27th August - Bank holiday closure for readers

The Bodleian Education Library  will be closed on  Monday  27th August 2012.

17th July - University Network Maintenance

Due to maintenance work carried out by the Oxford University Computing Services, the Education Library will lose its network connectivity for a short period early in the morning on 17th July 2012.

We have every expectation that the network connectivity will be restored to the Education Library by 8 am. 

Sorry for the inconvenience it may cause. 

15th August - no network in the library

Dear all,

Please note that on Wednesday 15th August the network will be out of action within the Education Department due to the replacement of IT networking hardware. This will mean that all the library systems will be affected and you will be unable to access the internet from the library computers.

Thank you for your understanding. 

The Library Staff

Disruptions of PCAS in the Educaton Library

During the summer, there will be some disruptions with PCAS system in the Education Library due to the upgrade of Oxford University Computing Services.  Not only printing but copying, scanning and Webpay will be affected.  

Please note, the PCAS system will be down on the following dates, but should be back up and running by 11.30am:

17th July 2012 – remote service (PrinterOn and Webpay) will work fine

7th August 2012 – no aspect of PCAS will work including remote access services such as PrinterOn and Webpay

9th August 2012 – no aspect of PCAS will work including remote access services such as PrinterOn and Webpay

 

 Apologies for any inconvenience caused. 

The Library Staff

Use up your PCAS credit!

If you are about to finish your time at Oxford University, don’t forget to use up your PCAS credit.

We can transfer credit to another PCAS account if requested. We cannot give refunds except in exceptional circumstances. 

 Please email pcas@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Your PCAS account will only close after 2 years of inactivity (unless you specifically request it), so if you will be coming back you can use your credit at a later date. However, it can also be used to pay for Bodleian Library Postal Photocopying orders that can be requested by anyone, from anywhere in the world.

 http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/services/copy

For more information visit
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/copy/pcas-tcs

Disruption to SOLO & reader PCs - Tues 26th June

Please note that that the first in a series of scheduled maintenance to the University Network will take place tomorrow Tuesday 26 June 2012. This is likely to affect: borrowing and renewals/ SOLO/ logging on to library computers/ OWL and Eduroam wireless access. 

Services are expected to have returned to normal by 11am. We will keep you informed of any changes.

Bodleian Libraries' training - week 6

Here are some general training sessions next week. For help finding material specific to Education, please email Kate (kate.williams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk) or Sophie (sophia.staves@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)

WISER: Finding Stuff - Books etc on SOLO [Wednesday 30 May 14.00 -
14.45] - An introduction to SOLO for finding books, journal titles and
other materials in Oxford libraries. The session will cover effective
search techniques, placing hold requests for items in the stacks,
reservations and using the SOLO eshelf and saved searches.  Book your
place online http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZWA

WISER: Finding Stuff - Journal Articles [Wednesday 30 May 14.45 - 16.00]
- This session will focus on finding journal articles for your research
using a wide range of databases as well as developing effective search
strategies. There will be plenty of time for participants to try out
their own searches using databases for their subject. Book your place
online http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW3

 WISER: Finding stuff - Conferences [Wednesday 30 May 16.00 - 17.00]  -
Conference papers can be difficult to find but they are valuable because
they describe cutting-edge research. This session will enable you to
find out about forthcoming conferences and also to locate the published
papers of proceedings which have taken place.  Book your place online
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZW5

WISER: Online Sources for Historians [Friday 1 June 14.00 - 15.15] - A
general introduction to the vast range of electronic resources which are
available for all historical periods for British and West European
history including  bibliographical databases, biographical and reference
research aids, e-books and ejournals, web portals and collections of
online primary source materials.  Book your place online
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZC26

WISER: Sources for US History  [Friday 1 June 15.30 - 17.00] - An
introduction to key information sources for the study of colonial
America & US history. Starting with finding tools to locate material,
examples of source materials will then be shown including archival,
microform, printed/online collections & useful web portals & audiovisual
collections. Book your place online.http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZE9

Bodleian Libraries workshops next week

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning [Tuesday 15 May 14:00-16:00] - This workshops covers 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.  The session will cover searching, viewing, presenting and managing images.    Presenters:  Clare Hills-Nova and Vicky Brown.  > Book you place

WISER: Getting information to come to you [Wednesday 16 May 14.00 - 15.30] – How to keep abreast of new publications and papers in your research area, research news and opportunities using RSS feeds and email alerts. The session will include a demonstration and time to set up an RSS reader or email notifications.  Presenters: Jane Rawson and Penny Schenk.  >Book your place.

