News

Library Marketing Innovation Awards

11/02/2010

Information Services has won the Higher Education Libraries category of CyMAL's Marketing Innovation Awards 2009-10, which aim to celebrate marketing innovation in Welsh libraries. Our entry was based on the Good Academic Practice day we held in the Guild of Students.

The event was a collaboration between staff from within IS as well as the Guild of Students, Student Support, Royal Literary Fund, and academics. Thanks to all involved for their help.

RefWorks site trial: Manage your bibliographic references online

29/01/2010

Information Services is trialling RefWorks, the online bibliographic reference management and collaboration service, as a possible replacement to the EndNote site license for the beginning of the next academic year. Try RefWorks for yourself and find out more: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/elecinfo/trials/refworks/

Please send your feedback and comments to refworks@aber.ac.uk

Improving student induction

19/01/2010

During the week beginning November 16th 2009, Information Services launched an online Suggestions Harvest, inviting our users to tell us what we're doing right and how we can improve in our induction services for new students. Thank you to all of you who took the time to give us your comments on the induction services offered by Information Services to new students. We were happy to hear of the many positive experiences you had before and during starting at the University with IS services and resources. Thank you also for your suggestions for improving our services to new students. Please find our responses to the most frequently occurring comments and some specific queries made in the Suggestions Harvest at: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/feedback/response/

We always welcome comments and suggestions on how to improve Information Services for you. Please either speak to a staff member at any of our service points, email us at is-feedback@aber.ac.uk or leave an online comment at http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/ or fill in a paper suggestions form at any of our libraries.

Elizabeth Kensler and Nia Ellis, Customer Services Managers, Library Services Division

Extension of free trial to new article recommender service

30/11/2009

Information Services have implemented a one month free trial of a new article recommender service ‘bX^TM Recommender'. The recommender service is similar to Amazon's "customers who purchased this also purchased..." except it is for journal article recommendations. It makes recommendations based on real usage data gathered internationally and points to relevant scholarly articles. For more information go to: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/elecinfo/ejournals/bx/

To see the service in action, click this link: Article from Nucleic Acids Research

If you would like to provide feedback on this service please email: ujh@aber.ac.uk

Life Skills at University Collection in Hugh Owen Library

02/06/2009

This is a collection, housed in the Hugh Owen Library, designed to help with student life. It includes general self-help works on a range of topics: money, budgeting, loans, landlords, leaving home, exam stress as well as cookery, household hints and passing a driving test etc. It also includes the NHS Direct Wales 'Book Prescription Wales' booklist covering twenty of the most common psychological problems.