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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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
Wireless service name change
Please note that the name of the wireless service has changed from ouls-reader to Bodleian-Libraries
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Summer Vacation Loans and Opening Hours
Dear All,
1. Summer Vacation loans for all MSc and DPhil students and staff are as follows:
Vacation loans: Summer vacation loans begin Thursday 17th June (8th week).
MSc Students: From Thursday 17th June all normal loan books can be borrowed until 30th September.
DPhil students and Staff: From Thursday 17th June all normal loan books can be borrowed until 12th October (week 1, Michaelmas term)
All overnight books will remain overnight during the summer vacation.
2. Summer vacation opening hours:
The library will close at 17:30 on Friday 25th June.
Saturday 26th June and Sunday 27th June – Closed.
From Monday 28th June – Sunday 19th September the library will open:
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:30
Saturday and Sunday - Closed.
With best wishes,
Sue and all in the library
1. Summer Vacation loans for all MSc and DPhil students and staff are as follows:
Vacation loans: Summer vacation loans begin Thursday 17th June (8th week).
MSc Students: From Thursday 17th June all normal loan books can be borrowed until 30th September.
DPhil students and Staff: From Thursday 17th June all normal loan books can be borrowed until 12th October (week 1, Michaelmas term)
All overnight books will remain overnight during the summer vacation.
2. Summer vacation opening hours:
The library will close at 17:30 on Friday 25th June.
Saturday 26th June and Sunday 27th June – Closed.
From Monday 28th June – Sunday 19th September the library will open:
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 17:30
Saturday and Sunday - Closed.
With best wishes,
Sue and all in the library
Monday, 14 June 2010
Electronic Interlibrary Loan Form
You can now submit interlibrary loan requests to us by email using this form. You can also download the form from the Library's website: http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/library/service/interlib/index.php
Paper copies are still available from the enquiry desk.
If you have any problems using the form, or have any questions about interlibrary loans, please let us know.
Paper copies are still available from the enquiry desk.
If you have any problems using the form, or have any questions about interlibrary loans, please let us know.
Friday, 4 June 2010
Greening the Library
Hi all,
As summer heats up, we're looking for ways to make the library more environmentally friendly, and would really like your input. Do you have any ideas for ways that we could conserve resources without diminishing the library experience? Some of the ideas we're considering include:
Emma
As summer heats up, we're looking for ways to make the library more environmentally friendly, and would really like your input. Do you have any ideas for ways that we could conserve resources without diminishing the library experience? Some of the ideas we're considering include:
- Not turning on all library IT equipment as standard
- Asking you to turn off IT equipment when you've finished with it
- Not turning on all the library lights on sunny days
- Encouraging double-sided printing and photocopying - perhaps making it default?
Emma
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Bank Holiday - Normal Opening
We will be open normal time - 08:30 - 20:30 - next Monday, despite the Bank Holiday.
Emma
Emma
Friday, 30 April 2010
Research Help
We've had a lot of research queries recently so I thought I'd just remind everyone about the Information Skills Tutorials that Kate made before she left on maternity leave.
These can help you with many common questions about searching the education databases - and making sure that you find all the material relevant to your search question.
You can find them on Weblean here.
If your research query needs a little more attention, then please contact me or Sue to make an appointment.
Emma
These can help you with many common questions about searching the education databases - and making sure that you find all the material relevant to your search question.
You can find them on Weblean here.
If your research query needs a little more attention, then please contact me or Sue to make an appointment.
Emma
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Reader Image for Library PCs
Over the coming weeks the desktops of library PCs are being changed across the Bodleian Libraries. Changes for the Education Library are scheduled to take place during the week beginning 8th March 2010.
The new desktop appearance will be known as the Reader Image. Readers will be required to log on individually to library PCs using their OLIS patron details.
Readers will benefit by having access to new and updated software, including a choice of programmes for browsing the internet, managing references and manipulating media.
Click here for more information and the FAQ
Please ask staff if you need any assistance
The new desktop appearance will be known as the Reader Image. Readers will be required to log on individually to library PCs using their OLIS patron details.
Readers will benefit by having access to new and updated software, including a choice of programmes for browsing the internet, managing references and manipulating media.
Click here for more information and the FAQ
Please ask staff if you need any assistance
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Name change for OULS libraries
As of Tuesday next week (2nd March) OULS libraries are officially changing their name to the ‘Bodleian Libraries’. The Education Library will therefore be known as the Bodleian Education Library.
