Library Life Weekly 4th - 10th March

The new installment of our weekly blog to let you know what will be going on around the library next week to help you plan and make sure you don't miss the good stuff!

Cultural Diversity Month!! March is the month where RCSI Students showcase their cultural background and share experiences with fellow students, staff and the whole RCSI Community. The SU have done a great job this year and we look forward to hosting some of these fantastic events in the Library Expo Stage!

Irish Survey of Student Engagement (ISSE): This annual survey kicks off on Monday 4th March running for 3 weeks. Watch out for the ISSE pop-up at the Expo Stage on Tuesday with some nice free swag!

Extended Hours: Reminder that extended hours for 26 York Street are kicking off on Monday 4th March 2019. Update on our website: http://www.rcsi.ie/library_openinghours

Monday 4th-Sunday 10th March*

*Check local signage for updates. Blog will be updated too. All information correct for time of publication.

*updated Friday 8^th March 2019

Expo Stage Bookings - Cultural Diversity Month!!

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	ISSE Pop Up 11am-2pm CDM-MESA 2pm-6pm	CDM-PIBS 2pm-6pm	CDM-CAS & MESA 2pm-6pm

Computer Room Bookings

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	11:00-14:00	11:00-15:00	0900:-13:00

Additional Study Rooms (Levels 3 & 4) Availability

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	8am-10pm	8am-10pm
321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426	321, 324, 325, 326, 421, 424, 425, 426	321, 322, 323, 326,	325, 326, 421,  424, 425, 426	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 424, 426

In 26 York Street this week:

International Women's Day #WomenOnWalls Event Friday 8th March! Students are invited to attend the launch of #WomenOnWalls, which will see 8 new portraits of RCSI connected women being hung in the College Board Room. Event kicks off at 12:30 in the Board Room in 123 SSG with a light lunch and a tour of the portraits. 

Do you have other news you would like us to highlight to Library users?

Any comments or thoughts on how we can make this weekly blog post more useful? We will pilot this blog until the end of term to see if you think it is useful so if it is let us know! Email library@rcsi.ie. 

Library Life Weekly 25th Feb - 3rd March

The second installment of our weekly blog to let you know what will be going on around the library next week to help you plan and make sure you don't miss the good stuff!

It's Health & Fitness Week in RCSI next week, kicking off from Sunday 24th February and running for the week. RCSI Sports Union brings you RCSI's first ever dedicated Health Week in association with the Student's Union, Physiosoc, Cardiosoc, Running, Volleyball, Cycling, Soccer and Student Services.

There are lots of activities and promotions planned throughout the week. Check out the full programme!

Monday 25th February - Sunday 3rd March*

*Check local signage for updates. Blog will be updated too. All information correct for time of publication.

Expo Stage Bookings - HEALTH & FITNESS WEEK

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Health & Fitness Week: Gym Programs 6pm-8pm			Cycling for the Irish Heart Foundation 6pm

Computer Room Bookings

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	09:30-14:00	11:30-13:30	0900:-17:00

Additional Study Rooms (Levels 3 & 4) Availability

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	8am-10pm	8am-10pm
321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425,	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421,	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425,	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 424, 425,	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426

In 26 York Street this week:

• Mon 25th Feb - Fri 1st Mar = RCSI Transition Year Mini Med Programme 

Do you have other news you would like us to highlight to Library users?

Any comments or thoughts on how we can make this weekly blog post more useful? We will pilot this blog until the end of term to see if you think it is useful so if it is let us know! Email library@rcsi.ie. 

Library Life Weekly: A new weekly blog post to help you plan your week in the Library!

As part of our #LoveFromYourLibrary campaign this week we are launching a new weekly blog post, published every Friday afternoon, to let you know what is going on in the Library the following week. We know that you like to plan ahead and hope that having this information will be a good help in your planning! 

We will be featuring what is booked into the Expo Stage in the Learning Commons, when the Computer Room is booked, what the Additional Study Rooms are on Levels 3 & 4 and any other information we have about what is going on. 

Anything else you would like us to include? Let us know by email library@rcsi.ie 

Monday 18th - Sunday 24th February 2019*

*Check local signage for updates. Blog will be updated too. All information correct for time of publication.

