November 2012

Library opening hours

14th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

Hello,

I was really surprised and disappointed to find out that the 24 hour access at the biological sciences library will be stopped by the end of this week. I understand that the end of exams marks the end of the uni semester /year, but what about us all PhD students who don't really have semesters but work continuously for 3-4 years?? I really enjoy this space: it is safe, easily accessible, very pleasant to work in, well ventilated, and the 24/7 access makes it very suitable when we are in the writing up phase of the PhD, because inspiration and writing-flow is usually unpredictable: you need to catch it when it's here! It is difficult to start writing when you know that you will have to leave at a set time. Especially as early as 5pm. I was told that other libraries have 24hr access, but I'm yet to find out where and if it is as easy as the BSL.
Please consider maintaining these great flexible hours, even if only for 1-2 floors of the library.

Thank you very much,

Veronique

Access to Drug Testing and Analysis

12th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

Hi,
We currently have collaborators in Adelaide and recently they have been publishing in Drug Testing and Analysis - a journal which we aim to publish in as well. Are we able to get access to this journal?
Thanks
Jake

Book suggestion

12th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

Could you please consider purchasing:
Papaya The Medicine tree
Author: Harald W. Tietze
ISBN 1 876173 459
Thank you very much!

Recommending a book for the catalog's collection

8th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

I recently returned the following book acquired through ILL:

Henderson, Lizanne, and Edward J. Cowan
Scottish fairy belief.
East Linton, Scotland : Tuckwell Press, 2001
ISBN: 1862321906 9781862321908
OCLC Number: 48571284

I will be needing this book again, and I suspect others will find it useful as well. Rather than paying for inter-library loan each time, perhaps the library could acquire it.

Best
Michael

Research Fellow
CHED

logging out

7th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

it's very difficult to log out- there isn't a button to do so on each page- nightmare on a mobile phone- cheers

E-book availability of print titles

6th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

Hello,
I really love the increasing availability of ebooks, especially with regard to new acquisitions. I'd love to be able to enjoy the same level of access to ebooks of titles that the university has print editions of. For example, this title - https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=z4lLEBqTP2wC&ganpub=k3709... is available as an ebook, but it is also on loan for a while. I don't want to recall the book - it appears to have been borrowed very recently, and recalling books causes an inconvenience. I always feel like I'm being mean when I do so. I'd rather both myself and the person who has the book now enjoy it, and an ebook edition would do the trick. I know that not everyone likes or can use ebooks, but ebooks seem like a nice backup option for print editions. Does the library have any plans to purchase ebook licenses for titles that are available in print?

Biological Sciences Library

4th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

I was appalled at the state of the Biological Sciences Library this afternoon. Both the inside and outside areas were strewn with rubbish because the bins were overflowing. I understand that it is a Sunday, but the bins need to be emptied more regularly, especially during peak study times.

Recommended resource: Bowern 2012 A Grammar of Bardi

4th November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

I would like to recommend the library acquire the following monograph, available as an ebook from de Gruyter:

Bowern, Claire Louise. 2012. A Grammar of Bardi.

http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181100?format=G

Cheers
Cicely

English-Norwegian Dictionary

2nd November, 2012 ~ 1 comment

While gaining experience at the SS&H reference desk, as a Library Technician Diploma student, there was a request for an English-Norwegian dictionary to be used sitting an exam.

Other than the referecne collection item, only one other published 1955 was contained in the collection. Moreover, this item was Norwegian-English only.

I understand that students (should) not rely on such library materials in these circumstances, however, i believe a new purchase of a English-Norwegian / Norwegian-English is valid.

Why not buy Economic Geology

1st November, 2012 ~ 2 comments

Dear UQ library officer, I am studying economic geology, and I am grateful that UQ has bought two important articles in this filed: Ore Geology Review, Resources Geology and Mineralium Deposita. However, it is a pity that Economic geology, the most important journal in mineral deposits, is not bought. I think most journals in GSW (Geosicence World) have been in our library except Economic Geology.