Delays to Document Supply / inter-library loan services - Update

The following message from the British Library, the UK's biggest supplier of inter-library loan materials, explains the current delays to the inter-library loan/document supply service.

We are asked to submit requests as usual, but to expect delays. We will keep you informed about your requests, as we have more information.

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As reported in January, access to some of the collection items held at the British Library's Boston Spa site has been affected by the discovery of small traces of asbestos in some areas. All air sampling tests have found there to be no health risk - however, the Library is taking sensible and responsible precautions to ensure the health and safety of Readers, users and staff, in full compliance with the very strict health and safety regulations applying to the management of asbestos. Consequently, some areas of the Boston Spa site have been closed temporarily, leading to unavailability of items.

A major programme of asbestos removal and management is now underway. Although this is expected to last for much of 2011, our priority is to get higher use collection items back in service as quickly as possible, with some of the most heavily-used material now scheduled to be back in use by mid-April.

As an interim solution, we have introduced a number of initiatives to complete customer orders from alternative sources - in particular fulfilling requests from e-journal resources where licences for document supply are held, and making greater use of duplicates in our London stock.

We would ask you to continue placing orders as usual, and you will be informed if you will need to reapply for your requested item at a later date.

Vacation hours and loan periods

Dear All,

Here is some information about library borrowing and opening hours over the Easter vacation.

1. Vacation loans:

All staff and higher degree students:
From Thursday 10th March 2011 (Wk 8, Hilary Term 11)
Due back Tuesday 3rd May 2011 (Wk 1, Trinity Term 11)

All PGCE students:
From Thursday 7th April 2011 (last week of term)
Due back Tuesday 26th April 2011 (first week of term)

The above applies to all normal loan books.

All overnight material will remain overnight until Thursday 21st April 2011.
It can then be borrowed until Wednesday 27th April 2011.

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2. Opening hours:

The library will close for the long Easter weekend on Thursday 21st April at 20.30, and will re-open on Tuesday 26th April at 08.30.

Vacation hours are from Friday 8th April to Monday 25th April, and are:
Monday to Thursday 09.00-19.30.
Friday 09.00-17:30

Term-time hours will resume Tuesday 26th April.

Best wishes

From all in the library.

Wise up to WISER: bibliometrics training sessions

WISER Bibliometrics I - Who's citing you?

Wednesday 9 March, OUCS, 13 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road, 2.00-3.00pm

Please use the following link to book:
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZD19

An introduction to citation tracking as a tool for finding out who has cited your work. We will cover citation tracking using Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar and will include time for you to use each tool to find citations to your own work.
Presenters Juliet Ralph and Angela Carritt.


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WISER Bibliometrics II - The Black Art of Citation Ranking

Wednesday 9th March, OUCS, 13 Banbury Road, 13 Banbury Road, 3.15-4.15pm

Please use the following link to book:
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZD14

An introduction to using bibliometrics to calculate research impact. Using Web of Science & Scopus discover the pitfalls of impact factors for individual and departments, how to calculate your h-index and view journal impact factors to find the most influential journals. Intended audience: science and social science. If you are unfamiliar with citation tracking please attend "WISER: Who's citing you?" before this course.
Presenters Juliet Ralph and Angela Carritt

Update - Education databases get a new look

An update to the previous post about the new-look education databases. The planned move by JISC of ERIC, the British Education Index and the Australian Education Index to a new platform has now been delayed until 2012. This is to enable them to get the new version up to the required standard.

The applied linguistics database, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, together with the version of ERIC (CSA) that is on the same platform, will move across during summer 2011.

We will contact all people involved in applied linguistics study, teaching and research, to arrange training in the summer.

Please contact Kate if you have any questions or concerns.

Potential delays to interlibrary loan service

We are currently experiencing a backlog of interlibrary loans. Anyone intending to request material on interlibrary loan should take this into consideration. The delay has been caused by the temporary closure of the British Library's Boston Spa storage facility, after the discovery of small traces of asbestos on site.

The British Library have alternative supply measures in place so that the majority of requests should still be satisfied. However please be aware that some services are unavailable. The disruption is expected to continue throughout 2011.

Where possible, we will try to obtain material from other libraries. So please continue to submit requests, but please bear in mind that it might take us longer than usual to satisfy them. We will keep you informed by email of progress along the way.

Thank you for your patience.

Upcoming WISER sessions

WISER Finding Stuff (Tuesday 22 February) is a series of hour-long workshops designed to help you find material for your research. You can attend the whole series or pick and mix the sessions you would like to attend from:

• Books etc on SOLO (presented by Penny Roberts) - Tuesday 22 Feb 9.15-10.15. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZWA

• Articles (presented by Kerry Webb) - Tuesday 22 Feb 10.15-11.15. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW3

• Theses and Dissertations (presented by Jayne Plant) - Tuesday 23 Feb 11.30-12.30. Booking @ http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW4

• Conferences (presented by Sue Bird and James Shaw) - Tuesday 23 Feb 12.30-1.30 http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW5

Other sessions this month:

WISER Getting information to come to you (Thursday 24 February 9.15-10.45)
WISER: Learning a Modern Language (Thursday 24 February 11.00-12.15)
WISER Maps and Mapping (Friday 25 February 12.30-1.30)

For more information, including how to book a place, visit the BodWiser blog at http://tinyurl.com/64cg2wg

Educational tests - suggestions for purchase

The Education Library has a budget to buy educational tests and instruments for use by students in their research. The tests bought each year are decided by tutors, but often proposed by students. Let us know if there is a test you would like to use this year, and we will try to buy it for the Library.

