Sources For Courses: EDINA Agcensus

Students doing Agriculture Degrees here at Aberstwyth University may find  EDINA agcensus  very useful for their studies. It provides online access to data derived from UK Agricultural Censuses. There is a wealth of information available dating back to 1969 and recently statistics have been added from the 2010 Censuses.

The Agricultural Census is conducted in June each year by the government departments dealing with Agriculture and Rural Affairs for Scotland, England and Wales (i.e. SEERAD, DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside). Each farmer declares the agricultural activity on their land via a postal questionnaire. The respective government departments collect the 150 items of data and publish information relating to farm holdings for recognised geographies.

The Primo Roadshow

Bringing the library to you!
Feel free to drop by with questions about Primo or finding resources on the following dates (more will be added later).

• Thursday 28 June, 1pm – 2pm,  Room 017/018 Department of Information Studies, Llanbadarn Campus
• Thursday 19th April, 1pm-2pm, Room 017/018 Department of Information Studies, Llanbadarn Campus
• Thursday 8th March, 2-4pm, foyer of Penbryn 5 (Department of Psychology / School of Education Lifelong Learning), Penglais Campus
• Friday 9th March, 10am-1pm, foyer of Penbryn 5 (Department of Psychology / School of Education Lifelong Learning), Penglais Campus
• Tuesday 13th March, 10am-12pm, foyer of Department of Information Studies, Llanbadarn Campus
• Wednesday 14th March, 10am-1pm, foyer of Penbryn 5 (Department of Psychology / School of Education Lifelong Learning), Penglais Campus
• Thursday 15th March, 10:30am-1:30pm, foyer of the William Davies Labs (IBERS), Gogerddan Campus, Penrhyncoch

Meet your Academic Services Librarian #3

This term we will do a series of posts introducing you to the members of the Academic Services Team. This time it is the Psychology librarian.

Karl Drinkwater
I'm one of those people who came to Aberystwyth to do a qualification (in my case an MSc in Information and Library Studies) then stayed, because it was easier than trying to catch a train out of the town. That was over thirteen years ago and I have been working as a librarian at Aberystwyth University ever since. My areas of specialism include information literacy (how we find, evaluate and use information); electronic resources; resource discovery systems; social media; and support for international students. I am also the librarian for the Psychology Department. Until recently I worked part-time as an e-learning technologist for JISC RSC Wales too.

On the Ystwyth Trail

Holdings of printed journals collections

Please can you disseminate the following to colleagues in your Department:

Information Services is continuing to review holdings of printed journals collections in line with the IS Collection Management Policy.

The list of titles here has been identified for withdrawal under the UKRR scheme having had no demand in the last 10 years. Please review this list and let us know if you believe they should be kept at AU. Please bear in mind that titles offered to UKRR are accessible in perpetuity from the British Library where they are kept in environmentally sound conditions. You must state your reason for wanting to keep these titles by 30th March 2012.

Thank you.
Val Fletcher vvf@aber.ac.uk
Collection Management Team Leader, Information Services.

Why use your library?

The Virtual Training Suite

The Virtual Training Suite is a set of free Internet tutorials to help you develop Internet research skills for your university course. All of the tutorials are written and reviewed by a national team of lecturers and librarians from universities across the UK. The interactive, teach-yourself tutorials take around an hour to complete - you simply work through the material in your own time at your own pace. By the end of them you should have a good idea of how to find the best sites on the Web that are appropriate for university work, and you will understand how critical thinking can improve the quality of your online research. There are 60 tutorials in total, covering every subject, so don’t miss out on this resource!