Final Year Students
From Friday 15th May all Standard loan items will be issued until 5th June (end of term). If you are a final year student, please ensure that all items are returned and all outstanding fines have been paid by this date.
Returning Students and Associate Members
You will continue to have a rolling loan period throughout the summer vacation of:21 days for standard items7 days for one-week items.
Please be aware that the usual Library regulations apply to all items borrowed over the summer vacation.
Items may be renewed no more than 9 times in total. Ask at the Service Desk if you are unsure how many renewals your items have already had.
Reservations may still be placed on borrowed items throughout the summer vacation. It is the borrower's responsibility to ensure safe return of items that can no longer be renewed, or have been reserved by another customer
Monday, 18 May 2009
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Thank you for participating in the worlds largest survey on e-books
The library recently promoted a survey on e-books that many of you took part in. This survey was run at universities across the UK and over 23,000 staff and students participated. This was the second survey run as part of the JISC national e-books observatory project, the first was in January 2008. The surveys were exploring current awareness, perceptions and attitudes towards e-books and looking to see if these changed between 2008 and 2009.
Together, these surveys received over 48,000 responses - the world’s biggest e-book survey ever undertaken! We would like to thank you for participating in the surveys. A lucky student, Mahesh Kumar studying an Msc in Democracy, Politics & Governance at Royal Holloway University of London won the £200 Amazon voucher prize.
Some headline findings from the surveys:
Use of e-books for study increased for students from 61.4% in 2008 to 64.4% in 2009 but the highest increase was use by staff, which increased from 58.9% to 64.9%. Surprisingly, over 63% of respondents said that they read the content of e-books from a screen with only around 6% printing pages out, however, the average time spent reading was only between 11 and 20 minutes. Over 54% of respondents said that they dip in and out of e-book chapters with only around 8% reading a whole chapter. Encouragingly, the percentage of teaching staff recommending e-books to students and placing direct links to them via the virtual learning environment or online reading lists increased between 2008 and 2009. There was no discernable difference between the use of e-books by age groups, although it does appear that men prefer e-books to women. Most staff and students get access to their e-books via the university library and dependency on this access had increased by 2009. Satisfaction with the availability of print textbooks through the library increased from 2008 to 2009 and this may be due to the availability of more e-books taking the pressure of the print copies. The results of the surveys will be used to develop the e-books market to help make sure that staff and students can get access to the books they need either in print or electronic format.
To find e-books available from the Library please search the Library Catalogue.
For further information on the JISC national e-books observatory project please see www.jiscebooksproject.org
Together, these surveys received over 48,000 responses - the world’s biggest e-book survey ever undertaken! We would like to thank you for participating in the surveys. A lucky student, Mahesh Kumar studying an Msc in Democracy, Politics & Governance at Royal Holloway University of London won the £200 Amazon voucher prize.
Some headline findings from the surveys:
Use of e-books for study increased for students from 61.4% in 2008 to 64.4% in 2009 but the highest increase was use by staff, which increased from 58.9% to 64.9%. Surprisingly, over 63% of respondents said that they read the content of e-books from a screen with only around 6% printing pages out, however, the average time spent reading was only between 11 and 20 minutes. Over 54% of respondents said that they dip in and out of e-book chapters with only around 8% reading a whole chapter. Encouragingly, the percentage of teaching staff recommending e-books to students and placing direct links to them via the virtual learning environment or online reading lists increased between 2008 and 2009. There was no discernable difference between the use of e-books by age groups, although it does appear that men prefer e-books to women. Most staff and students get access to their e-books via the university library and dependency on this access had increased by 2009. Satisfaction with the availability of print textbooks through the library increased from 2008 to 2009 and this may be due to the availability of more e-books taking the pressure of the print copies. The results of the surveys will be used to develop the e-books market to help make sure that staff and students can get access to the books they need either in print or electronic format.
To find e-books available from the Library please search the Library Catalogue.
For further information on the JISC national e-books observatory project please see www.jiscebooksproject.org
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Library open across Easter weekend!
