ProQuest databases outage on Jan17th
14 January 2016On Sunday 17th January, ProQuest (a major databases supplier) will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability of their products. The window is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM NZ Time and will last for 8 hours.
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Christmas Break 2015
18 December 2015We are closing at 5pm on Friday 18th December, and will see you again from 9am on Wednesday the 6th of January!
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Come to the Great Debate!
22 October 2015 "It's on the internet, I can use it." Listen to this moot being debated at 3:30 today in S1, or live online.
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Tuesday in Open Access Week
20 October 2015 A tweetchat; livestreaming session on "Guerilla GLAM"; and a 2013 video about open data.
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Open Access Week 19-25 October
14 October 2015 This year we celebrate with a drop-in session, a tweetchat, and a Great Debate - and read our FAQ about how Open Access can help you.
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JSTOR platform issues
14 October 2015 JSTOR have alerted us to intermittent site-wide problems which they are working hard to fix.
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New-look Research Archive
22 May 2015Check out the updated Research Archive and let us know what you think.
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Discover Kanopy video collections
31 March 2015 Kanopy - great video collections on relevant topics such as: Environmental Sustainability Collection...
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Discover Lynda.com
13 February 2015Lynda.com is a very popular service providing access to hundreds of high quality training videos
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New Start - A welcome for mature students
28 January 2015This two part programme is specifically designed for students starting at Lincoln University who have had a break from formal education for a number of years.
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Open Access Week 2014!
16 October 2014 It's Open Access Week 2014 and every day this week we will have a new gem to share. Openly...
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Time Out Survey
16 October 2014 A short survey on Time Out recommendations.
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New LibrarySearch launched today
27 August 2014 LTL is pleased to launch our new LibrarySearch, now combining previous LibrarySearch and catalogue features and more.
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Library system migration
22 August 2014 Online renewals and requests are unavailable this weekend while we migrate data to a new system.
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Open Metadata
23 July 2014 To celebrate Open Access Week, we're announcing a Creative Commons Zero license for the metadata in our digital archives.
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Te Wiki o te Reo / Open Access Week events
16 July 2014 We have three public events next week for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and Open Access Week 2014: all welcome!
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New loan periods for Library items
15 July 2014 Taking advantage of the upcoming new Library and University Discovery system, the loan period for Library items has been updated,
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New thesis/dissertation deposit requirements
11 July 2014 Thesis and dissertation deposit requirements have changed.
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Alternate access to LTL during the official opening of the National Young Farmers Competition
01 July 2014 Alternative access to Ivey Hall will be arranged during the official opening of the National Young Farmers Competition which will be held in front of the Library this Thursday 3 July from 4.00pm.
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1-minute outage of webpages/databases
03 April 2014 Some LTL resources will be unavailable for 1 minute around 8pm. Get a cuppa and try again. :-)
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New pages on copyright
07 March 2014 LTL has developed a series of webpages about copyright, including third-party copyright and copyright and teaching materials.
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Probable closure of the Library building from 9–10am on Monday 3 March
28 February 2014 The Library building will be closed for the Pōwhiri if the weather is fine.
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Annual Reviews and BioOne outage
27 February 2014Annual Reviews and BioOne will have an outage from 5am Sunday 2nd March for up to 16 hours.
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Known issues
10 February 2014 We're aware of three unrelated issues: logging in to Research Archive; accessing WorldCat, and accessing ABI Inform. -All fixed now
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New Web of Knowledge interface
14 January 2014 The Web of Knowledge database has a new interface.
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Free Alumni membership for six months
14 January 2014 Are you an Alumnus and want to know the benefits of an Alumni membership?
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Christmas closure
17 December 2013 Library Teaching and Learning will close for the Christmas/New Year break on Tuesday 17 December at 5pm.
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2012 Annual Report
28 November 2013 The Library Annual Report for 2012 is now available.
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Possible interruption to access for online databases and journals
05 November 2013 Lincoln will make a change to its internet infrastructure at about 7pm, November 5. It may impact on your ability to access subscribed content.
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Opening LTL's software source code
25 October 2013 Today we launch our public open source contributions on the GitHub community. What is open source?
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Research Archive vs Community Archive
24 October 2013 We maintain two open access sites: Lincoln University Research Archive and Lincoln University Community Archive.
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LTL website licensed for reuse
23 October 2013 You can now reuse LTL's website content under our new Creative Commons Attribution licence.
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Website outage Wednesday October 23
22 October 2013 Lincoln websites including the library site will be unavailable from 8-9am on October 23, 2013.
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Images that won't get you in trouble!
