Searching for articles? LibKey Nomad is what you need! LibKey Nomad is the Chrome browser extension from Browzine that will help you find copies of either Open Access articles or articles that City subscribes to. You can download the LibKey Nomad extension from the Chrome Store. You just need to select your institution (City, University of London) then it will pop up with a link in the bottom left corner of your browser when it finds a copy of an article. To get further details about how to use LibKey, take a look at this online guide, and…
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Copyright and Online Teaching
Posted in Cass Business School, City Law School, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, and SMCSE
The following information about copyright has been compiled by Library Services to assist academic staff in preparing online material for students. Copyright Guide: City has a Copyright Guide. There is a section about Copyright and Lecturing; a lot of the information there is also applicable to preparing resources for online teaching. Digital course readings service: Scans of extracts from certain books and journals can be made available to students via links in Reading Lists Online, using the digital course readings service. We can make up to 10%, or one chapter or article (whichever is greater) from many books and journals available. Academic…
New books – March 2020
Posted in Cass Business School, City Law School, More books, New titles, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, and SMCSE
We are adding new books to our collections every month. Use the carousel below to browse a diverse selection of the new titles added between January and March 2020 . Click on any cover to see where the book is located or to place a request. Want to recommend a book? Tell us what’s missing from our collections via our More Books, Read for Research or Liberating City schemes.
Liberating CityLibrary
Posted in Cass Business School, City Law School, Library Loves, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, and SMCSE
This month we’re excited to launch our new initiative ‘Liberating CityLibrary’ where we’re asking students and staff to recommend books to help us improve the diversity of our collections. We want to increase the range of books in the library written by people from a BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) background, books by and about LGBTQI+ people and titles which recognise overlapping identities and experiences such as gender, class, sexuality and disability. Liberating CityLibrary will work in a similar way to the already established book suggestion schemes ‘More Books‘ and ‘Read for Research’. To get involved all you need to do…
CityLibrary gains Customer Service Excellence Standard
Posted in Cass, Cass Business School, City Law School, GIP, IC, NSQ, School of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Service Announcements, SMCSE, and Uncategorized
City’s Library Services Team has been awarded the Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Standard. The standard assesses a huge number of elements and criteria, including feedback from library users, to determine the highest quality service. This is something we could not have achieved if it was not for the help of our wonderful customers, both students and staff, who assisted in talking with the CSE assessors and who help us run a successful service in different ways. Social Media Our assessors picked up on several factors relating to our relationship with our students. Our social media game was praised as being…
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