Update - Library Digitised Documents & Keele Overseas Students

Keele has recently agreed to fund participation in a new CLA (Copyright Licensing Agency) pilot scheme allowing delivery of Library-produced digitised documents to students based at an overseas campus.

This month the CLA launched a one-year pilot for the optional inclusion of overseas campus-based students (OCBS) under the terms of the current Higher Education Licence.

Any academic staff wishing to deliver digitisations to overseas students should notify the Digitisation Service staff at library.scanning@keele.ac.uk

Separate web links for overseas students will need to be prepared, as those links made for UK-based modules are not interchangable between 'home' and 'overseas' modules through Blackboard.

Please note the pilot is for academic year 2014-15 only - inclusion of OCBS beyond this date will be determined by the CLA/UUK and other stakeholders next year.

Pay your library fines using your Keele card

Under testing in the Campus Library is a new facility which enables you to pay library fines from your Keele card. Simply insert the card and it will list your current fines, which you can then pay from your Keele card. The new machine is installed on the middle floor opposite the self-service machines, and a similar one is planned to be be installed at the Health Library in a few weeks time.If you'd like to be shown how to use it, or have any problems, please ask at the Library Counter.

New version of Literature Online (LION)

The new, improved interface for Literature Online (LION) is now live. Many Literature Online users may already have taken a look, but if you've not yet tried the new interface you can do so here: http://literature.proquest.com 

It has a new look, and an improved search engine, but still features all of the existing content. 

Literature Online includes over 350,000 works of poetry, prose and drama from the 8th to the 21st Century with a huge library of critical and reference material, including thousands of literary articles, essays, biographies and encyclopaedia entries.

The 'old' version of Literature Online will be switched off soon. 

Dawson e-books - current lack of access

Unfortunately there is currently no access to our Dawsonera ebooks. The platform providers, Dawson, are having severe problems with their content and its delivery and they anticipate the full Dawsonera service to continue to be unavailable throughout the weekend.

They are working to restore access to the most frequently used titles in the first instance and then will progressively load additional titles based on accesses and year-to-date usage over the weekend. We'll try to keep you informed about progress as we hear from them.

Library gets Gold award for being green!

Green Impact is an initiative led by the National Union of Students to promote green practices and increase recycling in Universities.  The Library recently won the Gold Award in a competition that included 28 teams from across Keele University.

We know that green issues are important to students and the Library will continue to strive to minimise its environmental impact and to maximise recycling within the building.  One of the best ways that students can support this effort is to use the recycling bins correctly so that more rubbish can be directed away from landfill.

We look forward to engaging students even more next year to build upon the success of 2014.

Community Day - Archives Open

As part of the University's Community Day,  a selection of material from the Library's Special Collections and Archives will be on view between 1pm and 5pm on Sunday 1st June. Find us on the top floor of the Library.

Keele Hall, c. 1810, watercolour by the Reverend Lewis Sneyd of All Souls.

Summer Lighting Project – may restrict access to some resources

Summer Lighting Project – may restrict access to some resources

The introduction of 24 hour opening and its popularity with students mean that electricity consumption in the Campus Library has increased significantly during the last two years.  

We know that green issues are important to students so, in order to be more energy efficient, Estates will be upgrading the lighting in the Library between early June and mid-September. 

We are undertaking this project during the summer (starting Monday 2 June) in order to minimise disruption to our users but, inevitably, there will be times when certain areas of stock won't be publicly accessible.

We will operate a stock retrieval service for these areas but you may need to allow 24 hours for your request to be retrieved. We will put out information about which class-marks are affected at which times on the Library website and Facebook pages and via the Library blog. 

Thank you for your patience during this period. We think that the benefits in terms of improving our environmental sustainability are well worth it.