Category: News
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Cosy up with our Christmas 2024 Reading & Resource List The festive season is here, and what better way to get into the Christmas spirit than by exploring the incredible range of Christmas-themed resources at the…
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Welcome to Movember, where razors get a break, and moustaches take centre stage—all for a fantastic cause. This month isn’t just about looking suave with some new facial hair; it’s about stepping up for men’s health.…
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Do you want to enhance your research skills and do better in your assignments? Our autumn webinars will guide you through the process of finding, evaluating, and referencing good quality information sources. 5 November Finding information…
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Its International Open Access Week 2024 (21-27 October). The theme this year is “Community over commercialisation”, a continuation of last year’s theme emphasising the benefits of Open Access to the public and academic community. The theme…
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Join the University of Dundee Libraries in celebrating Green Libraries Week 2024, a celebration of sustainability, environmental awareness, and creativity. This week will feature hands-on workshops, inspiring talks, and a focus on eco-friendly practices across our campuses.…
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Welcome to our University libraries! These spaces are more than just a collection of books – they are vibrant hubs for learning, collaboration, and academic growth. To ensure everyone feels safe, respected, and able to focus,…
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*Update* 29/07/2024 This project will now start around the middle of August. We will keep you updated. Thank you for your cooperation and support. We are excited to announce that from July 30th/31st, work will commence…
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In September, Jisc proudly unveiled the latest version of its Online Surveys platform, known as v3. This significant upgrade is designed to allow Jisc to introduce new features more efficiently and respond effectively to the evolving…
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Over the summer there have been several improvements made to the study environment at Kirkcaldy Campus Library. Perhaps the most noticeable is the addition of the Beveridge Booth at the far end of the library. It…
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Soar to Success with the Academic Librarian Team & Academic Skills Centre Taught Postgraduate Students, are you ready to jet set into the world of dissertation writing? The University of Dundee Library and Academic Skills Centre…
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Library Services and DTS are excited to announce a significant improvement to the study space in Wolfson Room 3 in the Main Library. Working with our Campus Services (ECS) partners, we are providing 16 high-specification PCs…
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Join us for a Sustainable Exchange! Calling all crafters, creators, and DIY enthusiasts! It’s time to clear out your craft closets and join us for a fun-filled Craft Supply Swap event. Bring your surplus supplies and…
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Our newly refurbished top floor is almost finished and ready to open. We want you to be able to access every available study space so we plan to open each section of the floor as it…
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We are working to bring you an improved study space on the top floor of the Main Library in area 2B, due for completion in November 2023. Some behind the scenes improvements are taking place as…
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Work has been completed to add additional toilets in areas 1A and 2A. During surveys and consultations for the Main Library refurbishment, more toilets came up as a regular request. “Additional toilets would be nice” “More…
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The Main Library Top floor refurbishment is due to start at the end of May, ( see reminder from UEG in 3 – Monday 10 April , and other communications from the LLC to Schools ). …
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It is hard to believe it is already one year since the University of Dundee SafePod opened for use. Located on the top floor of the Main Library, the SafePod is a small standardised safe setting…
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The University of Dundee has signed and expressed its commitment to DORA, a set of principles designed to ensure that research assessment is undertaken in a responsible, fair and transparent manner. Read the University of Dundee…
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After extensive negotiations between the UK Universities and Elsevier, facilitated by JISC, a three year (2022-24) open access transitional agreement has been achieved which will maintain read access and allows for unlimited publishing in core hybrid…
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About the author: Dominique Walker is the Publishing Officer for the Scottish Universities Open Access Press (SUOAP). Her role is hosted by the Library and Learning Centre LLC at the University of Dundee. Dominique’s role is…
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At the beginning of the year we announced the exciting news that the University of Dundee had been successful in securing a SafePod. At the end of November the SafePod arrived and was installed on the…
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Launch of the open access International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions (IJELT) Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT) research centre is an international, interdisciplinary centre. TCELT’s vision is to have an impact on international…
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Diversity Initiative – Black History Month resource list Two student societies – The Diversity Initiative (TheDiversityInitiative@dundee.ac.uk) and Afromedics (AfroMedics@dundee.ac.uk) – have used our resource/reading list software (which powers module resource/reading lists) to compile an annotated reading…
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October is ‘Black History month’ allowing a focus on resources related to Black History – see the Black History Month Scotland site for information relating to Scotland, the UK Black History Month website and have a…
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CLA Royalties Data Collection Exercise – Photocopying University of Dundee, 20 September – 5 November 2021 We (the University) hold a licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) which allows us to photocopy and scan…
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Accessing secure research data as an accredited researcher – Assured Organisational Connectivity to the Secure Research Service The University of Dundee has recently secured Assured Organisational Connectivity (AOC) with the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Secure…
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Two more organisations have joined cOAlition S, the consortium of leading research organisations committed to full and immediate open access to publications. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the largest private biomedical research institution in the…
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Wellcome Trust will implement a new Open Access policy on 1 January 2021. The policy will apply to all original, peer reviewed research articles that acknowledge Wellcome Trust funding and are submitted for publication from 1…
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The Library & Learning Centre and Culture & Information directorate supports learning, teaching, and research activities across the University of Dundee’s ten Schools and all their diverse disciplines. Within our LLC&CI directorate, the Research and Resources…