WISER: Manuscripts [Wednesday 16 May 15.30 - 17.00] – An overview of the rich heritage collections preserved in the Bodleian. This session will also help readers to locate relevant material and describe the procedures for access and getting assistance.  Presenter: Mike Webb. > Book your place

RefWorks for Sciences and Social Sciences [Friday 18 May 14.00 - 17.00] - RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work, automatically generate bibliographies and easily switch between citation styles. This introduction is open to all but the section on importing references will focus on Science/Social Science examples. Presenters: Nia Roberts and Shona MacLean > Book your place

  

Bodleian Libraries workshops-  Check http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/workshops for the full WISER programme and for details of other training opportunities offered by Bodleian Libraries.     Why not follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oxwiser ,  visit the BodWiser blog at http://bodwiser.wordpress.com or join our mailling list by sending an empty email to wiser-subscribe@maillist.ox.ac.uk

Library closing at 19.30, Wednesday 14th March

Unfortunately, due to staff sickness, we will be closing the Education Library one hour early today (Weds 14th March)- at 19.30.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Vacation loans and opening hours

Here are the details of loan periods and opening hours for the Easter vacation:

1. Vacation loans:

All staff, DPhil and MSc students:
From Thursday 8th March 2012 (Wk 8, Hilary Term)
Due back Tuesday 24th April 2012 (Wk 1, Trinity Term)

All PGCE students:
From Thursday 29th March 2012 (last week of PGCE term)
Due back Tuesday 17th April 2012 (first week of PGCE term)

The above applies to all normal loan books. All overnight material will remain overnight for the duration of the vacation, with the exception of the closed period over the Easter weekend, when it may be borrowed.

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2. Opening hours:

The library will close for Easter on Thursday 5th April at 19.30, and will re-open on Tuesday 10th April at 09.00

Vacation hours are from Friday 30th March and are:
Monday to Thursday 09.00-19.30
Friday 09.00-19.00
Term-time hours will resume on Monday 16th April.

Wishing you all a happy holiday!

Training coming up!

The following Bodleian Libraries workshops are coming up in the next 10 days. Please book your places online.

RefWorks for Sciences and Social Sciences [Friday 2 March 9.15 - 12.15] - RefWorks is an online tool which allows you to manage your references, insert them into your work, automatically generate bibliographies and easily switch between citation styles. This introduction is open to all but the section on importing references will focus on Science/Social Science examples. Presenters: Kate Williams and Nia Roberts >Book Now

Research Skills Toolkit [sessions running Tuesday 6 – Thursday 8 March] - Need to brush up on your IT and information skills? Why not come to a Research Skills Toolkit in 8th week? These free 2 hour workshops introduce key software and online tools for your research, hone your searching and information skills and introduce you to subject specialists. The Research Skills Toolkit is open to postgraduate students at Oxford University only. > Find out more and book.

Research skills toolkit coming up

A free hands-on workshop for research students. An opportunity for you to learn about a broad range of resources in one time-efficient session.

The 2-hour session focuses on the skills and tools that will streamline your academic work. You will encounter a variety of online tools and services to support your research. Relevant software, online services and library techniques are on offer for you to try out.You will also meet with subject specialists for help and guidance on further training.

These workshops are open to graduate researchers in the Social Sciences Division, in week 8 of Hilary Term.

Read more here and book your place – places are limited, book your place now!

Upgrading of the Oxford Nexus email and calendaring service. Please, avoid emailing or amending calendars between 10 pm and 8 am over one night in March (TBA).

Also, changes on 14 and 16 February where no-one will be able to use the service between 7 am and 9 am on 14 February and some people will notice a difference to the service on 16 February.

NEW extended weekend opening, 10am-5pm!

The Education Library will now be open on Saturdays and Sundays from 10-5. This is an additional 6 hours per week, and is in response to requests from student surveys, committees and other consultations.

These longer hours start Saturday 11th February 2012 and will apply during Hilary and Trinity terms (following PGCE term dates). We hope this will make it easier for those at school in the week to come and use the library.

We hope you will all find this useful!

Kate and all in the Library

PRS literature search training

A reminder about literature searching training:

1. For those who came to the Literature Review Workshop in November:

Today (Thursday) afternoon, Working with the literature 2-4pm, Seminar Room J. This session is a follow-on from the November workshop, and will look at more advanced subject searching, searching inter-disciplinary resources, setting up alerts for new literature, and tracing the impact of research. The session will be very much guided by you and your own research topics and interests, so please do bring along your research questions and any problems/questions you may have.

