Wednesday 30 January 2008
Podcasts
We have put together some short audio clips in mp3 format as a basic introduction to the services provided by the Library and Learning Services. We have tried to answer some of the questions which our new users ask. Some topics include borrowing, getting help and assistance and using electronic resources. More information can be found at:http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/audio/index.htm
Off Air Recordings
Another point that has come from doing the questionnaire - we can record television programs (terrestrial stations and some digital) onto dvd and they become part of the library stock. So, if you have any requests, just let me know. We can also get past programs.
User Education Sessions for Semester B
Please get in touch with me as soon as possible to book any user ed sessions for the coming semester.
Tuesday 29 January 2008
E-Book List
http://www.uel.ac.uk/library/Ebooks.htm
The above is a link to all e-books that the library has purchases so far. It will be regularly updated.
The above is a link to all e-books that the library has purchases so far. It will be regularly updated.
Friday 25 January 2008
JISC E-book Survey
E-books
YOUR FEEDBACK IS IMORTANT
Help shape the future provision of course texts in e-book format. Enter the prize draw for £200 worth of Amazon vouchers.
The survey will close at midnight on Friday 15th February.
Staff Click here http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/ciber/observatory/faculty/
The survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. It is part of the JISC funded national project <http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/> (http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/) investigating e-books.
YOUR FEEDBACK IS IMORTANT
Help shape the future provision of course texts in e-book format. Enter the prize draw for £200 worth of Amazon vouchers.
The survey will close at midnight on Friday 15th February.
Staff Click here http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/ciber/observatory/faculty/
The survey should only take about 10 minutes to complete. It is part of the JISC funded national project <http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/> (http://www.jiscebooksproject.org/) investigating e-books.
JISC E-Books in SCoT area
Engineering Materials 1
Engineering Materials 2
Aerodynamics for Engineering Students
Chemical Engineering Volume 2
Chemical Engineering Volume 6: Chemical Engineering Design
Measurement and Instrumentation Principles
Structural and Stress Analysis
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication
Engineering Materials 2
Aerodynamics for Engineering Students
Chemical Engineering Volume 2
Chemical Engineering Volume 6: Chemical Engineering Design
Measurement and Instrumentation Principles
Structural and Stress Analysis
Fundamentals of Wireless Communication
How to access e-books
I thought I would send a reminder on how to find e-books.
I think the simpliest way is to go into the catalogue, put your term in as keyword search and choose ebooks from the dropdown menu, you will get a list of e-books on that subject.
You can also check by logging on to Athens and choosing Dawson books or Myilibrary from the list of resources. Unfortunately, we are buying the books from 2 different platforms - hence two different ways to access the lists. We all want to simplify this, so hopefully that will happen in the near future. We also have some e-books from JISC but only until 2009. I will post those titles in the SCoT area on this blog.
So, you can see why I recommend going through the catalogue!
Remember, you will need an Athens username and password to actually get into the books themselves.
I think the simpliest way is to go into the catalogue, put your term in as keyword search and choose ebooks from the dropdown menu, you will get a list of e-books on that subject.
You can also check by logging on to Athens and choosing Dawson books or Myilibrary from the list of resources. Unfortunately, we are buying the books from 2 different platforms - hence two different ways to access the lists. We all want to simplify this, so hopefully that will happen in the near future. We also have some e-books from JISC but only until 2009. I will post those titles in the SCoT area on this blog.
So, you can see why I recommend going through the catalogue!
Remember, you will need an Athens username and password to actually get into the books themselves.
Thursday 24 January 2008
Link to new books month by month
http://www.uel.ac.uk/library/new_books_dec_2007.htm
Clicking on the above link will lead you a list of all new books in the library by subject each month.
Clicking on the above link will lead you a list of all new books in the library by subject each month.
Lists of book purchased by fund code
I am in the process of compiling a list of all the new books purchased since August 07 by fund code. I will be emailing the lists to each department in the next few days. Hopefully, by reviewing the list, you will be able to see what else is needed and let me know what else you need to buy.
