[Yulpub] Lexis-Nexis Content Advisory highlights

[Suzanne Lorimer]

Some highlights from the ALA Midwinter meeting of the Lexis-Nexis Content 
Advisory Committee meeting:

1. Le Monde negotiations are still underway. The French branch of LN is 
responsible for that. LN is planning to get the content back in 2006 and is 
optimistic about its return.

2. FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) mystery has been unraveled. This 
title was taken down from LNA by mistake; there was confusion about what 
could go into the US academic market versus the German academic market. 
Work is underway within LN to get this corrected.

3. The October market research survey reached ~ 4,000 people and provided a 
mandate for changing the product; the company will be hiring a product 
manager who will be attending Content Advisory Committee meetings.  The 
intent of the company is to move forward with a redesign to address as many 
of the customers' needs as possible.  3 priorities have emerged: open 
url/link resolver support; enabling searching against all content, and 
federated searching.  Having bibliographic or citation manager 
functionality (like EndNote, Pro-Cite, RefWorks, or "EasyBib") is a priority.

-Sue


Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
Research Services and Collections Department
226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
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(phone) 203-432-8371  (fax) 203-432-8527
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1992
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