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Transferring
Print Stock to Reserve
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The Reserve Collection is collection of books and off-prints identified
by teaching staff as being key to their taught courses (e.g. items
on reading
lists
or other books likely to be in heavy demand). Reserve items are
available on 3 hour loan (and overnight) from the ground floor
of the Main Library in George Square. Academic staff specify the
duration the item should choose to stay in Reserve and can
to select
key
texts
to be
temporarily placed in the Reserve collection, for example
where there is anticipated heavy demand by a large cohort of students.
Should you wish to place an items/s on Reserve, please use the
Reserve Transfer Form (PDF | Word),
and send to:
Please note, the Main Library have a policy of monitoring
the use of items in reserve, if the item has been borrowed less than
5 times in the academic year, it will be removed
from Reserve and revert
to
its
previous
loan type (i.e. standard or short loan). For those items remaining
in reserve at the end of the academic year, you will be given statistics
for usage and asked to notify the Library whether these items are
to remain on Reserve.
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Transferring
Print Stock where a taught course has moved location
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All Informatics bought stock should now be available in the Main
Library (see JCML Collections Move Summer
2007). Please ensure that
all your recommended reading is now available in the Main Library.
If relevant stock has not be transferred, it is likely that it was
bought by another School and you may wish to recommend purchase for
the Main Library. Further information on Book
Recomendations is
available.
If you wish to discuss this, please contact Angela
Nicholson.
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To ensure that any textbooks you wish your students to use are available
in the Library at the right time, and in sufficient
quantities, we need to receive at the earliest opportunity recommendations
for
purchase
(using the Book
Purchase Request Form). You may also choose to temporarily
place existing texts in the Reserve Collection.
If you are citing references on reading lists to journals/conference
proceedings, please be advised that we now have access to a large
collection of titles online. The ejournals
Portal is available to search/browse all online journals
the University has access to.
If you are citing references on reading lists to journals/conference
proceedings which the Library does not hold in print or subscribe
to online, you may wish to make a photocopy available in a Reserve
collection. Remember that it will require copyright permission and
will need considerable advance warning to have in place when required.
As an alternative, the article may be available via the author's
own web-page or via a pre-print server or institutional portal.
Please contact Angela Nicholson
with any queries.
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The Library is always happy to consider donations of books and
journals, although we reserve the right to decide whether or not
to retain such material for stock or to dispose of it according
to Library guidelines.
The Edinburgh University Library Collections
policy states:
"Donations relating
to current and continuing courses, the recording of the University’s
intellectual output and which enhance research areas are
welcome. Potential
donors
of gifts of books or other materials, are strongly encouraged
to provide a list of
materials including the name, dates, and general condition
of the material...Due to the high cost of storage and processing, duplicate
copies of items will not normally be accepted, except in the
following cases:
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Where
additional copies are required for teaching purposes. These
will normally be placed either in the Reserve or Short-Loan
categories, and will be relegated when no longer required.
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Where
duplicates are accepted as part of a named collection which
is to be retained in its entirety, in order to preserve the
research value of the collection.
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Where
duplicates are held for copy-specific information (e.g. annotations
and inscriptions)".
Therefore, for smaller donations, please send the relevant item details
to the Angela Nicholson.
As well as a list of bibliographic details, you should indicate why
you think it would be a useful addition to the University Collections
(i. relates to current and continuing courses, ii. records the University's
intellectual output, iii. enhances research areas, iv. other, please
specify). Potential donors of significant collections are invited to
contact the Director of Collections.
"If gifts are
accepted, the University becomes the owner of the
material and, as such, reserves the
right to determine its retention, location,
cataloguing treatment, and other
considerations related to its use, maintenance,
or removal. The legal implications of
access restrictions placed by potential donors
as a condition of the donation will be
considered when deciding on acquisition or
retention. Financial contributions to help
expedite processing as well as defray the costs
of maintaining the material given to
the Library are always welcome".
Therefore, please be aware that once donated,
the item/s are the property of the University. You can, however,
choose
to have your donation
recognised in the form of a book plate. If you wish the item to
have a book plate, please provide relevant personal details.
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Library
Training/Information Skills
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The Liaison Librarian for Informatics arranges and delivers a variety
of information skills sessions throughout Semester, providing guidance
on how the Library can help students and/or staff in their study or
research (see Presentations
and Handouts). This can be arranged for both small and large groups
(depending on room and equipment availability). If this is something
you would wish to arrange, please contact Angela Nicholson.
Drop-in sessions are also available for anyone with queries on Library
resources and services, from queries regarding resources for a new research
project to queries on a specific service e.g. how do I conduct a comprehensive
literature search?, how do I get access to the full-text, either on
or off-campus?, how can I keep track of new papers published? Again,
please contact Angela Nicholson.
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