New to HYMS? remember to consolidate your email

As a member of HYMS you may receive University of Hull and/or York email accounts as well as one for HYMS. You are strongly encouraged to set up forwards from these accounts to your HYMS email. This will help ensure you do not miss out on any relevant information from the two universities including overdue notices etc. from the two libraries.

Details on how to do this are available from the HYMS it webpages at http://itservices.hyms.ac.uk/new-users#1styearregistrationguide

RDM workshop for Hull based staff

Many types of data are generated by research across many disciplines; technology now makes it easier for more data to be created by more people. Clear research data management provides the tools, processes and infrastructure to support the management of data, ensures that the data is maintained over time, and demonstrates good research practice and integrity.

Date: Wed 22nd Oct 2014
Time: 9:15-12:00


For more information and to register online see http://www2.hull.ac.uk/administration/staffdevelopment/programme/researcherdevelopment-1/researchdatamanagement-2.aspx

Research identity: distinguish yourself using ORCID

ORCID (Open Researcher & Contributor IDentifier) gives researchers and authors a single unique ID which works across the research landscape.

Good reasons for using ORCID include:

• Distinguish yourself - An ORCID iD ensures that all your research outputs and activities are correctly attributed to you.
• It's quick and easy - It takes as little as 30 seconds to register and the benefits are ongoing. An increasing number of publishers and research funders are using ORCID iDs as a quick and easy way for researchers to identify themselves when submitting publications or bids.
• Open to all, non-profit and community-driven - ORCID is a non-proprietary standard maintained by the scholarly community for the benefit of research and researchers. It is of value to all disciplines and all career stages, from postgraduate research student to the senior academic.
• Your ORCID record belongs to you and stays with you - Unlike employer or publisher identifiers, your ORCID profile is managed by you and stays with you throughout your career.

(Information based on that  of the University York at http://www.york.ac.uk/library/info-for/researchers/orcid/.)

Brynmor Jones Library, University of Hull, redevelopment update

·         The west (tower) end of the ground floor will open at 2.00pm today, Monday 29 September.  At the same time the 2^nd floor of the east building will also be re-openin.

·         The west end of the ground floor contains 30 PCs, informal seating and two centrally bookable teaching rooms, an information point, and printing and recycling facilities. It also contains the new book sorter.  This is where all books will be returned in future, and where they will be automatically sorted for distribution to the various locations around the Library.  Until the book sorter is fully tested and operational books will continue to be returned at the information point on the first floor of the tower.

·         The 2^nd floor of the east building contains three centrally bookable teaching rooms, 16 PCs, informal seating, group study rooms, an information point, and printing and recycling facilities.

·         External works are nearing completion and access to the new south entrance has been simplified and made more visible.  Brynmor Jones Library hopes to open the old main entrance and the rest of the ground floor, with the exception of the gallery and exhibition spaces, in the second half of this month. 

Brynmor Jones Library at Hull launches online inter-library loan forms

If you submit inter-library loan requests at the University of Hull, you can now do so using an online form, which will replace the current paper forms. There will be a period of transition up to 31 October 2014 where paper forms are accepted before the service goes fully online. The online forms and more details on the University of Hull inter-library loan service are available at http://www2.hull.ac.uk/lli/library-services/books/interlibrary-loan.aspx. Please note that the annual quota mentioned on the University of Hull website is for University of Hull students and staff, HYMS students and staff have a separate allocation funded by HYMS.

Allocations for HYMS students and staff and details of both the University of Hull and the University of York Inter-Library Loan services are available at http://libguides.hull.ac.uk/medicine/DocSupplyOtherLibraries.

Brynmor Jones Library redevelopment at Hull: 3rd floor re-opened

The 3rd floor of the Brynmor Jones Library, which houses books on medicine, has now re-opened and is available to students again.

Welcome back 2nd year HYMS MB BS students!

Welcome back to HYMS MB BS students returning for their second year. We'll see you soon for some information skills sessions!