The Lanchester Library is pleased to be able to open over the Easter weekend as follows;
Good Friday: 11am to 7pm
Easter Saturday: 1pm to 5pm
Easter Sunday: CLOSED
Easter Monday: 11am to 7pm
Please note that although the Library will be open, the Service Desk and ITS Helpdesk will be closed. Items may still be issued and returned via the self-service machines on the Ground floor and fines up to £20 may be made using coins at the fines payment machine.
Good Friday: 11am to 7pm
Easter Saturday: 1pm to 5pm
Easter Sunday: CLOSED
Easter Monday: 11am to 7pm
Please note that although the Library will be open, the Service Desk and ITS Helpdesk will be closed. Items may still be issued and returned via the self-service machines on the Ground floor and fines up to £20 may be made using coins at the fines payment machine.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Library 24 hour opening
The Library is pleased to be able to open 24 hours once again this year.
In response to student feedback, 24 hour opening will be split into two periods: two weeks at the end of the Spring term and six weeks at the start of the Summer term.
First period:
Monday 9 March to Friday 19 March.
Second period:
Tuesday 14 April to Friday 22 May.
During these weeks the Library will open at 08:30 on Monday and will close at midnight on Friday. For full details of our opening hours, the services you can expect, and our extended Easter opening, please see our opening hours web page.
Important points to note with regard to our services between midnight and 08:30 are as follows:
Normal Library regulations will apply during this period and will be enforced by security staff.
Entrance to the Arcade and the Library will be strictly by student card ONLY.
Food and drink may be consumed in the Learning Lounge ONLY and will not be permitted in any other area.
Please ensure all litter is cleared away and placed in the bins provided.
Please respect noise zones and only use mobile phones in the stairwells.
These regulations are for your comfort and for the comfort of your fellow students.
PLEASE NOTE: For environmental reasons the building needs to be fully vented for a two hour period between 03:00 and 05:00 each night. During these times all vents in the building will open and the temperature will fall noticeably. This process is essential in removing stale air from the building and replenishing with fresh.
In response to student feedback, 24 hour opening will be split into two periods: two weeks at the end of the Spring term and six weeks at the start of the Summer term.
First period:
Monday 9 March to Friday 19 March.
Second period:
Tuesday 14 April to Friday 22 May.
During these weeks the Library will open at 08:30 on Monday and will close at midnight on Friday. For full details of our opening hours, the services you can expect, and our extended Easter opening, please see our opening hours web page.
Important points to note with regard to our services between midnight and 08:30 are as follows:
Normal Library regulations will apply during this period and will be enforced by security staff.
Entrance to the Arcade and the Library will be strictly by student card ONLY.
Food and drink may be consumed in the Learning Lounge ONLY and will not be permitted in any other area.
Please ensure all litter is cleared away and placed in the bins provided.
Please respect noise zones and only use mobile phones in the stairwells.
These regulations are for your comfort and for the comfort of your fellow students.
PLEASE NOTE: For environmental reasons the building needs to be fully vented for a two hour period between 03:00 and 05:00 each night. During these times all vents in the building will open and the temperature will fall noticeably. This process is essential in removing stale air from the building and replenishing with fresh.
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Library Publicity Survey - your feedback welcome!
We would like to hear what you think about how we publicise the Library. It will help us to improve our service to you.
Please can you spare two minutes to answer this short survey. Your feedback is appreciated.
Thank you.
Go to Library Publicity Survey
Please can you spare two minutes to answer this short survey. Your feedback is appreciated.
Thank you.
Go to Library Publicity Survey
Friday, 9 January 2009
Access to the Library
Please could all Library customers note that a University staff or student card is required to enter the Library. If you forget your card you may be allowed to enter the building if you present additional identification but you will only be able to do this on a maximum of three occasions each academic year.
Please remember your card.
Please remember your card.
Borrow a Laptop – new Library Laptop Loan Service
From Monday 3rd November the Lanchester Library is pleased to offer a Laptop Loan Service. Laptops are loanable to current students for use within the library. Find out more and download an application form from the Laptop Loan Service pages.
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