tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77216939642579756552012-02-08T10:07:15.524ZSimon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-35827174106940687672011-11-23T15:20:00.002Z2011-11-29T17:23:51.756Z2011-11-29T17:23:51.756Z

Vacation borrowing for all undergraduates is now in operation. Undergraduates can borrow books over the Christmas vacation period until 20th January 2012

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The Library will be closed for the above dates. There will be no access to the library for any reason during this period. Books, currently on loan, should be returned when we re-open on the 12th of September - readers should not attempt to return them during the closed period or leave them outside the library under any circumstances. Inter-library loan requests can be made at the

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-5706801599034121262011-05-16T16:47:00.002+01:002011-05-16T16:47:29.197+01:002011-05-16T16:47:29.197+01:00

Already home to more than seven million books, Cambridge University Library will host one of the world's biggest books for three days this month. Visitors to the Library can let their imagination run wild with a huge 2.2 metre high, walk-in book, placed at the entrance to the building as part of an innovative art installation. The Big Book, entitled Imagine, is a leather-bound

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The CSL is now open till 8pm each weekday evening. Access to the library after 5.15 is from the New Museums site. See map

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-7585198251028508692011-03-09T10:50:00.000Z2011-03-09T10:50:13.971Z2011-03-09T10:50:13.971Z

Vacation borrowing is now in operation for all Undergraduates at the CSL. Any book borrowed between now and the end of term will not be due back until the 29th April.

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As from the 1st of March, all undergraduates will be able to borrow from the CSL. 1st  and 2nd year undergraduates will now be able to borrow 10 books for two weeks, with the option to extend the loan by a further two weeks.

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The CSL will be closed for the library's annual inspection 6th - 10th September inclusive. As with previous years the library will be closed to all users. Books on loan will not be due back during this week and any fines incurred due to circulation system errors will be waived.

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Most readers will recall that in November-December 2009 we ran an online survey, LibQUAL+, asking you what you thought of us. The results have now been analysed and can be read here

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-29894498829442387842010-05-18T10:38:00.000+01:002010-05-18T10:39:29.449+01:002010-05-18T10:39:29.449+01:00

Postgraduates!!The Arcadia porject would like your views on information skills and which online tools you use. Take the online survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cambridgepostgraduate_survey2for a change to win an ipod nano or £20 Amazon voucher

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-89627654876938800182010-04-19T15:33:00.003+01:002010-04-19T15:45:25.908+01:002010-04-19T15:45:25.908+01:00

For three days, from Monday 19th April 2010, some parts of the book collection and the first floor reading room will be closed off as these rooms are undergoing redecoration. If you need any material fetching from these areas please ask a member of staff.Please note: The main second floor reading room and Digitial Resources Area are still open for use as normal.

Johnskibeatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-73658279740257388472009-11-20T15:51:00.003Z2009-11-20T15:54:57.208Z2009-11-20T15:54:57.208Z

Vacation borrowing for undergraduates with borrowing rights at the CSL (3rd year and above) is now in operation.All books borrowed will now be due back 15th January 2010.See our Reader Services section on the CSL website for further information regarding borrowing.

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The Central Science Library is always keen to improve our service and to that end we are currently conducting a survey of our users.We are committed to improving your library services. Better understanding your expectations will help us tailor those services to your needs.We are conducting this survey to measure library service quality and identify best practices through the Association of

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-30516238374487871802009-10-26T11:03:00.000Z2009-10-26T11:04:23.323Z2009-10-26T11:04:23.323Z

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literatureand quality web sources and is aimed at the scientfic researcher.This session is aimed at graduate students and staff who want to learn howto use Scopus to both locate research in their area and to manage theirresearch output.Places are limited so please email Yvonne Nobis (yn235@cam.ac.uk) if you are interested in

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-7394010699629939082009-10-13T10:57:00.000+01:002009-10-13T10:58:30.139+01:002009-10-13T10:58:30.139+01:00

Author workshop held by BioMed Central and PLoS Public Library of ScienceThis Author workshop is aimed at young scientists and provides guidelines on how to write a 4* research paper with these Open Access publishers.Wednesday, 21st October, 10.00 - 12.30, University Centre. Please notify Barbara Bultmann (bb342@cam.ac.uk) if you wish to attend.

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International publishingWith the aim to support young scientists in their academic career, a lecture on Scientific Publishing will be given on 19 October 2009 under the title: How to write a world class paper.During the presentation, the audience will gain insights in the way publishers, editors and reviewers look at their manuscripts, which may help to better submit papers.The lecture will cover

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-90279433214787712112009-08-04T08:33:00.000+01:002009-08-04T08:34:51.409+01:002009-08-04T08:34:51.409+01:00

Access to subscription electronic resources, including ejournals, ebooks and online databases, is available off-campus to current staff and students of the university and is controlled by Raven ID and password. Your Raven ID and password may be used off campus wherever you are prompted to log in using one of the following links: Shibboleth loginLogin via your home institutionInstitution login

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From the beginning of July until the end of September, the Central Science Library (CSL), will be conducting a free trial of a new Document Scanning Service for current staff and students of the University. The service will be used for material held at the CSL that is not currently available electronically. This includes articles from journals and chapters from books. We will scan on request and

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A chance to win an Flip video camera, £30 in book vouchers or membership to the Arts Picturehouse worth £27. Take part in a survey intended to establish how the majority of Cambridge University students and staff access, or would like to access, information away from your desk or laptop. The survey questions are primarily about how you use your mobile phone, smartphone or PDA to look up,

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The Central Science Library can now provide wireless access to the internet via the University Lapwing wireless service. The access point is in the main reading room on the 2nd floor but you may find that can get a connection elsewhere in the building.This is service is available to all current members of the University via RAVEN. See here for further details.Non University members, alumni or

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The Library has now added four more PCs to its DRA service, bringing the total available to ten. The new machines are located on the 1st floor.See a member of staff for details.

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-10139876212647384062008-10-10T15:35:00.002+01:002008-10-10T15:38:19.635+01:002008-10-10T15:38:19.635+01:00

The University Library is pleased to announce that it has purchased access in perpetuity to the Springer Online Archives Collection, making available to the university every issue and article from volume 1 onwards to 1996 of 900 journals. The collection complements the existing Springer journal subscription taken out by the Journals Co-ordination Scheme, which covers the years from 1997 onwards,

Simon Goosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666931674525664945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721693964257975655.post-72744791835667819122008-10-06T16:57:00.002+01:002008-10-06T17:02:39.530+01:002008-10-06T17:02:39.530+01:00

The new web portal for science students, science@cambridge was launched today.Science@cambridge aims to draw users into a virtual library space giving them immediate access to electronic information from their desktop, tools to help them navigate through the vast number of sources available, as well as on-line real-time help from library subject-experts. This development acknowledges that for

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After a successful soft-launch during Easter Term, Cambridge University Library has today officially launched eresources@cambridge. The new site aims to provide Cambridge users with seamless access to a growing collection of subscribed electronic resources. It also has a redesigned help section, covering journal and database access for on and off campus users. Users can also search for article

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The University Library has established trial access to Elsevier’s SCOPUS database on a university-wide basis until 5 April. Developed in conjunction with researchers to provide an easily navigated single entry-point to the world’s scientific information, Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database for the sciences and social sciences. It covers: 15,000 peer-reviewed

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The University Library is pleased to announce that it has purchased the complete Nature Archives (1869-1996), which can now be accessed online by anyone in the University.Together with the Library's subscription to the current issues of Nature online, this means that *Nature *is now completely available online from the first issue published on 4 November 1869 to the most recent.The archive,

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