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The Wellington Interim Library is now open

February 10, 2023

The Wellington Campus library has moved to temporary premises to allow for the completion of window replacement and seismic strengthening of Block 5. The temporary space selected was Block 5, Level F (5F) an earlier recipient of the seismic strengthening programme, and one of the few spaces on the Wellington campus offering the required combination of open space that could accommodate a sizeable book collection and office spaces for staff and student use. The logistics of moving a library collection hit home very quickly and it took several months to determine how much of the collection would fit on 5F and how to split the collection between 5F and the storage area provided.  Preserving the library experience for...Read more

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Some databases and journals, including Web of Science, not renewed for 2023

January 6, 2023

The Library has not been able to renew several databases and journals in 2023, including Web of Science. For a list of databases and journals relevant to your area, please contact your Subject Librarian. Due to the University’s...Read more

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Open textbooks

November 10, 2022

Do all students in your course have easy access to the textbooks? If the cost, availability, high demand at the Library, restrictive ebook licences or other barriers are a problem, open textbooks may be a good option. What are open...Read more

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Open Access Week 2022: Open for climate justice

October 26, 2022

This week we’re celebrating International Open Access Week!  The theme for 2022 is Open for climate justice. Find out more about some of the ways you can take part in open access… Massey Research Online Massey...Read more

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Ngā mātauranga hōu: modern Māori scholars in ebooks and online

September 12, 2022

In our last Insync survey asking how students rated the Massey Library, we received this comment:   “My biggest concern is that when writing essays based on Māori kaupapa or principles many books such as fundamental ones from Mason...Read more

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You told us about … hassles with databases timing out

August 2, 2022

We had a number of comments in our Insync satisfaction survey last year about databases timing out too quickly. A check of our Discover database earlier this year ensured that the timeout was reset to 2 hours. However there may be issues with other...Read more

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You told us about … hassles while studying in the Library

July 29, 2022

From noisy study neighbours to power points not working, your comments in the Insync satisfaction survey last year showed you can have some unwelcome problems while studying in the Library. If you strike these please head down to the Service Point...Read more

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You told us about … hassles getting textbooks from the Library

July 21, 2022

Results from the Insync survey run in 2021 told us that many of you are frustrated at not being able to access textbooks from the Library.  Some Massey courses have:  compulsory textbooks, which every student needs to...Read more

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Junior books to Bougainville

June 22, 2022

In 2020/21 the Library’s Junior collections (fiction, nonfiction, picture books) at Auckland and Manawatū were carefully reviewed in consultation with teaching staff. Consideration was given as to how the material supports Massey’s current...Read more

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You told us about … hassles getting full-text articles

May 18, 2022

Results from the Insync survey run last year told us that many of you are having issues accessing the full-text of articles you want. Did you know you can use the Library to beat paywalls? Here are a few tips … – look in the...Read more

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