New Books
IT law : an ISEB foundation / Jon Fell (editor) ; John Antell ... et al. . - Swindon : British Computer Society, 2007 . - 1902505808
Hight, John, 1960- . - Game development essentials : game project management / John Hight, Jeannie . - Clifton Park, NY; United Kingdom : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2007 . - 1418015415
Whitman, Michael E., 1964- . - Management of information security / Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord . - 2nd ed. . - Boston, Mass. : Thomson Course Technology, 2008 . - 1423901304
Hight, John, 1960- . - Game development essentials : game project management / John Hight, Jeannie . - Clifton Park, NY; United Kingdom : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2007 . - 1418015415
Whitman, Michael E., 1964- . - Management of information security / Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord . - 2nd ed. . - Boston, Mass. : Thomson Course Technology, 2008 . - 1423901304
Friday 18 January 2008
More new books
Koehn, Nancy F (Nancy Fowler), 1959- . - Brand new : how entrepreneurs earned consumers' trust from Wedgwood to Dell . - Boston : Harvard Business School Press, 2001 . - 1578512212
Industrial design techniques and materials / Raymond Guidot ... et al. . - Paris : Flammarion, 2006 . - 2080305190
Norman, Donald A. (Donald Arthur) . - The invisible computer : why good products can fail, the personal computer i . - Cambridge, Mass.; London : MIT, 1999 . - 0262640414
Jones, Keith J. (Keith John) . - Real digital forensics : computer security and incident response / Keith J. . - Boston, Mass.; London : Addison-Wesley, 2005 . - 0321240693
Bainbridge, David I. . - Introduction to information technology law / David Bainbridge . - 6th ed. . - Harlow : Pearson Longman, 2008 . - 1405846666
Industrial design techniques and materials / Raymond Guidot ... et al. . - Paris : Flammarion, 2006 . - 2080305190
Norman, Donald A. (Donald Arthur) . - The invisible computer : why good products can fail, the personal computer i . - Cambridge, Mass.; London : MIT, 1999 . - 0262640414
Jones, Keith J. (Keith John) . - Real digital forensics : computer security and incident response / Keith J. . - Boston, Mass.; London : Addison-Wesley, 2005 . - 0321240693
Bainbridge, David I. . - Introduction to information technology law / David Bainbridge . - 6th ed. . - Harlow : Pearson Longman, 2008 . - 1405846666
New Books
I know that it would be useful for lecturers to see when new books arrive. It is a quite difficult for me to keep up with this, but I will do my best to post the new SCoT titles when they arrived.
Health and safety in construction / Health and Safety Executive . - 3rd. ed. . - Sudbury : HSE Books, 2006 . - 0717661822
Imhoff, Dan . - Paper or plastic : searching for solutions to an overpackaged world / Daniel . - 1st ed. . - San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club, 2005 . - 1578051177
Kelley, Tom, 1955- . - The art of innovation : lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading d . - [London] : [Profile], 2002 . - 186197583x
Purser, Steve . - A practical guide to managing information security / Steve Purser . - Boston, Mass.; London : Artech House, 2004 . - (Artech House technology management library) . - 1580537022
Thackara, John . - In the bubble : Designing in a complex world / John Thackara . - Cambridge, Mass.; London : MIT, 2005 . - 0262701154
Health and safety in construction / Health and Safety Executive . - 3rd. ed. . - Sudbury : HSE Books, 2006 . - 0717661822
Imhoff, Dan . - Paper or plastic : searching for solutions to an overpackaged world / Daniel . - 1st ed. . - San Francisco, Calif. : Sierra Club, 2005 . - 1578051177
Kelley, Tom, 1955- . - The art of innovation : lessons in creativity from IDEO, America's leading d . - [London] : [Profile], 2002 . - 186197583x
Purser, Steve . - A practical guide to managing information security / Steve Purser . - Boston, Mass.; London : Artech House, 2004 . - (Artech House technology management library) . - 1580537022
Thackara, John . - In the bubble : Designing in a complex world / John Thackara . - Cambridge, Mass.; London : MIT, 2005 . - 0262701154
Tuesday 15 January 2008
Del ici ous Links
http://www.uel.ac.uk/lss/subjectpages/index.htm
Another point that has come up during our questionnaire sessions - the above link goes to the Subject Pages on the Library Webpage. These are lists of general websites, grouped by subject. The Computing page had nothing on it when I inherited it so I created a set of Del ici ous links. But I would really appreciate any suggestions from lecturers as to any other links that would be useful to students.
