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February 2014
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Annoyed by noise in the Library?
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We are offering a new service for the SILENT areas of the Library (Levels 3 & 4).
If you are annoyed by noise, text us and we'll send someone to help as soon as we can.We'll need a little bit of information:
Text the word “noise” or whatever is bothering you (noisyheadphones/eating/chatting) and the nearest table number (e.g. 3-046)to 07740 421569.
If you have any questions, let us know. Email: [email protected].
Geoffrey Boulton lecture: 'Open Data and the Futureof Science'Prof. Geoffrey Boulton OBE, FRS, FRSE, General Secretary of the Royal Society ofEdinburgh, Regius Professor Emeritus and former Vice Principal of the Universityof Edinburgh, will be giving a public lecture entitled 'Open Data and the Future ofScience' in the Medical and Biological Sciences Building Lecture Theatre on
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Wednesday 26th February at 5:15pm. All are welcome. Wine and light refreshmentswill be served following the lecture. The Library is proud to present this lecture and youcan find more details here.
Professor Geoffrey Boulton, General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Regius
Professor Emeritus University of Edinburgh
Professor Boulton is a member of the Prime Minister’s Council for Science andTechnology. His research is in the field of climatic and environmental change andenergy. He leads the Global Change Research Group in the University of Edinburgh inthe University’s School of Geosciences. He has received international and national prizesfor his research, including the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society, the Kirk BryanMedal of the Geological Society of America, the Seligman Crystal of the InternationalGlaciological Society and the Science Medal of the Institute of Contemporary Scotland.Prof. Boulton was Chair of the Royal Society project "Science as an Open Enterprise"which was a major study on the use of scientific information as it affects scientists andsociety.
-Anna ClementsHead of Research Data and Information Services
Out with the old and in with the new! SpecialCollections webpages
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The Special Collections Division webpages
The Special Collections Division of the Library now has new and vastly improvedwebpages, showcasing our treasured collections of Rare Books, Manuscripts andMuniments, as well as providing a gateway to the new photographic collectionswebpages, which went live a year ago.
Launched at the beginning of December 2013, to coincide with the opening of the newReading Room facility at Martyrs Kirk, the new webpages are the culmination of 9months of work by the Division, supported by the Web Team and an external web designcompany, E. W. Multimedia. The objective of the project was to build a platform fromwhich to highlight the breadth of our collection strengths, as well as offering cleaner,simpler and more accessible webpages for staff, students and the public to navigatethrough.
Central to the whole design of the project was the implementation of new functionality toimprove the user experience in the ever changing web landscape. The webpages provideusers with online forms from which to request research assistance or book appointmentsin our Reading Room, the facility to click on certain images on the page and view ahigher resolution of that image, and the ability to view a true version of the webpages onmultiple mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones.
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High resolution image on the ‘Individual manuscripts and small collections’ page
This fundamental infrastructure has allowed us to develop a whole new world that visitorsto the webpages can discover. They can navigate through high resolution images ofitems in our collections, watch our ‘Treasures of the Library’ videos, buy our ‘600 Yearsof Book Collecting’ and ‘Treasures of the Library’ books, search our Rare Books,Archives and Photographic catalogues, find out about the history of the Division and theLibrary, as well as discover all the latest news and events the Division is either hostingor participating in.
A challenging, and at times arduous, project to get off the ground, but I’m sure all willagree…it was worth it!
-Kirsty LeeArchives Assistant
Journal Hosting Service launches new journalWe now have 8 journals on the University of St Andrews Library journal hostingservice. The latest journal to be launched is Syria Studies, published by the University’sCentre for Syrian Studies (CSS). Syria Studies is a peer reviewed open access journaldevoted to the study of contemporary Syria. It is linked from the Centre’s new website(http://css.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/online-journal/) which aims to bring knowledge andresearch about Syria to a wide audience. Editor-in-Chief Dr Raymond Hinnebusch waskeen to see the existing print series St Andrews Papers on Contemporary Syria move tothe online environment and become freely available to the public. The CSS DeputyDirector for Outreach & Information Dissemination, Dr Omar Imady praised the Library
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for their help and support in setting up the journal using our Open Journal Systems(OJS) platform.
Further details are available on the Open Access blog.
St Andrews staff and students interested in setting up their own open access journal cancontact [email protected].
-Jackie ProvenRepository Support Officer (Research publications and Open Access)
Friends of the Library lecture
Helen Vincent, Senior Rare Books Curator at the National Library of Scotland, willspeak on "Jane Austen's Scottish Sisters." All are welcome, please come along tothe Psychology Old Library, St Mary's Quadrangle on Thursday 20th February at
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5.15pm. Full event details here.
New version of Endnote Reference ManagementSoftware now available
EndNote X7 is now available for download (University owned equipment only) fromthe IT Services software page and is already installed on classroom PCs. Newfeatures include enhanced PDF management, an EndNote plug-in for adding citationsand references to Microsoft PowerPoint and new reference types for organizing yourresearch material.
If you want to find out more about the different reference management softwarepackages available then check out our handy guide, ask questions at one of our drop insessions or come along to a training event. Support and advice for ReferenceManagement Software is provided by the Academic Liaison Team – please contact us [email protected].
