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Ex LibrisThe Newsletter of Durham University Library

Welcome to new students

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Volume 3, Issue 1Michaelmas 2001

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InsideMain Library

Refurbishment

New photocopiersarrive

Electronic resourcesupdate

RIDING Plus accessscheme

Into the Legal Web

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New Student Special Issue!A warm welcome to the University of Durham...

In this issue of the Library Newsletter, there are a numberof items written especiallywith the new student in mind,including full details of theprogramme of eventsrunning in the first weeks forundergraduates andpostgraduates at bothDurham and StocktonCampuses.

For returning staff and students we have news from all thelibrary sites, plus some important information aboutchanges to loan periods, an electronic resources update,and new photocopying facilities.

Our Web pages and Web catalogue have been completelyre-designed over the Summer - a summary of the majorchanges can be found inside.

Academic staff and research postgraduates will also needto be aware that we have become a member of theRIDING scheme. In effect, this means that the co-operative access and borrowing arrangements thesegroups enjoy at the other regional universities will also beavailable at HE institutions across the Yorkshire andHumberside region. Further details are inside.

Main Library on the Science Site

Activities for new students 2001/2002 session - Durham CampusAs well as the Library events below, your Department may well have other induction activities arranged for both

postgraduate and undergraduate level - please make sure you find out about these.

If undergraduates cannot collect their cards at the times below, when there are extra staff, collect them from the Librarydesk at a later date. Postgraduates can collect their cards any time after registering. All students MUST go through theUniversity registration procedure BEFORE arriving at the Library to collect their card - you need to bring your registra-tion document/card with you before we are able to issue you with your Library card.

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Changes in Services

Undergraduate loan period reduced to3 weeks.

In order to improve the availability of book stock,particularly material on reading lists, the standard loanperiod for undergraduates has been reduced from 4 to 3weeks.

The initial impetus for this change was a recommenda-tion from the DSU Academic Senate in January 2001 thatthe loan period should be reduced to only 2 weeks.Following a period of consultation and consideration ofall the implications of such a change, a ballot of allundergraduates was undertaken in May; 64% of re-spondents to this email survey were in favour of areduction to 3 weeks.

The recommended reduction was approved by LibraryCommittee on 31st May, and introduced in early August.The change will help books to circulate more quickly,hence enabling more students to have access to in-demand reading list material.

All borrowers are encouraged not to keep books on loanany longer than actually required, so that the Library’sinformation resources are readily available to as manypeople as possible.

Main Library refurbishment

Planning is progressing for the refurbishment ofLevel 2 of the Main Library. The principle objectivesof the proposal include

• the introduction of an access control system atthe Library entrance so that, in the future, theextension of opening hours may be possible

• the re-location of some staff activities (acquisi-tions, cataloguing and processing) to the Level1 East Wing, in order to provide increasedpublic space on the entry level for catalogueuse, photocopying facilities and self-helpdisplays and services

• the re-positioning of the main Desk and Re-serve, to ease congestion at the Library en-trance and improve traffic flows in and out of thebuilding

• improved accommodation for the currentlycramped Reserve collection, with wider aisles

between shelves more suitable for this heavilyused area

• a new Desk designed for greater operationalefficiency and to incorporate modern librarytechnology

• rationalisation of several enquiry points, toreduce confusion and enhance service for libraryusers

Work will be scheduled to take place during thesummer vacation 2002. Measures to ensure thatlibrary services are maintained and disruption tolibrary users is kept to a minimum are being investi-gated, although a short period of complete closuremay prove unavoidable.

Funding for the proposed work is yet to be allocatedby the University, but the Library hopes very muchthat the significant improvements to facilities andservices which these refurbishments promise will berealised.

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Library staff are here to helpyou!

All library staff wear name badges and are happy tohelp you as you get started with using the Library.

At the start of term, look out especially for staffwearing these special T-shirts and tabards in eye-catching yellow!

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New library web site http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/

The Library’s web site is the first place to look for linksto useful internet resources or for information aboutlibrary services. We have had a web site since 1995, andit has expanded and developed to the point where weneeded to have a fresh start and reconstruct the sitecompletely.

