British Standards ONLINE

Hey all,
British Standards are now finally available to you on and off campus through the library database pages: http://www.uel.ac.uk/lls/resources/databaselistb.htm
I hope you all enjoy this database.... It is packed full of info and makes British Standards available to students and staff, free of charge!
Ella

Up the ANTE ;)

Hi All,
Just to let you know that we now have ANTE fully functioning on our database lists. You can find it on this page: http://www.uel.ac.uk/lls/resources/databaselist.htm
It is particularly useful to Civil Engineering/electrical engineering
ANTE: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (formerly Current Technology Database), is an abstracting and indexing service monitoring publications from the U.K. and the U.S. Coverage includes new technologies such as information technology and computing, electronics, biotechnology, medical technology, as well as engineering (including construction, electrical and chemical engineering) and allied subject areas. Abstracts are available from January 1993 to the present.
Please note that it is only available on campus!
Thanks
Ella

Athens self registration

Hi all,
At the moment students are unable to create an Athens account for themselves. Please refer any students to the Library and Learning Services directly as we will have to manually create an Athens account on their behalf.
We are hoping that students will shortly be able to register Athens accounts. Thank you for your help and co-operation.
Ella

E-book roadshow

Hi all,
Something to watch out for in the next few months......
The library and Learning Services are planning to have an e-book roadshow to promote our collection of e-books to students. This is provisionally planned for the 12th April 2010. At the roadshow librarians will be demonstrating e-books, how to access and use them directly to students.
Please feel free to come along and please make your students aware of the roadshow.
Thank you!
Ella

Digimap Roam training

Hi all,
Just to let you know that there is a webinar happening on the 10th Feb at 12-12.45 which will provide you with training in how the new Digimap Roam service works. Please click on this link: for more details.
Happy webinaring
Please contact me if you have any queries about this.
Ella

Changes to Digimap

Hi there,
Just to let you all know that there are some changes that will be happening to the Digimap database. Digimap is removing the digimap classic mapping facility from the end of January 2009. If you use Digimap and are registered you should recieve e-mail notification of the changes.
Please be aware that any maps saved in your Classic Map Chest will be removed after the 26th Jan, so make sure that you save these if you still need them.
Digimap classic has been replaced by the new digimap Roam.
Thank you
Ella

Change in library policy

Dear all,
This is to update you all in a change of library policy.
The change concerns our policy on book renewals. In future the library system has been set so that it will automatically renew items that you have on loan. So the good news for you and your students is that this change will hopefully enable you to avoid fines. There will be an e-mail sent to you to say that your items have been renewed for you. The only time that an item is not renewed will be because it is reserved by another user. It is hoped that the new policy will help to encourage students to return items that are reserved by another student.
Please let me know if you have any feedback on the changes, but I think that it is something that will generally be well recieved.
I hope that you all have a lovely christmas break and a happy New Year!
Ella