welcome to ucd library service
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Welcome to UCD Library Service. Peter Hickey – Head of Library Academic Services, Science Technology and Medicine Aoife O’Brien - Acting Head of Reader Services. What we will cover. About UCD Library Your Key Library Services Supporting you as Teacher Supporting you as Researcher. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Leabharlann UCDAn Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath,Belfield, Baile Átha Cliath 4
UCD LibraryUniversity College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4.
Welcome to UCD Library Service
Peter Hickey – Head of Library Academic Services, Science Technology and Medicine
Aoife O’Brien - Acting Head of Reader Services
What we will cover
• About UCD Library
• Your Key Library Services
• Supporting you as Teacher
• Supporting you as Researcher
Library Staff
• Dr. John Brooks Howard
• University Librarian
• 140 Full-time equivalent staff
Location
• 5 Sites– Blackrock– Health Sciences– James Joyce– Richview– Veterinary
Location
• 5 Sites
– Blackrock– Health Sciences– James Joyce– Richview– Veterinary
Location
• 5 Sites– Blackrock
– Health Sciences– James Joyce– Richview– Veterinary
Location
• 5 Sites– Blackrock– Health Sciences
– James Joyce– Richview– Veterinary
Location
• 5 Sites– Blackrock– Health Sciences– James Joyce
– Richview– Veterinary
Location
• 5 Sites– Blackrock– Health Sciences– James Joyce– Richview
– Veterinary
Opening hours
Library card
• You need your UCD staff ID card to use the library
Library card
• For borrowing at the counter
Library card
• For the Express Service Machines
Holdings
• There are about 1.5 million books
Holdings
• 20,000+ journal titles
• Many of these are online
JJL – Staff reading room
JJL – Staff reading room
Your Desktop
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
www.ucd.ie/library
UCD Library Catalogue
UCD Library Catalogue
eResources
Electronic resources
Electronic resources
Electronic resources
Electronic resources
Electronic resources
Electronic resources
Inter Library Loans
Inter Library Loans
SCONUL access
ALCID
Web 2.0
• UCD Library are leaders in Web 2.0 in Ireland
Instant Messaging
Instant Messaging
Second Life
Supporting you as Teacher
1. Your Key contacts
2. Collections to support
your teaching
3. Helping your students
to become better users of information
Key Contacts: Your Liaison Librarian
Key Contacts: Your Liaison Librarian
Key Contacts: Webpage for UCD Staff
When designing your Programme or Module
• How will my students fulfil the course requirements?
• What resources will they need to consult?
• Where; print, electronic, web?
• Does the Library have the required materials?
• Can we get it?
• What is the timeline to ensure that resources are available to support the teaching?
• Other alternatives?
• Have I forwarded my resource list to Library?
Ordering resources for Library
School Information Resources Policies
Supporting student Learning
Using information effectively, a life long learning skill
“My students are just cutting and pasting”
“They rely on wikipedia too much”
“I expect them to be able to find and use academic content in their coursework”
Supporting Student Learning
561.5 hours of information skills delivery
Total attendances: 13,962
• Introduction to resources
• Effective Search Strategies
• How to evaluate information
• Avoiding plagiarism
• Citing correctly
How we do it
• Currently delivering 6 modules
• Presentations and workshop sessions
• Support of PBL in 5 schools
• WebPages
• Online tutorials
Information skills online
Information skills online
http://www.ucd.ie/library/staff_training/
Research Collections
Institutional repositories
Open access
Think of the Library
• Excellent resource and partner
• Consult early in planning processes
• Opportunities to co-operate