News

Mind the GAP - avoid pitfalls with Good Academic Practice: Wednesday 25th November

19/11/2009

• Good study skills lead to better marks and make you more organised and less stressed.
• Good referencing and reading widely help to avoid plagiarism.
• Using high-quality sources of information improves the quality of your work.

Come to the Guild of Students on Wednesday 25th November for a half day of free sessions and tips to help you with your academic work, and an information stall to answer questions and give advice.

For further information on these sessions see http://aberssel.blogspot.com/2009/11/mind-gap.html

Express Yourself: chance of winning up to £500 and meeting TV celebrity Ruth Jones

19/11/2009

Could you write a poem, create a work of art or perform a play that would inspire people to visit their library? This is your opportunity to show off your creative skills and imagination in our first ever Welsh libraries competition. The theme of the competition is ‘Libraries'. It is flexible so please feel free to adapt it. You may wish to focus on one area of the library for example the books, computers, staff or activities. Alternatively, you may wish to focus on how the library inspires you or has helped you achieve your goals.

Download an entry form from http://library.wales.org/artscomp/
Entries may be submitted online at http://library.wales.org/express-yourself/how-do-i-enter/ by hand or by post (at any Aberystwyth University Library). The closing date for entries is 5pm on Tuesday 1st December 2009.

Good luck!

Book Swap

19/11/2009

By popular demand, the Hugh Owen Library is hosting a book swap on a permanent basis on Level D by the Welcome Desk. Library users are invited to Bring a book, take a book.
The service is free of charge. We have a diverse range of titles donated or swapped by users and our collection is ever-changing. All you need to bring is an old book to swap.

Information Services: tell us what you think about our induction services for new students

16/11/2009

During the week beginning November 16th you have the chance to tell us what we've done right and how we can improve in our induction services for new students.
Please use this opportunity to let us know how we could have made your first few weeks at university better.
There is an option to be entered into a draw for a prize of a £30 Amazon voucher.
Go to: www.survey.bris.ac.uk/aber/sugharvest09

New improved online purchase request form for library material

13/11/2009

We have been requested to make enhancements to our online purchase request form and in response we have designed a new form that can be accessed here: http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/request/ or via the Voyager catalogue. The new form will:
• Automate much of the form filling details.
• Automatically check the library catalogue to see if copies are already in stock
• Email details of your order requests back to you.
Please submit any comments or feedback on this service to: ujh@aber.ac.uk

Gwella launch - see IS news page for the latest on elearning initiatives

09/11/2009

 On 21^st October, an e-learning showcase event for AU staff was held in the Visualisation Centre on the main Penglais Campus. The event was intended to highlight good practice in technology-enhanced learning and also launch a number of Gwella-related activities. Amongst these were the new Nexus web resource (http://aberystwythuniversity.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/) and funds available to staff for e-learning development and travel to events (http://www.aber.ac.uk/staffdevelopment/english/funds.htm. Brian Kelly of UKOLN spoke on Web 2.0 technologies and a poster session ran during the lunch break enabling staff to discuss their work with colleagues. Around 45 people attended the day, which was well received by participants.

Get free printer credit by supporting Information Services. See IS News webpage for more information

19/10/2009

Information Services are looking for 24 students who, throughout the year, would engage with IS to provide feedback, suggest ideas for improving services and take part in a virtual discussion group as well as some face to face meetings. IS will "pay" you £7 printer credit for each meeting you attend.

If you think you can make a valuable contribution to this group, please email csmstaff@aber.ac.uk and let us know whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate, which subject you're studying, and why you think you should be chosen to be on this panel.

E-books in Information Services

09/10/2009

The increasing availability of core texts in an electronic format has enormous potential, and can be an excellent way of aiding in the constant battle to provide enough copies without buying a huge number of print versions that become redundant with the next edition.

For further information see: http://aberssel.blogspot.com/2009/05/e-books-in-information-services.htm l

What is eLibrary?

09/10/2009

eLibrary http://elibrary.aber.ac.uk is a gateway to quality academic resources, such as peer-reviewed articles and selected websites. It also lets you search a number of databases at once, combining and filtering the results so that you spend less time searching for relevant material to support research and study.

 

For further information: http://aberssel.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-is-elibrary.html

Electronic-only library subscriptions

09/10/2009

The Library alerted and sought feedback from academic departments in the summer that we intended to move to electronic-only subscriptions for Oxford University Press and for Elsevier journals from January 2010 onwards. This has now taken place. Please see the lists of journal titles which have been converted to e-only.

 

See: http://aberssel.blogspot.com/2009/10/electronic-only-print-subscriptions.html for further information

Student offers on Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows 7

01/10/2009

• Office 2007
• Windows 7

see http://www.theultimatesteal.co.uk/
To run this software, remember you can buy your computer from Aberystwyth University see http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/computers/hardware/