This presentation should help you:
Find your way around the UL building
Learn about the catalogues and classmark system for our printed resources
Find out about our other facilities and services
Introduction to the UL
Introducing the UL
Major research collection: 7.5m itemsNational, Legal Deposit collection/ academic librarySingle-copy collectionRole defined as the research libraryPart of Cambridge library network: college, departmental, faculty libraries
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
No single online catalogue (as yet)Newton online catalogue: 5 million items – everything for 1500-1800 and 1977 onwardsSupplementary catalogues: non-academic material 1800-1977 – ongoing re-cataloguing projectSpecialist Reading Room catalogues: Maps, Music, Manuscripts, Official Publications, Chinese, Japanese ... Online coverage varies
Multiple catalogues
www.lib.cam.ac.uk/newton - freely accessible online
Catalogue terminals throughout the building, including bookstacks
Supplementary catalogues are located in the corridor outside the Reading Room
Multiple catalogues
Multiple catalogues - tips
Use Newton first – comprehensive for academic material
Get a complete reference before using the supplementary catalogues - saves much misery!
Ask staff in reading rooms and at Helpdesk for assistance
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
Open Access:
As much as possible – depends on physical format and content. Approx 2m volumes.
Closed Stacks:
Specialist, rare, fragile or valuable holdings – security and conservation. Approx 5.5m items.
Open Access or Closed Stacks?
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
Open Shelf material
Open-access stock is broadly classified by subject, distributed across 23 floors of the Library.
7 floors on North Wing, 6 floors on North Front, 6 floors on South Front, and 4 floors on South Wing.
North and South Fronts connect on levels 1, 4, and 6.
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
Finding open access material
Firstly, make yourway to the correct floor,in this case the 6th floor ofSouth Wing.
Size matters
We arrange open shelf material according to size to make as much as possible open-access
Books are grouped in blocks according to their ‘size letter’: a, b, c, d
For example, 200-250.a precedes 200-250.b, 200-250.c and 200-250.d
Looking for a book amongst its wrong size letter is probably the commonest cause of not being able to find a book!
Mind the gap
The online catalogue showed Available but
the book is not on the shelf! It might be:
Being reshelved (24 hours)
900 seats in 7 reading rooms, 23 open floors, 2 photocopying rooms …
May have been reserved
Reserving books
To help undergraduates and others who cannot borrow
You can reserve up to 5 volumes (excluding Reading Room reference works)
Will not be moved (by Library staff) until the date shows that they have been left there for over three days
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
Ordering items from closed stacks
5.5m items are kept in closed stacks and have to be ordered (30-120 mins – sometimes less)
All reading rooms have order slips (not interchangeable between rooms)
West Room and Reading Room material can also be ordered via the Newton catalogue
Save time by ordering before you come in Newton is freely available online
Ordering books on Newton
Firstly, have the full recordof the book you want to orderon screen. Only items that displaystack request available can be ordered online.
Enter your barcode (five charactersstarting with letter ‘V’ on your card) and last name in the appropriateboxes.
Then click Login.
By default the computer assumes you wishto place a Recall. To continue with online ordering, change the drop-down menu to show Stack Request.
If the item is part of a multi-volumeset you will need to click Specify aVolume and complete all fields.
Your barcode is needed a secondtime to confirm the order.
Location, location, location
There are many kinds of classmark:
Classmark AV.10.5Location UL: Order in Microform Reading Room (Not
borrowable)
Classmark Moh.0.6.17.2 Location UL: North Wing, Floor 6
Classmark NPR.D.6Location UL: Order in West Room (in Rare Bks if pre-1900)
Always note the Location to ensure you order in
the correct room or visit the correct floor.
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
Floor plan
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East Asian Reading Room(Japanese, Chinese and Korean
Collections), Aoi Pavilion
Floor plan
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WCommonwealth Room (Official Publications,Inter-Library Loans: Third floor)Digital Resources Area (First floor)
Finding your way around …
Multiple catalogues
Open access and closed stacks
The layout of the 23 open access floors
The arrangement of stock on shelves
Ordering items from closed stacks
7 Reading rooms for specialist materials
Other facilities and services
BorrowingOpen access material and items fetched to the Reading Room
University members (undergraduates – not until final year)
Everything else – not borrowable (preservation)
Renew once: either online using Newton or in person
Recalls must be returned within 7 days or you will be fined
Borrowing
Items that are on loan will showtheir due date as their Status.
You can place a Recall for an Item on loan.
Electronic resources
400 databases
30,000 electronic journals
250,000 e-books (1,500 catalogued individually on Newton; others on large databases)
Access from outside the University by Raven password (current UCam staff and students)
External access
For current UCam staff and students only
August 2008: changeover from Athens to Raven
Always use your Raven password
First time: ‘Alternative’ or ‘Institutional login’ via Athens screen
I.T. Services
Digital Resources Area: 64 online PCs with Word, Access, Excel etc.
Registration required (one-off)
Printing facilities in the DRA @ 10p/sheet
Wireless available in Reading Rooms and Tea Room (with Raven or guest password)
Walk-in access to e-resources for external readers
Wireless network
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Commonwealth Room (Third floor) Rare Books (First floor)
Manuscripts (Third floor)
Digital Resources Area (First floor)
West Room Tea Room
South Wing (all floors) Map Room
Anderson Room
Other Services
Photocopying:Self-service (rechargable card)Imaging Services: advice and staffed service
Inter-Library Loans (Commonwealth Room):£3 charge to university membersInternational service
Tea Room:Meals, snacks, hot and cold drinksNo books!
Photocopying
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Self-service photocopiers (First Floor)
Imaging Services (Ground Floor)Self-service photocopier,
Commonwealth Room (Third Floor)
Regulations
Please leave bags in locker room (£1 coin)
No food or drink, including bottled water
Mobile phones on silent mode. Please don’t talk! (except in Tea Room, courtyards, and locker room)
No scanners, cameras, personal hi-fi
Never mark a book: fine + replacement cost
Overdue charges have no upper limit
Unwritten rules
Please don’t take other people’s fetched items
Please don’t leave your property unattended – thieves operate everywhere, including here
Please don’t let anyone use your card: you may get (and be liable for) a nasty bill, or be prevented from using the Library
Help
Research Skills ProgrammeWhat’s available in your subject areaHow to use electronic resourcesHelp with catalogues
Library website: www.lib.cam.ac.uk
Introductory leaflets / catalogue guides
Staff in Reading rooms, Enquiry helpdesk
Your library! Size makes us bureaucratic - we have to deal with readers consistently and fairlyBut we are humane! We listen to all problems impartially and will deal with individual problems as appropriate
We value your feedback!...
Comments slips available in all roomsEnquiries: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/contact/contact.php Training: [email protected]
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