22 October 2013 Most of the images you find on the web are copyrighted so can't be reused. The solution? Creative Commons.
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Open Access Teaching Materials
21 October 2013 Open access teaching material can be used by learners worldwide. What could this mean in the Lincoln context?
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Open Access Week 21-27 Oct
16 October 2013 We celebrate International Open Access Week with a display, blog posts, announcements, and three events.
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Short database outage Friday afternoon
15 October 2013Between 3-4pm Friday 18th, access to databases and parts of our website will be unavailable for about 20 minutes for server maintenance.
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LibrarySearch outage Saturday afternoon
04 October 2013 LibrarySearch will be unavailable for a period on Saturday afternoon between 2-3 pm.
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The Role of the Māori Land Court lecture
23 September 2013 Chief Judge for the Māori Land Court, Wilson Isaac, will speak in Stewart One at 1:30, Thursday 26 September.
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Staff workshops for September
09 September 2013 This month we are running a number of seminars on Open Access in data and more widely on the web.
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Planned website and database outage Sat 24th
21 August 2013
Lincoln University websites and access to library databases may be affected from 8am-2pm.
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Lincoln first Open Access uni in NZ
26 July 2013 The first at a New Zealand university, the new Open Access Policy covers research, teaching, and other material.
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LTL Launch Event 2013
23 July 2013 Celebrate the new and notable from Library, Teaching and Learning at 3:30 this Wednesday (24th) in the Library entrance.
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Library, Teaching & Learning Services Survey
15 July 2013 fill out a quick and simple survey to help us improve our services to you, and you will go in the draw to win a $20, $30 or $50 voucher to spend at Mrs O's!.....
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Time Out collection survey
09 July 2013 The Time Out collection in Library, Teaching and Learning is a collection of recreational titles. Suggest new titles here …
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Information on Copyright
09 July 2013 At Lincoln University, we operate under four different licenses for copying. This page explains the University's obligations ...
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No requests/renewals Sat 29th
27 June 2013 On Saturday 29th June, catalogue functions requiring a login will be offline for maintenance.
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Cultural mapping project
13 June 2013 Rescheduled: Takerei Norton's talk on mapping stories about the land from Ngāi Tahu kaumatua.
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New database: Business Source Complete
21 May 2013 Library, Teaching and Learning are now trialing Business Source Complete, a database provided by EBSCO.
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The Takutai Moana Act (2011) and Maori development
13 May 2013 Ivy Harper will present in the Ngā Kete e Toru area of LTL at 1:30pm Tuesday 14th on "Rethinking the scope and nature of development: Navigating the Takutai Moana Act (2011) and Maori development."
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NZSL Week 2013
13 May 2013 13-19 May is New Zealand Sign Language Week, Te Wiki o te Reo Turi, organised by Deaf Aotearoa.
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ARTstor Travel Awards 2013
03 May 2013 Win $1500 by creating an ARTstor image group and writing a short essay introducing a city!
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Closed for ANZAC Day
24 April 2013 Library Teaching and Learning will be closed 25th April 2013.
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Māori Land Court advisory clinics
22 April 2013 Advisory clinics will be held Monday 29th April at Ngā Kete e Toru in the Library, 1-4pm.
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Databases unavailable 5-7pm Wednesday 17th April
16 April 2013 Most of our databases will be unavailable from 5-7pm this Wednesday (17th April) and many other LTL services may experience intermittent outages while ITS conduct work during this time.
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Open Data: The Case for Collaboration
25 March 2013 Come and hear Prof David Penman's talk 12:30 Tuesday 26th at the Lincoln Event Centre.
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Preview the Lincoln University Community Archive
21 March 2013 As Lincoln Township celebrates its 150th Anniversary, we're putting online a preview of the new Lincoln University Community Archive.
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2011 Annual Report
18 March 2013 The library's annual report for 2011 is now available.
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"New Items" display has moved!
12 March 2013The "New Items" display has moved to the ground floor of Library, Teaching and Learning ...
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Professorial Address - Professor David Simmons
01 March 2013 All welcome to Tourism and Tourists: trails and trials on the land at 3:30pm on Thursday 7 March in C2.
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Waitangi Day opening hours
04 February 2013 We're open on Waitangi Day from 1pm - 7pm.
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Christmas closure
10 December 2012 Library Teaching and Learning will close for the Christmas/New Year break on Tuesday 18 December at 5pm
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Professorial address postponed
28 November 2012 POSTPONED - Professorial Address 2012 - Professor David Simmons
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Professorial Address 2012 - Professor David Simmons
26 November 2012 Professorial Address 2012 - Professor David Simmons
Everyone is welcome to the next in the series of Lincoln University Professorial Addresses.