After much planning and preparation, our new web sitewas launched on Monday 3 September. A web develop-ment team had worked over several months to conduct asurvey of user preferences and then plan:

� new pages of advice on using our services� a new structure, to reflect users’ needs� drop-down menus which are readily visible at every

stage

� an underlying database which generates lists ofonline information resourcesand provides “Info” about each of them

� a consistent design with a stylish, professionalappearance

We don’t claim to be perfect, and there are bound to besome errors or broken links in the site somewhere! If youspot something wrong with the links or the layout,please follow the link at the bottom of the page to let theWebmaster know.

We hope you find that the site is easy to use andcontains the information you need. Let us know whatyou think.

Remember that the URL for the new site uses just lowercase letters:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/

New! Colour photocopying now available in the Main Library

As part of an upgrade of our photocopying facilities we are introducing acolour copier in the Main Library. Costs will be 80p for A4 and £1.60 forA3. This provision is experimental, in response to user demand, and theviability of making this permanent and the price charged are entirelydependent on the volume of copying carried out. Do give it a try!

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Library satisfaction survey, 2001What you think counts!

The 2001 Library satisfaction survey, conducted inMarch, confirmed the findings of the previous year.Of the sixteen library services and facilities userswere asked for their opinions about, the two areaswith which respondents continue to be least satis-fied are photocopying facilities and the provision ofreading list materials and the Reserve collection.In direct response to the shortcomings perceived bylibrary users, we have taken the following action:

Reading list materials and Reserve

A number of steps are being taken to try to im-prove the availability of in-demand material onstudent reading lists. Following an email survey ofundergraduate opinion in May, the loan period forundergraduates has been reduced from four weeksto three which will help books to circulate morerapidly and hence improve availability for a greater

number of borrowers. A proposal to reallocatefunding within the Library budget to increase thesum available for the purchase of additional copiesof undergraduate texts received considerablediscussion at Library Users Committees andLibrary Committee during last year, and waseventually approved by Senate in March. Thisshould help to ease pressure for the most heavilyused material, but the increase remains relativelysmall and a more fundamental review of all aspectsof library provision which impinge upon the avail-ability of high-demand material, including theoperation of Reserve, is required and will beundertaken during the forthcoming year. Improve-ments to the physical accommodation for theReserve collection are planned for 2002. (seearticle on page 4 of this issue of Ex Libris)

New photocopiers being used at Main Library

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Photocopying

In conjunction with the University’s ProcurementOffice, discussions with a number of major photo-copier manufacturers have been held and theLibrary’s photocopying service has been awardedto a new supplier for October 2001.

Self-service public photocopiers in all librarysections have been replaced with robust newmachines selected for their reputation for reliabilityand high quality copying; featuring clear andsimple operating panels, these are photocopiersintended specifically for high capacity self-servicecopying.

To reduce queues at busy periods, the number ofphotocopying machines in the Main Library hasbeen increased. Following requests for photocopi-ers on other floors, an additional machine is nowavailable on Level 3, adjacent to the lift, so alllibrary users will be only one floor away from acopier. Servicing of this machine will continue tobe from the Desk on Level 2, and any requests forassistance should be directed to staff on duty there.

Enhancements to the photocopying service havebeen achieved with no increase in prices. A coin-operated card dispensers has been installed onLevel 2 in the Main Library, next to the lift, so it isno longer necessary to queue at the Desk topurchase a copy card. Cards for 25 copies (£1.70)or 50 copies (£3.00) can be purchased from thedispensing machines; please have the right coins

available, as the machine does not give change andchange is not available from the Library Desk.Copy cards, including higher value cards for 100copies (£6.00) or 200 copies (£12.00) can still bepurchased from staff at the Desk. A coin-oper-ated card dispenser is also available at StocktonCampus Library.

In response to numerous requests, a self-servicecolour copier is being provided, on an experimentalbasis, in the Main Library. Prices have been setinitially at 80p for A4 and £1.60 for A3, rateswhich are significantly lower than those charged bycommercial copying services.

The viability of this service, and the price it isnecessary to charge, is entirely dependent on thevolume of copying carried out and we will bereviewing the level of copying with our photocopiersupplier after the first six months. So, if you wouldlike to see self-service colour copying readilyavailable in this University, please pass news of theadvent of this machine around.

Continued provision of the service will depend on aminimum level of copying being achieved in thefirst six months, so please ensure that we cancontinue to offer colour copying by making gooduse of it – you never know, the price might evencome down!

