Over the weekend we moved some equipment in the library, so you can now find the following in the  Level 3 study area (where the PCs are now located)

• Black & white printer
• Colour printer
• 2 x scanners

Please ask at the Information Desk if you’re not sure where they are located.

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Dros y penwythnos symudom peth offer yn y llyfrgell, gallwch nawr darganfod y canlynol yn y man astudio Lefel 3 (ble mae’r cyfrifiaduron wedi’u lleoli)

• Printiwr du a gwyn
• Printiwr lliw
• 2 x sganiwr

Gofynnwch wrth y ddesg gwybodaeth os nad ydych yn siwr ble mae nw wedi’u lleoli.

 

Information Services and Systems is running its annual ISS satisfaction survey of Library, Careers, IT and Online Enrolment Services.  The survey is open until 31^st May.  We’d be very grateful if you could spare just a few minutes to complete this short survey:

http://survey.swan.ac.uk/index.php?sid=92567&lang=en

If you have any problems in completing the online version, then paper copies are available upon request in the Library. Wherever feasible, we use your feedback from this survey to further improve services for example, by extending our opening hours and improving our study environment.

 

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Bydd Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth a Systemau’n cynnal eu harolwg bodlonrwydd GGS blynyddol o Wasanaethau Llyfrgell, Gyrfaoedd, TG a Chofrestru Ar-lein. Bydd yr arolwg ar agor tan 31^ain Mai.  Byddem yn ddiolchgar iawn pe baech yn gallu rhoi ychydig o funudau i gwblhau’r arolwg byr hwn:

http://survey.swan.ac.uk/index.php?sid=61636&lang=cy

Os cewch unrhyw broblemau’n cwblhau’r fersiwn ar-lein mae copïau papur ar gael ar gais yn y Llyfrgell. Lle bo’n ymarferol, rydym yn defnyddio eich adborth o’r arolwg hwn i wella ein gwasanaethau, er enghraifft drwy ymestyn ein horiau agor a gwella ein hamgylchedd astudio.

 

Web of Science upgraded over the weekend. The main changes to note are:

• There are more complete citations which have been added to Web of Science to improve cited reference searching.
• More titles and urls are included
• You can now search by article title as well as journal title.

For more details on this upgrade please follow this link or contact your Subject Librarians



We are happy to report that we have cooler temperatures in the Study Hall today. Exit doors have been opened (with staff at hand for security reasons) to improve air circulation in this area. They will be closed again for the evening, but reopen at 8am tomorrow. Estates have also identified problems that are due to be fixed soon, which will hopefully make the area much more comfortable to work in in the next few days.

The Library is experiencing problems with uncomfortable temperatures, depending on where you are in the building. We do apologise , and we assure you that we are working with Estates to try to adjust areas as much as we can.

The heating has been turned off in the Study Hall, however this area is still warm due to the number of people in and the number of PCs in use. In the longterm, we are working towards a much better control of temperature through our refurbishment taking place after exams have finished.

In the meanwhile, please do ask a member of staff to help direct you to areas of the Library where you might feel more comfortable.

We have trial access (on campus only) to the British Politics and Society part of Nineteenth Century Collections Online.

British Politics and Society contains a vast number of primary sources, including manuscripts, maps, drawings, newspapers, periodicals, government correspondence, letters, diaries, photographs, posters and pamphlets.  It includes papers of British statesmen, Home Office records and working class autobiographies.  When it is completed in August, following preservation and conservation work at the British Library and the National Archives, it will contain over 1.7 million pages.

Click here to access the trial, no username and password are needed and it is available to us until 31st May 2012.

 

 

British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS)
There will be disruption to our regular inter-library loan service due to deployment of the new BLDSS on Thursday 3rd May 2012.

 

Delivery: All documents when available will be delivered in colour.
Articles delivered electronically will arrive from a new email address, noreply@bldss.bl.uk. Please ensure your system does not treat these messages as spam.

If the BLDSS system detects an item has not been downloaded, a reminder message will be sent to the Library with 7 days of the 30 day download period remaining. These reminder messages will be forwarded to the end user by email address dscs@swansea.ac.uk (Swansea University). If the link expires after the 30 day period, a resupplied article will incur a second charge.

Loans: The loan period will change to 4 weeks for all British Library loans. If an overdue item has not been returned for 2 weeks, an automatic £4.15 renewal charge will be added to the patron account.
If customers do not want items to be renewed, please ensure loans are returned by the given return date.

