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  • Level of service for our libraries on the 13th June 2012

On Wednesday 13th June 2012 Library and Learning Resources will be holding an important training day for our staff. This will affect the level of service which we provide at our various libraries.

Here is a list which describes the type of service our users can expect on that day:

  Type of service Opening hours
Kenrick Library Self Service 24 hours
Mary Seacole Library Self Service 7:15 – 21:00
Gosta Green Library Self Service 9:00 – 21:00
Margaret Street Library Self Service 9:00 – 19:45
Millennium Point Learning Centre Self Service 8:30 – 21:00
Conservatoire Library Ref Only 9:00 – 21:00
Bournville Library Ref Only 9:00 – 18:00
Vittoria Street CLOSED CLOSED

Normal levels of service will recommence on Thursday 14th June 2012.

  • Library Chat Quiz

To encourage usage and promote our library online enquiry service we shall be running a week long quiz each day from 14th May to 18th May 2012. 

A question will appear each day which requires an answer via our online chat facility.

Upon submission of the answer to that question via our online chat service you will be entered into a draw where you will have the chance of winning a £10 Amazon voucher (one per day) or a £50 Amazon voucher if you answer all five questions throughout the week. 

Enter the quiz on the library website at http://library.bcu.ac.uk/chatquiz.htm

Good luck!

  • Diamond Jubilee weekend and Bank Holiday

Birmingham City University Kenrick Library will be open self-service for the Diamond Jubilee weekend and Bank Holiday - Saturday 2nd June to Tuesday 5th June inclusively.

Access will be restricted to Birmingham City University staff and students only. No Day Passes will be issued for this period, students from other Universities will not be permitted entry on production of their home institution ID card and visits under the SCONUL Access Scheme will not be available.

  • Personal Development Department (PDD) workshops

If your worried about searching for journal articles either for your Social work course or a Health course that you are doing, the Personal Development Department (PDD) and Mary Seacole Library are running workshops aimed at 1st and 2nd Year students.

 

The database SOCIAL CARE ONLINE  is used as an example for those doing a Social Work course or CINAHL Plus  for other Health courses. The workshops offer a hands-on approach to improve your literature searching skills whatever level of research expertise you have.

 

Dates and times of workshops:

Timetable of workshops

All workshops are to be held at City South Campus. Seacole 271.

 

You need to ring 0121 331 7011 to book a place.

 
  • April and June 24/7 Opening Hours announced

Kenrick Library (City North Campus) will operate 24/7 opening hours for the period Monday 16th April till 7.15am on Friday 15th June 2012.

24/7 Opening Hours for Kenrick Library in April and June 2012.

  • Library Drop-In Sessions for the Business School

If you need help using library resources or want to know more about the services the library has to offer please come along.

The drop-in sessions are held every week (term-time only) in the Student Learning Zone, Level 3, Galton Building:
Monday 2pm to 3pm
Tuesday 11am to 12 noon
Friday 11am to 12 noon

Everyone is welcome.

In addition to these drop-in sessions the Library Business School team are available to provide one to one help.

Please contact Carol Price (carol.price@bcu.ac.uk) or Keith Brisland (keith.brisland@bcu.ac.uk) to arrange an appointment.

  • Education Drop-In Sessions

If you need help using library resources or want to know more about the services the library has to offer please come along.

The drop-in sessions are held every week (Term Time Only) in the Common Area, Attwood Building on:
Monday 12 noon to 1.00pm
Tuesday 12 noon to 1.00pm
Thursday 12.30pm to 1.30pm

Everyone is welcome.

In addition to these drop-in sessions the Library Education Team are available to provide one to one help. Please either contact Phil Stant (phil.stant@bcu.ac.uk) or Janet Fox (janet.fox@bcu.ac.uk) to arrange an appointment.
  • 'Ask the Library' competition winners announced

During Fresher's Faye to help promote our Ask the Library page we ran a competition for under graduate students only enrolled for the 2011-2012 Academic Year to access the page and submit their details to be entered into a prize draw.
 


Here are the winners:
 
5th Student : NATALIE REQUESEN £20 National Book Token


Photo pending
 
50th Student :  DANIEL NORTHFIELD £50 Amazon Book Voucher
Andrew Scragg (Left) hands Daniel his prize.
100th Student :  OUZMA KHAN  Bottle of Champagne
Carol Price (Left) hands Ouzma her prize.

Congratulations to all our winners.
 
  • Have Your Say 2011

From 3rd May to 27th May 2011 we actively sought your opinions about our services at the various site libraries. Users responses where recorded on a Voxur unit (equipment enabling video/audio capture) to 5 short questions.

