Library emerges!

After much repair, testing and inspection of the roof, the polythene sheets shrouding the library shelves have been "furled" but not entirely removed. Users are invited to rediscover the books!

Vigilance would be appreciated, just in case...

New "Universal Catalogue"

Users of Newton, the catalogue of the University's libraries, will note that the option to search the Universal Catalogue has disappeared from the screen.

To search all libraries, you should now use http://search.lib.cam.ac.uk/

This is LibrarySearch (see the blue box on the Newton home page), which not only covers the stock of all libraries, but also allows you to include periodical articles in the same search.

All Cambridge Undergrads may borrow from UL

With effect from 1st October, Cambridge undergraduates of all years may borrow 5 items, on a loan period of 2 weeks, from the University Library (UL):

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/usingthelibrary/borrowing.html

New undergraduates should find that their University ID cards are automatically registered at the UL.

Library staffed hours 20-24 Sep

For the week of 20-24 Sep 2010, the library will be staffed from 1pm to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

Get to know University of Cambridge Libraries

A new site, Cambridge Libraries Gateway, is available here : www.lib.cam.ac.uk/libraries/

It is well worth inspecting in detail. It brings together many things you need to know about the libraries of the University of Cambridge and their services, and is likely to save you time and effort.

University Library closed for Inspection

This is a reminder that the UL is closed during the week beginning 13th September. For more details see here.

Multiple copies of key texts

Additional copies have been purchased of books likely to be in high demand, for example Hammond, and Porter & Easterling.

Off campus access bookmarklet

If you experience difficulties with off-campus access to journal articles, especially if you often arrive at useful articles by independent searching, you might like to try the UL's bookmarklet. It allows you to re-load any web page through the correct proxy server, and may use a Raven login page to take you to the article full text. More details can be found here.

Thin film processes II

Lending and reference copies of Thin film processes II are now available. It's not a new book, but it's new to this library, and relevant to course III-M2.

New RSC Search Platform

The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a new site, RSC Publishing, which offers one-stop searching of all their journal article and book chapter content. Further details of the new features available can be found here.

Ferroelectrics

The Library has acquired limited and incomplete paper holdings (selected issues between 1990 and 2007) of the journal Ferroelectrics. For full details, see the catalogue record here.

Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings

The library's print-only subscription to CESP covers the years 1982 - 1991, in closed access, and 1992 - present on the open shelves. Historically it has been catalogued in various ways, and it may not always be clear from Newton, whether we have a volume. If you need a paper from the series, please ask.

New Wiley interface

The Wiley Online Library is expected to go live on 24th July, replacing the Wiley Interscience platform.
Follow this link for a preview: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/info

DSpace Repository - reminder

Many full-text theses and other documents are available via DSpace, the institutional repository of the University of Cambridge. This department has a substantial section, or community, in the respository.

Older stock

Please note that the stock of the MSM Library includes numerous older items (e.g. 1960 and earlier) which have never been catalogued on Newton. If such material might be useful to you, do ask the librarian for further details.

CSL and UL stock check closure Sep 2010

This is advance warning that the Central Science Library will be closed 6th - 10th Sep 2010 for inspection (i.e. stock check) and the University Library will be closed for the same reason in the following week, 13th - 18th Sep.

Cambridge Libraries via your mobile

If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or Android, you might like to consider using it as an access point for University of Cambridge libraries, via CamLib.
Full details are available here.

Newton Catalogue

After some problems early this morning, the Newton catalogue is live again. Remember to check that you are using the correct database in Newton, for the library or libraries you wish to search.

Computer systems restored / updated

The staff software for our library systems is working normally again, with the exception of the Newton public catalogue, which is still in backup mode. Do contact me if you need help finding stuff.
The help screens on the self-issue machine outside the office have been updated to be more helpful.

Computing Service courses

The University's Computing Service runs numerous courses, on topics from Office applications to reference management software. See their Training Programme for further details.

Springer Materials - reminder

Don't forget that the initial trial access for Springer Materials expires on 12th July. If you've not yet tried this resource, please do so. Feedback would be welcome.

MSM Library / Moore Library

Plans moved on somewhat this morning for the future transfer of some of our stock to the Betty and Gordon Moore Library, before our move to more restricted space in the new West Cambridge building.

Holds and recalls

During the vacation, holds and recalls via the Newton catalogue are turned off for this library, to avoid recalling books borrowed by undergraduates. If you need a book which is currently on loan, please contact the library by e-mail.

Service Disruption w/b 28th June

The issue system will be down for most if not all of the week beginning 28th June. Books will still be borrowable 9am-1pm and 1:30pm-5pm.
Library catalogues should operate, but will not display the current status of each book.