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I have worked at Glasgow University Library for a number of years now. Currently I work as college librarian within the colleges of MVLS and CoSE and I'm also interested in social media, online learning and VLEs.
I believe everyone should be able to know how, where and when they can locate, access and use information in their work, study and home lives.
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Open talk on Lord Kelvin – his achievements
Lord Kelvin – His Achievements Today is the subject of the talk arranged by The Friends of Glasgow University Library which is being held on Thursday 18th April 2013 in the Kelvin Building, level 4, at 7pm. The Kelvin Exhibition in the same… Read More ›
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RefMan and Endnote – price increase on 1st April 2013
From the 1st April 2013 the cost of personal licences for the full version of these products under the CHEST licence agreement for the University will rise from £55 to £60 excluding VAT for the cheapest, downloadable option. This is… Read More ›
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Web of Science improvement: finding publications from specific institutions
It has always been possible to search for organisation names within the address field on Web of Science but this can be very imprecise. If an author has listed their organisation as ‘Univ Glasgow’ or ‘Inst Med Sci’ then you will never find… Read More ›
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Free Talk about David Stow: his achievements and contributions to educational reform
The first Talk of 2013 arranged by The Friends of Glasgow University Library which is being held on Tuesday 19th February at 7pm in the Mackenna room on level 7 of the Library. Refreshments will be available following the talk…. Read More ›
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All you need to know when going home for Christmas
Worried about being away from campus and needing to revise for exams or read books and journal articles? Click on the image below to watch a video where James and Lizzie swap their knowledge about Library services. If you want… Read More ›
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Reading lists @ Glasgow – pilot service
Robbie Ireland is the newly appointed project officer for the development of an exciting, new piece of software to support your teaching that is being piloted this year at the university. The University of Glasgow recently joined another 45 institutions… Read More ›
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William Wallace – pretender and accidental hero?
The second Library talk of 2012/13 organised by The Friends of Glasgow University Library will be by Dr John Davies on the subject of WILLIAM WALLACE – PRETENDER and ACCIDENTAL HERO? It will take place on Thursday 22nd November at… Read More ›
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Changes to how you access some databases
We currently provide access to a number of databases via the OCLC FirstSearch platform. As OCLC will no longer be hosting them we’ve moved our subscriptions and access over to EBSCOhost. If you normally access our databases via the A-Z… Read More ›
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Oxford Medicine Online – new look and functionality
Oxford Medicine Online has a new look with increased functionality, you can read a guide to what’s new on the OxMed website. Within this resource we currently subscribe to: Oxford Handbook of Neurology Oxford Handbook of Cardiology Oxford Handbook of… Read More ›
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Trial access to e-books from Oxford Scholarships Online
The Library now has trial access to the Oxford Scholarship Online e-books resource, providing access to thousands of books in full text and we need your feedback – let us know what you think of it. Subjects covered are: Business &… Read More ›
