Archive for June, 2009

E-journals A-to-Z error

Monday, June 29th, 2009

We are currently experiencing problems with access to the Electronic Journals A-to-Z: all users are seeing the error message:

Provider error ‘8007000e’

Not enough storage is available to complete this operation.

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We are investigating the problem and will let you know here as soon as it is fixed.

Hull Campus LRC Closed Saturday 4th July

Monday, June 29th, 2009

The Hull Campus Learning Resource Centre will be CLOSED on Saturday 4th July to enable essential IT infrastructure works to take place.  The centre will re-open on Monday 6th July.  We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this necessary closure.

Remember to check the Library and Learning Resources page on the Portal for the latest revisions to summer opening hours.

E-journals link working again

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Just a quick note to let you know that the problems we were having with access to the Electronic Journals A-to-Z have now been fixed, and you should now be able to log in to the e-journals via the University Portal.

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The Electronic Journals A-to-Z enables you to easily find and access any of the full-text, online journals available at the University of Lincoln. You can view lists of journals organised alphabetically and by subject, and you can search for a journal by title keyword. You can also use the A-to-Z to find out if a particular title is available in paper form in the University Library or LRCs, by clicking on ‘print holdings’.

When accessing titles from certain databases off campus, you may need to click on ‘Athens login’ or similar. This includes titles from IngentaConnect, Literature Online UK, ScienceDirect, SwetsWise, and others.

Hull Campus summer opening hours

Friday, June 26th, 2009

Hull Campus opening hours are changing for the summer. For the period Monday 29th June to Saturday 25th July , the centre will be open as follows:

Monday to Thursday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Friday                  10.00am – 5.00pm
Saturday *             12noon – 5.00pm *
Sunday                         CLOSED

*(CLOSED Saturday 4th July for maintenance)

From Monday 27th July, the centre will be open Monday to Friday ONLY, until the start of the next academic year on Monday 21st September. 

Open access computing room DC6202 will continue to open at 8.00am Monday to Friday.  Please note that all printing and help desk services close 15 minutes before centre closing time.

We wish you all a good summer!

MPs’ expenses newspaper collection

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

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This Daily Telegraph archive covers the sensational story which effectively disabled the European and local elections on the 4th June. Voters stayed away and the turnout plummeted as a result.  Was the Telegraph deliberately undermining the government or was it just interested in boosting its readership figures? Read it for yourself in this exclusive archive!

They are available for reference in the Zibby Garnett room on the 1st floor of the University Library– just ask at the library issue desk for the key.

Other collections include the Second World War, Beijing Olympics, Iraq War, Falklands War, Cold War and the Credit Crunch; all available in the Zibby Garnett room.

One day closure Hull Learning Resource Centre

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The Learning Resource Centre in Hull will be closed on Saturday 4th July to enable essential IT infrastructure works to take place. Normal service will resume on Monday 6th July.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this necessary closure.

Electronic Journals A-to-Z login problems

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

We are unfortunately still experiencing some odd login problems with our Electronic Journals A-to-Z.

People are getting stuck in a “loop” or are able to see only a blank page on login.

For the time being, please bypass the University Portal and access the A-to-Z directly here:

http://atoz.ebsco.com/Home.asp?ID=1710
We’re working to resolve the problem with our suppliers, and we will let you know as soon as we have it fixed.

Interested in peer assisted learning, Blackboard, WordPress, e-resources, learning development and e-portfolios?

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Find out about these topics at the forthcoming event on the 23rd June organised by the Library and CERD.

Buffet included at 12 noon!

The event “Supporting the learning experience” in the EMMTEC building will include a series of 10 minute presentations on topics including Peer assisted learning, Blackboard, WordPress, e-resources, learning development and e-portfolios.

You can also have the opportunity to meet book publishers and database suppliers in the exhibtion area of the EMMTEC foyer.

Book your place at https://portal.lincoln.ac.uk/C0/StaffTrainingDevelopment

GCW library back staircase closed next week

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Please note that the north east staircase in the GCW University Library will be closed during week commencing 15th June for repair to the treads on the staircase.

All traffic for this week will have to use the main staircase – and this will also be the only fire exit route from upper floors during this week.

The north east staircase is the one with the 'light tubes'!

The north east staircase is the one with the rainbow light tubes!

E-journals A-to-Z working again

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

The problems affecting the Electronic Journals A-to-Z have now been resolved, and the site is working fine for all users. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this afternoon’s access problems.

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The A-to-Z provides online access to full-text articles from more than 40,000 subscription and open-access electronic journals (taken from more than 60 separate e-journal packages).

University of Lincoln students and staff: please click here if this is the FIRST TIME you have tried to access the A-to-Z website from your current computer…