You can use our Recommend a Resource form or email us at education.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk with your suggestions.

Education databases get a new look

The education databases (ERIC/BEI/AEI) are changing platforms from April 2011 and will have a new look! We will let you know when we have an exact date for the change, and will arrange training sessions for staff and students before the launch of the new version.

Details of training sessions are posted on our website here.

Early closing and reminder of closed period

The library shall be closing at 3:00pm today due to the weather conditions.

Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.

Please note that we will be closed from tomorrow (Friday 24th December) and reopening Tuesday 4th January.

Have a wonderful holiday.

The Library Team.

Early closing

The library shall be closing at 3:00pm today due to the weather conditions.

Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause.

We will be opening at 09:00 tomorrow as usual.

The Library Team.

Closing early

We have just been informed that we are closing early today at 2:00pm due to the weather conditions.

Apologies for the late notice and any inconvenience this may cause you.

We will be opening at 9:00am tomorrow as usual.

Change in opening times

A change has recently been made to the vacation opening times. Previously, the library was reopening on January 3rd 2011.

Please note that we will now be reopening on January 4th, opening time 08:30.

Merry Christmas,

The Library Team.

Weather

Due to the severe weather we are experiencing, the library will be closing at 3:00pm today.

We shall be opening at 9:00am tomorrow (21st) as usual.

Best wishes,

The Library Staff.

Christmas Vacation Hours and Loan Periods

Please find the arrangements for vacation loans and hours for the Education Library for the coming vacation:

Loans:

Staff, DPhil, PRS and MSc students – normal loan books:

Start Thursday 2^nd December 2010 (Wk 8, Michaelmas 10)

Due back Tuesday 18th January 2011 (Wk 1, Hilary 11)

PGCE Students – normal loan books:

Start Thursday 9^th December 2010

Due back Thursday 6th January 2011

All overnight books will remain overnight, until Wednesday 22nd December. They can then be borrowed until Tuesday 4th January.

Opening hours:

The library will close for Christmas on Thursday 23rd December at 17.30, and will reopen on Monday 3rd January, 08.30.

Vacation hours are from Friday 10th December to Thursday 23^rd December, and are:

Monday to Friday 09.00-17.30.

Term- time hours will resume when we reopen on January 3rd. As a reminder, they are:

Monday to Thursday – 08.30-20.30

Friday – 08.30-19.00

Saturday – 13.00-17.00

Sunday 12.00-16.00

Have an excellent Christmas!

Printing

Please be aware that the computers in the library are set as default to print both black & white and double-sided. If you would like to change these settings, go to 'Preferences' in the print window. The Sunrays, which are the computers used only to search the catalogue, do not have this function, however.

Library Session Follow-up Surveys

Following on from the sessions the library gave on Literature Searching for PGCE students and Skills Toolkit for DPhil/PRS students, we would like to ask that those who attended complete the relevant short surveys, providing feedback on how useful the session was.

PGCE survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BF6LPT6

DPhil/PRS survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BG73DSR

Thank you in advance for your contribution.

PGCE book sale

Blackwell's are coming to the Department of Education to sell books for the PGCE course. This will take place in the Education Common Room from 10:30am - 2:00pm, Friday 8th October. All titles have been selected by academics from the Department of Education.

MSc Inductions

Today there will be inductions for the MSc students in the library between 2:00pm and 4:40pm. This means the library will be noisier than usual and the Resources Room will be unavailable due to presentations taking place there.

Again, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you.

DPhil and PRS Library Inductions

Library inductions will be taking place Tuesday 5th October from 09:45-10:30 and 10:45-11:30 for DPhil and PRS students. Noise levels in the library will be higher than usual and there will be no access to the Resources Room during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause you.

Welcome/ Welcome back!

To all new MSc and DPhil students, and those of you who have been away over the summer, we wish you a warm welcome/ welcome back to the Bodleian Education Library.

New library websites

• Our main library website has moved to: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/education

We also have two new LibGuides:

• Bodleian Education Library Guide
http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/education_library
This is a guide to getting started in the library. It covers the basics, such as finding your way around, using SOLO, printing, and so on.

• Finding Information for Education
http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/education_information
This is a more detailed guide to help you decide where to begin when doing education research. It includes a set of video tutorials to help you search the education literature by topic.

Reclassification of Resources Room

The reclassification and reorganisation of the Resources Room is under way. So if you struggle to find anything, please do ask.

Events this term

We look forward to seeing you at our events this term – book sales, key search skills training sessions etc.


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