Staff induction 2010

Fountains Learning Centre Staff information slides
Library and Information Services

Opening Hours
Term-time
Monday - Thursday 8.00 to 21.30
Friday 8.00 to 19.00
(limited service between 8.00 and 9.00)
Saturday 9.30 to 17.00
Sunday 14.00 to 19.00 (limited service)
Vacation
Monday - Friday 9.00 to 17.00

Membership and borrowing
University staff card is also used as library card
Visit Learning Centre to ensure card is validated for use and collect PIN number
Machines for borrowing returning and renewing available at the Main Desk and Loans Counter

Loan periods
Loan stock
4 week loan – standard loan period
7 day loan- high usage books, videos, CDs & DVDs
1 day loan for high usage books
Journals
Some reference, others 1 day loan
Reference
May not be taken out of the Library

Borrowing allocation
University Staff
25, including no more than:
5 one day loan items
-includes 1 day books and journal issues
10 audiovisual items

Library catalogue
Library catalogue
Library catalogue available on PCs in the Learning Centre and across the network from the Library webpages
Access via Internet from outside the university
Search for a huge range of resources including books, journals, DVDs, ebooks, journal articles etc.
You can often link direct to the full text of books and articles
Stock arranged according to Dewey decimal system

Virtual Learning Centre tour
Finding my way around

Special collections and locations
Examples of special collections in the library
York Hospital Health Library
Staff Development Resource area on 2 nd floor
RE Centre – Collection of religious education materials on 2 nd floor
Languages Resource Centre – Collection of modern foreign language materials on 2 nd floor
Stack – closed access store of low usage materials – to use books from the stack place a hold
Oversize – 2 sequences of larger books: 001-699 on first floor, 700-999 on second floor

Renewals and holds
Renewals
Select ‘Library account’ from the library homepage
Type your User ID (barcode number from your staff card) and PIN number (ask at library desk)
Renew 4 week and 1 week loans up to 7 times
Holds or reservations
May be placed on items on loan and on items available in the library
May be placed on 4 week and 1 week loans, but not on 1 day loans
When available, you are notified by email
Kept on the holds shelf for 8 days before being returned to shelves

Fines
Fines
Apply to all registered borrowers
4 week loan - 10p per day
7 day loans - 50p per day
1 day loan journals & books - £1 per day
Fines of £10.00 or over lead to block on borrowing

Library website
Accessible via staff and student homepages at http://library.yorksj.ac.uk
Information about LIS services & staff
Subject pages
Guides about searching electronic resources
Links to external resources

Electronic journals, books & databases
Access electronic resources via Library website
Full text journal articles via e-journal finder
Electronic books
Databases to search for resources
Digital archive to provide access to University materials and research

Inter-library loans
Inter-library loans service
PhD students & university staff- 20 ILLs per year, from August to July
Includes both books and journal articles.

SCONUL access to other libraries
SCONUL scheme
Open to academic staff and PhD students
Allows borrowing rights at over 150 higher education institutions
Apply to join at the Information and Help desk in the Fountains Learning Centre and collect SCONUL card
More information at www.access.sconul.ac.uk

Information skills and reading lists
Your Subject librarian (called Academic Support Librarians at York St John)
Information skills sessions for students at all levels can be arranged with the Academic Support Librarians
Reading lists - how we can help you and what we need from you!

Ordering resources for the library
Budgets are allocated to the library to spend on each faculty – liaise with the Academic Support Librarian for your faculty
Ordering resources page which includes a link to an online acquisitions form
Orders for new periodicals should be submitted to the Academic Support Librarians for consideration.

Scanning service
Scanning service provides access to book chapters and journal articles via individual modules on Blackboard
Copyright rules mean that only one chapter per book or one article per journal issue is permitted per module
Guidelines and application form available
For more information contact [email_address]

Library and Information Services staff
A list of LIS staff and their roles is available at:
Library and Information Services staff

Staff induction 2010

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