Chance to win £200 Amazon vouchers in JISC NeBO exit survey

The JISC national e-books observatory project (NeBO) started in October 2007 and ill run to July 2009. The project is now conducting an exit survey to gather student and staff attitudes to e-books in 2009. This survey is seeking views of staff and students following the provision of e-books to all universities in the UK.

You are under no obligation to take part in this survey. Any information given will be held securely and under no circumstances will any findings be divulged other than at highly aggregated level. The survey is being conducted through a third party, Survey Monkey, and you can check their privacy policy here: www.surveymonkey.com/Monkey_Privacy.aspx

Participants in the survey will have the chance to win £200 in Amazon vouchers. To go to the Survey click here [Click here]
NeBO is currently providing universities with 36 e-books in the subject areas of:

• Business and Management
• Engineering
• Media Studies
• Medicine

For further information, please contact
Marie Montague or ext 2488

QMUL Library Services opening, Tuesday 3 February

Owing to the continued adverse weather conditions we will be CLOSING EARLY today, Tuesday 3 February.

- Main Library Mile End.: the Issue counter will close at 5 pm. the Library building will be open until 9 pm offering reference and Self Service facilities.

Any queries about the service should be directed to library-enquiries@qmul.ac.uk

- West Smithfield and Whitechapel Medical Libraries will both close at 5 pm.

Any queries about the service should be directed to medlibs@qmul.ac.uk


We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Online access to American Economic Association titles

Library Service users now have online access to all American Economic Association titles via Aytpon. The new titles American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics are available, as well as the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Please see our A-Z list of e-journals in order to access these and all other titles we subscribe to.

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.

Cambridge Journals Online - service interruptions

Please note that there may be intermittent interruptions in service to Cambridge Journals Online on Sunday, December 21st, and Monday, December 22nd, from 8 pm until 9 pm BST each day, due to CJO server maintenance.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Replacement of Lighting in West Smithfield Medical Library

Work to replace the lights on the ground floor and gallery in the West Smithfield Medical Library, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, will start from week beginning Monday 8th December 2008. The work will take 6-8 weeks and it is currently expected to be completed around the end of January.

The project will involve rewiring and the replacement of all light fittings, so there will be periods of noise, disruption and reduced access to parts of the library. There may also be short-notice closures in January when the 3 large central light fittings are taken down. Library staff will do their best to minimise inconvenience to those using that library during this period and will advertise any necessary closures as soon as these are known.

The project is being undertaken under the aegis of Barts and the London NHS Trust, who are responsible for the West Smithfield Library building. The current lighting system in the library has been in place for many years and is now at the end of its useful life. The new lighting provision will provide a better work and study environment for all as well as improving energy efficiency.

Marie Montague
Acting Medical Librarian
m.b.montague@qmul.ac.uk

Hive aka Level One closures next week

The west half of Level One will be unavailable for general use between 8.00 on Monday 8th December and 17.00 on Wed 10th December, whilst it is being used as a venue for photographs being taken for the College's winter degree ceremonies.

Apologies for any inconveniences caused.