Advice on aspects of Copyright - now available on the web!

The library has produced a web page, summarising keycopyright issues relating to placing of material in the ReserveCollection, distribution of photocopies to groups of students,and making digitised material available in duo.

This summary can be accessed at:

http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/use/guides/copyright.htm

New online services available at Durham

The following services are some of thoseintroduced at Durham over the last year. Fulldetails are available from the Library webpages.

Technical Indexes - subset for engineeringDetails from the Engineering Department

BBC Monitoring OnlineThis service offers rapid access to the latestinternational news, drawn from state owned,independent and clandestine media sources in over 150countries. It provides access to reports on political andeconomic events that have an impact upon internalaffairs, international relations, human rights andbusiness. Reports from Africa, Europe, Asia, LatinAmerica, Middle East, Former Soviet Union, Central Asiaare included. News is translated in to English. This webservice is a replacement for the printed BBC Summary ofWorld Broadcasts, which ceased publication at the endof March 2001http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/newspapers.asp

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)A database of chemical informationPC client software required. Further information isavailable from the Chemistry Department or from LindyWilson ([email protected]) the Science Librarian.

ZETOCBritish Library’s Table of Contents database of over 15million article titles derived from 20,00 research journalson all subjects. Includes an e-mail service. See alsoArticleFirst and UnCover serviceshttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/databases.asp

Journal Citation Reports 1999A networked CD-ROM titlehttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/databases.asp

WestlawLegal databaseAccess is permitted for member of the Law Department,from whom password information may be obtained.

OHSISOccupational Health and Safety Informationhttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/databases.asp

Keeping up to date with NEW onlineresources

� Web pagesThe newly designed web pages include on theLibrary Home page an Announcementssection where significant new online resourceswill be mentioned. New online resources willalso be included in the more comprehensiveNews section of these pages, to which there isa hot link on the main page

� Each month the Library has a Resource inFocus, which is invariably an online service.Information about this is circulated widely by e-mail to groups of staff and students who maybe interested in the service. There are postersand promotional materials displayedprominently in the libraries themselves over themonth. Further online material can be found athttp://www.dur.ac.uk/library/news/rif/index.htm

� New services are described in this termlylibrary newsletter. This is circulated to allmembers of academic staff and is available inthe libraries. A new section listing key newonline resources is being included from thisissue.

� Liaison Librarians regularly circulate to theirDepartments lists of new resources, such asnewly available electronic journal titles.

� The Library will be happy to run updateworkshops for Departments on onlineinformation resources that are available, how toaccess these and the key new developments -please contact your Liaison Librarian if youwould be interested in this.

If you are aware of major e-journals or otheronline services which are not yet included inour web pages or catalogue, please get in touchwith your Liaison Librarian or with:

Ros Pan, Sub-Librarian Academic Servicestelephone: 3411, e-mail [email protected]

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ELECTRONIC RESOURCES -finding out what is available

The printed collections of the University Libraryare complemented by an ever-increasing range ofinformation resources in electronic format. Some ofthese are in CD-ROM format and most others areaccessed over the World Wide Web.

The range available includes primary andsecondary resources - abstracts and indexes, fulltext encyclopaedias and other texts, and electronicjournals.

Reading lists provided for students are graduallybeginning to integrate reference to web sites andonline material, alongside references to printedworks.

It can be difficult to keep up with what is available,and the Library is attempting to address this in anumber of ways.

The Library CatalogueThe Library adds entries into the cataloguedatabase for all significant electronic resources. Ifwe have a printed version of the title as well as

electronic access, you will find a note in the printrecord pointing you to the electronic version - usingthe Web catalogue interface you can link to thisdirectly.

We also add brief entries to the catalogue for keyresources which are only available electronically.

Library web page informationAs well as entries in OPAC, we provide analternative access point for online resources via ourweb pages, within which you can query ourDatabase of Electronic Resources. This is beingexpanded to include all key academic onlineresources to support teaching and research.

You can search this database by subject, type ofmaterial e.g. e-journals, or by known title.

