. If you haven't received your details please contact Fiona at epic@epic.org.nz

If you're new to e-resources visit http://epic.org.nz/nl/setup.html for some advice about setting up access to the databases. The URLs for each database are listed on this page: www.epic.org.nz/nl/urls.html

If you're having any trouble at all contact Fiona or visit www.epic.org.nz/nl/libsupport.html for each vendors' contact details. If you're not sure who to contact - start with Fiona. She's happy to help.

Training is on its way!

As you may have seen LIANZA and EPIC are now working on a training initiative that will aim to develop librarians' skills in delivering and managing online resources. LIANZA has contributed $20,000 towards the initiative. This is really exciting and we're looking forward to working together. We're in the planning stages at the moment and you'll be hearing a whole lot more about this in the near future.

In the meantime...As part of their agreement with EPIC, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Proquest are providing some product based training in June:

Proquest Science Journals
Proquest is offering a number of online training sessions for ProQuest Science Journals during the week of the 20th of June. Four sessions will be run to provide background on the content and functionality of ProQuest Science Journals and to provide tips and techniques for searching on this content. Access to the sessions will be via a URL combined with live audio commentary through a free call number. You will be sent full instructions once you have registered. All subscribing libraries will be emailed directly with registration details later today.

Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica will be running 'hands on' train the trainer sessions in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch during the last week of June (26 - 30th). They will also be running audio/web training sessions for those librarians that are unable to travel to the sessions. The sessions will provide a structured training programme that attendees can use to train staff in your own library. A registration form will soon be available on the EPIC website and all subscribing libraries will be emailed registration details very soon.

*Keeping up to date with EPIC*

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April 2006

Ma tini ma mano ka rapa te whai. By many, by thousands, the work will be accomplished.*

EPIC now has enough support to go forward with the new resources from Proquest, Encyclopaedia Britannica and Oxford Online.

Thank you to all libraries that are part of EPIC and to all those libraries that have taken up the additional resources. Together, collaboratively, we are continuing to provide high quality online content to New Zealanders.

A huge round of applause must go to Polytechnic and Metronet Public Libraries. Their commitment to EPIC and their collaborative spirit has enabled EPIC to ensure that we can provide the necessary support infrastructure for a sustainable consortium.

We are delighted to announce that the Ministry of Education has again provided funding for all New Zealand Schools to access the resources in 2006-7. They have extended their funding to include the new resources on offer.

The next EPIC year will focus on consolidation and capability. We will be developing training and support initiatives to help raise the information and digital literacy skills required for all libraries to get the best out of their EPIC e-resources. There will be more information and an exciting announcement about this in the near future.

For more information visit Procurement
*Bill Parker, Nga Whakatauki, Maori Proverbs and Sayings, Te Ao Hou, No. 54 (March 1966), http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/teaohou/issue/Mao54TeA/c4.html

March 2006

The EPIC Annual Review 04/05 (765 kb) is now online.

February 24 2006

Find out what's new with EBSCO and Thomson Gale

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