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This is the Conversation Forum for How to Get the Best Out of a University Library << "Handapparate" Not my uni's library... >> Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by Orcus   Posting 1 Doesn't exist anymore does it? Not for a couple of years in fact. At least I though so. The BIDS ISI database certainly is now subsumed into the WOS or Web of Science. http://wos.mimas.ac.uk Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 2 BIDS is still there: http://www.bids.ac.uk David - who hates Web of Science even more than he hates BIDS... Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by Orcus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 3 Hmmm, except you can't search in the science areas as far as I could see. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 4 You're right. The only Sciences database which hasn't been farmed out to someone else (Web of Science or Science Direct) is INSPEC, a physics database. No idea how good that one is, as I've not had the pleasure of being part of an institution that subscribes to it! BIDS seems to be a bit of a pick and mix. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by Orcus This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 5 Ha well, WOS is exactly the same as BIDS used to be anyway. Can't say I ever used it as an undergraduate anyway -although times may have changed. One thing that has annoyed me ever since I advanced into post-graduate and then professional science is that the University libraries have very much shorter opening hours outside of term time yet around 50 % of the population of the uni is still around (ie. post-grads and staff) and with all due respect to the undergrads, the library is far more useful for research purposes than it is for undergrad purposes really and we are still around and still in need of it throughout the year. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 6 I can't speak for other places, but we open until 7pm (instead of our usual 9.30pm) over the summer. The main reason we have reduced summer hours is because 'they' don't let us take leave during term time , so you end up with less than half of the staff for much of the vacation, making the full opening hours impossible. Having said that, though, the powers that be here have just decided they want us open until 9.30 for about 5 weeks over the summer. Not sure how we'll manage it, but the possibilities of extra 'pool' staff, and even of the near-mythical overtime have been raised. Unfortunately, this would mean doing 12.5 hour shifts... David - is weighing up extra money vs. more than half the day in the library... Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by halfaringcircus aka jennymonroe This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 7 What are your hours off term? I'm working at a campus library right now, and we're open 8-7 Monday-Thursday, and 4 hours Friday-Sunday. (That's all they'll give us a budget for. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 16, 2003 by David, the Singing Librarian Owl This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 8 On term: Monday: 9.30am - 9.30pm Tuesday-Thurday: 8.30am - 9.30pm Friday: 8.30am - 7.00pm Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm Sunday: 12.00pm - 7.00pm Off term: Monday-Friday: 8.30am-7.00pm Saturday: 10.00am - 5.00pm They are chucking extra money at us to do this extra-long opening this summer. Read the First Reply to this Posting Subject: BIDS... Posted May 19, 2003 by halfaringcircus aka jennymonroe This is a reply to this Posting   Posting 9 12.5 hour workdays?! I thought our 9 1/2 hour Monday-Thursdays were bad We're usually open until midnight when regular classes are in session. Conversation list Most of the content on h2g2 is created by h2g2's Researchers, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click on the relevant button to alert our Moderation Team. Conversation list

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