University of the Arts London : The Library News Blog

Posted on May 18th, 2012 by nlloyd in Uncategorized
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The download limit for dawsonera e-books has been increased from one day to two days, following recent feedback.

Please only select ’2 days’ from the dropdown if you need an e-book for this length of time, as it uses up twice as many credits as selecting ’1 day’:

Please note that this policy will be monitored and is subject to review.

Posted on May 18th, 2012 by pmellinger in e-Resources
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Shibboleth authentication, allowing access to many of our e-resources, will be unavailable tomorrow morning for a short period.

I.T are restarting the Shibboleth application tomorrow morning, in order to fix the time out problems experienced earlier today.

The service will be affected for about 10 minutes tomorrow morning between 08:00 Hrs and 08:30.

Posted on May 8th, 2012 by sreed in e-Resources
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Complete our 5 minute e-Library survey and be entered into a draw for an 8GB iPod Touch 4G.

Link to the survey from:

• The e-Library home page
• The library catalogue tab.
• Or go directly to: http://tinyurl.com/czfoeyz

Posted on May 8th, 2012 by sreed in e-Resources
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Britannica Image Quest is available though library services on trial until the 31^st of July. Britannica Image Quest is an educational image resource and includes:

• Over 2 million rights cleared images from over 50 collections
• All rights cleared for educational use
• Simple keyword search
• Can be downloaded, printed, saved and emailed
• Citation generation and export

 To access the trial on campus go to http://quest.eb.com or click on the link on the databases A-Z list.

To access the trial off campus go to http://quest.eb.com/storeschoolcard?id=unioftheartslondon
In the ‘card number’ box enter the password: UAL

Please send any feedback about this resource to e-info@arts.ac.uk

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by sreed in e-Resources
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Please note all libraries are closed next Monday the 7th of May due to the bank holiday. Staff will not be available to answer email queries.

Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by sreed in Opening Hours
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CSM Library is the venue on Thursday 3rd May for a ‘drop-in day’  at the Materials & Products collection.

Meet our materials experts, Margaret Pope and Jess Lertvilai, and get free help & advice on your materials project work.

Come along to the lower floor of CSM Library between 10.00 & 1pm and 2.00 – 5.00 pm.

More info on the Collection here:

Posted on May 1st, 2012 by nlloyd in Uncategorized
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Users will have noticed that there is a problem with a security certificate when accessing Verdict on the Datamonitor 360 platform via Summon or the Databases A-Z list.  We have been assured by the provider that the certificate will be renewed by the end of this week. 

In the meantime please click on the ”continue to this website (not recommended)” option which will take you through to the Datamonitor website for full access to reports.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Posted on April 24th, 2012 by droland in e-Resources, Urgent Updates
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Due to staff illness the library and computer centre will be closing at 5.00 this evening. 

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

Posted on April 19th, 2012 by abloom in Uncategorized
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Due to extenuating circumstances, Serials Solutions services will be unavailable on Sunday, March 25, 2012, from midnight until 2.00am in order to implement an emergency upgrade.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Posted on March 23rd, 2012 by droland in e-Resources, Urgent Updates
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