The Library News Blog

Shibboleth unavailable between 08:00 – 08:30 tomorrow

sreed — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:32:57 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

Win an iPod Touch

sreed — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:17:35 +0000

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

Britannica Image Quest TRIAL

sreed — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:50:01 +0000

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

Bank Holiday Monday 7th May

sreed — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:48:13 +0000

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.

Materials & Products Collection drop-in day on Thursday 3rd May (CSM Library)

nlloyd — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:42:57 +0000

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:

Access to Verdict

droland — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:15:26 +0000

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.

Wimbledon Library closure Thursday 19th April

abloom — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:37:22 +0000

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

e-Library unavailable midnight – 2.00am Sunday 25th March

droland — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:20:58 +0000

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.

EThOS downtime Sunday 25th March

droland — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:11:36 +0000

Due to essential electrical maintenance at the British Library, the EThOS service (along with many other BL-hosted websites) will be unavailable during Sunday 25 March.

Our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Emerald access restored

sreed — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:39:15 +0000

Access to Emerald off campus is now restored.