National E-Books survey

JISC are undertaking a follow-up to last year's major national survey of electronic book usage in higher education. Whether you are a student or a member of staff, whether you use e-books every day, just occasionally, or don't know anything about them, please do complete the online survey, even if you did not do so last year:

Students should use this link:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/research/ciber/observatory/students/

Staff should use this link:http://www.ucl.ac.uk/infostudies/research/ciber/observatory/faculty/

JISC's Assurance of confidentiality

You are under no obligation whatsoever to take part in this survey. Any information you give us will be held securely and we will under no circumstances reveal any findings other than at a highly aggregated level. We are collecting the data through a third-party, SurveyMonkey, and you can check their privacy policy here:http://www.surveymonkey.com/Monkey_Privacy.aspx

Semester 2 Opening Hours

Welcome back everyone. From Monday 12th January, library opening hours will be as follows:

• Mon-Thurs 08:00-21:00
• Fri 08:00-19:00
• Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00

CLA survey

CLA [The Copyright Licensing Agency] is conducting a 30-day survey of the photocopying of copyright material in a selection of Universities in the UK during the Spring of 2009. Abertay has been chosen to participate in this survey which will run in the Library from 15th January - 25th February. Disruption to library users should be minimal. Data collectors stationed at each library copier will make a note of all copyright material being copied. No personal information on the person doing the copying will be requested. Results from such surveys allow the CLA to distribute copyright fees [already paid by the University] to the appropriate authors, artists and publishers of CLA-licensed material.

Opening hours this week

Happy New Year everyone!

Library opening hours for the week beginning Monday 5th January 2009 are as follows:

• Mon-Fri 08.45 - 19.00
• Sat-Sun 10.00-17.00