*updated Wednesday 20^th Feb 2019

Expo Stage Bookings

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
		4pm RCSI Library presents Bones-R-Us...Tell us what you want in our new Anatomical Model collections!	1pm-2pm RCSI Library launching our #SharedShelf...We are filling up a new shelf with fiction to help you do some relaxing reading. Bring one, take one... Cancelled: 3pm-7pm Dance Society Cake Sale & Intervarsity Awareness Pop-Up

Computer Room Bookings

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
	13:00-14:00	09:30-10:30	09:30-10:30	11:00-15:00

Additional Study Rooms (Levels 3 & 4) Availability

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	5pm-10pm	8am-10pm	8am-10pm
323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 424, 425	323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 425	322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425	326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425	323, 326, 421, 422, 423	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426	321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426

Do you have other news you would like us to highlight to Library users?

Any comments or thoughts on how we can make this weekly blog post more useful? We will pilot this blog until the end of term to see if you think it is useful so if it is let us know! Email library@rcsi.ie. 

BrowZine – RCSI Library’s new platform for viewing e-journals

RCSI Library is delighted to announce a new subscription to BrowZine.  BrowZine provides a user friendly interface for discovering, monitoring, reading and keeping up-to-date with online journal content RCSI subscribes to.  Use BrowZine on your smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop to browse and organise favourite journals and full-text articles on your personal newsstand. Find out more about:

• BrowZine Features
• Download the BrowZine App
• Create a Personal Account to use the My Bookshelf and My Articles features
• Further Information & Support

BrowZine Features

With BrowZine you can: 
Browse and read journals:

• Browse thousands of top journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, arrange by impact factor and download full-text academic articles.

Stay Current with MyBookshelf:

• Create a personal bookshelf of titles to follow and receive notifications every time a new article is published.

Stay on track with MyArticles:

• Save your favourite journal articles into My Articles collections for later reading. All the articles in My Articles will stay in sync between all your devices.

Access on any device:

• Easily access BrowZine from your iOS and Android device and on the web to stay up to date wherever you are.

Save and export articles:

• Use the BrowZine app to save articles for off-line reading or export to services such as EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero and more.

Download the BrowZine App

To get started using BrowZine, visit RCSI Library on BrowZine or download the app from the:

• Apple App Store All iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches with iOS 9.0 or later.
• Google Play Store All Android Tablets and Smartphones with Android 4.0 and up
• Amazon App Store Kindle Fire HD Tablets with Android 4.0

Scan QR code to download app

Create a Personal Account

You will be asked to create a personal BrowZine account to use the MyBookshelf  and MyArticles features.

Once you have downloaded the app, you search for RCSI and connect using your RCSI Network Username and Password.

Download the BrowZine app, select RCSI and login with your network credentials.

Further Information & Support

Learn how easy it is to use BrowZine in this brief video introduction.

Further information can be found on the BrowZine LibGuide.

If you require further information about this or other resources feel free to contact Eliska Komarkova, Content & Metadata Management Librarian at 01 402 2405 or eliskakomarkova@rcsi.com

Open Access Week 2018 @ RCSI Library

To celebrate Open Access week, RCSI Library are delighted to offer the following lunchtime workshops:

12pm-1pm, Wed 24th Oct - R322/323, 26 York Street 

Open Science - What is FAIR data and what does it mean for handling research data? 

Albert Mons & Erik Schultes, GO FAIR International Support and Coordination Office

A unique opportunity to hear from two experts on FAIR Data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) based at the GO FAIR offices in Leiden, Netherlands. GO FAIR are working on the implementation of FAIR Data in support of EOSC (European Open Science Cloud).

Funders such as the European Commission and Health Research Board are introducing expectations that the research data underlying published research will be referenced and made available whenever possible. This helps to support the integrity and reproducibility of the research, as well as being part of a broader trend to forms of open science.

Book your place

12pm-1pm, Thurs 25th Oct - R322/323, 26 York Street 

Open Access - Open Publications - Open Profiles 

Gráinne McCabe, Scholarly Communications & Research Support Officer, RCSI Library

This session will discuss the different routes (green or gold) for publishing open access, in order to fulfil funder mandates. Particular emphasis will be placed on the green route, which involves manuscript versions of papers being deposited in the RCSI repository, e-publications@RCSI.

We will also consider other routes to making your research visible, particularly ResearchGate, Academia.edu and ORCID and will compare the complementary functions of these sites with institutional repositories.

