How do we measure up?

Leeds University Library is committed to providing the best information resources and services to the University community. We need to know what you think of those resources and services to help us plan developments and improvements. Only you can tell us the areas we need to improve to help you in your studies or research.On 11th February the 2008 Library Survey goes live and will be available from the Library webpages: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/ until March 16th. Please complete it and help us develop the best services for you.For further information email libqual@leeds.ac.uk

Podcast Tours

Podcast tours of the Brotherton Library are a great way to help you find your way around the library. The tours were developed by Acoustiguides.The tours will give you a lively introduction to the Library layout and services - download them to your MP3 player so you can listen to them whenever you need to!Learn how to get the best out of the Library and locate all the important facilities and collections.
If you don't have an MP3 player, the guides are also available on AcoustiGuide handsets from the Brotherton Reception.
Individual clips are up to 3 minutes long, the whole tours are less than 20 minutes.

Leeds Read - Voting time

The nominations are in, and the shortlist has been selected. Voting will close on March 5th. The winner will be announced on World Book Day - March 6th.
Everyone who nominated or votes (and supplies us with an email address) will be entered into a draw to win some book-realated goodies!

To vote simply go to the the Leeds Read website at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/leedsread/vote.htm

White Rose Repository

The White Rose Repository have just launched a short online questionnaire for research staff about White Rose Research Online. They are interested in where researchers deposit information about their publications (within the University but also outside the University). The questionnaire also polls awareness of open access and attitudes towards it. They will be using the responses from the questionnaire to help improve the service they offer.

You can complete the survey online at http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/survey/
There is a prize draw to win an iPod shuffle or £50 gift voucher!

Leeds Read

If you haven't yet voted for your favourite children's book then hurry, you only have until Friday 22nd January.

Voting from the shortlist will start on Monday 25th and end on Wednesday 5th March. Everyone who votes will be entered into a prize draw - if you leave your contact details. A very famous author will announce the winner at our World Book Day event on the 6th March.

For more details about the Leeds Read please visit the webstite at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/leedsread/index.htm

Leeds University Art Gallery

The opening of the Art Gallery is now scheduled for 5 March and will comprise a large exhibition all from our own collections to begin with. The New Exhibitions Officer Layla Bloom started work on 4 February.

Web of Science changes

The Web of Science interface has now changed.
After typing in your ISS username and password, you will be taken to the Web of Knowledge homepage. Click on the yellow Select a Database tab at the top of the page. You then need to select Web of Science from the list of database products.



At the bottom of the screen, you have the option to Change Limits and Settings. Click this link and the following options will appear:

Tick the check boxes to search across each of the databases. By default it searches across all three.

For more information about Web of Science there are online tutorials and workbooks available at : http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/databases/indexguides/wos.htm or you can book online onto a Web of Science library training session http://www.skillscentre.leeds.ac.uk/workshops.php

Training sessions for Arts PhD Students

Find out how to do a comprehensive literature search, keep up to date in your field and manage the information you find without getting swamped. These sessions are designed specifically for arts and humanities research students. The first session will show you how to ensure your searching is comprehensive and kept up to date. The second will show you how to manage the information you find using Endnote.

• Searching the Literature, Thursday 14th February, 12-2pm, Edward Boyle Library, Level 10 training room.

• Using Endnote to Manage the Information you Find, Thursday 28th February, 12-2pm, Edward Boyle Libary, Level 10 training room.

To book a place on these sessions, please contact the Arts Team in the Brotherton Library at: arts@library.leeds.ac.uk

Welcome

The Brotherton Library is pleased to welcome the new site manager Beth Hardy. Beth has a degree in Physics and Astrophysics, a PGCE from Leicester University and an MA in Library and Information Management from Manchester Metropolitan University. Before coming to the University of Leeds, Beth worked at Blackpool and Fylde College as a Learning Resource Manager where she did everything from book selection to cataloguing. We wish her all the very best in her new post!

Leeds Read

Author Philip Pullman, best known for his award-winning trilogy His Dark Materials - the first book of which, Northern Lights, was made into the hit film The Golden Compass - will be the star attraction of this year’s Leeds Read event.
All staff are encouraged to get involved by nominating their favourite children’s book on the Leeds Read 2008 website, at http://www.leedsread.co.uk/. Nominations close on 22 February and voting begins on 25 February.
Depending on your age, it might be Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, or perhaps Northern Lights by Philip Pullman – but what's your favourite?
Leeds Read culminates on World Book Day, 6 March, when Pullman gives a lecture called ‘Poco a poco’ looking at the elementary units of a story that make up the narrative. Pullman will also announce the University of Leeds’ favourite children’s book and the winners of the prize draws.
Another highlight of this year’s Leeds Reads programme will be ‘The Big Book Debate’ on Tuesday, 26 February - come along to hear members of the Leeds University Union Debating Society put arguments for and against the motion that: ‘The national curriculum should only include British authors to foster a sense of national identity’. The debate will be held in the Centenary Gallery off Parkinson Court, starting at 6pm with pancake refreshments included.

Leeds poetry 1950-1980

The Leeds Poetry 1950-1980 website is now available online following the completion of a joint AHRC-funded project by Special Collections and the School of English. A series of web pages gives detailed information on poets and poetry at the University between 1950 and 1980, including the Gregory Fellowships, poetry publishing, literary maps and biographical sketches. The site also provides access to a multi-level catalogue, enabling the cross-searching of archives held in Special Collections relating to poets connected with the University.

Available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/leedspoetry/

New Resources

Public Information Online http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b2894036

This new database provides access to all parliamentary papers from the 2006/07 session onwards. It contains PDFs of all House of Commons Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, House of Lords Bills and House of Lords Papers. Updated daily, papers are available on the day of publication, significantly quicker than the paper copies reaching the Library. All content is fully searchable, and it is possible to browse numerically, alphabetically or by author. Public Information Online is available via the Library Catalogue, both on- and off-campus.

World Advertising Research Centre (WARC).

One of the largest sources of intelligence for marketing, advertising and media communities worldwide, providing access to over 45,000 papers, case studies, research reports, news items and statistical information.

How do we measure up?

Leeds University Library is committed to providing the best information resources and services to the University community. We need to know what you think of those resources and services to help us plan developments and improvements. Only you can tell us the areas we need to improve to help you in your studies or research.

On 11th February the 2008 Library Survey goes live and will be available from the Library webpages: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/ until March 16th.

Please complete it and help us develop the best services for you.

For further information email libqual@leeds.ac.uk

New Resources

New Full Text Resources

These are all available from the Library Catalogue at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/

Burney Collection, 17th and 18th Century Newspapers. The newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by the Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817), some 1,270 titles, all in full text and fully searchable.

19th Century British Library Newspapers. The full text of the full runs of 48 British papers, national and regional.

19th Century UK Periodicals Online. The full runs, in full text, of nearly 600 periodical titles sourced from the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and other specialist libraries.

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Now expanded, this covers papers in full text back to 1715, with some supplementary material from 1688 onwards.