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Celebrate University Mental Health Day today

13/03/2025

Westlaw

04/03/2025

Throughout February we experienced severe problems accessing Westlaw, which caused major inconvenience to our users. After several weeks of us chasing this up with Thomson Reuters, they have at last identified the cause of the problem: an error at their end during the subscription renewal process led to all our user accounts being deactivated. Now that they have identified the cause they have been able to implement a fix, and on 28th February they ran a job to reactivate all user accounts. This should have solved the problem; any users who still find they are unable to access Westlaw, please email ejournals@aber.ac.uk with ‘Westlaw’ in the subject line, and we will investigate as a matter of urgency. We fully appreciate the difficulties that this interruption to service has caused, and we would like to thank our staff and students for their patience and understanding while we have been working to fix it.

New Conde Nast titles in Pressreader

24/02/2025

New Conde Nast publications are now available for you to read in Pressreader.

With this, you can read American editions of titles on PressReader. such as Pitchfork for music lovers, Vogue for fashion tips and lifestyle news and The New Yorker for politics and science news alongside cartoons and short stories all filled with humour.

These should be automatically available to you if you are on campus, however if you are off campus a step-by-step guide on how to access these publications can be found at https://primo.aber.ac.uk/permalink/44WHELF_ABW/r1b83p/alma9912461519702418

Noise in libraries - IS Ideas Workshop feedback

13/02/2025

From docking marks, getting banned from using the vending machines to public shaming, Aber students get tough on noise offenders in libraries!

Here's what we learned from our Noise Ideas Workshop last week 

10 updates to Vevox polling

13/02/2025

There are 10 exciting new features and updates to Vevox, the University’s polling solution.

See our blogpost for further information.

Individual study spaces for Level D of the Hugh Owen Library

05/02/2025

To facilitate private and quiet study on Level D of the Hugh Owen Library we have added desk dividers to 8 study spaces

New online resource: Routledge Performance Archive

31/01/2025

The Routledge Performance Archive (RPA) provides exclusive access to an unprecedented and continually-expanding range of streamed video and audio footage from performance practitioners past and present, paired with relevant critical commentary

The archive contains:

• interviews with key figures in performance history and contemporary practice;
• masterclasses with specialist performance trainers from around the world;
• footage direct from legendary practitioners;
• excerpted and full-length contemporary productions and experiments;
• documentaries previously unavailable to global audiences:
• and specially commissioned contextual essays from knowledgeable practitioners and scholars.

To access off-campus: sign into Primo, visit the RPA, click Shibboleth Login and select Aberystwyth University from the menu of subscribing institutions. Any questions: please email librarians@aber.ac.uk

AberSkills

28/01/2025

Our programme of skills workshops is starting next week. There are sessions on academic writing, searching for information and evaluating information and employability skills running all term. Please see the AberSkills site for more details and to book your place.

New Resource Types in Aspire Reading Lists

22/01/2025

You can add now select these Resource Types for new items in Aspire reading lists

• Database
• Report
• Newspaper
• Object

or amend existing items where these are a better fit than the existing Resource Type.

Select them from the Resource Type menu as appropriate when adding content from web pages using your browser extension or when adding / editing content manually.

If you have any questions please contact the Academic Engagement team: librarians@aber.ac.uk

Hugh Owen Library opening hours

20/01/2025

From Sunday 26 January, the Hugh Owen Library Level D remains open 24/7 and Levels E & F are open 08:30-22:00 until the end of term.

The IS Enquiry Desk is staffed 08:30-22:00 7 days a week during termtimes.

Full library opening hours are at: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/about/opening-hours/

Microsoft Office

15/01/2025

Microsoft Office is free to download for students and staff on up to 15 devices.

Included in this are:

• Word
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Outlook
• OneNote
• Teams
• Publisher
• Access
• Skype

A step-by-step guide on how to download MS Office on your device is available: https://faqs.aber.ac.uk/en/1391 

Information Services: AI Guidance for you

13/01/2025

Information Services has a new help and support webpage for Artificial Intelligence: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/help/ai/.

This page brings together policies and safety advice as well as guidance for using AI in your studies, teaching, research, and administration.

AI and the Library - Week One. Our New Guide and Blog Post Series

30/09/2024

Pop over to the Librarians' Blog to read the first in our new series of blog posts 'AI and the Library'

Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect in the coming weeks:

• Reviews of AI tools.
• Practical advice on effective prompt building.
• Developing smart keyword searches.
• Discovering resources related to your area of study.
• Evaluating AI outputs by applying the CRAAP test.
• The risks of using AI.

Be sure to subscribe to the Blog to get the posts delivered to your inbox as they're published.