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Semester 1 Hours

February 18, 2013

Semester 1 & 2 opening hours begin on Saturday 23 February at Turitea and Wellington Libraries, and on Monday 25 February at Albany Library. View the Library’s full opening hours...Read more

Are our databases letting us down? Some reflections

February 11, 2013

My last posting on the appearance of a highly questionable journal in the Scopus database has raised a few eyebrows and has also given rise to the question of whether I may have singled out Scopus, and its parent company Elsevier, unfairly.  To...Read more

Exams: Extended Library Hours & Finding Old Exam Papers

February 4, 2013

Summer School exams are coming up, and we can help you out by staying open longer, and providing previous exam papers… Extended hours: All Massey Libraries will be open on Sunday 10 February. View all opening hours. Exam papers are available...Read more

Are our databases letting us down? A case study

February 1, 2013

After my recent posting on Open Access journals  I had a closer look at Jeffrey Beall’s list of predatory publishers and in particular at the list of suspect journal titles.  I had become aware some time ago that at least one very...Read more

Closed on Waitangi Day

January 31, 2013

All Massey Libraries will be closed on Waitangi Day, Wednesday 6 February...Read more

Good Guys, Bad Guys and Open Access Journals

January 23, 2013

Jeffrey Beall is a librarian at University of Colorado and seems to be one of the Good Guys.  Open Access publishing is very much a Good Thing but like a lot of open stuff it has been discovered by the Bad Guys and many OA journals are starting to...Read more

January/February Public Holiday Hours

January 14, 2013

The Library will be closed for Anniversary Day and Waitangi Day: Albany Library Turitea Library Wellington Library Wellington Anniversary Monday 21 January 8:00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m. Closed Closed Auckland Anniversary Monday 28...Read more

Albany Library open longer on Saturdays

January 14, 2013

From Saturday 19 January the Albany library will be open from 10am-6pm. This is in response to student requests for longer opening hours over summer school. The extended hours will be run on a trial basis. In addition to this Albany Library will be...Read more

Christmas & New Year Hours

December 19, 2012

All Massey Libraries will close at 5 p.m. on Friday 21 December and will not re-open until the beginning of the working day on Thursday 3 January 2013. The libraries will also be closed the first weekend of the year, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6...Read more

Congratulations to new Graduates

November 30, 2012

Several new graduates visited Turitea Library today, for photos after their graduation. Congratulations! Some even requested their theses from the Library ‘vault’ to prove their hard work… Nadia Yousef & Jessica Bignell with...Read more

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