WRDS Downtime Scheduled for January 8, 2020

The WRDS technical infrastructure will undergo an upgrade from 8:00 - 11:00 AM EST (GMT -5) on Wednesday, January 8, 2020. During this time, most WRDS services will be unavailable. The website should only be inaccessible for 30 minutes near the beginning of maintenance, but interactive services -- including the WRDS Cloud, SAS/Connect, SAS/Studio, Python, R, MATLAB, Stata, etc -- will be offline for the full duration of the window. All WRDS Cloud grid jobs -- both batch and interactive -- will be terminated. Please plan your research accordingly!

Kresge Library Holiday and Winter Break Hours

Kresge Library Services will be open on Monday, December 23 from 8am-4pm. We will be closed for the Holiday/Winter Break from Tuesday, December 24 - Wednesday, January 1, 2020.

The Library will reopen on Thursday, January 2. Reference Services will begin at 10am and Course Materials Services will open at 1pm. For more information on Library hours, see the Library Service Hours page.

Textbooks for Change Book Drive

Tashia Marie Munson on behalf of Library Operations Outreach

The library is once again participating in an end-of-semester book donation drive with the organization Textbooks for Change, in a collaboration with the organization's campus student ambassador Emma Smith. (Note: This campaign is unrelated to U-M Library's existing contract with Better World Books.) The goal of this drive will be for student donations to provide affordable and accessible educational material to local and global students in need. Students will be able to donate their used textbooks until the end of the semester at the following library locations:

• Shapiro Undergraduate Library, 919 University Ave S
• Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, 913 University Ave S
• Fine Arts Library, Tappan Building, 519 State St S, room 260
• Music Library, Earl V. Moore Building, School of Music, Theatre and Dance, 1100 Baits Dr
• Art, Architecture, and Engineering Library, Duderstadt Center

There are also drop boxes located at the School of Social Work and in Dow. Additional information about the Textbooks for Change can be found on their website, textbooksforchange.com.

If you have any questions or notice the drop boxes are filled past capacity, please contact the Library Operations Outreach Team at libraryoperationsoutreach@umich.edu.

Kresge Library Holiday Hours

Kresge Library Services will be closing for the Thanksgiving Holiday at 3pm on Wednesday, November 27. Chat Reference service will resume on Sunday at 4pm. Course Materials Pick Up/Exam & Assignment Review and in-person Reference will resume normal hours on Monday, December 2.

View the Library Hours Calendar

Copyright Events

Nov. 11th, 2 p.m., "Copyright and Coffee: Negotiating Publishing Contract"

Location: Shapiro 4004 (TAFR)

Description: At this workshop, you will learn useful negotiation concepts and skills that you can employ in your professional as well as personal life. You will also learn some basics of US copyright law and important terms you should look out for in a publishing contract. There will be two fun negotiation exercises for you to pair up and try out your skills.

Nov. 12th, 12 p.m., "New EU Copyright Directive: Stifling Expression by Shifting Infringement Liability to Content-Sharing Platforms"

Location: Law School Hutchins Hall 116

Description: The new highly debated EU Copyright Directive was adopted in May 2019, and EU Member states will have two years to implement its provisions in their national Law. One of the most debated elements of the new Copyright Directive is Article 17, which establishes a new liability regime for for-profit content-sharing platforms. Jancic will address the issues that EU Member States will need to consider to protect users' rights as much as possible in the process of implementing the new regime. Lunch will be served.

Nov. 13th, 2:30 p.m., "Can machine created works enjoy copyright protection in the EU?"

Location: Hatcher Clark Presentation Space

Description: Countries all over the world are trying hard to figure out how to handle works created by Artificial Intelligence. Join 

Slovenian copyright scholar Maja Bogataj Jancic to find out more about the EU approach.

There will also be a small group discussion led by Maja on Nov. 12, entitled "New EU Copyright Exception for Education." Space is limited; please contact xuyu@umich.edu if you are interested in this event. 

New MarketResearch.com Academic Platform and Features

MarketResearch.com Academic, a great resource for market research reports, has added some new functionality and updated their user interface. The next time you visit, you will see:

1. New full-text search engine – the Academic service now offers full text searching inside the body of the entire research document to find keywords that are perhaps not mentioned in the title or abstract of the reports. This vastly increases the relevance of the search engine and the capabilities to find useful content from deep within the report.
2. Improved accessibility and appearance – the new service has been designed to meet the standards of AA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Accessibility is extremely important to the vendor and the new accessibility enhancements allows the site to be used by a wider audience.

MarketResearch.com Academic can be accessed via the Library's A-Z Database page.

Kresge Library Services Fall Instruction Sessions

Kresge Library Services offers instruction sessions to assist you in your research needs.  Current sessions include:

• Kresge Library Databases Overview
  Learn to find vital company, industry and financial information for class assignments (including Strategy) in Kresge Library databases.This session covers D&B Hoovers, IBISWorld, Marketline and Factiva (Wall Street Journal), and shows you when, where and how to get help.
  
• Kresge Library Resources for Your Off-Campus Job SearchThis session covers Vault Campus, Going Global, D&B Hoovers and CareerBeam. Find  company information for interviews and learn how to compile lists of companies to target.
  
  More info at the Kresge Library Services website