Touch me, I’m upgraded! New self-service screens in the Library
If you visit any of our libraries over the next few days, you’ll be able to check out the new, all-improved self-service touchscreen machines. We’ve tried to greatly simplify the steps involved in...
View ArticleBoutique technique clique: critique
I was in Cambridge last week, for a symposium on ‘Personalised library services in HE‘, the brainchild of Andy Priestner and Libby Tilley, both of Cambridge University. They were the authors of a CILIP...
View ArticleNew Holbeach library desk times
The staffed, library desk service times at the Holbeach Campus Library have altered slightly. The new times are listed on the University Portal. Outside of these staffed desk service hours, self...
View ArticleFun things to do with JournalTOCs
I’ve been meaning to write this up for a while. I think JournalTOCs is excellent, and it’s nice to see they’ve used their recent redesign/relaunch to make the site much more usable. JournalTOCs is one...
View ArticleLibrary opening hours in August
August‘s library opening hours are now on the Portal. The campus libraries (Riseholme, Hull, Holbeach, CVH) are all CLOSED at weekends in August, and also closed on August Bank Holiday Monday (the...
View ArticleI’ve got to get to a library… fast!
Here’s a lovely little hack for displaying the contact details of our 5 libraries, neatly in a web page: http://librarypages.online.lincoln.ac.uk/contact.html It uses Alex Bilbie‘s implementation of a...
View ArticleI Am Collecting A Collection
As part of the setup process for our forthcoming EBSCO Discovery Service (“Find it at Lincoln”), we’ve been rationalising the location and collection codes which display on our library catalogue (HiP)....
View ArticleFirst six reading lists published and available on Blackboard – 1213
The first few reading lists to be created on the University’s new online system (Talis Aspire) are now published and available. In the Lincoln School of Computer Science: 3D Modelling (CMP2003M)...
View ArticleChanges to the University structure on the Lincoln Repository
The following changes have been made to the browsable University structure in the Lincoln Repository (eprints.lincoln.ac.uk): The former Faculty of Agriculture, Food & Animal Sciences has been...
View ArticleUpdating our locations and collections for the new academic year
It’s been a while since we last updated our LMS/catalogue location and collection codes, which are harvested and used as search limiters/facets by our discovery service, Find it at Lincoln. We’ve made...
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