Trimester
Library Newsletter
Newsletter of the Rotunda Hospital Library & Information Service Volume 6 Issue 4 Dec 2013
New Year Tidings
Inside this Issue:
New Year Tidings
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Electronic Journals
2
E-Only Journal Access
2-9
Understanding
E-Only Journal Access
10
Move to E-Only
How Will This Affect Our
Department?
The Subscription Agent
and Publishers Role
From the Literature
11
Notice Board
11
Focus On
12
Projects Abroad
Library & Information Serivce
Open Hours
Monday to Friday
9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm
(Closed 1pm to 2pm)
Reading Room Open
7 days a week 24-hours
Contact
Phone:
01 8171795
Fax:
01 8171708
Email:
[email protected]
Staff
Librarian: Anne M. O'Byrne
Snr Library Assistant: Geraldine Walsh
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014 will be identified by library users as the year that heralded electronic only
access to the librarys print collection. The groundwork for this development was
laid in 2013 and arose not simply as a cost containmenet excercise but as an
audit of the journal resources provided by LIS to its users.
This audit was undertaken in collaborative fashion by representatives of all our key
departments in cooperation with the staff of those departemnts. The results of this
audit was to safeguard access to our best used journals and databases and support the
delivery of remote access for all users. No longer are resources physically limited to
library shelves and networked PCs. The library is made available to you, the user, at
your work space or home environment. Your own Athens authentication secures
discreet access to our resources. If you have not registered for Athens please do so now
and ensure you have the wealth of electronic books, journals and databases at your
desktop.
To further advise you, we have devoted this extended Winter issue of TRIMESTER
to the delivery of online resources and to how you can easily access fulltext. Familiarise
yourself with the holdings of your favourite journals and electronic books.
We would like to take this
opportunity to wish you and yours
a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.
See you in the New Year!