Library Search & GDPR

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect on 25 May 2018.

In order to comply with GDPR, Library Search users may be asked to consent to have some personal data collected by EBSCO (service provider for UEA Library Search).

This personal data is required for the personalised service elements of Library Search e.g. use of the personal “Folder”, saved items, saved searches and checkouts.

Users can refuse consent.  They will still be able to use Library Search but they will not be able to make use of the personalised elements of the service.

Users that have not previously made use of the personalised functions within Library Search, will not get the request.

What personal data is collected?

• Account information such as login credentials, email and name
• Saved items, checkouts and saved searches
• Activity data such as searches, retrievals and link outs
• Affiliation data

What should I do ?    If you want to continue using the personalised service, you should click “Yes” and consent.
Users can withdraw their consent at any time by contacting privacy@ebsco.com

What if I decline?    You will no longer be able to:

• Save items to folders and access them
• See your search history and save searches
• Checkout EBSCO eBooks

 

View EBSCO’s Privacy Policy

If you have any queries or concerns, please contact eservices@uea.ac.uk

Library loan history and GDPR

The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force in May.

On Tuesday 20 March 2018, to conform to this new data-protection law, the Library is removing some older data that it has no need to keep, by ‘anonymising’ (removing the link between a transaction and a person, so that the records are no longer ‘personal’); this allows us to keep the transaction itself for stock-use analysis but it is no longer linked to you. We are anonymising loan records older than 10 years, and requests older than 7 years. This will mainly affect long-serving staff, because students, and staff at UEA for less than those periods, will not normally have a loan or request history long enough to be affected.

If you have been at UEA longer than those periods, and wish to see where the change will affect you: go to the Library Catalogue , select the ‘My Account’ option in the top row, log in if necessary (not normally required on UEA desktops), then select ‘Loan History List’ or ‘Hold Requests History’.

Currently, these lists may show ‘history’ going back as far as August 2002.  From Easter 2018, loans returned before the end of 2007 will no longer appear in your ‘Loan History List’, and requests completed before the end of 2010 will no longer appear in ‘Hold Requests History’.

If you have any questions regarding the above, please contact Lib.Helpdesk@uea.ac.uk

Academic Videos – sit back, relax and view!

The Library now has trial access to the Alexander Street Press ‘Academic Video Online’ package of videos. This is a huge collection of videos covering all subjects, including Business, Art and Architecture, Ethnography, History, Counselling, Environment Studies and much, much more.

Do you like to learn by watching your information rather than reading? Well then this is the resource for you! Sit back, relax and take a look: http://search.alexanderstreet.com/avon

Beware though, our access will end on the 30th April, so take advantage of this while you can! If you love these videos, please let us know by emailing c.sharples@uea.ac.uk

Programs on the library pcs

Thanks to Computing Science 1st year student Travis Payne, for mentioning that it would be helpful to have additional programs on the pcs in the library.

Rachel Henderson from the library and Travis met with Alex Pooley from ITCS and we’re pleased to say that the library pcs now include:

Notepad++

Netbeans

Python

PostgreSQL Manager

Don’t forget the library can help you find journal articles and conference papers to give your assignment the edge over others.

See https://portal.uea.ac.uk/library/subject-guides/computing-sciences to find out more.

 

Statista – a new resource for a new year

Statista is our new statistics portal enabling you to discover more than 1.5 million statistics from over 18,000 sources. It’s really quick and easy to use, and you can view the results in a range of formats including PDF and PowerPoint. Best of all, the source of the information is always displayed, enabling you to refer to the original statitcs and feel confident using the statitics in your work.

Statista is great for all sort of applications from business need, context setting, industry research or just your own curiosity. There are also loads of other features to Statista, including industry reports, consumer insights, and opinion polls, all with the source data clearly detailed. They also generate some neat infographics which you can use to make an impact, such as this one:

If you have any questions or would like some more help using this resource please get in touch with the Social Sciences Librarian Carly Sharples: c.sharples@uea.ac.uk

Get started searching at Statista now: http://www.statista.com/

 

Don’t miss your Christmas presents!

We hope you’ve all been enjoying the 12 days of library Christmas so far. Don’t miss out on your gifts from the weekend!

On the fifth day of Christmas the library brought you visual delight and on the sixth day brought you journals galore.

Take a look now to catch up, and unwrap your new surprise for today:

12 days of library Christmas

Starting today the library will be  running a new promotion to showcase 12 exciting academic resources for use in teaching and research. Unwrap a new information tool each day between 1^st-12^th December and find out more about what the library has to offer you. Click the image below to see which gift has been brought to you today…

 

*TRIAL* Global Data – Market and Industry Reports

We now have trial access to Global Data (Global Company Intelligence). The trial is on-campus only and will last until Friday 23^rd October. Take a look here:

http://www.globalcompanyintelligence.com/

Global Company Intelligence (GCI) offers students and staff detailed company reports across a broad range of markets and industries. Their high-level analysis combined with in-depth financials and SWOT profiles can be easily accessed and interpreted using GCI’s intuitive platform and innovative benchmarking tools.

Let us know what you think of this resource! Would you find this useful for your teaching/studies? Email Carly at c.sharples@uea.ac.uk 

How to export your Primo OneSearch e-Shelf

Over the summer 2014, we’ll be launching a new library search tool to replace Primo OneSearch.

To ensure that you do not lose the book, article & journal references that you have saved in Primo, please export your e-Shelf before September 2014:

Once logged in, click on e-Shelf

Select the items you want to export by ticking the box next to each title. To select all titles, tick the box at the very top of the list.

 

You can then choose to print the list or e-mail it to yourself

Alternatively, you can export the list into EndNote Web by selecting this option from the dropdown menu and then clicking “Go”

You can set up an Endnote web account for free by going to https://www.myendnoteweb.com and creating an ‘Endnote Basic’ account.

Please note: you can only export 30 titles at a time to EndNote Web

Improvement to library search services

Over the summer we’ll be launching a new library search tool to replace Primo OneSearch. The new interface will look and feel similar to Primo and will give you:

• Better quality search results
• Faster, more reliable access to full-text articles and many of our key research databases
• A user-friendly experience

To make sure we achieve these aims, we’ll be asking for your help and feedback during the changover period.

We’ll keep you posted about progress on this project with updates here, on the Library news feed and on Twitter.

Sneak preview of new search service

Why are we making this change from Primo?

Feedback from the latest ISD survey indicated that we were not always meeting the expectations of library users. The new search tool we’ve selected offers a clear interface, and enhanced relevancy ranking that will make it easier to quickly find books and articles It also features more intuitive navigation, and enhanced features such as ‘at a glance’ availability.

We hope you will find it an improvement, and we’re looking forward to hearing your feedback on how we can make it work best to serve your academic information needs.

How can I find out more?

We’ll post regular updates here so you can keep up to date with how the project is progressing. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at eservices@uea.ac.uk