Category: Project
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Main Library refurbishment update: area 2B opening November 2023
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 well as improvements you will be able to see when the area re-opens. Before we began, we held consultations…
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Main Library refurbishment update: additional toilets now open
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. We have worked with Estates and Campus Services over the summer to add additional gender-neutral toilets to areas 1A and 2A and are pleased to…
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Levelling up access to data: University of Dundee one of first in Scotland to get a SafePod
University of Dundee SafePod now open On Friday 25th February, the Dundee SafePod situated within the Main Library was opened by Professor John Rowan, Vice-Principal for Research, Knowledge Exchange & Wider Impact. The event attendees included researchers, professional services supporting research and external partners including the Manager and the Director of the SafePod Network and…
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SafePod arrives in Main Library
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 top floor of the Main Library. Preparation Earlier in the year a location on the top floor of Main…
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Black History Month II – Diversity Initiative reading list & Displays in Main Library
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 & viewing list called Diversity Initiative- Black History Month containing ‘a collection of fiction and factual texts and some…
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SafePod coming to Main Library in 2021
SafePod Network The SafePod Network (SPN) provides a major advance to the way that sensitive datasets can be securely accessed for research purposes. The SPN is the first service in the world to provide and manage a network of standardised safe settings (SafePods) for secure access to sensitive datasets for research purposes across the UK. …
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Making your Researchfish submission easier
The Project With the Researchfish submission period approaching, we embarked on a new project in Research Services, to help ease the administrative element of the Researchfish submission for our researchers. We heard of a new feature in Researchfish which allowed us to upload publication data linked to awards and started to explore the possibilities using…