The name change will affect all OULS staff email addresses. From the 2nd March 2010 primary addresses will now become firstname.surname@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
The Education library email address will also change. Our new address will be education.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
The name change will affect all OULS staff email addresses. From the 2nd March 2010 primary addresses will now become firstname.surname@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
The Education library email address will also change. Our new address will be education.library@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Friday, 12 February 2010
Trial 'laptop-free' period
We have been trialling a policy that restricts the use of laptops to one quiet reading room only - the Reference Reading Room, at the front of the library. The Education Reading Room is currently for silent study only, without the use of laptops.
It has been requested that we continue the trial period, as some students did not receive the email link to our survey on this matter that was sent around last month.
To help us decide whether the Education Library needs a laptop-free reading room, click here to take the survey.
Please let us know your views!
It has been requested that we continue the trial period, as some students did not receive the email link to our survey on this matter that was sent around last month.
To help us decide whether the Education Library needs a laptop-free reading room, click here to take the survey.
Please let us know your views!
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
NEW online literature searching tutorials
A new suite of video literature searching tutorials for Education is now available on WebLearn. The tutorials are linked from all course areas, and from the main Department site, which is publicly available:
https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/portal/hierarchy/socsci/education
The tutorials take you through the main stages of a literature search for education, from devising your search strategy through to getting hold of the full text of useful articles.
I hope that the tutorials will be useful for you, as a supplement to the face-to-face training that we offer in the library. If you have missed the training sessions we have run so far this year, we would encourage you to work through these tutorials first, and then to contact Sue Oswald to book an appointment to help with your research, if you have any further questions (susannah.oswald@education.ox.ac.uk).
There are currently 7 tutorials available. We hope to make 2 more available shortly, which will cover databases specific to Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.
Note: these tutorials work best in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7. If you have any technical problems, please contact Wan-Ying Tay (wan-ying.tay@education.ox.ac.uk), who has been very ably assisting with all the technical aspects of creating the tutorials.
I do hope you find them useful. Please do pass on any feedback to Sue, and I will return to evaluate their success and add to/amend them in November!
With very best wishes,
Kate
https://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/portal/hierarchy/socsci/education
The tutorials take you through the main stages of a literature search for education, from devising your search strategy through to getting hold of the full text of useful articles.
I hope that the tutorials will be useful for you, as a supplement to the face-to-face training that we offer in the library. If you have missed the training sessions we have run so far this year, we would encourage you to work through these tutorials first, and then to contact Sue Oswald to book an appointment to help with your research, if you have any further questions (susannah.oswald@education.ox.ac.uk).
There are currently 7 tutorials available. We hope to make 2 more available shortly, which will cover databases specific to Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.
Note: these tutorials work best in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7. If you have any technical problems, please contact Wan-Ying Tay (wan-ying.tay@education.ox.ac.uk), who has been very ably assisting with all the technical aspects of creating the tutorials.
I do hope you find them useful. Please do pass on any feedback to Sue, and I will return to evaluate their success and add to/amend them in November!
With very best wishes,
Kate
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Winter vacation: loans and opening hours
Here is some information about library borrowing and opening hours over the vacation. We hope you have a great holiday!
1. Vacation loans:
All staff and higher degree students:
From Thursday 3rd December 2009(Wk 8, Michaelmas Term 09)
Due back Tuesday 19th January 2010 (Wk 1, Hilary Term 10)
All PGCE students:
From Thursday 3rd December 2009(last week of term)
Due back Thursday 7th January 2010 (first week of term)
The above applies to all normal loan books.
All overnight material will remain overnight until Tuesday 22nd December 2009.
It can then be borrowed until Tuesday 5th January 2010.
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2. Opening hours:
The library will close for Christmas on Wednesday 23rd December at 17.00, and will re-open on Monday 4th January at 08.30.
Vacation hours are from Friday 4th December to Tuesday 23rd December, and are:
Monday to Friday 09.00-17.30 (please note the exception of Tues 23rd, when we
the library will close at 17.00).
Term-time hours will resume when we open on January 5th.
Please note, our new extended term-time hours are:
Monday to Thursday – 08.30-20.30
Friday – 08.45-19.00
Saturday – 13.00-17.00
Sunday 12.00-16.00
1. Vacation loans:
All staff and higher degree students:
From Thursday 3rd December 2009(Wk 8, Michaelmas Term 09)
Due back Tuesday 19th January 2010 (Wk 1, Hilary Term 10)
All PGCE students:
From Thursday 3rd December 2009(last week of term)
Due back Thursday 7th January 2010 (first week of term)
The above applies to all normal loan books.
All overnight material will remain overnight until Tuesday 22nd December 2009.
It can then be borrowed until Tuesday 5th January 2010.
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2. Opening hours:
The library will close for Christmas on Wednesday 23rd December at 17.00, and will re-open on Monday 4th January at 08.30.