Here are the responses to that campaign.
 
  • Move of Speech and Language Therapy, Radiography & Rehabilitation Books and Journals to City South Campus

Books and Journals to support SALT, Radiography and Rehabilitation Courses will be moved from City North to the Mary Seacole Library at City South during the week beginning 1st August. The move should be completed by August 5th and books available for loan ahead of the School moves later in August.

Books currently on loan can be returned at either Kenrick or Mary Seacole (or any Birmingham City University Library) and they will be transferred to the correct site.

Print journals for these Schools will be moved to Mary Seacole Library but please note that journals supporting Psychology will remain at Kenrick.

It will inevitably take a little time to bed such a large quantity of stock down in the Seacole Library, and we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause to staff and students during the transferral period. We will be monitoring stock over the coming year to identify use, and any material inadvertently left at Kenrick will be available for inter-site loan if required and transferred where appropriate.

If you have any questions, please contact Peter Ebrey: peter.ebrey@bcu.ac.uk

  • My Assignment Planner (MAP)

Did you know that Library and Learning Resources have developed an online tool to help students with their assignment planning?

My Assignment Planner (MAP) takes the worry out of assignment planning by providing 11 easy steps to help students to plan their time effectively. From simple steps to get started to writing their assignment, this online planner calculates suggested timescales and activities at all stages of the writing process.


Click here to view or visit Study & Research Support on our library homepages.
 
  • Change to the Inter-Library Loans Service for Journal Articles Not Available at Birmingham City University
  1. From 30th June 2011 we will be delivering all journal articles received from the British Library electronically.
     
  2.  Electronic delivery is faster and more flexible, allowing you to access articles at any time and wherever you are, via your University email address.
     
  3.  When your article arrives there will be a link in the covering email to access it. We will send you a text message to let you know the article is in your email inbox, ready for you to download.
     
  4. For copyright reasons, you will be able to print the article only once, although you will be able to view your document for 14 days from the date you downloaded it.
     
  5. After 14 days from the date of download, you will no longer be able to open the document.
     
  6. You have 30 days to download the document. If, after 31 days, you have not downloaded the document, you will no longer have access to it.
     
  7. If you have problems printing or downloading the requested articles please contact us.
     
  8. The electronic delivery service is currently available only for journal articles from the British Library. It is a pilot service which may be withdrawn at any time.
     

Inter-Library Loans graph
  • Post Graduate Students: Tell us your opinion of the services provided by Library and Learning Resources

We would very much like to hear your opinions (both good and not so good) about the services provided by Library and Learning Resources (i.e. Library and Academic Skills Centre services).

A clear understanding of postgraduate student opinion about our services will help us plan the best possible service that the current financial climate allows. Please let us have your thoughts and also please let us know if you would be willing to participate in a focus group to provide more detail about the issues.

It would be really be helpful if you could include the name of your course or area of study as it will allow us to place your comments in context.

Please reply to judith.andrews@bcu.ac.uk

Regards

Judith Andrews

Director of Library and Learning Resources
 

  • Wireless connectivity for students across Birmingham City University libraries

The following libraries have wireless access devices installed for connection to the student’s Birmingham City University Open Access network:

Conservatoire, Gosta Green, Mary Seacole Library, Margaret Street, Vittoria Street, Bournville, Kenrick on levels 2, 3 and 4.

Wireless connectivity allows users’ access to the Internet from their wireless enabled devices; whilst affording a greater level of flexibility in choice of location. There are many benefits to implementing wireless; amongst them cost savings and scalability and the students canvassed regarding the service all think it’s a good thing.

  • Personal Storage Facility

As part of the Birmingham City University commitment to provide effective networking Facilities to all Birmingham City University Students a Service is available to enable you to store your personal or course work data files to a central Network Server.

  • The benefits to you in using this service are that wherever you logon to the Birmingham City University Network the stored data files are always available.
  • You also have the option of creating additional folders in "My Documents" folder to enable you to store your files for easier File management.

To make use of this storage Facility you will need to store you files in the My Documents folder. Any files you copy to this folder are automatically saved on the server. Other Faculties may have different procedures e.g. accessing a Z drive - please ask the IT technicians in the relevant Faculty for guidance.

Restores

The Storage area is 200Mbytes in size and is backed-up on a daily basis. The backup is retained for a period of three weeks.

If you accidentally erase a file, you should be able to request a restore as long as you report the loss within the three-week backup period.

Please note that, in the event of a large number of restore requests, each one will be actioned on a "best endeavours" basis.

Please Contact your Faculty IT Staff if you require any additional information.

 

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