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Science and Medicine Dispatch Volume 10 Issue 9 November 2019 Science and Medicine Dispatch Volume 10 Issue 9 November 2019 Welcome to Science and Medicine Dispatch, the monthly newsletter bringing you items of interest from the Science and Health Care Libraries of Oxford University. Subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected], or contact [email protected]. The newsletter can also be read online at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/about/science-and-medicine-dispatch. Open Access news Open Access training The next ‘OAOxford - what’s happening’ session will take place on Thursday 5th December 3-4pm at the Radcliffe Science Library. To book a place go to https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/workshops/OAO. Open Access books ‘author toolkit’ workshop Researchers: have you published an open access book or are interested in doing so? The OA book platform OAPEN (www.oapen.org/home) and publisher Springer Nature are holding an Oxford workshop to develop an OA book publishing toolkit for authors. Open to researchers from Oxford University and beyond, from all disciplines, career stages and levels of existing knowledge. When and where: Wednesday 27 November, 11am-3pm in the Bahari Room at the Weston Library. Refreshments will be provided. Places are limited. To register your interest in taking part, please visit https://forms.gle/rQbLZ5VNWWAgtP4Y8. OpenCon Oxford satellite event An afternoon of talks and discussion organised by OpenCon, Crossref and the Bodleian about work taking place in the area of open research with speakers from the British Library, Oxford PharmaGenesis, Oxford University and more to be confirmed. Open to all. When and where: Friday 6th December, 1.30-4.30pm at the Weston Library lecture theatre. Refreshments will be provided. More information on the OAOxford website at http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/2019/11/04/opencon-oxford-satellite-event-on-6-december-2019/. New Student E-Books Now Available We are pleased to announce that 43 new e-books are now available via SOLO to support medical students and are now available. Titles include The physiology of excitable cells, Browse’s introduction to the symptoms and signs of surgical disease, Bailey & Love’s short practice of surgery, Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM, Davidson’s principles and practice of medicine and the six volume set of Plastic surgery. A full title list can be found at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/hcl/news/new-student-e-books-now-available. We are indebted to the Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund for the funds to purchase these titles. 3D printing and VR drop-in sessions at the RSL The next of these regular taster events will take place on Friday 22 November, 1-4pm, in the RSL Entrance Hall Lounge. For more information on our 3D and VR services, please see http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/3dprintingscanning and http://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/VR. Radcliffe Science Library prepares for Parks College building redevelopment Work is now underway to prepare the Radcliffe Science Library (RSL) for the redevelopment of the building as part of the Parks College Project. To support this work book moves took place over the summer (to avoid disruption during term time). • Books in the Radcliffe Science Library that haven’t been used in the last two years have been moved to the Bodleian’s Book Storage Facility. • The remaining books in the Radcliffe Science Library have been moved to a new location on the top floor of the library. • Any books that have been moved off-site can be ordered via SOLO for consultation in the Radcliffe Science Library or elsewhere in the Bodleian Libraries. Next Steps • Over the Christmas vacation the book collection will be inaccessible to readers but a fetching service will e provided. • On 23 December 2019 the Radcliffe Science Library will be closing to readers to allow the building works phase of the Parks College Project to take place. • From January 2020 to Summer vacation 2021 the Radcliffe Science Library will operate from temporary premises at the Vere Harmsworth Library. Questions, thoughts, comments? Please send any questions or other feedback that you might have to [email protected]. Updates on the RSL refurbishment can be found at www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science/rsl-refurbishment. For information on the Parks College project visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation/future-projects/parks-college. VR+AI Virtual Seminar at the RSL by the Oxford AI Society Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 4.30-6pm, Radcliffe Science Library A seminar hosted entirely inside VR! Researchers from OpenAI/MIT, NeosVR and OxAI will explore the latest technologies at the crossroads of VR and AI. You are welcome to attend physically at the Radcliffe Science Library or virtually. If you don’t have a VR headset, you can watch the stream on OxAI’s YouTube channel or NeosVR’s Twitch channel. Details and booking information are at https://tinyurl.com/vrai-virtual-seminar. Radcliffe Science Library Bodleian Health Care Libraries Phone: +44 1865 272800 Phone: 01865 221936 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/science Web: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/medicine Twitter: @radcliffescilib Facebook: Radcliffe Science Library Opening Hours Opening Hours at BHCL Weekdays 8.30am-10pm For opening hours at the following sites, please see our website: Saturdays 10am-4pm, Sundays 11am-5pm. • Cairns Library, John Radcliffe (Vacations: Weekdays 8.30am-7pm, • Knowledge Centre, Old Road Campus Saturdays 10am-2pm, Sundays - closed) • Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Library • Horton General Hospital Library.
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