ARTstor and Bridgemen

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning (Tuesday 8 November 2.00-4.00, at Oxford University Computing Services, Banbury Road )

The session examines two major digital image collections subscribed to by the University - ARTstor and Bridgeman Education - geared to research and teaching in the humanities, history of science and medicine, and social sciences. Viewing, presenting and managing images are also covered and there will be plenty of time for hands-on practice. Presenters: Clare Hills-Nova and Vicky Brown .
Please book your place online

This course form part of the series of WISER training sessions run by Bodleian Libraries. To keep up to date with the WISER programme - Why not follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser or visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com You can also check the timetable on the WISER web site at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/wiser

Library Closed Week

The Rewley House Continuing Education Library will be closed to readers from Saturday 27th August to Sunday 4th September inclusive. Library staff will be monitoring phone and email, and any urgent requests will be dealt with.

The Reading Room will remain open as usual. If you wish to return books, these can be left in the book return box in the Reading Room.

New Library system - live!

Our new library system will be available to readers from 9am on Friday 22nd July.

SOLO http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now the library catalogue for printed and electronic materials. There's a link to a SOLO guide from the main SOLO screen and we have some brief printed guides in the Library. Library staff will of course be pleased to help you either in person or by phone or email.

If you have a Single Sign On, you will need to use this instead of your barcode number to renew books, place holds for items on loan or to request items from closed stacks. To access your record, Sign in at the top of the SOLO screen and select My Account. If you do not have a Single Sign On, use your barcode and associated password and sign in as a non Oxford member.

Library staff are now able to renew your books.

New library system

Unfortunately the introduction of the new library system has had to be delayed until 9am on Friday 22nd July.

Mechanisms put in place by Bodleian Libraries to assist readers with obtaining items from the stacks during this period will continue through this week.

Rewley House Continuing Education Library readers who have books due back this week will be unable to renew them. Library staff understand the situation, and there will be no problems with items becoming overdue. We regret the inconvenience caused.

For full information, please see the Bodleian Libraries website at http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/notices/2011-4-5

System down time, 8th-18th July

OLIS will be shut down on Friday 8th July for the migration to the new system which will go live on Monday 18th July.

You are reminded that you will not be able to place stack requests after 5pm on Thursday 7th July. If you need an item which is not available elsewhere, please ask library staff or see the request form on http://bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.

During the down time:

• All libraries will remain open for their usual hours



• Access to e-resources will not be affected



• SOLO will be available (except for at least part of Sunday 17th July) to check locations and shelfmarks, but you will not be able to see copy availability
  


• Lending services will continue as normal, but you will not be able to reserve or renew books, or access your patron record
  

OLIS Password

If you are planning to visit a library duriing the downtime, you will still need your OLIS barcode and password to access library PCs and connect to the Bodleian Libraries wireless network. please note that library staff will be unable to reset your password during the down time. If you do not know it, please check with library staff this week. Hint: your default password is your date of birth, entered in the format 05jul2011

Gladstone Link open

The Gladstone Link opened today to readers with Bodleian access. It connects the Old Bodleian and the Radcliffe Camera, access is from either. It provides space for an additional 270,000 items which will be on open access. It also has additional working space, IT facilities and printer/copiers. More information can be found on http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/, the Bodleian Libraries website

Book requests from closed stacks July 2011

Bodleian Libraries is implementing a new Library System this summer which will bring benefits to both library staff and readers.

The system migration will take place during 8th-18th July. During this time:

• SOLO will remain available for checking the holdings and locations of item, but availability will not be updated and new items will not be added
  


• It will not be possible to access your patron record, or to request books to be fetched from closed stacks to reading rooms. If you need to consult items from the stacks, please order them during the first week in July, the earlier the better.
  


• It will be possible to request some Special Collections material manually, please see the Bodleian Libraries website for more information



• Access to e-resources will not be affected.

Loan services will continue as normal, although you will not be able to check your record. No items will be due back during the period 8th-18th July, so you will not need to renew during this period.

Library staff will do their best to ensure that services run as smoothly as possible during the transition period. Further information will be posted on the Bodleian Libraries website and on the SOLO home page