1. UCHC Buying Day 2008 University of Connecticut Health Center L.M. Stowe Library Technical Services -- Collection Management 13 August 2008 9:00 AM

2. NEW PRODUCTS Doody’s Reviews & Catalog Connect JAMAevidence BMJ Point of Care Thieme Teaching Assistant PubsHub Protocols

3. Doody’s Reviews & Catalog Connect Unique tool featuring an extensive database of expert reviews of books and software in the health sciences, now with nearly 20,000 reviews. An annual subscription to DRS costs $450 and allows up to 5 librarians from an institution to have their own personal account. The fee for additional librarians is $50 / librarian during the subscription year. All UCHC librarians would be priced at $850 annually. Catalog Connect allows a user to read a review of the library owned book, via a connection from library catalog (using SFX) to the book review at Doody’s. Pricing for CC is $950 annually.

4. JAMAevidence JAMAevidence: Using Evidence To Improve Care — COMING SOON No pricing available. Founded around the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature and The Rational Clinical Examination, JAMAevidence will provide an invaluable online resource for learning, teaching, and practicing evidence-based medicine. See the blog entry for more extensive info.

5. Thieme Teaching Assistant Anatomy 2000 illlustrations and clinical images from Gilroy’s Atlas of Anatomy. Faculty can incorporate visuals into lecture materials and course packs without paying copyright fees. Students may use visuals in research papers, study and review. Pricing : $1,550 -- discounted as UCONN purchases the Thieme E-Book Collection.

6. BMJ Point of Care As announced July 29, BMJ Group’s experienced editorial team collaborates with physician authors to create comprehensive disease diagnosis and treatment monographs. In addition to clear, concise expert opinions, the monographs also contain links to the medical evidence in BMJ Clinical Evidence (UCHC already has a sub.) The products’ peer-reviewed content seamlessly integrates with Epocrates’ popular online drug reference guide, which includes dosing, interactions, adverse reactions and pricing information on more than 3,300 drugs. After identifying a condition, clinicians can quickly determine appropriate tests to order, compare treatment options and select the best medications for their patients. Clinicians can also print or email educational handouts and pictures for a newly prescribed drug. Trial is forthcoming - no pricing available.

7. pubshub PubsHub profiles and tracks submission criteria for 4600 peer-reviewed medical journals and meetings across all therapeutic areas. Originally designed for pharmaceutical company researchers, now expanding out to academics. Will be expanding the scope and depth of scholarly journals thru the next year. Pricing : $4995 annually.

8. Protocols Used primarily in the life sciences, protocols provide individual sets of instructions that allow scientists to recreate experiments in their own laboratory. These documents provide instructions for the design and implementation of experiments that include the safety bias, procedural equipment, statistical methods, reporting and troubleshooting standards for the experiment. UCHC has extensive an extensive collection of protocols in print, both journals and books. Many of these protocols are now coming online and it is important for the library to support the transition to online for protocols. Examples : Methods in Enzymology, Methods, etc. –Many individual titles in the book stacks from Methods in Biology, Molecular Biology, etc.

9. Protocols Cold Spring Harbor http://www.cshprotocols.org/ http://www.cshprotocols.org/ SpringerProtocols http://www.springerprotocols.com/ http://www.springerprotocols.com/ Current Protocols on Wiley Interscience http://currentprotocols.com http://currentprotocols.com

10. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Cold Spring Harbor Protocols is a definitive, interactive source of new and classic research techniques. Fully searchable by keyword and subject, and it has many novel features—such as discussion forums and personal folders— made possible by online publication. Its coverage includes cell and molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics, protein science, and imaging. Protocols will be continuously expanded, updated, and annotated by the originators and users of the techniques. Requested by graduate students in genetics and developmental biology and led by : Jessica Shinn-Thomas Pricing : $2,450.00 annually

11. Current Protocols on Wiley UCHC has purchased Stem Cell Biology Protocol. Current Protocols contains thousands of basic to advanced research protocols. All protocols include expert commentary and guidelines written by authors, and are reviewed and edited by colleagues who understand the needs of researchers. Pricing : $1491 per subject collection of protocols -- 13 total collections.

12. Springer Protocols The Protocols are organized into 15 subject collections: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics/Genomics, Imaging/Radiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Sciences and Protein Science. Springer Protocols leverage 25 years of protocols content compiled by Humana Press and formerly marketed as “BioMed Protocols”. BioMed Protocols form the basis of Springer Protocols, but the new product includes not only much more content, but also new technological developments and many additional features. Each year, over 2,000 Springer protocols, of which 1,000 are updates of existing protocols, will be loaded. Trial and Pricing has been requested as of July 24, 2008. Requestors : Graduate students in Genetics and Developmental Biology led by Marcus Duffin.

13. Journal Format Transfers – 2009 67 current subscriptions will be transferred from print + electronic - to - electronic only. List available on Buying Day Blog. Titles are to be archived in OCLC-ECO and Portico. Savings of $9872.90 on print spend. 1753 current paid subscriptions –998 electronic only –765 print + electronic

14. New Journal Title Requests List is on Buying Day Blog Summary --- –33 new titles requested, including high no full text hits from DiscoveryResolver, data collection ceased 20080522…..there is no comparable report in SFX. –$5589 for print titles with no electronic format counterpart. –$25,713 for electronic format titles

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