We have access to this data for one year on WRDS. Several finance professors and graduate students are eager to use it so they may stop by the desk.
As with our other data available through WRDS, access is limited to the Baruch community only.
Year: 2010
PropertyShark
I tried to log a student in today, and was unable with the un/pass provided on the wiki. I left her e-mail address on a piece of paper in the drawer closest to the south computer so someone can communicate to her the resolution.
Toner is needed at ref desk computer
The toner is very low at the ref desk computer. Thursday night I sent messages to Alfredo and to the helpdesk. I also shook up the existing toner container in a good to the last drop effort. Toner went all over; so I would advise not shaking it. I cleaned it the best I could. Rita
Vita tax preparation program in the lobby
I spoke with Kathy, the student head of the VITA tax preparation program today. She said they are still setting up but will have hours and a telephone number available soon. I’ll keep you posted.
MyILibrary e-books
We have purchased last semester about about 30 e-books from myILibrary that we have access to via the catalog. This is Coutt’s e-book platform. I have not added MyILibrary to the list of our databases because of the small number of items available at this time, and my sense (and readings) that users don’t necessarily search a book database in the same way that one might search a journal database.
What do you think?
Envelope left at ref desk for adjunct prof.
I have left an envelope for Prof. Ed Sermier, who teaches a grad course in SPA, at the reference desk.
Textbooks on Reserve
A large number of textbooks have been ordered for the spring semester and are expected to arrive and be processed for Reserve next week. On order records for these items are not in the catalog.
I have left a sheet at the reference desk where you can add the titles of textbooks not yet available. Please include title, author, edition and course name and number when possible.
Facts on File down on Saturday
Facts on File will be unavailable Saturday Jan. 30th from 12am to 7am for hardware update and maintenance.
EBSCO’s Exclusive Content Deals
Last week, Paul Pival at the Distant Librarian blog mentioned that EBSCO announced at the ALA Midwinter meeting that it had secured a deal with some magazine publishers that would give EBSCO exclusive full text access to a handful of publications. Among the publications that Pival learned will be solely found in EBSCO products are:
- Time
- History Today
- People
- Sports Illustrated
- US News and World Report
- Entrepreneur
- Forbes
- Fortune
- Harvard Business Review
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance
- Money
- Science
- New Scientist
I just got a mass email from Gale that is also freely available on the web in which Gale decries EBSCO’s actions. A number of other librarians have written about this issue in the past few days as well: Dorothea Salo, Colleen Harris, and Joyce Valenza.
It is worth remembering here the exclusive deal that Harvard Business Review had struck with EBSCO that prevents EBSCO customers from creating stable URLs to records for HBR articles. For details on that, read Paul Pival’s posts on his Distant Library blog and Peter Murray’s post on his Distributed Library Technology Jester blog.
Rattling and Rumbling Noises in Reading Room
Jerry asked me to pass along word that Buildings and Grounds is looking into the recent occurrence of rattling and rumbling noises in the reading room. The cabinets that hold the atlases seem to be vibrating from some sort of circulation fan nearby. Jerry suggested that if any students come to the reference desk to complain about the noise, we go out of our way to thank them for reporting the problem, acknowledge the problem, mention that we are working on a solution, and recommend other quiet locations for study.