Dear Colleagues:

The combination of an average 7–9% cost increase in FY2024 to Library journal and database subscriptions, coupled with a requested 4% budget cut, make it necessary to re-evaluate our subscription purchases. The hope is that through the cancellation of lesser used titles, the library will be able to cover the inflationary cost of rising prices and meet the 4% budget reduction requirement.

The Journal of eScience Librarianship has moved to a new publishing platform! Moving to Janeway aligns with JeSLIB’s goal to utilize an open-source platform that integrates with existing open-source scholarly infrastructure and tools.

This is the second reminder that your login method to EZproxy will be changing on Monday, January 4, 2021. Users with a umassmed.edu email address will use their umassmed.edu email credentials to authenticate. EZproxy users without a umassmed.edu email address will continue to use their barcode number and password to log in.

Reminder: your login method to EZproxy will be changing on January 4, 2021. Users with a umassmed.edu email address will no longer be required to use their Library-issued barcode number to log in. Instead they will use their umassmed.edu email credentials to authenticate. EZproxy users without a umassmed.edu email address will continue to use their barcode number and password to log in.

Due to popular demand, the Library will be switching the EZproxy sign-on method. Users with a umassmed.edu email address will no longer be required to use their Library-issued barcode number to log in. Instead they will use their umassmed.edu email credentials to authenticate. EZproxy users without a umassmed.edu email address will continue to use their barcode number and password to log in.

This change to single sign-on will take place on January 4, 2021 at approximately 8:30 a.m. More details will follow in a later message.

The library is pleased to announce a subscription to The CRISPR Journal, a new peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers.

This fall the Lamar Soutter Library will be offering a Skills Series for faculty and students on Issues in Scholarly Publishing and Communication. This series will provide practical guidance on topics such as:

JoMI, the Journal of Medical Insight, has added new videos of procedures in orthopedics, neurosurgery and head and neck surgery.