Funding success!
Alex Voss from the School of Computer Science and Anna Clements and Eva Borger from the University Library have been awarded funding by OCLC for a 1-year project titled “Characterizing the adoption of ORCID ID in…
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FT.com – new look and new features
On 1st August 2016 the FT.com will migrate to a new platform and the interface will change. The new service will be faster, more mobile friendly and more personalised. How will I find the content I need? All…
African & South Asian Newspaper Archives – Trial
We currently have a trial of 2 newspaper archives: African Newspapers (1800-1922) more than 60 searchable African newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes titles from Angola, Ghana,…
FT.com – New Resource
After a successful year long pilot of the FT.com with the Schools of Management and Economics & Finance the library has now purchased a site wide licence to provide access to all university staff and students. You…
Main Library increases opening hours to 8am-2am all week
From Saturday the 11th of October, the Main Library is changing its opening hours during semester from 8am-2am Monday-Thursday, 8am-midnight Friday, 10am-midnight Saturday and 10am-2am Sunday; instead the building will…
Donated stained glass window installed in Martyrs foyer
The University was approached early this year by the daughters of a former long-serving minister of Martyrs Kirk. They wished to donate a new stained glass window that would celebrate work their father had done over…
Summer vacation – Library opening times
Vacation opening will begin on Saturday 24th May. The Main University Library and the Martyrs Kirk Research Reading Rooms will be open 7 days a week over the summer vacation. Here are details: Main Library…
You Said We Did prize draw winner!
This semester’s winner is Andrew Morris, MPhys in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics student. Ewan McCubbin (Assistant Director (Liaison & User Services)) presents Andrew with the prize! Andrew filled in one of our…
Impressions of a placement student
RGU placement students at Library bake sale l-r: Adriana, Elizabeth (me), Rachel I’ve been here at the Main University Library for the past 4 weeks on a work placement from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen as part…
Library opening times during Spring vacation
The Library’s vacation opening hours will run from Saturday the 15th to Friday the 28th of March, reverting to standard semester hours from Saturday the 29th of March. The Main Library building will be open: 0800-2200…