Library Opening Hours

This weekend Saturday 29 August and Sunday 30 August the Library will be open from 12:00 - 17:00.  Please make sure you bring your uniCARD to gain access.



The Library will be closed on Monday 31st August and Tuesday 1st September due to a Bank Holiday and a University holiday.

Have a good weekend!
Library Services
Public Services Team

Do you need access to SPSS?

Aston University has signed an agreement where SPSS can be used  for academic and / or teaching purposes.  University students can install it on their personal devices for the purposes of studying. University staff can also install it on personal devices for studying or to help develop or deliver academic or teaching activities.

To apply for the software and install it on your personal device please go to

http://www.aston.ac.uk/ict/staffguide/forms/req-software-spss/

If there are any queries, concerns or comments regarding SPSS please contact

IT Services Help desk
Main Building G6

Email  it_helpdesk@aston.ac.uk

Telephone 0121 204 3445

Image Credit: Spss from VECTOR.ME

Reading List Drop-ins for LSS Staff

Katie Mann, Information Specialist for LSS, is currently running a drop-in service for academic staff who would like help or guidance using the electronic reading list system.

You can find her in the Cadbury Room from 10-1 on the following dates:

Friday 14th August
Monday 17th August
Thursday 27th August

No question is too big or too small, please swing by!

Royal Society of Chemistry - Open Access update

• The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) have just publicized on their blog that the leading journal Chemical Science is now Gold Open Access, which means readers can access it free of charge. The RSC has also waived the author Open Access publishing fees for two years, making it even easier for researchers' work to reach the world.
• The other journal titles in the RSC's portfolio, pubs.rsc.org/en/journals, are fully Gold, meaning all articles have a fee paid to be made Open Access, or are 'hybrid' subscription journals, where individual articles can be made Gold Open Access.  
• We still have Gold vouchers left which operate in lieu of paying an 'article processing charge' (APC) fee, so please ask us at openaccess@aston.ac.uk if you're submitting an article for publication, or have had one just accepted, and are interested in going Gold; more details of the scheme are here: "Gold for Gold".

Do you need access to SPSS?

Aston University has signed an agreement where SPSS can be used  for academic and / or teaching purposes.  University students can install it on their personal devices for the purposes of studying. University staff can also install it on personal devices for studying or to help develop or deliver academic or teaching activities. 

To apply for the software and install it on your personal device please go to

http://www.aston.ac.uk/ict/staffguide/forms/req-software-spss/

If there are any queries, concerns or comments regarding SPSS please contact

IT Services Help desk
Main Building G6

Email  it_helpdesk@aston.ac.uk

Telephone 0121 204 3445

Image Credit: Spss from VECTOR.ME