Library Staff Resources
The Resource Advisory Committee would like your input to assist in planning future purchases of content. While NC LIVE licenses subscription content on a three-year cycle, there is no current process in place for acquisitions made with one-time funding. This type of funding requires the content be purchased with perpetual access rights and the purchase of any specific items does not guarantee it will be updated or refreshed (ex.
EBSCO offered two online sessions for NC LIVE this week and the recordings are now available, alongside all previous online sessions. You can find the full list of training offereings and recordings on our training page:
We are happy to announce the launch of the Mac-compatible version of the OneClickdigital Media Manager. All Mac users will now have access to the new Mac-compatible OneClickdigital Media Manager, which can be downloaded through Apple's App store. The link to this program is available on the Help/User Tutorial page, and at other locations throughout the OneClickdigital site.
The Open Library Borrowing Collection is now a part of NC LIVE!
This is just a reminder that at midnight tonight, the URL for Hoover's will change.
As you all know, we licensed access to Hoover's from Dun & Bradstreet beginning on December 31, 2011. Shortly after the completion of our license, Dun & Bradstreet worked out a deal with Mergent to act as their reseller of Hoover's, meaning that Mergent will be our service provider for the next three years. Although we did not believe that this would have an immediate impact on our Hoover's service, we realized that we will need to make a URL change from the D&B domain to the Mergent domain.
NC LIVE has scheduled planned server maintenance on Sunday, January 29th, from 6:00 am to 7:00 am. Remote users may temporarily lose access to the NC LIVE website and resources during this time. We expect to have all services running normally by 7:00 am.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but thank you for your patience while we work to improve NC LIVE web services.
Please notify the NC LIVE Help Desk if you have any questions.
This is a reminder that registration is open for those interested in attending an in-person training session with Pamela Erickson from EBSCO. The February sessions are now posted, and there is still space in the January sessions:
NC LIVE is pleased to announce that EBSCO Implementation Specialist Pamela Erickson will be visiting North Carolina for two weeks this winter to offer in-person trainging sessions at several NC LIVE libraries. The host libraries have agreed to make seats available for other member library staff to attend the sessions.
Space is limited, you must register for a session. Note, staff who work at host libraries do not have to register.
NC LIVE is pleased to announce a new Health & Wellness Information Center webpage available now from the NC LIVE website. This Health & Wellness Information Center will integrate NC LIVE and NC Health Info resources in order to give users an improved browsing and search environment.