RIN survey about researchers' access to e-journals and other resources

Can you spare 15 minutes to answer an online survey? The survey is investigating some of the obstacles you face as a researcher when accessing licensed information resources, and how you overcome these obstacles. The survey is part of a study, commissioned by the Research Information Network (www.rin.ac.uk), to understand the nature and scale of limitations and barriers encountered by researchers when seeking to access such resources. The survey is hoping to reach as many researchers as possible, across a range of disciplines. Your input will provide vital insight to these issues and how they may be resolved going forwards. You can access the survey from 12th January here:

www.surveymonkey.com or email lburns@outsellinc.com.

Medical and Dental Libraries Loan Period Survey

We want your opinions about the length of time you should be able to keep the books you borrow from the Medical and Dental Libraries, and about related issues like renewals, reservations and their effects on overall book availability. We also have a few changes in mind and value your views on those too.

The survey is not intended to influence policy about loan periods applied at the Main Library.

It is very short and will only take 5 minutes of your time.

>> Start the survey <<

If you find the current loan periods do not meet your requirements - here is your opportunity to do something about them.

If you have any difficulties accessing the survey please contact Jacquie Thomas

E-BOOK SURVEY - win amazon vouchers

Participate in the national ebook survey and enter a draw for Amazon vouchers!

JISC, the agency that oversees use of ICT to support education and research in UK academic community, is funding a major study into the use of e-books in UK universities. As part of that study, JISC has purchased 36 e-books in business and management, engineering, media studies and medicine which will be available until July 2009. Details of these e-books have been loaded into the Library catalogue and subject lists are also available. You will need to have an athens username and password to access them.

To benchmark user attitudes towards e-books, there is now a survey running to gather student and staff attitudes to this resource format. The survey is entirely web-based, confidential and quick to complete. If you want to be entered into the draw, you are asked to give your university email address at the end of the survey, but this will not be linked to your response.

To participate in the survey, please go to one of the following web pages:

Students
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/ciber/observatory/students/

Staff
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/ciber/observatory/faculty/

The survey will close at midnight on Friday 15^th February 2008.

For any further information, please contact Marie Montague (m.b.montague@qmul.ac.uk).