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Bibliography of Published New Zealand Family Histories - new addition to the New Zealand Index

16 July 2010

The Bibliography of Published New Zealand Family Histories is a listing of separately-published histories of families with descendants in New Zealand. All of the histories are indexed by author, title, keyword and family names; many are also indexed by founder names; country, county and town of origin; ship on which the family arrived in New Zealand; year of arrival; and region and place of main settlement in New Zealand. Some records also include the surnames of the families into which the first generation of descendants married. The bibliography is compiled by Tony Millett. There are 3350+ records in the collection, which has been added to the New Zealand Index. It is updated periodically by Tony.

If you would like further information about The Bibliography of Published New Zealand Family Histories or any other developments to the New Zealand Index, please visit the Knowledge-Basket website or contact Lindy Winterburn

Gale Cengage Resource Centers upgrade to the new In Context Experience

13 July 2010

From 1 August 2010 selected Gale Cengage Resource Centers move over to make way for the new In Context suite of products.

The Resource Centers being upgraded to the new In Context experience are:

Biography Resource Center
History Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Student Resource Center

For further information please contact Liza Fisher or visit http://www.gale.cengage.com/InContext/index.htm

Alexander Street Press - Music Online offer

28 June 2010

Alexander Street Press is offering special pricing to provide Music Online: listening to EPIC Libraries.

If you are interested in further details or a trial, please contact Dan Hamid from Alexander Street Press

Ancestry Library Edition / PressDisplay Training

9 June 2010

Proquest's Customer Education & Training Specialist, Clare Bristow is going to be in Wellington on Monday 12 July to run some training sessions for EPIC member libraries on Ancestry Library Edition and PressDisplay.

There will be two training sessions will be held at Wellington City Libraries.

Session 1 - 12.30pm - 2.30pm

12.30pm - 1.30pm Ancestry Library Edition

1.30pm - 2.30pm PressDisplay

Session 2 - 3.00pm - 5.00pm

3.00pm - 4.00pm Ancestry Library Edition

4.00pm - 5.00pm PressDisplay

If you or your staff would like to attend either of these sessions please register by e-mailing the EPIC Manager indicating your preferred session by Monday 28 June.

MarketLine Subscription offer

4 June 2010

Research for Libraries have put together a subscription offer to MarketLine for EPIC member libraries. Registrations of interest to take up the offer close on Friday 18 June 2010. Please contact the EPIC Manager for further details.

MarketLine Trial

18 May 2010

Research for Libraries would like to offer EPIC member libraries free 2 week trials of MarketLine

MarketLine is a comprehensive collection of company, industry and country information, extending across 200+ countries and every major industry section, updated on a daily basis.

If you would like to take up the offer of a 2 week trial of MarketLine, contact the EPIC Manager by May 31, 2010 for further details.

New EPIC Resources in 2010

18 May 2010

EPIC is now offering access to 2 new Opt-in Products in 2010; Ancestry Library Edition and PressDisplay. If you are interested in adding either of these resources to your library e-resource collection contact the EPIC Manager for subscription and pricing details.

NZ Schools' access to EPIC

18 May 2010

EPIC is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Education has renewed funding to provide access to all registered New Zealand schools to EPIC resources through to March 31, 2011. Access and further information is provided through Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) website.