Library Resource Center

Our Library Resource Center is designed specifically to provide the information librarians need to support their use of IGI Global Scientific Publishing e-Collections, to maximize their investment, and serve their library users.

The center’s resources emphasize the key role that information professionals can play in facilitating e-Collection access and usage at all levels within their institutions. We are pleased to provide the librarian community with specialized information, trials, or highlights of our research to meet your needs. Please contact the IGI Global Scientific Publishing e-Collections Team at eresources@igi-global.com.

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Title Lists
Library & Publisher Collaborations
Consortium Information
Step-by-Step Guides
Promotions
Online Training
LibGuides
IGI Global Scientific Publishing Webinar Series
Library Administration Accounts
Discoverability
MARC Records
Remote Access

IGI Global Scientific Publishing Title Lists

We provide title lists as downloadable spreadsheets which include metadata, persistent URLs, and other important information for all e-books, e-journals, and streaming video lectures.

Title Lists

e-Collection Title Lists

Please contact us at eresources@igi-global.com for more details or specific requirements, or learn more about how to place an order.

Library and Publisher Collaborations

We are an active member of the library community. Some of the key things we do are hold regular Library Advisory Board groups, focus groups, product usability testing sessions, and informal meetings with libraries around the world to both test current and new business models and better understanding the challenges faced by the community. We also collaborate closely with consortia worldwide, attending meetings and providing professional development activities.

We have continually been a sponsor of the Charleston Conference since 2008 and regularly participate in a number of other industry conferences. Being active in industry bodies and industry initiatives, IGI Global Scientific Publishing is COUNTER compliant and is a partner for testing major technology initiatives with partners such as GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO and ProQuest’s OASIS. Additionally, our e-Book and e-Journal Collections Team speak at library conferences internationally.

IGI Global Scientific Publishing offers:

Library Technology Innovation Profile Series
This series highlights librarians who are bringing innovative technology programs to their institutions. Would you like to be profiled or know someone who should? We want to hear from you! IGI Global Scientific Publishing wants to partner with librarians who enhance their communities with e-resources projects.
Against the Grain Innovation Series
We partner with Against the Grain to bring a series about library technology innovations to the wider community. Would you like to be published? Contact IGI Global Scientific Publishing.
Travel Grants
We support annual travel grants to leading library conferences across the globe such as the Charleston Conference. With the rapid evolution of the industry, these efforts help us to support our library partners by ensuring they have access to the informational presentations and debates that happen there.
Publish a large number of LIS Books and Journals
We publish Library Information Science books, journals, and streaming videos to help better understand the changing challenges that librarians face. From open access, to discoverability, to library value and libraries in the developing world, we invite librarians to browse our publications here.

Consortium Information

We value working closely with consortia worldwide as part of our commitment to sharing innovative research and technology advancements.

Our partnerships with consortia include educational seminars for librarians and authors and valuable e-resource and open access offerings. The specialized offerings include

e-Book Collections

Open Access Agreements

e-Journal Collection Archive

Thousands of libraries worldwide hold our peer-reviewed e-books and journals. Consortial partnerships provide libraries with the most up-to-date emerging research at a strong value over the list price. Learn more about ongoing consortia collaborations here.

To schedule a meeting with our e-Book and e-Journal Collections Team, please contact eresources@igi-global.com.

Step-by-Step Guides

IGI Global Scientific Publishing offers user guides and training videos to guide faculty and students and answer frequently asked questions.

Promotions

We are committed to helping universities worldwide utilize their emerging, peer-reviewed content. Below are examples of ways we can help you promote your e-resources.

Customized Brochures
Promotional E-mails
Article-Level Persistent URLs
Subject-Specific Buttons
Custom Presentations
Detailed Descriptions

Please contact us at eresources@igi-global.com for your customized promotional resources.

