There are also many advanced features such as searching library catalogues from within RefWorks and using RSS feeds to directly import references from journal feeds.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
RefWorks
The Library has just purchased a site license for Refworks, a bibliographic Management System that lets you store all you references in one online database. Records can easily be downloaded from bibliographic databases and websites such as Science Direct, Web of Knowledge or Google Scholar. Using the Write-N-Cite toolbar allows you to easily format papers or articles into whatever referencing style you require.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
RESOURCE: Nature Network
You will probably have heard of (or indeed use) social networking sites such as Facebook, mySpace and Beebo, now nature.com has created one specifically for scientists: Nature Network.
Nature Network allows you to connect up with others to discuss and find out about the latest scientific news and events. It is free to sign up. Here’s what they say you can do:
- Create your own personal profile page and describe yourself and your research.
- Set up a group for your lab, department or institution. Or you can form a topic-based group, such as an RNAi, climate change, or nanotechnology group.
- Join and have discussions with group members.
- Build your own online network of likeminded people.
- and give us your take on what's going on in your field or in the broader world of science; post comments on other people's blogs.
- On the city pages, search and browse our comprehensive listing of all upcoming seminars and conferences. We aim to list everything from niche meetings to screenings of science-based films and plays. You can even post your own events.
- Read the latest news, views and historical insights in the news sections of our featured cities. And then discuss these articles via our commenting system.
- Browse local jobs listings.
It’s in its early days yet, but it looks like it might be an interesting resource.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
LIBRARY INFO: Changes to Library Loan Periods
- Changes to loan status - three day loan monographs and the evening degree 7 day loan collection have changed to become the new 'multiple copy collection'. Multiple copy items are issued for 7 days but are reservable and also renewable for up to 20 times (if not required by another reader). Multiple copy items can be recognised by yellow MC stickers on the spine and are shelved within the main book collections on Levels 3 and 4 of the Library. All multiple copy items can be borrowed using the Library's self issue machines.
- Changes to fine rates -
Normal loans - 20p per day (maximum fine £3.00)
Recalled normal loans - £1.00 per day (maximum fine £15.00)
Multiple Copy loans - 50p per day (maximum fine £7.50)
Recalled Multiple Copy loans - £1.00 per day (maximum fine £15.00)
Short Loan - 50p per hour (maximum fine £12.00)
Audiovisual items - £1.00 per day (maximum £15.00)
Monday, June 11, 2007
RESOURCE: TASI
Technical Advisory Service for Images
This is a JISC funded resource which provides help, advise and resources to the HE and FE communities.
Its objectives are to:
encourage the creation of high quality digital image collections
promote and develop good practice in the creation, delivery and use of digital images and in the management of digitisation projects
promote and support the use of standards within digitisation projects
promote and develop technical expertise within the FE/HE community by providing advice, guidance, support, training and consultancy
encourage networking and the building of an imaging community within FE and HE
It has many useful sections including:
using images in WebCT
review of image search engines
help on IPR aspects of using images in VLEs
It also produces a short overview of Using Images in Higher Education.
This is a JISC funded resource which provides help, advise and resources to the HE and FE communities.
It has many useful sections including:
It also produces a short overview of Using Images in Higher Education.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
TRIAL: Faculty of 1000 Biology
The Library has taken out a trial database to Faculty of 1000 Biology until 16th May. Feedback about this resource would be appreciated
"Faculty of 1000 Biology is the next generation literature awareness tool. It is a revolutionary new online research service that will comprehensively and systematically highlight and review the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of a faculty of well over 1000 selected leading researchers.
Faculty of 1000 Biology will be run by scientists for scientists, and will provide a rapidly updated consensus map of the important papers and trends across biology.
Faculty of 1000 Biology:
- Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research
- Highlights papers on the basis of their scientific merit rather than the journal in which they appear
- Offers the researcher a consensus of recommendations from well over 1000 leading scientists
- Systematically organizes and evaluates the mass of information within scientific literature
- Offers an immediate rating of individual papers by the authors' peers, and an important complement to the indirect assessment provided by the journal impact factor."
COURSE: Image Management in Bio- and Environmental Sciences: New Directions
a UKeiG and IAALD Course
to be held at
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Workshop Outline The bio- and environmental sciences cover a broad spectrum from taxonomy to bioinformatics, farming to climate change, with a correspondingly wide range of information resources ranging from historic manuscripts to genomic databanks. Images form an important component of all these and achieving holistic management of diverse resources to allow easy correlation of their information content is challenging, especially for small information units and 'one-man-bands'. Developing technologies offer new opportunities but can themselves produce new demands in devising effective strategies for their use. This workshop aims to share experiences and float ideas in areas where there are as yet no 'right answers'!
The workshop will comprise a mix of presentations and group discussion, with demonstration of some examples of good practice. Topics are expected to range over:
* Locating sources: what to look for and where to look * Digital libraries and repositories: cross searching effectively * Embedded images: searching within documents * Metadata content and ontologies: requirements for effective retrieval * Rights issues and commercial factors * Storage and preservation: short- and long-term issues * Using images in teaching and learning: the role of the information specialist * Taxonomic trails: specimen collection to DNA * Image Bioinformatics: developing new tools * The impact of web 2.0 technologies: salvation or hype?
The workshop is presentein association with the new UK/Ireland chapter of IAALD (International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists), provisionally known as FIBS - Focus on Information in the Bio- and environmental Sciences.
Who Should Attend Anyone whose work involves the use of images in this subject area will benefit from this meeting, from any sector - university, college, government, NHS, charity, learned society, commercial etc. We hope for a good mix as we all have much to learn from each other!
Presenters A panel of speakers is being arranged, chaired by Roger Mills, Bio- and Environmental Sciences Librarian,
Image Management in Bio- and Environmental Sciences: New Directions
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Costs (including lunch and refreshments):
UKeiG and IAALD members £130 + VAT (£152.75); others £160 + VAT (£188.00)
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