2. For those who couldn't make the session in November:

"Resources for research" workshop on Effective search strategies, Wednesday 25th January (repeated Thursday 16th February), 9.30-12.30, IT Training Room, Social Science Library, Manor Road. This session will look at the literature search process as a whole, from building an effective search strategy to searching a wide range of resources, saving your searches, creating alerts and tracing research impact. Please bring your research question with you.

I hope to see you all at one or other (or both!) of these sessions.

Vacation loans and opening hours

As the vacation is fast approaching, here is some information on vacation borrowing and opening hours for the Bodleian Education Library:

1. Vacation loans:

All staff and higher degree students:
From Thursday 1st December 2011 (Wk 8, Michaelmas Term 11)
Due back Tuesday 17th January 2012 (Wk 1, Hilary Term 12)

All PGCE students:
From Thursday 8th December 2011 (last week of term)
Due back Thursday 5th January 2012 (first week of term)

The above applies to all normal loan books.

All overnight material will remain overnight until Thursday 22nd December 2011. It can then be borrowed until Wednesday 4th January 2012.

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2. Opening hours:

The library will close for Christmas on Friday 23rd December at 17.30, and will re-open on Tuesday 3rd January at 08.30.

Vacation hours are from Friday 9th December to Friday 23rd December, and are:Monday to Friday 09.00-17.30.

Term-time hours will resume when we open on January 3rd 2012.

This information is also available on the Education Library webpage at:www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/education

New education database platform! Training for staff and DPhils

Thursday 24th November, from 2.45-3.45pm, in the Common Room

You may already know that the main education and applied linguistics subject databases (including ERIC, British Education Index and Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) are moving to a new platform. The databases are already available on the new Proquest platforms (via OxLIP+), and the old Dialog/CSA platforms are due to be switched off on 30th November.

We are holding a session on Thursday 24th November, from 2.45-3.45pm, in the Common Room, to show you how the new platform works and to answer any questions.

Tea and cake will be provided!

We will cover:
* How best to search the new platform
* How to use the thesaurus to search by subject
* How to save your searches and results
* How to set up alerts for new publications
* How to export results to reference management software
... and any other questions

We very much hope to see you there.
Please RSVP to Kate Williams (kate.williams@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)

WISER training sessions: Copyright and theses, and Getting organised on the web

Bodleian Libraries will be running the following classes during week 7:

WISER: Your thesis, copyright and ORA (Monday 21 November 9.30 - 10.30am and repeated Friday 25 November 12.30 - 13.30pm) - Oxford DPhil students are required to deposit a copy of their thesis in ORA (Oxford University Research Archive). This session will focus on copyright and other issues that DPhil students need to take into account when preparing and writing their thesis so that they do not encounter problems when they deposit. DPhils are encouraged to attend this session early so that they can make sensible decisions regarding rights from the start of their research. > book your place.

WISER: Getting organised on the web (Monday 21 November 10.45 - 12.15pm) - This session will look at some tools that can help you organise yourself on the web, including social bookmarking services like delicious.com, bibliophile sites like LibraryThing and My WorldCat, RSS feeds and readers, and customised start pages. >book your place.

WISER: E-book training sessions

WISER: E-Books (Wednesday 2 November 14.00 - 15.00) - An overview of what is currently available and how to access them from the point of view of the student, the researcher and the academic. Presenter: Hilla Wait. Book your place online at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZC4

WISER: E-Book Readers (Wednesday 2 November 15.15 - 16.15) - How useful are e-book readers in academic work? Can they be used for accessing library materials? What are the features to look out for when considering purchase? These and similar questions will be considered with particular reference to the i-Pad, the Amazon Kindle and Sony Touch e-readers and smartphones. Presenter: Hilla Wait.
Book your place online at http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/itlp/courses/detail/TZE11

WISER Skills workshops

Forthcoming WISER workshops for images in teaching and learning, and finding books on SOLO (for those who would like a refresher!)

ARTstor and Bridgeman: Using images in teaching and learning (Thursday, 27 October 2.00-3.00) - This introductory 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. The focus of this session will be on images for Medieval & Modern Languages, but members of other faculties are welcome to attend. Please note that this session will not include hands on. This session will take place at the Taylor Institution, Room 10b. There is no need to book - please just turn up.

WISER Finding Stuff - Books etc on SOLO (Friday 28 October 9.30-10.30 and repeated Monday 14 November 10.00-10.45). This session introduces SOLO for searching Oxford Libraries and focuses on effective ways of searching SOLO for books, journal titles and other library materials in print and online. It also includes placing "hold requests" for materials in the remote store / bookstacks and for items which are out to other readers, how to use your SOLO "MyAccount" for book renewals and other administration and using the SOLO e-shelf and alerts. Please book your place online.