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Monthly Archives: October 2012
No demerits trial – update
The trial of no demerits for overdue items is going well, with the majority of library borrowers continuing to return items on time.
As part of the trial we have increased notifications for overdue items and implemented more timely blocks for overdue high demand items: Reserve and recalled.
Further information is available at Service Enquiries.
What do you think of e-books?
Did you know that the library offers you access to thousands of e-books that you can read online anytime, anywhere?
There are some free ones such as our very popular ebooks@Adelaide, but we also pay for over 200,000 licensed e-books.
We would really like to know what you think about e-books.
Please take the time to fill out […]
Author Event: Laura Kroetsch, Thursday 15 November 2012
Good Sentences: A Life in Letters
The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to an author event with Director of Writers’ Week Laura Kroetsch on Thursday 15 November, 2012, at 6.00 for 6.30pm.
Join Laura Kroetsch, Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week, for a conversation about her life as a professional reader, the future of […]
Maps, maps, maps….
The Barr Smith Library has inherited a large collection of print maps collected over many years by the earlier departments of Geography and Geology.
Unlike several other University libraries, the Barr Smith Library has never had a policy to collect cartographic materials, although it has collected atlases and maps in journals.
Roseworthy and Waite Library have also […]
Open Access Week at the University of Adelaide, Oct 22-28 2012
“Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted.
During Open Access week this year staff from the University Libraries will be available […]
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