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We have just subscribed to Libby for all University staff and students. Libby is an app that provides access to a host of fiction and non-fiction books and audiobooks online. It complements our existing printed ...
Tags: barrington, books, ebooks, fiction, knl, leisure, mirc, SOMLibrary|19/12/2022
Studying during the night, at the weekend or during a University holiday? We've joined a global scheme so you can talk to a librarian any time, even when Library Services staff aren't working. Just use ...
Tags: barrington, knl, live chat, mirc, SOMLibrary|16/12/2022
With the UN COP27 Climate Conference having taken place recently in Egypt, the attention of the world was once again on how we can collectively tackle our environmental impacts and battle the existential threat of ...
Tags: air transport, climate change, hydrogen, hydrogen aircraft, netzero, sustainable aviation, UN climate conference, zero emissions, zero emissions air travel|08/12/2022
It might be thrilling to push yourself past your comfort zone, but it can also leave you feeling anxious and self-conscious. What if this is unsuccessful? What if I'm not as talented as I ...
08/12/2022
We need your help! There have been lots of changes in courses and module leaders recently, and we are aware that some reading lists have been updated but not shared with the library team. This ...
Tags: barrington, books, ebooks, knl, mirc, reading lists, SOMLibrary|05/12/2022
We are delighted to announce that MIRC has reopened and the book collection has been successfully restored to the shelves. And even better, you can now borrow, return and renew books yourself using the new ...
Tags: books, knl, mirc, SOMLibrary|02/12/2022
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It is said that the biggest lie on the internet is "I have read and understood the terms and conditions". Can you honestly say that when presented with terms online, you read them carefully and ...
Tags: barrington, cloud, google, knl, mirc, rdm, research data, SOMLibrary, storage, terms and conditions, ts & cs|27/04/2017
Our Cranfield Online Research Data (CORD) repository uses the figshare platform, which is updated roughly every month, so you'll often see new features, improvements, or bug fixes. Three recent highlights you may be interested in ...
Tags: barrington, cord, figshare, knl, mirc, rdm, SOMLibrary, statistics|19/04/2017
Wouldn't it be handy if you could easily check to see if there was an open access version of a paper that wasn't available to you through the Library's subscriptions? Well, Unpaywall could be just ...
Tags: barrington, knl, mirc, open access, SOMLibrary, unpaywall|30/03/2017
Having recently looked at data protection in research data management (RDM) generally, and anonymisation more specifically, now let's take a look at participant consent, as that's another common area for questions. Ethics support at Cranfield ...
Tags: barrington, consent, cord, data, ethics, knl, mirc, rdm, research ethics, SOMLibrary|28/03/2017
The University Library service recently updated its referencing guides. Download the latest author-date guide here and the guide to numbered referencing here. The guide covers how to reference the most common sources you will encounter on your ...
Tags: harvard referencing, knl, mirc, muscat, referencing, SOMLibrary|27/03/2017
In our last RDM blog post we discussed data protection in general; now let's take a further look at anonymisation. The main message is to think about it early, planning well to ensure that data ...
Tags: anonymisation, barrington, data protection, dpa, knl, mirc, personal data, rdm, research data management, SOMLibrary|17/03/2017