Library Newsletter April 2015

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April 2015

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Poems Aloud!More BooksSafePod and 24 more spaces: Changes to Level 2Professor Susan Sellers lectures on Virginia Woolf and Vanessa BellResearch@StAndrews:FullText passes 5000 itemsWelcoming our new Assistant DirectorBuilding a new collection of books by Armenian classical authorsOpen Access updates for researchersKing James Library refurbishment

Poems Aloud! 2015



The University Library was proud to be part of the StAnza Poetry festival again thisyear with our Poems Aloud! recitation competition. 11 University of St Andrewsstudents competed on Friday 6th March, performing their chosen, memorised poem infront of a panel of judges. Judges included: Helen Mort (poet), Colin Will (poet) and AliceCrawford (librarian).

The winner of the 75 prize was Megan McFadyen-Mungall who recited Too much timelooking up by Lacey Roop.

Held in the Main University Library, the event was free and open to all; the competitorsperformed to a full house!

University Librarian and Director of Library Services, John MacColl commented:



We feel that Poems Aloud! stands out in the StAnza programme, with thefocus on the poem as performance rather than on the author as performer.Learning poems by heart is not nearly as common as it used to be, and yeta learned poem is an important possession that can remain with anindividual for life. We hope that by holding Poems Aloud! in the Library wecan encourage the learning of poetry by heart, and also its delivery in waysthat convey why their poem choices are important to our studentperformers.

We hope to host Poems Aloud! again next year.

Lots MoreBooks!Since the beginning of this semester we have bought 402 books from suggestionsmade through our [email protected] service. That's 45 books a week!

We've ordered books for a wide range of subjects from Surviving field research : workingin violent and difficult situations to The midwives of seventeenth-century London.

Remember to let us know if you think we should buy more copies of textbooks for yourcourses or brand new titles! Just email [email protected] and tell us whyyou want a book - if is it for coursework or if you'd like an extra copy of a text. Pleasealso tell us what module the textbook is for and send us the title, author and edition oryear of publication and we'll get back to you as soon as we can!

SafePod and 24 more spaces: Changes to Level 2

You might have noticed some extra space has been cleared on Level 2, and theappearance of a new "pod". In the next few weeks we will be adding new tables tocreate 24 new study spaces. We have also installed a new "SafePod" which looks a littlelike a photo booth but is a secure, lockable area that allows researchers across the UK



to access controlled data. We are the first university to host one of these systems whichis funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council).

SafePod in Library

Here is more information about the SafePod from the leaflet available in front of the pod:

The University of St Andrews is currently trialling an ESRC SafePod, whichis an exciting innovation for remote secure data access to sensitive datasuch as those provided via the Administrative Data Research Network(ADRN).

The main advantages of using a SafePod as a secure data access facility isthat it enables access to data under very highly controlled conditions anddoes not require the conversion of an existing room or building within aninstitution. No data is held in the Pod and access to data is via a thin clientover a separate secure network.



If successful, this innovation once rolled out to multiple institutionsnationwide, will ensure that researchers with limited access to affordableand dedicated safe access facilities, will be able to undertake research withsensitive data.

If you have any questions or would like to know more about the SafePod, please contactDarren Lightfoot on 01334 463901 or email [email protected].

Professor Susan Sellers lectures on Virginia Woolfand Vanessa Bell

Friends of the Library Spring Lecture, Thursday, April 9, Arts Lecture Theatre,5.15pm. Professor Susan Sellers will deliver a lecture entitled, 'From Page to Stage:Writing the Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell'. Starting with a discussion of herwork as editor of the Cambridge University Press edition of the writings of Virginia Woolf,she will talk about the writing of her own novel Vanessa and Virginia, published in 2008,and will describe the process of adapting it for its successful international stage tour in2009.

For more details, please see the University events page.

- Alice CrawfordDigital Humanities Research Librarian

Research@StAndrews:FullText passes 5000 itemsThe 5000th item in Research@StAndrews:FullText was a PhD thesis Aphenomenological-enactive theory of the minimal self by Brett Welch who receives acopy of the new book Open Access and the Humanities by Martin Paul Eve to markthe occasion. There were several articles deposited around the same time that wehighlighted in a blog post related to REF deposits, publisher embargoes and Gold OpenAccess; readers might be intrigued by the Institutional Repository Usage Statisticsquoted in the same post.

If you are a researcher and have any Open Access stories and thoughts you would liketo share please get in touch using our form.

- Mike BryceRepository Support Officer

Welcoming our new Assistant Director



We are very happy to announce the appointment of Anna Clements to the post ofAssistant Director (Digital Research) in the University Library. This post signals thedevelopment of a new Digital Research Division within the Library. This division will bringtogether Open Access & Research Publications Support, Research Data Management,Digital Humanities and some elements of Research Computing.

Building a new collection of books by Armenianclassical authorsThe Library is pleased to announce the acquisition of the first fifteen volumes ofthe series, Armenian classical authors, ( ). This is a jointlypublished series of the Armenian Library of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and theArmenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, and aims to gather together hundreds of Armeniantexts from over 100 classical authors since the 5th century. It is an unparalleled collectionof texts from different disciplines: philosophy, history, linguistics, ancient literature andfolklore studies, the majority of which have never been published before.

The title was ordered by Dr Tim Greenwood in the School of History, who met with staffin the Acquisitions and Cataloguing departments of the Library to offer advice about thisunique purchase. In order to acquire this title, staff in the Acquisitions department havebuilt up a relationship with a bookseller in Lebanon, who they will continue to work withas future volumes of the series are published. Staff in the Cataloguing department alsohad their horizons broadened as they got to grips with the Armenian script, the differentfonts used to represent it, and the different schema for transliterating it into the Romanalphabet.

The series is ongoing, and has been estimated to run to approximately 100 volumes intotal. It can be found at PK8531.M2.

- David CollinsLibrary Assistant (Cataloguing)

Open Access updates for researchersThe Library continues to provide advice and support for our researchers to helpmake their publications Open Access (OA). We now produce a monthly update which



we send to all Schools, keeping researchers informed about new OA policies, publisherdeals, funding and other aspects of a fast-changing scholarly environment. If you haventseen OA Updates let us know and we will make sure we add your details to our list.

- Mike BryceRepository Support Officer

King James Library refurbishmentThis historic Library, housed within St Mary's College Library, is undergoingrefurbishment. The carpet has been replaced and we are currently waiting for newfurniture to be installed which is in keeping with this, our first University Library. The newfurniture will increase the study seat provision by 12 spaces and will ensure that all studydesks in the King James Library have power points. As there has been a delay in thedelivery of our selected desks and chairs, we have provided temporary furniture for staffand students to use until the official furniture can be delivered. The King James and StMary's College Libraries are both open as usual.

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