University Library News Release

Date: February 22, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (505) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu

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ScienceDirect Electronic Journals Unavailable to Library Users on Saturday

The NMSU Library announces that ScienceDirect electronic journals will not be available online to Library users this Saturday, February 24, from 4 a.m. to 1 pm. During this time, ScienceDirect's engineers will be implementing a large-scale rebuilding program on some core aspects of the platform's underlying technologies.

The Library subscribes to almost 250 electronic journals via Science Direct. This electronic journal collection is the most frequently used of all of the Library's subscriptions. For more information, please contact the coordinator of collection development, Susan Beck, at (505) 646-6171 or the reference desk at (505) 646-5792.

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