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Introduction to Library, Special Collections and Museums
Janet MacKayInformation Adviser, Library, Special Collections and Museums
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Who are we?
Library: 1 library, 3 sites• The Sir Duncan Rice Library
• Arts, Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences• Taylor Library
• Law, European Documentation Centre• Medical Library
• Medicine, Medical & Health Sciences
Special Collections • Rare books, archives and manuscripts
Museums• King’s Museum• Zoology Museum
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Where are we?
The Sir Duncan Rice Library
Taylor Library
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When is the Library open?
www.abdn.ac.uk/library/get-started/opening-hours
Term time: 7 Sept – 18 Dec (SDRL 24/7 during exams)
Sir Duncan Rice Library Taylor Library
Monday 08:00 – 00:00 09:00 – 22:00
Tuesday 08:00 – 00:00 09:00 – 22:00
Wednesday 08:00 – 00:00 09:00 – 22:00
Thursday 08:00 – 00:00 09:00 – 22:00
Friday 08:00 – 22:00 09:00 – 22:00
Saturday 09:00 – 22:00 09:00 – 22:00
Sunday 11:00 – 00:00 13:00 – 22:00
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What is there?
The Sir Duncan Rice Library• Lower Ground Floor: Special Collections Centre
• Floor 1: Services
• Floor 2: Journals, microform
• Floor 3: History
• Floor 4: History of Art, Music scores, Literature
• Floor 5: Sciences, Business, Management
• Floor 6: Social Sciences, Education
• Floor 7: Psychology, Religion, Philosophy
Taylor Library (Law)• Level 1: Services, Heavy Demand
• Level 2: European Documentation Centre
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• Study environments• Individual seating graded quiet to silent• Co-labs for group work• Bookable project / group study rooms
• PCs and sockets for laptops
• Wireless throughout
• MFDs (Multi Function devices) for scanning, printing and photocopying
• Hardback Café
What facilities are there?
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How do you use the Library?
• Student card to access
• University computer username and password to access e-resources
• Student card and PIN to borrow• Speak with staff on subject floor or Information
Centre (Floor 1) to create your PIN
• Self-issue books using machines on the Floors
• Return books using Returns Room on Ground Floor
• Ask for help when you need it
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More than a building
As well as 1 million+ books and c.600 print journal subscriptions...
Virtual (electronic) library
• 500,000+ electronic books (ebooks)
• c.28,000 electronic journals (ejournals)
• Hundreds of databases
• Access on and off campus
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MyAberdeen link to Primo (library catalogue)
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Library webpages
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Primo: Books+ searches what we hold
Primo searches all of our catalogues (what we hold) and some of our databases (but not all)
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Refine results. View multiple versions
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Different formats, different editions
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Ebooks – many different suppliers
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Use PRIMO to link out to databases
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Select Category, then Sub-category
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Show Info: description and search hints
Click on the title to link out and search
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Support for your research
Information Consultants/Advisers for each school
• Claire Molloy for Education and Social Sciences
• Elaine Shallcross for Business and Law
• Janet MacKay for Language & Literature and Divinity, History & Philosophy
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Help at www.abdn.ac.uk/library
• Library webpages: Subject pages; 100+ guides
• Contact us: Facebook; Twitter; e-mail; phone
• Come and see us: Subject floor staff; Floor 1 staff at Information Centre
Information skills workshops• Within Researcher Development programme
Go to www.abdn.ac.uk/coursebooking
• Repeated in second half-session
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Library etiquette
• Think of others• socialise in the café • quiet areas & Silent Study Rooms
• Mobile phones on stairwells
• Put consulted books on trolleys when finished
• Return borrowed items via Returns system
• Copyright Law• print, copy or scan 1 chapter of a book
• Library Regulations available atwww.abdn.ac.uk/library/get-started/library-regulations/
Thank you for listening.