Please go to:http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/allresources/allresourceshome.asp

Other online resources are listed in the subjectpages of our site which can be accessed at

http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/subject/index.htm

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RIDING PlusThe Riding Plus scheme allows free access and borrowingto researchers, including academic staff, postgraduateresearch students and other accredited researchers acrossall academic library and public library members of theRIDING Consortium. RIDING Plus access policy does notcover undergraduates and postgraduate taught-coursestudents.

Current University members of the scheme include:-Bradford, Newcastle, Durham, Northumbria,Huddersfield, Sheffield, Hull, Sheffield Hallam,Lincolnshire & Humberside, Sunderland, Leeds,Teeside, Leeds Metropolitan, York, Leeds Library andInformation Service.

Between academic institutions, these facilities will beavailable on the production of a RIDING Plus Access Card -available from your home institution. The RIDING PlusAccess Card provides entitlement to borrowing at allacademic libraries in the RIDING Consortium. Borrowingentitlements vary depending on each institution - full detailsare available on the Riding website;

www.riding.ac.uk/rap/policies.htmlsome types of material such as short loan items and someelectronic resources may be excluded.

If you wish to apply for a RIDING Plus Access Card, youmust be a registered user with the library of your homeinstitution and have completed an application form, alsoavailable from your home institution.

ELECTRONIC REFERENCE WORKSAND BOOKS

Encyclopedia of Life SciencesA database of 3,000 continually updated articles, newsitems, links to related sites, and a facility for personal-ised pages. All aspects of life sciences are covered in 14subject groupings.http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

New Grove Dictionary of Music and MusiciansThe online version of the second edition of the NewGrove, including illustrations, sound, and links to otherselected sites.http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

Encyclopedia of Astronomy and AstrophysicsA comprehensive reference work on astronomy andastrophysics, this is the electronic version of the fourvolume printed encyclopedia, offering additional searchfeatures and links to related sites.http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

Encyclopedia of Spectroscopy and Spectrometryhttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

Encyclopedia of Human NutritionOffering comprehensive coverage of all aspects ofhuman nutrition, including clinical applications this isthe electronic version of the printed encyclopedia, whichis in stock at Ref 613.2 ENC in the Main Library.http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

Encyclopedia of VirologyArticles in the Encyclopedia cover biological, molecular andmedical topics concerning viruses in animals, plants,bacteria and insects. This is the electronic version of the2nd edition of the printed encyclopedia, which is in stock atRef 578 ENC in the Main Library, G579.2 ENC in StocktonCampus Library.http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/encyclopaedia.asp

ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

Numerous individual titles have become available over theyear - please consult our searchable database at http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/e-journals/ejournalshome.aspSome notable additions are mentioned below:

JSTORThis covers 117 journals, mainly in the Arts and SocialSciences, from their inception until the 1990’shttp://www.dur.ac.uk/library/inf/ej_prov.htm

American Chemical Society e-journalscomprising 26 titleshttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/e-journals/ejournalshome.asp

New Scientisthttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/e-journals/ejournalshome.asp

Scientific Americanhttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/e-journals/ejournalshome.asp

Literature OnlineComprehensive full text service, including full text contentfrom 60 journalshttp://aesica.dur.ac.uk/delores/databases/databases.asp

Palace Green Library

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Into the Legal Web

Locating legal materials can pose achallenge, but ever-increasing quantities ofcases, legislation and legal journals arenow available on-line, making them bothmore accessible and easy to search.

The best starting point for Durham users is to go to theLaw Department’s home page and click on “Law on theWeb”. Here you will find an extensive list of links tofreely available legal websites. It has an alphabeticalcatalogue, if you know exactly what you are looking for,a functional catalogue, if you want a particular kind ofmaterial, and a thematic catalogue, if you want aparticular area of law. Particularly important for casesand legislation is BAILII, a compilation of links to freelyavailable material, provided by the British and Irish LegalInformation Institute.

For those who fancy a self-guided tour of the legalinternet the Internet for Lawyers site is recommended;there is a link from Law on the Web.

Nearly a hundred law journals are available on-line fromthe Library’s electronic journals page. For lawyers, themost invaluable of these is the online version of the AllEngland Law Reports, giving access to essential case-law twenty-four hours a day. You will need your Athenspassword to access this service; if you have forgotten it,please contact Phil Brabban at the Main Library.