 

Further information is available from the Document Supply Office, 29 5045 or email dscs@swansea.ac.uk

 

Welcome back everyone, we hope you had a great break.  Since you’ve been away we’ve reorganised some things in the library.

Computers: We still have the same number of PCs available for you to use we’ve just moved them around.  As you walk into the library the main cluster of PCs can be found in the Study Hall West, up on Level 4, in PC room 2 and 3 and also in our newly created PC1 (Facebook-free)

Study areas: You can now find study areas with power sockets for your laptops up on the Level 4 Gallery and in the Study Hall East.

Newspapers and Maps: These can now be found on the Level 4 Gallery area.

If you can’t find what you need please come and ask at the information desk or contact us via library@swansea.ac.uk, our Facebook page or Twitter

 

Your (next) employer could be watching you!

A recent US survey showed that nearly 90% of employers either use, or plan to use, social media for recruiting.

This session will explain why your online social activity is important and how to monitor your ‘digital footprint’ to maximize your job prospects.

 As well as discussing what can go wrong, we will recommend tools and techniques to take control of your online presence.

 We will also cover using social media safely and effectively in the workplace.

Date:  Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Time:  1-2pm
Place:  PC Room 3, Library & Information Centre (LIC).

Register by emailing s.l.c.oakley@swansea.ac.uk or use our online form: http://tinyurl.com/d6dsk4m  

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Dangosodd arolwg diweddar yn yr Unol Daleithiau fod bron i 90% o gyflogwyr naill ai’n defnyddio, neu’n bwriadu defnyddio, cyfryngau cymdeithasol at ddiben recriwtio.

Bydd y sesiwn hwn yn esbonio pam fod eich gweithgarwch cymdeithasol ar-lein yn bwysig a sut i fonitro’ch ‘ôl troed digidol’ i wella’ch rhagolygon o gael swyddi.

Yn ogystal â thrafod yr hyn sy’n gallu mynd o’i le, byddwn yn argymell offerynnau a thechnegau i reoli eich presenoldeb ar-lein.

Byddem hefyd yn rhoi sylw i ddefnyddio’r cyfryngau cymdeithasol yn ddiogel ac yn effeithiol yn y gweithle.

Dyddiad: Dydd Mercher 2il Mai 2012
Amser:  1-2pm
Lleoliad:  Ystafell PC , Canolfan Llyfrgell a Gwybodaeth.

Cofrestrwch drwy e-bostio s.l.c.oakley@abertawe.ac.uk neu defnyddiwch ein ffurflen gofrestru ar-lein: http://tinyurl.com/d6dsk4m

EndNote Web is an online system which allows you to:

• Collect and organize references to use in your research
• Work with Microsoft Word to format citations and produce a professional looking list of references
• Save references from Web of Science and other databases
• Search databases such as iFind Discover and store your results

There will be a workshop on:

Mon 30^th April 1-2.30 pm

They will be held in PC Room 3 in the Library. Just turn up – places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

More information can be found on our web pages at:
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/lis/helpandguides/bibrefintro/endnote%20web/

If you need advice about versions of EndNote or referencing contact your subject librarian for help:
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/lis/HelpandGuides/SubjectTeams

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Gweithdy am EndNote Web, system ar-lein sy’n eich galluogi i:

• Casglu a threfnu cyfeiriadau i’w defnyddio yn eich gwaith ymchwil
• Gweithio gyda Microsoft Word i fformatio cyfeiriadau a chynhyrchu rhestr sy’n edrych yn broffesiynol
• Arbed cyfeiriadau o Web of Science a chronfeydd data eraill
• Chwilio cronfeydd data megis iFind Discover a storio eich canlyniadau

Bydd gweithdy ar:

Dydd Llun 30 Ebrill 1-2.30pm

Bydd yn cael ei gynnal yn Ystafell PC 3 yn y Llyfrgell. Dim ond trowch i fyny – bydd lleoedd yn cael ei neilltuo ar sail y cyntaf i’r felin.  Bydd y gweithdy yn arbennig o ddefnyddiol i israddedigion sy ar fin dechrau prosiect.

Mae mwy o wybodaeth ar gael ar ein tudalennau ar y we:
http://www.swansea.ac.uk/lis/HelpandGuides/bibrefintro/Endnote%20web/

Os ydych angen cyngor am fersiynau o EndNote neu am gyfeirnodi, cysylltwch â’ch llyfrgellydd  pwnc i gael help:

http://www.swansea.ac.uk/lis/HelpandGuides/SubjectTeams/#d.en.2815