Tuesday 30 March 2010

New - Help Centre on the Library website

The Rewley House Continuing Education Library website has a new Help Centre area to answer your questions about using library services and resources. Links are provided as appropriate to other parts of the website and also to guides and tutorials provided by other Bodleian Libraries

The Help Centre is still under development. New topics will be added as well as more online demonstrations and tutorials.

We welcome your feedback on this new facility. You can post a comment on the blog or email us at library@conted.ox.ac.uk

Thursday 25 March 2010

Changes to Library PCs

From 29th March you will need to log in to use PCs in the Library

Why?

PCs will be upgarded with new applications and you will be able to save files to the desktop. The change is also required to comply with University IT regulations

How do I log in?

You log on using the barcode number on your University/Library card and the password you use for accessing your record on OLIS, to reserve or renew books, or making stack requests.

If you have a card with your photo, the password is usually your date of birth in the format 25mar2010 - you may have changed this.

If you have a Continuing Education Library card (no photo) your password will be the same as the barcode unless you have changed it. If it is the same as the barcode, it will need resetting, please ask staff.

I'm in a hurry!

We have one Sun Ray (networked terminal) which does not require you to log in

How can I find out more?

See the Reader FAQ guide, also available in the Library

How do I change my password?

See the Resetting your password guide, also available in the Library

Monday 15 March 2010

Easter vacation hours

Last weekend opening of Hilary Term: Sat 20th/Sun 21st March

From Monday 29th March the Library will be open Mon-Fri: 9am - 5pm

The Library will be CLOSED for Easter from Fri 2nd April - Mon 5th April, inclusive

Trinity Term opening hours resume on Sat 10th April

Full details of opening hours and term dates are available on the Library website

Tuesday 2 March 2010

Library name changes

Today, on Sir Thomas Bodley’s 465th birthday, Oxford University Library Services has been renamed the Bodleian Libraries. The central Bodleian will continue to be known as the Bodleian Library, and the collective name for the libraries comprising the integrated library service will be the Bodleian Libraries. The main Libraries website has changed to http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

Many of libraries are also changing their names. The Continuing Education Library becomes Rewley House Continuing Education Library. One practical implication of the change is that if you are used to limiting your search on SOLO to Continuing Education Library, you will have to scroll further down the list to select Rewley House Continuing Education Library (On the SOLO screen, click ‘All libraries/collections’ and select the library of your choice to restrict search results to holdings in that library)