The Law Department also has a subscription to the on-line legal database, Westlaw. This includes the full textof an extensive range of cases and legislation, for Britainand other countries, with links from each document torelated materials. There is also a file of on-line journalsand an on-line index to articles in British legal journalsfrom 1986. Westlaw can be reached from theDepartment’s home page. Using your Athens password,you can access it from any networked terminal, not justterminals on the Durham network. If you feel like it, youcan even access it during the vacation.

Lexis is a similar database, which is particularly usefulfor its extensive files of American law journals. Atpresent, Durham has a trial subscription. If you arelogged on to the Durham network, you can access Lexisfrom the Law Department’s intranet.

In the future, the potential of on-line legal resources willopen up many new ways of working for law students,although old-fashioned paper sources, with theirportability and convenience, will also be important for agood many years to come.

Stockton Campus Library

Reserve Collection

This term sees the inauguration of aReserve collection at Stockton CampusLibrary.

It will be run on similar lines to the Reservecollections in other sections of the Library,with books and authorised photocopiedarticles being available for short-term loans.

Items placed in the Collection are those in heavydemand. They are borrowable for up to 4 hours throughthe day, or overnight from 15:45, due back by 10 a.m. thefollowing day. Weekend loans are from 15:45 on Fridays,due back by 10 a.m. the following Monday.

You can make advance bookings on items in the ReserveCollection. There is a self-service booking facility via theLibrary OPAC, or if you have difficulty, Library staff canbook items on your behalf.

To accommodate the new collection, some alterationshave been made at the end of the library counter. Withinthe collection there is an OPAC terminal and aphotocopier, and items are issued at the counter as youare leaving the collection. Please return Reserve items tothe counter, and don’t forget that heavy fines are leviedfor late return of Reserve items.

Lecturers who wish to have heavy-demand items placedin the Reserve Collection are asked to contact librarystaff, giving plenty of notice for the request to befulfilled.

Contact DetailsThe University Library is always pleased toreceive feedback and suggestions about theservices we offer our users. If you have anycomments or issues that you would like todraw to our attention, please address them toeither;

[email protected]@[email protected]@durham.ac.uk

General enquiries about Library services canbe sent to;

[email protected] comments and suggestions about thecontent of this Newsletter are, of course,welcome and can be sent to;

[email protected]

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Library Web PagesThe Library website has been redesigned overthe summer vacation. If you have bookmarkspointing to our site, you may need to changethem accordingly. The Library web pagescontain regularly updated information about theservices we offer. They also have many linksto sources of electronic information available tomembers of Durham University Library. Thepages can be found by pointing your internetbrowser at:

www.dur.ac.uk/library/

University Library AFC

The Library football team as it is today owes its status toa large slice of fortune. An eleventh hour collaborationbetween teammates Warwick Knowles and BenTaylorson and the Durham University Interdepartmental5-a-side League secretary, Lenny Lauchlan, sawUniversity Library AFC accepted to the league at the lastminute.

Team captain Warwick Knowles and Manager BenTaylorson led the team through several weeks ofintensive pre-season training and, as the season began,the team were eager to prove their worth. Libraryneedn’t have worried about embarrassing themselves asthey immediately justified their late inclusion in theLeague with a 7-0 victory in their first match, andproceeded to take the league by storm, destroying teamswith similar high-scoring wins. There were some veryclosely fought matches also, but ULAFC were proud tolose only one League game all season, in the processbeating the previous season’s league championsPhysical SECS 2-1, and championship challengers 3f byan impressive 5-0 score-line.

Library took joint league honors in their first season,which was far above the expectations of the players.What was the secret of their success? Apparantly;expert management, a strict diet, regular training and alittle natural talent. Hopefully ULAFC shocked a fewpeople and earned some respect. Can we do as well nextseason? Who cares, for the moment ‘we are thechampions, my friends…’

To relive the drama that was ULAFC 2000 – 2001 visit:www.dur.ac.uk/benjamin.taylorson/

(L-R from back; Adam Jacobs, Paul Blyth, Ken Boughey, Phil Brabban,Ben Taylorson, Warwick Knowles, Mamtimyn Sunuodula.

Missing; Matty Jackson, Hassan Al-Barari)

Opening Hours

Details of the opening hours for all sections ofthe University Library can be found on theLibrary’s web pages at;

www.dur.ac.uk/library/use/openmenu.htm

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