Library Opening Hours

Dear staff and students,

From now until Sunday 30th November the Library opens at 8am each weekday and closes at 2am the following day in the early morning.

Please bring your uniCARD with you each time you visit the Library.  As of Monday 20 October, if your card does not work on the entry gates in the Library, then you will need to go to the IT Help desk on the ground floor of the Main Building to get your card checked, before you can come in.

The opening hours are as follows:

Monday - Friday	08:00 - 02:00 (in the early morning)
Saturday	10:00 - 18:00
Sunday	11:00 - 02:00 (in the early morning)

  

On Monday 1st December the Library will change to 24/6 opening hours.

We hope that you can make good use of the Library during this period and we thank you for helping to maintain a good environment for study: 

• If you need a quiet place to study, please remember that the third floor is for single silent study at all times.   If you have any problems with noisy neighbours in the Library you can text for assistance (please see signage in the Library)
• Mobile phones can be used on Ground Floor and the stairwells only
• No food on upper floors and drinks with resealable lids only please
• If you need help please ask staff at the Help desk on the Ground floor or email library@aston.ac.uk 

For safety and security reasons, please be aware that it is a University requirement for all staff and students to visibly display their uniCARDS within campus buildings (including the Library) during 'out of hours' periods. Lanyards (and clips) for ID badges are available at Security, the HUB and the ARC.  The 'out of hours' periods during term time are between the hours of:

• 8pm - 8am Monday - Friday
• 6pm - 8am Friday - Monday

If you have any questions or comments, please let us know.

Best regards

Lydia Matheson
Public Services Co-ordinator (Customer Experience)
Library Services

Collaborating using EndNote X7.2

The most recent upgrade for EndNote to version X7.2 includes a number of features designed to facilitate collaboration:

• Invite up to 14 other EndNote X7.2 users to access your EndNote library, no matter where they are.
• Share your entire EndNote library, including references, PDFs and annotations.
• View and edit a shared library simultaneously with other team members.
• Free unlimited online storage.

Version X7.2 is a free upgrade to all X7 users - click here to learn more about installing X7.2.  If you do not yet have version X7 on your University PC/laptop, but would like to take advantage of these new features, contact IT Services to have the latest version installed.

Any students or staff running older versions who want to use the latest release at home can log in with their academic ID to buy an EndNote X7.2 Personal Licence here.

Don't forget, your Information Specialist can provide ongoing support for EndNote to all staff, research students and undergraduates.

What do you think of the Library?

If you are an international student and new to the UK, we'd like to hear about what you think about our Library services.

When:  Wednesday 22 October 09:00 -10:00
Where: Library
Booking: email library@aston.ac.uk

Book Rescue - Sale!

Buy books in the Library foyer for just £3.
Maximum 5 books per person.
Tuesday 14 October from 12:00 - 14:00

Library Public Services Team

Missed your Like Your Library Live session?

Calling all new students. Did you miss your Like Your Library Live session last week? If so, we can help! You can attend another session this week at a time to suit you. You can see the timetable here All you need to do is go along to the Workshop on the 2nd Floor of the Library. All sessions begin on the hour and are running throughout this week. There are lots of prizes to be won and you will get a goody bag for attending. Come along to find out how the Library works and meet your friendly team of Library staff.

Nature Communications is becoming a fully Open Access journal

Nature Communications is becoming a fully open access journal. From 20th October 2014 all papers submitted to Nature Communications must be published open access, through payment of an article processing charge (APC), in the case of eventual publication. For further details please see the full announcement, FAQs about the transition, and the journal's open access information.

Nature Communications is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality research from all areas of the natural sciences and has an Impact Factor of 10.742 according to the 2013 Journal Citation Reports® Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2014). Papers published by the journal represent important advances of significance to specialists within each field.

The open access articles will increase in number from early next year, with 2015 seeing the transition from subscription to full open access availability.

For more information about applying for an APC from a central budget in relation to Nature Communications, or another journal, please contact Malcolm Horne, Open Access and Research Repository Specialist, Library Services - m.horne@aston.ac.uk, x4506. 

New students - Like Your Library Live

Remember to check your timetable for your Like your Library Live session.  The Library has welcomed over 1,000 new students already and we are looking forward to meeting you all.

Come and visit the Library Building and meet the friendly staff from the Library and the Learning Development Centre. 

Learn all about the online library
Find out how to use our self service facilities
Practice using the printers and photocopiers


Best of all there are lots of chances to win great prizes including an iPad, BullRing gift vouchers, Waterstones gift vouchers and more.  Fill out our short evaluation form and don't leave without collecting your Like Your Library Live goody bag.

Come and visit us soon
Library Services