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Open Access Week - Journals@Lincoln
25 October 2012 Library, Teaching and Learning (LTL) have developed the Journals@Lincoln site ...
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Open Access Week - Publishing your research
24 October 2012 Library, Teaching and Learning has created a number of resources related to publishing in the Open Access environment ...
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Open Access Week - Our Research Archive
23 October 2012 The Lincoln University Research Archive is an open access institutional repository for the University's digital research outputs ...
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Standards NZ unavailable
16 October 2012 Standards New Zealand online services will be unavailable from midday Friday 19 Oct ...
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ProQuest maintenance
18 September 2012 All ProQuest databases will be unavailable for direct searching from Sunday 30th September at 3:00pm for 12 hours.
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Professorial Addresses
07 September 2012 Professorial addresses in 2011 and soon for 2012 are now available via video online
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William Ivey's 174th Birthday Party
04 September 2012 All students and staff are invited to help celebrate the 174th birthday of the University’s first director W.E. Ivey.
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James Dalziel lecture - video
24 August 2012 Pedagogy for the 21st Century - Keynote Teaching and Learning Lecture. If you missed this lecture by James Dalziel on Wednesday 22 August, the video is available ...
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Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index
22 August 2012 Library, Teaching and Learning are currently running a trial of the Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index until 19th October 2012 ...
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SciVerse maintenance
20 August 2012ScienceDirect, Sciverse, SciVal, and Journals Consult are expected to be unavailable for approximately 19 hours beginning Saturday 25 August from 11:30pm to Sunday 26 6:30pm for scheduled maintenance for a new release.
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ProQuest maintenance
10 August 2012 ProQuest will be unavailable while maintenance is carried out on Sunday 19 August from 2pm
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Level 2 access
11 July 2012 From Friday 13th July 2012 an ID card will be needed to enter or leave Level 2 via the lift after 5:30 pm, and on weekends and public holidays.
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Tours of Library, Teaching and Learning
05 July 2012 Ever wondered how Library, Teaching and Learning can help you study, learn or teach more effectively? Come on a tour and find out ...
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National Geographic
14 June 2012 National Geographic archive on trial
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Pacific Economic Bulletin on Niustext
28 May 2012Pacific Economic Bulletin on Niustext database
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Help new students
18 May 2012Want to give us advice to help new students find out about what Library, Teaching and Learning is all about?
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Library Catalogue unavailable on Saturday 14 April
12 April 2012 On Saturday 14 April the Library system software will be upgraded, requiring the Library Catalogue to be unavailable for most of that day. The Catalogue will be available again on Sunday.
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Expressions of interest for Teaching Excellence Award Review
08 March 2012 Library, Teaching and Learning is about to undertake a review of the Lincoln University Teaching Excellence Award policy and procedures. We are asking for expressions of interest from staff who are interested in being part of a working party to review the policy and guidelines.
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MapToaster upgraded
14 November 2011 The MapToaster Topo New Zealand topographic map and aerial photograph software has been upgraded to the latest version. This version includes map updates to the Topo50 and Topo250 series, and other improvements.
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Royal Society journal archive made permanently free to access
28 October 2011 The Royal Society has announced that its historical journal archive has been made permanently free to access online.
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Open Access Week
27 October 2011 October 24-30, 2011 was Open Access Week - who knew?
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Brookers Online database - Training Session
05 August 2011 Brookers Online database training session to be delivered by Allan Rowland of Thomson Reuters on 9th August from 1:30 pm...
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Feedback on Connecting the Knowledge Networks
15 July 2011 In May/June 2011 staff and students at Lincoln University were invited to give their views on a futures scenario which described some possible options for what the learning, teaching and research directions of the University might be by 2020. It was anticipated that as students and staff engaged with this futures scenario, it would be greatly enriched and provide the University with a clear direction for the renewal of Lincoln University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy 2012-2015.
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Library Skills
04 July 2011 If you are a new first year student you are required to complete the online Library Skills as part of studying at Lincoln.
