CAB eBooks Trial

Those of you with a subject interest in:

• Agriculture
• Animal and Veterinary Sciences
• Environmental Sciences
• Human, Food and Nutrition Sciences
• Leisure and Tourism
• Plant Sciences

may want to take part in our trial of CAB eBooks which runs until 31st of May 2008.

To access CAB eBooks please click here  http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/.  Access is via IP address.  If you’d like to try CAB eBooks off campus you will need to log in using the VPN (Virtual Private Network), your Athens login will not work.

Please let me know if this package would be useful to you and feel free to pass on any comments on format, accessibility etc.

Printing & copying charges reduced

From Saturday 3 May photocopying printing charges for black and white copying will drop to 3p for A4 and 6p for A3.  The change of price is effective on all machines operated by the library. Where equipment is provided by a faculty or department charging remains unaffected. It may be interesting to know that this makes our services cheaper than King’s, LSE and UCL to name but a few!

Life-changing books: recommendations from 17 leading scientists

A great book has the power to move, inspire or even change lives. New Scientist has compiled a list of the books that have left a lasting impression on some of the world’s top scientists, including Oliver Sacks, Michio Kaku, Jane Goodall, and more. Choices include The Naked Ape, Alice in Wonderland and Catch 22. Have a read through the list and see if you agree.

Kew opens botanical art gallery

London’s Kew Gardens has opened the world’s first gallery dedicated to botanical art works - many of which have never been seen by the public.   Some of the illustrations of extinct species are thought to be the only surviving record.  To find out more visit Kew’s website or read the BBC story.

Spiral Digital Repository

Spiral, Imperial’s new Digital Repository, was officially launched last month. Spiral is designed to provide a central point for collecting published research output throughout the College. Its main purpose is to increase visibility and access to Imperial College London research.

The interface to Spiral is fully integrated with the Staff Publications (Sympletic Publications) system. To upload your papers log in to the Publications system and click the blue  button adjacent to the relevant publication details.

Before uploading your papers, please make sure that you have checked the publisher’s copyright policy or the copyright transfer agreement.
You can contact the Spiral team,  spiral@imperial.ac.uk, with any questions.

Free online resource guide - Biodiversity & Conservation

Focus On …. Biodiversity and Conservation

 

http://www.intute.ac.uk/supportdocs/focuson/biodiversity.pdf

 

This guide aims to provide useful, detailed, high quality sources of

information on biodiversity and conservation for students in Higher and

Further Education. It is not a definitive list of Web resources on the

subject but a collection of interesting examples of what is available.

More resources can be freely accessed from the Intute: Health and Life

Sciences natural history gateway at:

http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/nature

 

 

 

Silwood Library Opening Hours

Day	Opening hours
Monday - Friday	10.00 - 19.00
Saturday	Closed
Sunday	Closed
Notes	The library is open 10.00 - 19.00 during Christmas and Easter vacations, and from 10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 17.00 during the summer vacation.

Hello from your Liaison Librarian

My name is Elizabeth Killeen and I’m the new Liaison Librarian for Life Sciences. For most of the week I’m located in Central Library but I can be found regularly at Silwood. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries about the library, suggestions for new books or journals we should buy or comments on this weblog. e.killeen@imperial.ac.uk or 020 7594 8831

I look forward to meeting lots of you in the coming weeks and months.

Disruption to library computer systems 15-16 December

There will be disruption to library computer systems during the weekend of 15 and 16 December. This will affect some of our sevices including the library catalogue and MetaLib.

The Central Library will also be closed for the whole weekend due to a total power / lighting shut down. 

Studying over the vacation

As the end of term is fast approaching its a good time to post a reminder of how you can access library resources over the vacation. Firstly, Silwood Park Library is open until Friday 21 December from 10:00 to 17:00 so you can still come to borrow books, use the computers and find a quiet corner to study.

If you want to keep your library books over the vacation please make sure you renew them before you leave College.

All Imperial College Libraries close from Saturday 22 December and re-open on Wednesday 2 January 2008.

All our online resources are still available to you even when the library is closed. The new library website provides the best access to these from the Digital Library page.

Most problems with passwords and access to online resources can be avoided by setting up the Virtual Private Network (VPN) on your home PC or laptop. The ICT website has all the instructions you need to do this, or check the library Password and Access page.

If you’re away from the South East over the holiday and would like to use other university libraries please see our Using other Libraries page. During the vacations, when it’s a quieter time, many university libraries will allow you access to study and use print resources (most will not allow you access to online resources). I’d advise you to call the library you want to visit in advance, just in case!

Finally, please have an enjoyable and relaxing vacation.
Happy holidays!