This goes for Surveying, Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering as well. Those pages have links but not through Del ici ous. When I have a chance I will change them over because I think that it is a much more logical arrangement. So, any suggestions for additional links would be most welcome.
Another point that has come up during our questionnaire sessions - the above link goes to the Subject Pages on the Library Webpage. These are lists of general websites, grouped by subject. The Computing page had nothing on it when I inherited it so I created a set of Del ici ous links. But I would really appreciate any suggestions from lecturers as to any other links that would be useful to students.
This goes for Surveying, Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering as well. Those pages have links but not through Del ici ous. When I have a chance I will change them over because I think that it is a much more logical arrangement. So, any suggestions for additional links would be most welcome.
Monday 14 January 2008
Reading Lists
Some issues have come up since I have started doing the Library Questionnaires, so I wanted to address them ASAP.
Lecturers usually order their books through their library representatives (see previous post) but are some are not aware that they should send me their complete reading lists so that I can input them onto UEL Reading Lists. There is a link on the Library Homepage.
http://161.76.217.1:8080/talislist/index.jsp
The reading lists take the students straight into the catalogue, or to an electronic article, or website.
It is a very time consuming process to enter the data, but really worth it for the convenience for the students. But unless the lists are kept up to date, they are not alot of use.
Lecturers usually order their books through their library representatives (see previous post) but are some are not aware that they should send me their complete reading lists so that I can input them onto UEL Reading Lists. There is a link on the Library Homepage.
http://161.76.217.1:8080/talislist/index.jsp
The reading lists take the students straight into the catalogue, or to an electronic article, or website.
It is a very time consuming process to enter the data, but really worth it for the convenience for the students. But unless the lists are kept up to date, they are not alot of use.
Book Orders for Semester B
Please let me know any book orders for Semester B.
For your information, the Library Representatives for SCoT are
For Computing, Tricia Webb.
For Electrical Engineering, Bill Bailey.
For Land Surveying, Richard Latham.
For Civil Engineering, Adrian Cazan.
For your information, the Library Representatives for SCoT are
For Computing, Tricia Webb.
For Electrical Engineering, Bill Bailey.
For Land Surveying, Richard Latham.
For Civil Engineering, Adrian Cazan.
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Knowledge for Business Conference
Just wanted to make you aware of this upcoming event. It costs £25 for staff.
Date: Thursday January 17th 2008, 10am
Venue: University of East London, Docklands Campus
Finding free resources for you and your users
Knowledge is power – sustainable businesses come from being able to exploit this potential. Businesses that can capitalise and create new knowledge hold a competitive edge over their competitors.
As business professionals we are always looking for free and accessible business information for our clients – whether they are students, researchers, small businesses or public enquiries.
Knowledge for Business is London’s first event which draws together many different providers of this information. We will encompass both physical and virtual collections and provide networking opportunities with a wide range of business professionals.
See below for further details
http://www.uel.ac.uk/libraryconference/
Date: Thursday January 17th 2008, 10am
Venue: University of East London, Docklands Campus
Finding free resources for you and your users
Knowledge is power – sustainable businesses come from being able to exploit this potential. Businesses that can capitalise and create new knowledge hold a competitive edge over their competitors.
As business professionals we are always looking for free and accessible business information for our clients – whether they are students, researchers, small businesses or public enquiries.
Knowledge for Business is London’s first event which draws together many different providers of this information. We will encompass both physical and virtual collections and provide networking opportunities with a wide range of business professionals.
See below for further details
http://www.uel.ac.uk/libraryconference/
Tuesday 8 January 2008
Library Questionnaire
Happy New Year to all of you.
During the next few months, I will be emailing all of the SCoT lecturers to arrange appointments to complete a short Library Questionnaire. We will be able to feed your comments back into our Service Plan and hopefully highlight your specific needs. Many thanks for your cooperation.
During the next few months, I will be emailing all of the SCoT lecturers to arrange appointments to complete a short Library Questionnaire. We will be able to feed your comments back into our Service Plan and hopefully highlight your specific needs. Many thanks for your cooperation.
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