Bodleian Open Access Programme

Coming up

Why is Oxford driving Open Access in Drug Discovery? (Tues 28 Jan 15.00 - 16.00) –

The pharmaceutical industry is downsizing in Europe, including the UK, because of poor returns on investment. With ageing societies and diseases of modern living, many more patients are in desperate need of many more new medicines. To this end, several scientists in Oxford are working together to create a new ecosystem for drug discovery: one which pools the considerable strengths in industry, with the resources and expertise of academia, patient organisations and  regulatory agencies, in an “open” way.   Prof Chas Bountra of the Nuffield Department of Medicine discusses this “pre-competitive effort”  which is unrivalled by any other academic institute.

Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, South Parks Road.

Please book your place online.

If you have any queries please contact angela.carritt@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Change to SOLO sign in

Signing into SOLO has changed slightly:

1. Click 'Sign in' at the top right of the screen. 
2. If you have a full University card and an Oxford Single Sign On, click on the 'Oxford Single Sign On' link
3. If you have any other type of card, including a Rewley House Continuing Education Library card, click on the 'Other Bodleian card holders' link.

New additions to the Library

A list of items added to the Rewley House Continuing Education Library, both purchased and donated, during October 2013 is now available on the Library website .The list also includes e-books purchased by the Library

Rycote rediscovered

An exciting project involving Bodleian Libraries has pieced togther the story of Rycote, an important Oxfordshire Tudor mansion. A website has been launched Rediscovering Rycote

For the full story see the Bodleian Libraries website

For research students

Are you a D.Phil student? These workshops are for you!

Research Skills Toolkit: IT & library skills and services for your research
A free hands-on workshop for research students introducing key tools, techniques and resources. Topics covered in this subject-focu 2 hour session include:

• ·         Reference management software
• ·         Literature searching and advanced search techniques
• ·         Keeping up to date with emerging research
• ·         Managing your thesis with Word
• ·         Analysing data with Excel pivot tables
• ·         Podcasting with Audacity and Weblearn
• ·         Free software for image manipulation
• ·         Measuring research impact
• ·         Your thesis, copyright and submitting to ORA

During the sessions you will also meet with subject specialists for help and guidance on further training.

These workshops are open to graduate researchers and take place in week 8 of Michaelmas and week 1 of Hilary Term.

Read more and book your place - http://tinyurl.com/c6qyxgx.

Happy New (academic) Year!

Welcome to a new term and a new year.

Term time opening hours have now started:
Monday - Thursday 9.00am - 8.30pm
Friday - 9.00am - 5.00pm
Saturday - 9.30am - 5.30pm
Sunday - 1.30pm - 4.30pm

You can find more information about the Library on our website http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/library You can find guides to getting started in various subjects on our LibGuides page http://ox.libguides.com/conted

SOLO upgrade

SOLO, the library catalogue, has been upgraded and some new features added:

Browse search

• Browse A-Z lists of authors. titles and subjects
• NB, does not include OxLIP+ databases or ORA theses or articles

Date range search

• Limit your search by specifying a publication date range

Improved export options

• Export directly from individual records to a variety of online and desktop reference managers such as Endnote or RefWorks

Refine your search using multiple options

• Refine your results using more than one option (topic, creator, language, library etc), or by excluding options
• NB, we strongly advise against excluding libraries. If an item is held in a number of libraries and you exclude one of them, you will not see the item at all, even if it is in a library you have included.

For more information, see the SOLO guide: http://libguides.ox.ac.uk/solo  

New additions to the Library

A list of items added to the Rewley House Continuing Education Library, both purchased and donated, during May and June 2013 is now available on the Library website

New guide for Historians

Are you an Historian? Are you unsure where to find History in the Bodleian Library? This guide is for you!

