Visitor from Fordham University, New York – June 2015

Alison Shea, Reference Librarian/ Foreign & International Specialist at Fordham Law School, Fordham University, New York visited Aberystwyth and the Department of Law and Criminology for the second year running as part of a series of visits and presentations in Europe. Alison lectures widely and is the co-author of Sources of State Practice in International Law with Ralph Gaebler, Martinus Nijhoff, 2nd ed, 2014.

As requested by students and staff this year, Alison provided an overview of US legal research (a shortened version of a lecture delivered to City legal information specialists) and explained how Fordham University Law School teaches legal research. It was pleasing to see so many staff and postgraduate students present and we hope Alison will continue to visit for years to come.

Refresh your existing Aspire reading lists for the new academic year

Since the Reading List Copy on June 23rd you can see your current reading lists for the coming academic year (2015-2016) and last years' lists (2014-2015) when you click My Lists in Aspire.

• You can remove last years’ lists from My Lists
• Now please update and re-publish your current reading lists for the new academic year

Library staff will buy any new books and acquire any other new resources on your lists.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for adding your Semester 1 and long thin module lists to Aspire well in advance of the new academic year.

If you have any further questions or would like some training or an update on using Aspire then please e-mail us on acastaff@aber.ac.uk or call 1896.

Link your Aspire lists for new modules to the hierarchy, and publish!

We now have new module codes available for you in Aspire to link your reading lists to the hierarchy.

• If your reading list is currently in draft form in Aspire you can link it to the hierarchy
• Check that the correct year and semester have been applied - if not you can change them
• Now publish your list

Library staff will begin buying books and acquiring other resources for your reading list.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for adding your Semester 1 and long thin module reading lists to Aspire well in advance of the new academic year.

If you have any further questions or would like some training or an update on using Aspire then please e-mail us on acastaff@aber.ac.uk or call 1896.

Free access to over 170 million company records

The data has previously been available to the public but at a cost.  This week the Beta version has been released to allow free searching and viewing of the 170 million records available.  The data includes financial accounts, company filings, past and current director details.

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/

2015 Aber LibTeachMeet. Finding Time for the Past: Special Collections in the Internet Age.

The 2015 Aber LibTeachMeet held at the Hugh Owen Library on the 3rd June, was a great success. For full details of the event, please visit:  https://aberlibteachmeet.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/we-found-time-for-the-past/

Tuesday 30th June: Aspire Reading Lists deadline for Semester 1

Add your reading lists to Aspire for modules being taught in Semester 1 (or being taught both semesters) by June 30th to ensure there is sufficient time to buy books and digitise materials for Blackboard for the new academic year. 

Please contact your subject librarian or the Academic Services team acastaff@aber.ac.uk 01970621896 if you would like some one-to-one help to begin adding your lists to Aspire. Find self-paced training materials  here (help sheets, videos, a presentation and FAQs).

If you have already added your lists, use this checklist to update them ready for teaching and library resourcing.