Vacation hours are from Friday 4th December to Tuesday 23rd December, and are:
Monday to Friday 09.00-17.30 (please note the exception of Tues 23rd, when we
the library will close at 17.00).
Term-time hours will resume when we open on January 5th.
Please note, our new extended term-time hours are:
Monday to Thursday – 08.30-20.30
Friday – 08.45-19.00
Saturday – 13.00-17.00
Sunday 12.00-16.00
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Extended library opening hours: 8.30 am opening in term
We have had requests via the Staff-Student Liaison Committees for both PGCE and MSc/DPhil for extended library opening hours. PGCE students have generally asked for earlier opening during the week, and for longer weekend hours. MSc and DPhil students have asked for later opening hours in the week, and for longer weekend opening hours.
Although we would love to be able to extend our opening hours, there is sadly no funding available to pay for the extra staffing required to do so. We have considered the possibility of shifting our existing hours (to open earlier and close earlier, for example), but this would not solve the problem, given the conflicting requests from different student groups for both earlier and later opening.
Equally, once all PGCE interns are in school throughout the week, later opening may well be of more use than early opening.
In practice, we generally open earlier than our advertised opening time, which is 8.45am Monday to Friday during PGCE term. As soon as a member of staff is in the library, we allow people to come in and start using the computers and collections while we are opening up. However, we appreciate that it is more helpful to have a guaranteed time when the library will be staffed.
We are proposing changing our official term-time opening time to 8.30am, with immediate effect. This means that the library will be open 12 hours a day, 8.30am to 8.30pm Monday to Thursday. Hopefully, this will be of some help to people who travel in early.
For any students who would like later opening hours, it may be helpful to know that some of the much larger Oxford libraries are open until 10pm, Monday to Thursday (Bodleian, Social Science Library, Radcliffe Science Library). If you mainly need to print, photocopy or read quietly, these may be useful options for later in the evening.
We hope that this helps a bit, and are sorry not to be able to do more!
Although we would love to be able to extend our opening hours, there is sadly no funding available to pay for the extra staffing required to do so. We have considered the possibility of shifting our existing hours (to open earlier and close earlier, for example), but this would not solve the problem, given the conflicting requests from different student groups for both earlier and later opening.
Equally, once all PGCE interns are in school throughout the week, later opening may well be of more use than early opening.
In practice, we generally open earlier than our advertised opening time, which is 8.45am Monday to Friday during PGCE term. As soon as a member of staff is in the library, we allow people to come in and start using the computers and collections while we are opening up. However, we appreciate that it is more helpful to have a guaranteed time when the library will be staffed.
We are proposing changing our official term-time opening time to 8.30am, with immediate effect. This means that the library will be open 12 hours a day, 8.30am to 8.30pm Monday to Thursday. Hopefully, this will be of some help to people who travel in early.
For any students who would like later opening hours, it may be helpful to know that some of the much larger Oxford libraries are open until 10pm, Monday to Thursday (Bodleian, Social Science Library, Radcliffe Science Library). If you mainly need to print, photocopy or read quietly, these may be useful options for later in the evening.
We hope that this helps a bit, and are sorry not to be able to do more!
Friday, 30 October 2009
Higher Degree book sale, Wednesday 4th November
Just to let you know that Blackwell are holding a book sale for all MSc and PRS courses in the Common Room on Wednesday 4th November from 10.30-14.00.
All material stocked will be core course readings, and has a 10% discount.
Hope you can make it!
All material stocked will be core course readings, and has a 10% discount.
Hope you can make it!
Monday, 19 October 2009
Requests for a laptop-free zone
We have had some requests for one of the quiet reading areas in the Library to also be designated a laptop-free zone.
We are proposing trialling this in the top Education Reading Room, and will put signs up to let everyone know.
If you have any comments about this, in favour or otherwise, please do let us know. We will make a final decision based on the majority view.
Many thanks,
Kate
We are proposing trialling this in the top Education Reading Room, and will put signs up to let everyone know.
If you have any comments about this, in favour or otherwise, please do let us know. We will make a final decision based on the majority view.
Many thanks,
Kate
Thursday, 15 October 2009
* Using wireless in the Library
The Department of Education has recently installed wireless networking throughout its public areas, including the Seminar rooms, the Library, the common room and garden. You will need a remote access account and to install a VPN client. Here are some instructions for setting up and registering, from our IT Helpdesk people (ithelpdesk@education.ox.ac.uk or tel: (6)11021)
How to register for wireless
1. Connect to OWL from your list of available networks. It will tell you it is unsecure but connect anyhow. Open your browser and you will be taken to Visitor network login. Click on the self registration link on the right.