History Collections in the old Bodleian and Radcliffe Camera,  
http://ox.libguides.com/history-collections-in-bodleian

E-book collection trials

Over 100,000 extra e-books will be available during Trinity Term

EBSCO's Academic Collection is on trial now until 18th May. It covers a variety of publishers and subjects. The books can be accessed via SOLo for the duration of the trial, or browsed at http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,shib&profile=ehost&defaultdb=e000tww&custid=s8580219

From 18th May until 28th June there will be a trial of Ebrary's Academic Complete

For full information, please see the Bodleian Libraries website

new additions to the Library

A list of items added to the Rewley House Continuing Education Library, both purchased and donated, during April 2013 is now available on the Library website

The list is in a new format this month, which we hope you will find more user-friendly than the previous version

Easter vacation period

Vacation hours apply from today: 9.00am - 5.00pm. The Rewley House Continuing Education Library will be closed over the Easter weekend from 29th March - 1st April inclusive. Term hours resume on Saturday 6th April.

The corridor outside the Library and Reading Room will be rewired during the week 28th March - 4th April. The Library and Reading Room will remain open, but there will inevitably be some noise and disruption.

On Tuesday 2nd April some work will be carried out on the light fittings on the lower floor of the Library. Books will still be accessible with caution.

We apologise for any inconvenience these works may cause

New - Creative Writing guide

A new guide to library resources for Creative Writing is now available.

The Rewley House Continuing Education Library has produced various other resource guides, more to follow.

New resource: Manuscripts Online: Written Culture 1000 - 1500

Launched 28th February, Manuscripts Online: Written Culture 1000 to 1500, funded by JISC, brings to life early printed primary sources of medieval Britain, giving online access to written materials from 1000 to 1500. Manuscripts Online is also a crowd sourcing tool, encouraging users to attach comments about the manuscripts they view to an online map.

Manuscripts Online will shortly be added to OxLIP+. It is freely available to search; content is a mixture of free and subscription material. fullest access can therefore be gained by using it on the Oxford network or by using Single Sign On for remote access, but some content is available to all

For more information, see JISC News

World Book Day 7th March

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed recommendations for books from the Rewley House Continuing Education Library. The chosen books, together with the recommendations, will be on display in the Library from 7th March. Books may be borrowed from the display.

New laptop and remote printing system

The exisiting PrinterOn system has been replaced with RemotePrint.  This is a similar web based system that allows you to send print jobs from your laptop, home PC and mobile phone to PCAS.  You can then collect your prints at any of the Bodleian Libraries copiers/printers.

It works very similarly to PrinterOn but user guides are available from library staff and the web pages.  You can access the RemotePrint system by going to http://remoteprint.bodleian.ox.ac.uk However, for the time being the old PrinterOn URL and shortcuts will still work and they will take you straight to RemotePrint.

This guide will take you through the process of sending a file to print from your laptop or from a computer not connected to the Bodleian Libraries network. Note that the system is being tweaked in response to feedback, so there may be some slight changes. The guide will be updated accordingly.

Download the PDF version

Help the Libraries and earn a £10 Amazon voucher

Bodleian Libraries are looking for library readers who would be willing to participate in a focus group and user testing. This is aimed at improving access to e-resources (e.g. e-journals and e-books). Volunteers will again be rewarded with a £10 Amazon or Blackwells voucher.

No prior knowledge is required. Participants need to be available to come to the Radcliffe Science Library on Parks Road for about 1 hour on one of the following dates:

Tuesday 19th February (starting at 2.30pm)
Thursday 21st February (starting at 2.30pm)
Monday 25th February (starting at 10.00am)

During the session you will join 5-6 other library users to chat with a couple of librarians and try out some online resources.   At the end of the session you will receive a £10 Amazon voucher as a thank you for your help.

If you are interested in participating please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.   Please let us know: 

1. Your name
2. Subject of study
3. Academic status (e.g. undergraduate, postgraduate etc)
4. Your email address
5. Your telephone number
6. Please indicate which of the dates above would be convenient for you

If you have any queries please contact usered@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Many thanks for considering