We’ve made some changes to Tāmiro recently as a result of user experience (UX) testing. Thank you to all who participated and supported this work. For a guided tour of the changes, here is a video (4 minutes) Image tags video user guide (7 minutes) We invite you to contribute to Tāmiro, and share with us your knowledge of people, buildings, events at Massey University. One way to do this is by adding tags to images. Happy tagging! User Guides and Help In our UX testing, we found that people often missed the search box and the Collections area. They didn’t know where to start, and didn’t scroll right down to the bottom of the page so also missed Browse by Location. We...Read more
Discover (the main Library search), MyLibrary and the individual EBSCOhost databases are changing in January. The EBSCOhost databases will change by 8 January. Discover and MyLibrary (in Discover folders) follow on 27 January. This...Read more
Open Access Week 2024 We’re celebrating International Open Access Week during 21-27 October. The theme for 2024 is Community Over Commercialisation. Find out how we can support you with making your work open access (OA). Open...Read more
If you’ve used Factiva this week, you’ll have noticed that their interface has changed. If you’re not a Factiva user, this interface change could make this database more interesting! In my opinion, it’s much more user friendly and a...Read more
Some of the Library’s Read and Publish agreements, which waive the article processing charges (APCs) to publish open access, limit the number of articles published in a year. The 2024 agreements with Wiley and Springer Nature are capped...Read more
Using Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) keywords in your publications can increase your visibility and contribute to the university’s ranking. Why SDG keywords matter Visibility: Keywords are crucial when anyone is...Read more
Web tutorial: Creating multimedia with AI tools, from University of Arizona Libraries. Review by Katherine Chisholm, Business Librarian, and NJ Jayne, CoCA/Business Librarian. This is a fun introduction to AI for newbies! From showing how...Read more
Research Month highlights some of the ways the Provost’s teams support Research at Massey University, Te mahi rangahau i Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa. Staff and postgraduates are welcome to attend any of the sessions during the month. There are...Read more
Capture your Library search as you go, so you can get back to it easily later on or provide evidence of how you searched for assignment requirements. It’s much easier to do this from the start rather than try to recreate it later. Note...Read more
AI has put literature mapping on steroids, making it easier for you to find connected research. Literature mapping tools utilise artificial intelligence to enable users to explore and discover connections between peer reviewed articles on a...Read more
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