-Hilda McNaeSenior Academic Liaison Librarian
Grants available to support Open Access
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The Open Access support team is currently contacting Directors of Research andrecipients of Research Councils UK (RCUK) grants to offer support and guidanceto researchers on compliance with their funders’ open access policies. If you wouldlike us to visit your School, Centre or Research group, please contact [email protected].
-Jackie ProvenRepository Support Officer (Research publications and Open Access)
Group study rooms online again!
We've had a few problems with the online booking system for the Group StudyRooms, but these issues have now been resolved! Make a booking and find out morehere.
600 Years of Book Collecting Issue 4 Astronomy &Mathematics out now!
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Issue 4: Astronomy and Mathematics
The fourth issue of 600 Years of Book Collecting is now on sale from the MainLibrary and the J. F. Allen Library. This issue, the first of this semester, looks at booksfrom the Library’s collection which tell the story of “Astronomy & Mathematics” at StAndrews. Scholars at St Andrews have been looking to the night sky since the 15thcentury, and the appointment of James Gregory in 1668 as the first Regius Professor ofMathematics at St Andrews established the University as a leading scientific institution.From early copies of Euclid’s Elements to the first CD-ROMs owned by the University,the University Library supplies the books, journals and electronic resources to furthermathematical and astronomical investigation within the University today.
Each issue of 600 Years of Book Collecting features a full chronological listing of theentire series, and each issue also features a part of a visual timeline of the UniversityLibrary’s history. At £3 each, these beautiful magazines are a great way to get excitedabout the Library and the University of St Andrews, recently named Scottish University ofthe Year 2014.
-Daryl GreenRare Books Librarian (Collections Management)
New and improved Inter Library Loan serviceThe University Library is pleased to announce the arrival of its new and improved Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service. Information about our ILL service can be found in the subjectguide: http://libguides.st-andrews.ac.uk/Inter-LibraryLoan. New features includestreamlined forms which no longer have to be printed and signed. ILLs are free forUniversity staff and students (although they cost the Library around £10 each) but thereis a fine of £1 a day for late books, and a charge of £4 for renewals.
ILL requests now go off much more quickly, and there is unlikely to be time to cancel arequest – please do make sure you really need the book or article before you order it. Also, please check the Library catalogue, SAULCAT, before you send us the order – we
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will not request items on ILL which we already hold. If you are away from the Universityand need a book or paper journal from our stock please see our Photocopying or BookOrdering service.
-Jennifer EvettsCollections Manager
Box of Broadcasts
BoB (Box of Broadcasts) the TV and radio recording service has completed its mostsubstantial upgrade since it began in 2009!
Here are some of the improvements you can enjoy:
Over 1 million TV and radio programmes, including all BBC TV and radiocontent, dating from 2007.
An additional 13 foreign language channels.
Record from an extended 30 day buffer – giving you more channels,available for longer.
Display and search interactive transcripts, dynamic subtitle searches andthumbnails.
Watch BoB on handheld devices.
Create clips and clip compilations easily, and share programmes andplaylists via Twitter, etc.
Make YouTube-style comments on programmes and clips.
Use the one-click citation reference, to easily cite programmes within yourwork, based on the BUFVC AV Citation Guidelines.
We'd love to hear what you think about these changes! Also, if you have any commentsabout the different trial resources we offer (we've recently had a trial for BritannicaAcademic Edition, Photographic Youth Music Culture Archive (PYMCA), and anextension to our Electronic Enlightenment trial) please let us know.
-Jean YoungElectronic Resources Librarian
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New book supplier for the University2013 was a busy year for procurement in Scottish universities – the contracts forthe supply of print and electronic books both came up for renewal. Following a longprocess, involving representatives from each university, the contracts have now beenawarded, resulting in a change from the previous suppliers. The first placed supplier forboth contracts is now Dawson Books. This will result in a more streamlined process, anda wider range of material being available for a better price.
This also means that we will be introducing a new system for requesting items for stock.Staff in Academic Liaison are currently trialling the system, and it will be rolled out toSchools when the workflow has been successfully implemented. Full training, help andadvice will be provided in due course, but if you have any queries in the meantime,please get in touch.
- Aileen Cook Head of Acquisitions
Echoes from the vault
Last year was the most successful year for the Special Collection Division’s blog,Echoes from the Vault, with a total of almost 65,000 hits. The most popular post with
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over 2,000 hits total was week 35 of the year-long 52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrationsthread, featuring Antoine Melling’s masterpiece Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople etdes rives du Bosphore. The blog is read regularly in over 100 countries and has justrecently celebrated the milestone of over 1,000 subscribed followers. Follow us this yearin our adventure of recreating recipes, singing, costumes and photographs from ourcollection in our 52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s thread!
-Daryl Green Rare Books Librarian (Collections Management)
Library drop-in sessions
Want help finding information and journal articles for an essay or with how to getthe most out of SEEKER? Come along to one of our Library drop-in sessions. Thedrop-in sessions are held every week; book a session or just come by. We are alsoholding EndNote sessions, but as these are more structured, you will need to book inadvance.
You can book an EndNote session and have a look at the times for the drop-ins here.
-Academic Liaison
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