2. Enter your Single Sign On username and password, which are the same ones you use for Nexus Email. From there you can register for a Remote Access account and download the VPN client
How to connect to OWL when registered
1. Connect to OWL from your list of available networks.
2. Run your VPN client
3. Double click on OUCS
4. Sign on with your Single Sign On username and Remote Access password
For more information
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/services/owl/vpn/
Once you are registered for OWL you will be able to connect to other wireless sites around the university. For a list of these go to
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/availability/
How to register for wireless
1. Connect to OWL from your list of available networks. It will tell you it is unsecure but connect anyhow. Open your browser and you will be taken to Visitor network login. Click on the self registration link on the right.
2. Enter your Single Sign On username and password, which are the same ones you use for Nexus Email. From there you can register for a Remote Access account and download the VPN client
How to connect to OWL when registered
1. Connect to OWL from your list of available networks.
2. Run your VPN client
3. Double click on OUCS
4. Sign on with your Single Sign On username and Remote Access password
For more information
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/services/owl/vpn/
Once you are registered for OWL you will be able to connect to other wireless sites around the university. For a list of these go to
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/wireless/availability/
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Reading lists with links available on WebLearn
Just a reminder that there are Reading lists with links on all WebLearn course sites, and that Foundations of Educational Research also has links to its readings from the Course Outline page. Please do ask any member of library staff if you need help finding these.
Just for information, the links to e-books and e-journals should all work from any Oxford University computer (in the library/department/college etc), but some may not connect when you are outside of the Oxford network. If this occurs, you should search for the journal or book via SOLO:http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk You need to log in, using your Single Sign On password, click on the link for "Online Access" and then search/browse the journal for the article you need.
Again, please do let us know if you have any problems, or any questions about accessing material.
Kate
Just for information, the links to e-books and e-journals should all work from any Oxford University computer (in the library/department/college etc), but some may not connect when you are outside of the Oxford network. If this occurs, you should search for the journal or book via SOLO:http://solo.ouls.ox.ac.uk You need to log in, using your Single Sign On password, click on the link for "Online Access" and then search/browse the journal for the article you need.
Again, please do let us know if you have any problems, or any questions about accessing material.
Kate
Friday, 2 October 2009
Welcome / welcome back!
I just wanted to welcome all new MSc and DPhil students to the Education Library, and to welcome back those of you who have been away over the summer.
The reorganisation of the Library collection has now been completed, so books are in their final places! However, if you struggle to find anything, please do ask. There is an online subject index, which may help.
We look forward to seeing you at our events this term – book sales, key search skills training sessions etc. If you would like some individual help finding information for your research, please do email me: kate.williams@education.ox.ac.uk
The reorganisation of the Library collection has now been completed, so books are in their final places! However, if you struggle to find anything, please do ask. There is an online subject index, which may help.
We look forward to seeing you at our events this term – book sales, key search skills training sessions etc. If you would like some individual help finding information for your research, please do email me: kate.williams@education.ox.ac.uk
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Library tours and training on Monday 14th September
To all our regular readers and returning students -
Just to let you know that the library might be a little less quiet than usual on Monday (14th September), as we will be doing tours and introductory sessions for our new PGCE students. The main sessions are 11.45-13.30 and 15.45-17.00.
The quiet reading rooms should still be relatively quiet!
With many apologies for any disruption.
Just to let you know that the library might be a little less quiet than usual on Monday (14th September), as we will be doing tours and introductory sessions for our new PGCE students. The main sessions are 11.45-13.30 and 15.45-17.00.
The quiet reading rooms should still be relatively quiet!
With many apologies for any disruption.
Welcome to our blog
Welcome to the new official blog for the Education Library! We'll be using this to keep you up to date with everything that's going on in the library: events; training sessions; new services; new resources and anything else we think you might want to know about. You can also let us know what you think by commenting on the posts. We hope that it will be a valuable new way of keeping in touch.
We are also now using social sites such as Delicious, for web book marking, and Facebook, and are inviting you to join us!! Take a look at our Delicious site, where we're building a list of useful and relevant free web resources and websites. If you use Delicious, too, add us to your network and save sites for us. Become a fan of our Facebook page: another great way of keeping in touch with what we are doing to help you.
And above all, please let us know what you think!
Kate and all in the library
We are also now using social sites such as Delicious, for web book marking, and Facebook, and are inviting you to join us!! Take a look at our Delicious site, where we're building a list of useful and relevant free web resources and websites. If you use Delicious, too, add us to your network and save sites for us. Become a fan of our Facebook page: another great way of keeping in touch with what we are doing to help you.
And above all, please let us know what you think!
Kate and all in the library
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