Online Training

IGI Global Scientific Publishing is able to offer complimentary online training to librarians, faculty, and students. These sessions present information about our research, show examples to increase understanding of our platform functionality, and explain new and updated platform features. The online trainings are designed to demonstrate the IGI Global Scientific Publishing XML-based platform and website as if you were side by side with our training team. These easy to navigate and effective trainings are designed to help you achieve the fullest understanding of the InfoSci platform and get the most out of your IGI Global Scientific Publishing content. View a pre-recorded training session below.

For additional information regarding our InfoSci platform or to schedule a live online training session for your institution or organization, contact our e-Book and e-Journal Collections Team at eresources@igi-global.com or 717-533-8845 ext. 100.

LibGuides

IGI Global Scientific Publishing LibGuides are intended to help libraries utilize our innovative, peer-reviewed e-books, e-journals, and videos. Librarians are able to copy our guides into their own LibGuides account or link to them from their library webpage. Not only does this save librarians time, but also makes our content more accessible to students and researchers which will increase usage. For more information, to request a specific guide, or to receive monthly LibGuide Alerts, please contact our e-Book and e-Journal Collections Team at eresources@igi-global.com

To access our LibGuides: http://igi-global.libguides.com

IGI Global Scientific Publishing Webinar Series

Our Webinar Series’ mission is to promote new techniques and technologies applicable to research and instruction and connect researchers to an international network of field experts.

Professional Development

We invite industry leaders to host a live recorded presentation on the pressing issues and new discoveries in the publishing, library, and research fields. In this series of online seminars, well-known faculty and researchers share their knowledge and experiences on a variety of timely topics and discipline-specific issues.

These seminars are free to all participants and coordinated by our Marketing Team. All you need to participate in a virtual seminar is a computer with an internet connection. To see upcoming webinars and past recordings, please click here.

Utilize the Virtual Resources throughout your Academic Community

Consider utilizing these valuable resources as a learning tool in the classroom and throughout your academic community. Examples of recent use include linking the webinars to library resource websites, sharing the recordings with your faculty, and utilizing them on the departmental level to further a common goal. For further information about our Webinar Series, please contact us at 1-800-342-6657 or marketing@igi-global.com.

Library Administration Accounts

IGI Global Scientific Publishing offers librarians the ability to download their own MARC records, COUNTER reports, holdings, and more through a Library Administration Accounts. If you would like for your library to have access to a Library Administrative Account, please contact the IGI Global Scientific Publishing e-Collections Team at eresources@igi-global.com.

Our For Librarians Page is designed specifically for the library and information science community to improve information services and better serve library users. The librarian resources emphasize the vital part that information professionals play in promoting innovation at all levels within their institutions.

Discoverability

We proudly works with discoverability services and companies to ensure readers and libraries can locate and access IGI Global Scientific Publishing as quickly and easily as possible. We provide necessary information to all discoverability services as well as support to customers. This shows our commitment to emerging technology and the content and product we proudly deliver by ensuring the content is available and easily accessible to its users.

We deliver timely metadata for all products to global library systems providers:

Serials Solutions
Summon
Primo
EBSCO Discovery Service
WorldCat Discovery Services

MARC Records and Persistent URLs

We offer MARC records for both its print and electronic content free of charge. We also provide free persistent URLs for our complete title list, which can be used in learning management systems, library reserves, etc.

The IGI Global Scientific Publishing e-Collections Team is available to provide you with MARC records and persistent URLs. Additionally, MARC records can be accessed with a Library Administration Account. The team is happy to provide you with MARC record updates as requested, as well as search for articles, chapters, books, or journals that would be useful to a course at your institution, or create a Library Administration Account, upon request. Please contact us at eresources@igi-global.com for more information.

Remote Access

IGI Global Scientific Publishing offers multiple remote access options to our InfoSci Platform including IP authentication, Proxy IPs, and Open Athens authentication. These remote options can be added to your account via the “Institution Settings” in your Library Administration Account. The IGI Global Scientific Publishing e-Collections team can also add this information to your account. Please contact us at eresources@igi-global.com for more information.