Happy holidays, everyone!

Before you head off to whatever merriment you have planned, a few small library things to keep in mind:

1. Your semester-loan library books are due Jan. 5th. That means you can keep them through the holidays if you wish, but if, realistically, you don't expect to be opening them at all, don't forget that you can return them at any SFU Library branch.

2. If you are hoping to keep your books beyond Jan. 5th, we've got good news: the limit on the number of online renewals you can do was recently increased to three. You can still renew your books after that (as long as no one has requested them), but you need to bring them to the library to do so.

3. The Library, along with most of the University, will be closed as of Dec. 25th. Bennett will re-open on Jan. 2nd. Surrey and Vancouver will re-open on Jan. 4th.

4. If you are heading someplace exotic (Toronto? Winnipeg?) and you have a feeling you are going to need access to other university libraries, don't forget that SFU researchers can get a COPPUL card from the SFU Library that will entitle them to some use of many other university libraries in Canada.

Take care. Be safe.

-- Mark

Census Marketing is pleased to announce the release of the How do you use census data? web sub-module. This online resource has been created to enable users from various backgrounds to share information on their uses and applications of census data. Registered participants can submit examples of how they make use of census data to be posted in the census web pages of the Statistics Canada website.

As of 8:30 a.m. (Ottawa time), December 17, 2009, the link to the How do you use census data? web sub-module will be available in the 'Features' section of the right-hand navigation menu of the census landing page, through the 'Spotlight' link or within the 'Census consultation' section under the '2011 Census' header of the left-hand navigation menu.

Questions regarding the content, moderation practices and rules of conduct associated with the How do you use census data? web sub-module should be directed to the following e-mail address: censusconsultation@statcan.gc.ca.

Census Discussion Forum: updates

The Census Discussion Forum, introduced in January 2009 during the 2011 Census dissemination consultation period, has been streamlined. Users will now find the forum questions distributed among three categories: 'Census discussion points,' 'Geography discussion points' and 'All categories.' In addition, new content will be introduced on an intermittent basis. At this time, discussion points on the discontinuation of the publication A National Overview: Population and Dwelling Countsand the plain language initiative for the Census Dictionary have been added.

There are links to the discussion forum in the 'Features' section of the right-hand navigation menu of the census landing page and within the 'Census consultation' section under the '2011 Census' header of the left-hand navigation menu.

With the Copenhagen climate change summit underway, it seems timely to highlight resources about the business aspects of climate change. How should managers plan for and manage the risks? What marketing opportunities exist? Are there HR implications to consider?

For researchers who are contemplating such questions, here are a few resources and strategies:

1. Books via the SFU Library catalogue: We have many new books on this topic such as...

• Climate change : what's your business strategy? (print copy at Belzberg & ebook copy everywhere)
• International business and global climate change (print copy at Bennett)
• Cut carbon, grow profits : business strategies for managing climate change and sustainability (print copies at Bennett & Belzberg)

To find more such items, try various combinations of such subject terms as:

• International business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
• Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
• Global warming -- Economic aspects
• Social responsibility of business
• Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects
• Green marketing
• Green products
• Management -- Environmental aspects
• Corporate power
• International business enterprises -- Political activity
• Emissions trading
• Environmental impact charges
• Carbon dioxide mitigation -- Economic aspects

For articles and reports, start with Business Source Complete. Use search terms such as those above to find articles in publications such as...

• Corporate social-responsibility and environmental management
• Business strategy and the environment

Also check out the HBR's special site: HBRGreen.org.

I hope this helps you get started. If you need more suggestions, just ask!

-- Mark

I was just scanning the World Economic Forum site and was struck by the growing amount of free and valuable information they provide. This year they have provided more reports than ever for free.

See below for a short list of some of my favourites...

• The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010
• Green Investing Report
• The Global Information Technology Report 2008-2009
• The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report: Globalization of Alternative Investments
• The Global Enabling Trade Report 2009
• Global Risks Report 2009
• Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009
• The Global Gender Gap Report 2009

I just noticed the following new feature in our Books24x7 database - one of several sources for ebooks via the SFU Library:

Many of the titles in Books24x7 are packed with useful tables that include important information. If you need the data in a table, manually transferring information can be a painstaking process. With our LiveTables feature you can save and download select tables with one click.

Not aware of Books24x7? Its focus tends to be on IT/CMPT books, but its collection of 10,000 titles also includes quite a few business books. Here are a few examples:

• The sustainable enterprise : profiting from best practice
• Mobilizing generation 2.0 : a practical guide to using Web 2.0 technologies to recruit, organize, and engage youth
• Due diligence for global deal making : the definitive guide to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and strategic alliances

The titles in Books24x7 are listed in the SFU Library catalogue - but it's often a good idea to search within the database as that allows you to search for your topic throughout the fulltext of all the books in the collection.