VHL closed on Bank Holiday Monday

The library will be closed next Monday (25th August) for the Bank Holiday. We will be open again at 9am on Tuesday morning.

Remote access, OxLIP+ and ILL charges

Various things to update you all on now we're into August:

• Remote Access: Athens will no longer work to allow access to electronic resources from outside the University. Instead resources will require you to authenticate using your Oxford single sign-on (the same as your webmail username and password). The best way to do this (without VPN) is to log in via the new OxLIP+ interface (from where you can also click through to OU ejournals). For more information, see the OULS remote access page.
• OxLIP+: This is the new interface to electronic resources, currently in beta launch. As well as access to all the resources, it includes some cross-searching facilities and personalised features (My Research). It can be accessed via: http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk.
• Inter-library loan charges have increased to £4.00 per request (£12.00 for international requests).

New books for July

The list of new books received in the library in July is now available on our website and LibraryThing page.

Electrical work - reminder

Just a quick reminder that there will be electrical work going on in the library from Monday for the next two weeks. Hopefully it won't be too disruptive, but obviously we apologise if so!

Update on electrical work

As is often the case with such things, there has been a delay to the electrical work that was due to start in the library this week. It should now be starting in the week beginning 28th July and continuing for two weeks after that. So all will remain quiet on the library front for the next week or so at least!

Postgraduate training days at the British Library

The British Library is running a series of training days for postgraduates during the autumn, which might interest some of you.

From their newsletter:

The days include a general introduction to the Library's collections and
services as well as curator workshops involving materials and reference sources
relevant to the specific subject of the training day. There are limited spaces
on each day and also limited travel bursaries available so book early to avoid
disappointment. To book a place on any of the training days or to find out more
information please email highereducation@bl.uk

Social Sciences: 13 October
History (Medieval to 18th C): 4 November
History (19th-21st C): 25 November

Access to 19th C US Newspapers database

We have had reports of some people having difficulty accessing the new 19th Century US Newspapers database. It seems to be a caching issue with Internet Explorer, so if you are being asked for a password, even if within the University network or through VPN, clearing your cache should fix the problem. Alternatively accessing the database using another browser should cause no problems!