Last chance to name new library

Today is your last chance to suggest a name for the new library at the Heath Park site. See post below for details.

DLS Duthie on Twitter

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Anaesthetics Library Refresher

Hi Anaesthetics Folks

I will be running a number of library refresher courses online this week, so if you need some help with getting information for your assignment or anything else library related then sign up to one of the following. To sign up please email dls@cf.ac.uk with your preferred time.

Tuesday 24th November 1.30pm GMT

Wednesday 25th November 1.30 GMT

Thursday 26th November 4.00pm GMT

Friday 27th November 4.00pm GMT

The format is basically a web conference where you can see my computer screen where I’ll be demonstrating database searches etc, you’ll be able to see and hear me too and you can ask questions by typing into a forum as we go along. Hope to “meet” some of you there.

Thanks, Lucy

Endnote Web Downtime

Thomson Reuters will be performing an upgrade to EndNote Web starting Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 9:00PM EST ending by Sunday, Nov. 22, 10:00AM EST. During this time, EndNote Web will be unavailable.

Articles from the British Library

For those of you who use our Literature Requesting Service there is a new service available from the British Library.

At present when you fill in the online requesting form and we get articles from the British Library they are mainly sent in the post directly from the British Library, however it is now possible to receive these directly electronically from the British Library.  This should mean that you get your articles quicker.

If you want to do this please go to the following website http://fileopen.bl.uk where you will need to download a plugin (the top link).  Once that is installed, then download the test document (bottom link) to make sure that it has worked correctly.

If you then email the distance learning account dls@cf.ac.uk to let us know that you would like to receive articles that way in the future.

Contact us via Skype

You can now contact me via Skype. My user name is dls.duthie - same as Meebo and the blog so you won’t forget!

To find out more about Skype and set up an account click here.

New Library at UHW

As you are aware there is to be a new medical education centre on the Heath Park site which will house a new purpose-built library.  The new library will incorporate the current provision of the Sir Herbert Duthie Library, the Nursing and Healthcare Studies Library (both on the UHW site) and the School of Nursing and Midwifery Library currently situated in the Caerleon Education Centre, Newport.  
 
We are sending this email to all Schools to be served by the new library inviting suggestions for a new library name.  The proposed name for the new medical education centre is the ‘Cochrane building’.  Since we already have the ‘Archie Cochrane Library’ in Llandough we need to think of something different for this one.  Thoughts of a name for the library have so far focused upon either names which describe what can be found in the library (such as resources or subject areas) or names of prominent figures in healthcare.  
 
We are looking for a name which is exciting and innovative but also fits the purpose of our library as a hub for the provision of Medical, Nursing and Healthcare information, both electronic and print, for the whole of Wales.  If you are up for the challenge we would love to hear from you and as a further temptation there is a prize up for grabs for the person who suggests the name used.
 
Please submit your suggestions with your name and contact details to Vikki Russell (PA to Janet Peters, University Librarian) at RussellV@cardiff.ac.uk The closing date for suggestions is Friday 4th December.

Metalib

Since yesterday there has been a problem with Metalib. This was thought to have been resolved yesterday afternoon, but unfortunately the problem persists. Please access e-resources via the Information Resources tab within the MWE for the time being. Apologies for the inconvenience.

We want your comments!

We are producing some publicity to advertise our ebooks and ejournals and we’re looking for some positive comments from students. If you have any good feedback for us please could you post a comment here or email dls@cf.ac.uk.

Many Thanks, Lucy.

MWE Login Problem

There appears to be a problem with logging into the MWE if your password contains non-alphanumeric characters in passwords. Therefore, passwords should only contain characters [a-z0-9}.

If you are unable to log in please contact the Duthie Library and we will reset you password.

Thanks, Lucy