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Upcoming Webinar: Article Galaxy from Reprints Desk — Your Collection Development Safety Net

Reprints Desk will present a webinar (Register Here) all about their Article Galaxy service on March 17th, 2021 at 2:00 PM Central. Keep reading to learn more about the session. Read more

Reprints Desk Webinar – Rescheduled

WiLS member libraries can save on Document Delivery charges by using Reprints Desk’s Article Galaxy Scholar Collection featuring articles from over 40,000 journals and chapters from over 400,000 books, ideal for filling gaps in your collection holdings. To hear more about The Article Galaxy Scholar Collection, plan to attend the informational webinar on Thursday, August 8th at 1pm Central.

During this 30-minute webinar, Reprints Desk will provide an overview of the Article Galaxy Scholar Collection of journal articles with special copyright royalty rates and demonstrate how our services streamlines article acquisition workflows both directly and through integrations with systems such as EBSCO, Alma, ILLiad, Odyssey and RapidILL. We will also provide a brief demo of the Article Galaxy Scholar Platform currently in development, which will provide semi-automated mediation service for on-demand document delivery. ​

Register for the session here: https://reprintsdesk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UH67hJHJTduxnJxpXPfZrg

Great Lakes Resource Sharing Conference Registration Reminder

Register NOW for the 5th annual GLRSC: Charting Our Course Together
on June 7-8, 2018 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg, OH.  
Don’t miss out on the conference room rate. Reserve your room by May 14 to receive the conference rate!

Schedule in brief

Thursday, June 7, 2018
  • 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. or 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. – Northwest Book Depository Tours
  • 1:00 to 1:15 p.m. – Welcome
  • 1:15 to 3:15 p.m.  – Lightning rounds
  • 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – OCLC Update
  • 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. – Opening reception and trivia contest
  • 6:30 p.m. and later – Dine-arounds or dinner on your own
Friday, June 8, 2018—8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
  • Keynote address
  • Three tracks of concurrent sessions
  • Breakfast, lunch, and breaks included

Keynote Address: Promises and Pitfalls of 21st Century Resource Sharing 

In his keynote address, George Needham will discuss the roots of interlibrary loan in the early 20th century, consider the impact of technology in the forms of the MARC record, OCLC, and the web, and then look at what forms resources sharing may take in the years to come.

Conference Rates:

The conference registration fee is $125 ($150 for registration after May 29) and includes all sessions, as well as the reception on Thursday and breakfast and lunch on Friday.

Join your resource sharing partners in charting our course together. 

For hotel reservations and other information, visit the conference website.

Good-WiLS Ambassador Report – Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference 2016

minitex logoJosh Steans, of member library UW-Stout, attended the 25th Annual Minitex Interlibrary Loan Conference. He attended as one of our “GoodWiLS Ambassadors”. The GoodWiLS Ambassadors program subsidizes WiLS member library staff to attend events and then report back to us on what they learned. Josh saw so much great stuff in Minnesota and we’re very excited to share it with you! A recording of his informational webinar is below!  Enjoy, and please let us know if you can think of other GoodWiLS Ambassador opportunities!

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Reprints Desk Academic Document Delivery Service Webinar

Reprints LogoWils member libraries can save on Document Delivery charges by using Reprints Desk’s A-Z Academic Document Delivery Service. To find out more about Article Galaxy’s collection of journal articles with special copyright royalty rates, and to see how the platform can streamline article acquisition workflows directly and through integrations with systems such as ILLiad, Odyssey and RapidILL, plan to attend an informational webinar on Thursday, December 17th at 1p.m.

During this 30-minute webinar, Reprints Desk will introduce Article Galaxy’s collection of journal articles with special copyright royalty rates and demonstrate how their platform streamlines article acquisition workflows both directly and through integrations with systems such as ILLiad, Odyssey and RapidILL.

For more information about Reprints Desk, please contact Tony Landolt, Reprints Desk Sales Executive, by email at , or via phone at 510-303-3231.

Webinar Details:
WiLS-Reprints Desk
Thursday, December 17, 2015
1:00 PM Central

Webex Link
Meeting number: 800 038 079
Meeting password: Packers

Join by phone
1-650-479-3208 Call-in toll number (US/Canada)
Access code: 800 038 079