New sign-in option for Ebrary apps

Ebrary has introduced an alternative sign-in option to the current Facebook login for their iOS and Android mobile apps. You will be able to use an email address and password of your choice to login – but these must be configured under the “My Settings” menu on your main ebrary website.

When the mobile apps go live next week, you will be prompted to download the new version from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the Amazon App Store.

Key features of ebrary apps include:

• Online and offline reading
• Easy download of full titles
• Simple and advanced search options
• Table of contents with relevancy rankings
• Early check-in of ebrary’s e-books
• Copy and paste with automatic citation for offline documents
• Import and use documents from other sources
• Available in English and Spanish
• Ability to use up to 6 different devices with the same account

Now you can read ebrary e-books on the go!

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Dissertation Binding Service Open On Bank Holiday Monday

For anyone planning to get their dissertations bound next week, the Print Shop in The Sir Duncan Rice Library will be open on May Bank Holiday Monday (06 May) from 10:30am-4:30pm (with usual 8:30-4:30 hours for the rest of the working week).

For more details about the printing and binding services we offer see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/uniprint/.

Best of luck to you all!

Extended opening hours for The Sir Duncan Rice Library

From Sunday 5th May The Sir Duncan Rice Library will be open for extended hours until 2.00am, Sunday to Thursday. Opening hours will be as follows:

Monday – Thursday 08.00 – 02.00

Friday 08.00 – 20.00

Saturday 09.00 – 22.00

Sunday 11.00 – 2.00

Please note: After 22.00 entrance to the University Library will be strictly by ID card. No entry will be permitted without a valid ID card.

Best of luck to everyone sitting exams!

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

Insight

Source: 28.media.tumblr.com

 

Interesting!

Any idea when this photo was taken?

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

MAINTENANCE: Web of Knowledge – Saturday 27 April to Monday 29 April

Notification from Thomson Reuters:

“Please be advised that scheduled maintenance will take place beginning on Saturday, 27 April 2013 at 2200 GMT and ending by Monday, 29 April 2013 at 0100 GMT. Web of Knowledge (including EndNote Web and ResearcherID) may not be available during that period. Thomson Reuters would like to apologise for any interruption this may cause.”

Elaine Shallcross
e.shallcross@abdn.ac.uk

MAINTENANCE: MetaLib/Find Databases – Thursday 25 April

Apologies in advance – due essential maintenance work  our MetaLib and Primo Find Databases services will be at risk from 8.30am until 10.00am on on Thursday 25^th April.  There will be a complete outage at some point during that time.  On that day you may find it useful to defer accessing these services until after the at risk period.

Susan McCourt, s.mccourt@abdn.ac.uk, x3287

SURVEY: Students and Staff – Please…Follow That Link!

Library, Special Collections and Museums would like your views on the library, special collections and museums services and facilities that we provide for staff at the University.   By the end of today (Thursday 18 April) all staff and students will have received an email containing your own direct link to the survey. Please look out for that email, follow the link and complete the Survey!  

Requiring less than 10 minutes of your time the Survey is short, targets key areas and also provides space for you to comment on matters that are important to you, and for us, in developing our services and facilities to support your research, teaching and learning needs.

We will use the information you provide to identify and, where possible, address common issues that are raised. Your feedback will also inform the development of our next Strategic Plan and will help define our priorities for the future.

Thank you for your time in helping with this.

Susan McCourt, s.mccourt@abdn.ac.uk, x3287