Issue 1 :: February 2002
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In the public eye

Ingenta will be attending the following shows:

• Computers in Libraries Technology Conference, Washington, DC. 13-15 March 2002 • UKSG Annual Conference and Exhibition, University of Warwick. 15-17 April 2002

Eye catchers

The winners of our Cajun and Creole cookbook set competition during ALA Midwinter are: Martha Brogan (Indiana University), Jessica Marshall (Slippery Rock University), Jan Walsh (Washington State Library) and Patricia Welch (North Portland Library) • Mary Ellen Chijioke, Director of Hege Library at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, was the winner of Ingenta's gift basket, raffled off during the opening reception at ALA on Friday evening. The basket included an ensemble of tasty New England treats, in addition to a free 50 subscriber Reveal site license. Congratulations, Mary Ellen!

Contents

Welcome

News

Gale and Ingenta Join Forces to Integrate Periodicals and E-Journals
As announced at ALA Midwinter, an upgraded Infotrac service will combine core periodical content and access to Ingenta's scholarly e-journals in one interface. Together, Ingenta and Gale will offer integrated access to nearly 10,000 online periodicals - the most comprehensive aggregation of online periodicals available anywhere in the world. [More...]

Announcing Consortialink
New initiative enables consortia to gain cost-effective electronic access to nearly 200 Ingenta journals provided by select quality publishers. [More...]

110 New Titles Available on ingenta.com
From Asian Business and the Global Investor, to Philosophical Review, check out these new journal titles available on ingenta.com [More...]

Recent Publisher Additions at Ingenta
Since October 2001, Ingenta has added the following publishers to its ever-expanding, multi-disciplinary, content database. [More...]

InSider

Ingenta Promotes Industry Veteran to Drive Library Services
Librarian, industry veteran and scholarly information guru, Chris Beckett will lead Ingenta's library services team and drive the creation of innovative, global online products for library communities. [More...]

Tips on Using EasyLink Bookmarks
Want to provide your patrons with quick and easy links from your library intranet to articles on Ingenta? Use this helpful reference guide to set up links to content available in the Ingenta database. [More...]

Recap: ALA Midwinter 2002
Thank you to all those customers and conference attendees who stopped by the booth at ALA Midwinter to ask questions, take a demo, enter Ingenta's cookbook drawing, and pick up some Ingenta Jambalaya Spice Blend. [More...]

InSight

Ingenta Institute 2001 Report
Assumptions vs. Reality: User Behavior in Sourcing Scholarly Information
What impact does online content delivery and site licensing have on how scholarly researchers acquire information? And, how does this impact journal subscriptions and article distribution? The Institute's newly published research contains the results from three original research projects commissioned in 2001 on different aspects of user behavior in sourcing scholarly information. The results are analyzed in seven papers from senior representatives of the academic, library and scholarly publishing communities.
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