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Archive for January, 2010

OPACPress: building a social, semantic, devolved, distributed union catalogue

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Joss has beaten me to blogging this, so rather than think for myself I’m just going to quote him in full. Yesterday, I submitted a proposal to Talis under their Incubator fund. If successful, I would have the pleasure of working with Paul Stainthorp, E-Resources Librarian at the University of Lincoln, and Casey Bisson,  Information [...]

1 to 1 learning development at Brayford

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The 1 to 1 Learning Development sessions are now being held in the meeting room on the ground floor of the Library on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11-12. The 15 minute sessions are drop-in only and they’re aimed at undergraduates. We’re advertising the service on its own Portal page (under Library Services); we’ve put copies of the [...]

Written by Judith Elkin

January 22nd, 2010 at 1:55 pm

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Admin Office Weds 27 January

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There will be no Admin Office cover on Wednesday 27 January due to annual leave.  If you wish to contact the admin team, a voicemail message can be left on Sally’s number (01522) 886427. You can also email libraryadmin@lincoln.ac.uk and we’ll respond as soon as we can.  Thanks.

Written by Di Walker

January 21st, 2010 at 5:55 pm

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Wireless printing demonstration

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Check out how to wireless print at our demo for staff  on Friday 5th February @ 9am in GCW UL101.   Tim Ingham from ICT Services will give a short presentation on what to do and how to do it.  All welcome.

Written by Di Walker

January 14th, 2010 at 3:39 pm

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Digimap Service Alterations

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On 26 January, the Digimap Classic mapping facility in the OS Collection available via the University Portal in the Library & Learning Resources e-library will be removed and will no longer be available for use. Digimap Roam (released in October 2009) replaces Classic as the standard mapping facility in Digimap OS Collection.  Key features of [...]

Written by cleach

January 7th, 2010 at 12:57 pm

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Welcome to new library assistants

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We welcome two new members of the Reader Services evening team.  Imran Mohammad is working on four nights a week and started before Christmas.  Imran has worked with us for a while as security and agency staff.  Rachel Farrow (ex-PAL) will work on Monday and Tuesday nights, starting today.

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January 5th, 2010 at 2:17 pm

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