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Learning Workshop for Monday 23 May
23 May 2011 9:30am-12:00pm: Writing the results and discussion chapters in the sciences (for thesis writers) - in L123
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Nature Climate Change
30 March 2011 The first issue of this new journal from Nature Publishing Group is now online.
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Free access to Royal Society journals
05 November 2010 The Royal Society has made its digital journal archive freely available until 30 November.
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Extra electronic full text resources available
27 September 2010 We have been given online access to the following amazing collections from a range of publishers wishing everyone at Lincoln the very best with their studies and research while recovering from the earthquake and aftershocks.
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Earthquake photos
15 September 2010 See the Lincoln University facebook page for photos of the library after the quake.
The library is open today, Thursday and Friday 8.30am - 6.30pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
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APA Style Referencing 6th Edition
08 July 2010 From semester 2 the latest changes to APA style will be reflected in the library’s supporting material and advice.
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EndNote and Windows 7 update
17 June 2010 Users of the Windows 7 operating system will need to run EndNote (for the first time only) from the Start Menu before the EndNote tab will appear in Word 07.
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Economic Observer by Euromonitor
03 June 2010 Economic Observer is a new tool that has just been released by Euromonitor within the Passport GMID database. It allows cross country economic indicators to be compared graphically ...
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New database: Library PressDisplay
20 April 2010 Read the latest news from around the world with our new database Library PressDisplay.
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Virtual tour of the Library
05 March 2010 A virtual tour of the Library has been added to our Web site ...
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Library welcomes ITS to the iZone
17 February 2010 The Library welcomes ITS (Information Technology Services) Service Desk staff to the iZone for Semester One and Two 2010. ITS staff will help students ...
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New database: GeoRef
03 December 2009 The database GeoRef has been added to the Library’s database collection. The GeoRef database, from the American Geological Institute, provides access to the geoscience literature of the world.
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Loan Period Changes
01 December 2009 From 1 January 2010 new longer loan periods will apply for staff and postgraduate students. The standard book, thesis and poster loan period changes to 4 weeks. The standard serial loan period changes to 7 days for staff and postgraduates and to 3 days for undergraduates.
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Statistics New Zealand workshop well received
26 November 2009 Following on from the successful workshop conducted by Statistics New Zealand demonstrating the statistical services and data sets now available exclusively to University researchers, the presentation is available from our "Statistics for Universities" webpage.
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Lincoln University Theses 1928-2007
20 November 2009 The Library is contracting Canterbury Educational Printing Services at UC to digitise the thesis collection. From November 2009 to January 2010 some theses may only be available for consulting from the Library archive collection or from Departmental collections.
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Blind date with a book
01 October 2009 On Friday 14 August the Library held our inaugural "Blind Date with a Book" as part of Library Week. 40 Library users took part and within an hour, all the blind dates had been taken away!
The idea was to take a book, wrapped in brown paper, and agree to read it ...
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Journal Citation Reports 2008
10 August 2009 Available now for the first time at Lincoln University: Journal Citation Reports. JCR allows you to evaluate and compare journals using citation data ...
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New database: New Zealand Gazette
09 August 2009 The New Zealand Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of New Zealand. The Library now provides access to the Gazette Archive from computers on campus, covering the years 1841- 2008.
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New database: Forestry Compendium
21 July 2009 The Library now subscribes to the Forestry Compendium from CABI, a multimedia tool for identification, selection, and learning about specific tree species, including tropical, subtropical, temperate and boreal species.
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Avoid fines using Library Elf
13 July 2009 Library Elf is a free on-line service which can alert you when items you've borrowed from the library will soon be due back. You can specify how many days in advance of the due date you’d like to be told.
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SAGE Journals Online
29 April 2009 The Library now subscribes to the SAGE Humanities & Social Science Package. This provides access to 388 journals, comprising over 150,000 full-text articles.
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New Library Web site
14 April 2009 We have redesigned our Library Web site, with a new URL of http://library.lincoln.ac.nz.
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CAB Abstracts now on Web of Knowledge
10 February 2009 Lincoln University access to CAB Abstracts has moved to the Web of Knowledge platform.
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Lincoln University Theses 1928-2007
29 September 2008 The Library is undertaking a project to retrospectively digitize the collection of Lincoln theses and make them available online from the Lincoln University Research Archive.
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Research Archive
17 December 2007 The Lincoln University Research Archive has now been formally established. Lincoln University researchers are invited to deposit electronic versions of their research outputs into the Archive.
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National Climate Database
02 July 2007 Access to the National Climate Database through CliFlo is now free to all.
CliFlo provides climate information ...
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