Book your place

12pm-1pm, Fri 26th Oct - Cheyne LT, 123 SSG 

Open Access – Paywall: The Business of Scholarship

A documentary film by Jason Schmitt, Clarkson University

Paywall: The Business of Scholarship is a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that profit margin is often greater than some of the most profitable tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google.

No booking necessary

Follow @RCSILibrary on Twitter for #OAWeek content all week

Further Information: Find out more about Open Access & Research Supports from RCSI Library's new Research Supports LibGuide. Contact: Gráinne McCabe, Scholarly Communications & Research Officer, RCSI Library gmccabe@rcsi.ie

 

Introducing RCSI Institutional Access to THE: Times Higher Education

RCSI Library is delighted to announce a new subscription for staff and students to THE: Times Higher Education online.  Stay up-to-date with developments and trends in higher education and access THE rankings information by creating a personal account at www.timeshighereducation.com, using your @RCSI.IE email address.

Introducing institutional access to THE intelligence, insight, rankings & data

As the voice of global higher education, THE is an invaluable daily resource for all your staff and students. Whether it's agenda-setting news and analysis, commentary from the sharpest minds in academia from the around the world, our influential university rankings, or the latest insights from our World Summit Series, everything we do is focused on helping you and your institution to excel.

THE - How to access RCSI Library's subscription: 

Read online

To set up your Times Higher Education account, go to the magazine’s homepage at www.timeshighereducation.com.

Click the person icon in the top right corner.

Follow the instructions on screen. Remember to use @rcsi.ie email address when you register.

Access digital editions

To access digital editions of Times Higher Education, go to the magazine’s homepage at www.timeshighereducation.com.

Click the “Professional” tab, then click “Digital Editions”.

Then simply select the issue you want to view.

Download the app

The Times Higher Education app is available on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire. Visit your app store provider to download it to your phone.

Select the edition you would like to view (e.g. UK or Global).

Log in by clicking on the icon in the top right corner.

Select Account, then click “Existing THE account”.

Enter your username and password.

If you are having any issues with access, please contact our Content & Metadata Manager, Eliska Komarkova, eliskakomarkova@rcsi.ie 

Happy Reading!

Product Trial: New platform for viewing electronic journals - Try BrowZine out!

RCSI Library is delighted to announce trial access to BrowZine.  BrowZine provides a user friendly interface for discovering, monitoring, reading and keeping up-to-date with online journal content RCSI subscribes to.  Use BrowZine on your smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop to browse and organise favourite journals and full-text articles on your personal newsstand. Find out more about:

• BrowZine Features
• Download the BrowZine App
• Create a Personal Account to use the My Bookshelf and My Articles features
• Further Information & Support

BrowZine Features

With BrowZine you can: 
Browse and read journals:

• Browse thousands of top journals by subject, easily review tables of contents, arrange by impact factor and download full-text academic articles.

Stay Current with MyBookshelf:

• Create a personal bookshelf of titles to follow and receive notifications every time a new article is published.

Stay on track with MyArticles:

• Save your favourite journal articles into My Articles collections for later reading. All the articles in My Articles will stay in sync between all your devices.

Access on any device:

• Easily access BrowZine from your iOS and Android device and on the web to stay up to date wherever you are.

Save and export articles:

• Use the BrowZine app to save articles for off-line reading or export to services such as EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero and more.

Download the BrowZine App

To get started using BrowZine, visit RCSI Library on BrowZine or download the app from the:

• Apple App Store All iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches with iOS 9.0 or later.
• Google Play Store All Android Tablets and Smartphones with Android 4.0 and up
• Amazon App Store Kindle Fire HD Tablets with Android 4.0

Scan QR code to download app

Create a Personal Account

You will be asked to create a personal BrowZine account to use the MyBookshelf  and MyArticles features.

Once you have downloaded the app, you search for RCSI and connect using your RCSI Network Username and Password.

Download the BrowZine app, select RCSI and login with your network credentials.

Further Information & Support

Learn how easy it is to use BrowZine in this brief video introduction.

Further information can be found on the BrowZine LibGuide.

We want to hear what you think of this platform: We would appreciate it if you could complete our survey which can be found at https://tinyurl.com/BrowZineSurvey

If you require further information about this or other resources feel free to contact Eliska Komarkova, Content & Metadata Management Librarian at 01 402 2405 or eliskakomarkova@rcsi.com