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THE ICONN TIMES Promoting iCONN
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Promoting iCONN
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Professional Collection
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EBSCO Databases
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reQuest Changes
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Consumer Reports
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Gale Statistics
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iCONN Training
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We depend greatly on libraries to promote awareness and use of iCONN throughout the state. To facilitate this, we now have a number of informative promotional materials which can be ordered in print or downloaded for local printing. The 11 x 17 posters and bookmarks for kids depicted to the right and below are new and can be ordered online at http://www.ebscohost.com/iconn. The materials will be shipped directly to you in the quantities you specify:
Professional Collection iCONN’s Professional Collection for librarians has been updated with EBSCO resources at http://bit.ly/QiqyuH. Sample titles include: American Libraries Booklist College & Research Libraries Computers in Libraries Library Journal Library Technology Reports School Library Journal Teacher Librarian Young Adult Library Services
A new tri-fold brochure at http://bit.ly/11uNtpR can be edited and printed locally with your library information added: The current iCONN bookmark depicted below can be ordered via fax using the printed form at http://bit.ly/yyVYth.
iCONN Radio Promotion Radio spot: http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/PublicServiceAnnouncements.aspx This 60-second radio spot will run on 13 commercial FM radio stations in CT during priority drive times from August 26 (when most schools start) through the week of November 18th. The goal is to air the spot ten times per week on each station and to target each station for a week to two weeks during the allotted time and to stagger the cities where the spot runs.
What else are we doing to promote iCONN? iCONN is a service of the Connecticut State Library’s Division of Library Development.
Updated “iCONN's Advantages Relative to Google/Bing/Yahoo/etc.” at http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/iCONNsAdvantages.aspx and will be developing a video to complement this. Developing a streaming video on “How to Use iCONN OneSearch” Developing a coaster (4-inch diameter) with the iCONN logo on one side and “Top 10 Reasons To Use iCONN.org” on the other side – as depicted at http://bit.ly/13ZEvSv. When it’s ready, EBSCO will insert two into each order for posters and bookmarks.
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Free iCONN Training Using iCONN OneSearch This 2-hour hands-on training session will include an overview of iCONN OneSearch. Thurs., Aug. 8, 2013 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Willimantic Lib. Svc. Ctr. Register @ http://bit.ly/12yVvLx OR
Mon., Aug. 12, 2013 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Middletown Lib. Svc.. Ctr. Register @ http://bit.ly/13x4ROn iCONN/EBSCO Resources for Schools This 2-hour hands-on training session will focus on individual EBSCO databases that are most relevant to school libraries. Thurs., Aug. 8, 2013 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Willimantic Lib. Svc. Ctr. Register @ http://bit.ly/12mF7ww OR
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Getting Up-To-Speed on EBSCO Databases Visit http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/EBSCOiCONNTraining.htm to register for EBSCO onsite and webinar training on iCONN OneSearch (for all library types) and EBSCO databases (for specific library types), and how to use EBSCO Admin to generate your library’s usage statistics. All past webinars are archived (just click on the link for any past webinar). Visit the following pages for many other online training resources for iCONN databases: For public libraries and schools: http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/OnlineTrainingPublicSchool.aspx For academic libraries: http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/OnlineTrainingAcademic.aspx
Changes to reQuest Defaults To achieve better search results in reQuest, we changed the default search from “All Headings,” which is a keyword search, to “Title.” We did this in combination with a change in the default sort from “Relevancy” to “Number of Titles.” This change was made after viewing and testing various combinations of searches using
Popular Magazines—Consumer Reports is back!
Mon., Aug. 12, 2013 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Middletown Lib. Svc. Ctr. Register @ http://bit.ly/12yWlbf
iCONN’s Popular Magazines pages for public, academic, and school audiences are accessible from the iCONN landing pages, classic menu pages, and through individual links found in the iCONN Sitemap at http://bit.ly/12FDYXU.
The iCONN Times is a quarterly publication of iCONN— Connecticut’s re-search engine.
Popular magazines including Consumer Reports are available.
Find it on the site index at: http://bit.ly/qLlmwu. iCONN 786 South Main Street Middletown, CT 06457 (860) 704-2220 or toll free (888) 256-1222
reQuest’s Top 100 Search Terms.
Cengage Gale Database Usage Statistics Although access to Cengage Gale databases through iCONN expired on June 30, 2013, library staff access to Gale Admin will remain active for all iCONN accounts and usage statistics and report data will continue to be available for up to three years.