Our Christmas Wish Tree is back. Every year the Christmas Wish Tree lights up the library entrance with sparkly fairy lights and shiny baubles but our favourite items on the tree are your Christmas wishes. We kicked off our Christmas celebrations at the Student Annual Festive Fun Day where we made our gift tags and […]
Understanding and defending against social engineering threats
Welcome to the newest installment of our ongoing cyber security campaign. View the previous posts in the series: October 2023 – Introduction to Cyber Security November 2023 – Types of Cyber Security Threats This month we’re focusing on social engineering: what it is, why it’s a cyber security problem, and how you can protect yourself […]
Centralised IT Purchasing for staff on the way…
During 2023/24, Information Services are beginning to implement a new way of procuring and deploying staff IT devices. In future, all IT devices for staff use will be purchased and deployed by IS, instead of local arrangements in each department. This new approach aims to ensure that all staff are able to work using an […]
Library and IT Christmas opening hours
As a number of students will be remaining on campus over the forthcoming holiday period, Information Services will be keeping the library service open for a number of days. The library will be available for study and there will be staff on hand to help with questions during this period. Friday 22 December 8am – […]
7 million Open Access articles added to LibrarySearch
The Library has added 7 million additional open access articles to LibrarySearch, our one-stop library search tool. These articles come from a new integration with Unpaywall, a massive database of free scholarly articles. Because of our previous work, LibrarySearch already included many of these articles but this integration has given us a boost of around […]
British Library cyber-attack – some tips for workarounds
Following the cyber-attack, our colleagues in the British Library work are working very hard to restore operations and services. As the disruption is likely to continue for a few weeks, below is a list of tips for some workarounds. See Bodleian History Faculty Library at Oxford blog post.
Book an Exam Space
If you are due to sit a digital examination remotely and don’t have a suitable space to take it or would prefer to make use of University space, you can book an exam space online via Resource Booker (click on the ‘Book a Desk – Online Exams’ or ‘Book a PC – Online Exams’ button). Login to the […]
Library and IT Checklist for Winter Graduation 2023
Congratulations to all of our students graduating today! With our Winter Graduation ceremonies taking place today and tomorrow we’ve written a handy Library and IT checklist to help make your transition from student to graduate an easy one. Email – opt-in if you want to continue to access your student email account after graduation If […]
A new version of Online Surveys
A new version of Online Surveys, Version 3, was released in September 2023. How will I log in to Online Surveys v3? You can log in to Version 2 of Online Surveys via https://www.onlinesurveys.ac.uk until 29 February 2024. The login for v3 of Online Surveys is https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk. Online Survey v3 uses passwordless login, a more […]
Students – fill in the survey and have a chance of winning an Amazon voucher…
This year we are participating again in the JISC Digital Experience Insights survey. We use this survey to find out how you are using digital technology at the University and what we can do to improve our services and support. In the past you told us you wanted more study space in the library. We […]