The University of Sydney - Library News 

Stage 3 of the Fisher  Library refurbishment project is due to commence on the 27th May, 2013 and will  continue until the end of 2013. It is the final stage of the work to be  undertaken to improve library facilities for our students and staff. There will  be some closures and relocation of the collections during this period to enable  all Levels of Fisher South to be completed. We’ll keep you up to date via the  Library News and the Fisher Library renewal site.

Work will initially be  undertaken on Levels 1, 5 and 9 of Fisher South. Immediate changes to enable  the work to proceed include:

• The Fisher  Library Newspaper Area on Level 1 Fisher South will be closed from Wednesday 22nd  May 2013 until the end of December 2013.
• From that data  current newspapers and Magazines will be relocated to the 2 hour collection (at  the beginning of the sequence) on Level 3 Fisher North.
• The access to the  Herbert Smith Freehills Library will be unavailable from Monday 27th  May, 2013 until further notice. We hope to reopen this access as soon as  possible after essential work is completed on Level 1 Fisher South.
• The East Asian collection will be moved on 23 May from Level 8 Fisher South to Level 2 Fisher South.

A designated space has now been made available as part of the initial refurbishment of Fisher Library. It is a closed space next to the kitchen and bathrooms on Level 3 Fisher South, available for parents to have a quiet area to be with their children. It contains two cubicles, a microwave and a baby change table for all your needs.

Please feel free to use this space if you are a parent with children. The space is NOT available for general access.

Due to industrial action there will be major disruption to University Library services on Tuesday 14^th May 2013.

The following Library sites will be closed until Wednesday 15^th May 2013:
Badham
Dentistry
Medical
Sydney College of the Arts

The following Library sites will be open as per usual and close at 5pm on Tuesday:

Law
Fisher
Camden
Conservatorium of Music
Nursing
Health Sciences
SciTech

Find updated information about opening hours on this news item and please accept our apologies for the inconvenience of these disruptions to services.

From Monday 13^th May, 2013, requests for scans of articles from journals held in the Storage Collection should be made by going to MyLoans  and then clicking on the Request articles from Storage link.

Books for Storage will continue to be requested by clicking the Request button in the Catalogue.

Head to http://sydney.edu.au/library/libraries/storage/ for more information about requesting material from our Storage Collection.

The scheduled outage will take place 10pm Wednesday until approximately midnight. Our online catalogue will not be accessible during that period.

You will still be able to search our holdings via CrossSearch from the Library home page, however, if the search results are catalogue related, you will not be able to reach the catalogue when clicking on any of the results for that period of time.

During the outage you will also be able to access online resources via the e-journal portal and our other lists of e-resources.

Library Borrower Number login will not be available during the outage.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Due to industrial action there will be major disruption to University Library services on Tuesday 26^th March and Wednesday 27^th of March 2013.

The following Library sites will be closed until Thursday 28^th March 2013:
Badham
Dentistry
Medical
Sydney College of the Arts

The following Library sites will be open until 5pm on both days:

Law
Fisher
Camden
Conservatorium of Music
Nursing
Health Sciences
SciTech

Find updated information on this news item and please accept our apologies for the inconvenience of these disruptions to services.

The University of Sydney recognises the importance of publishing research findings and the pressure on researchers to do so. However, the Library wishes to advise the researchers of the University to take care if they are approached with an unsolicited offer to publish their research or thesis. There are a number of “predatory” publishers out there taking advantage of the Open Access movement and early career researcher’s desire to publish.

As a result of this we have updated the information on the Publish your research website to highlight this issue.

If you are approached with an unsolicited offer to publish your research or have any questions about such an offer to publish contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Due to strike action there will be major disruptions to Library services Thursday 7 March. The extent of disruptions will not be known till on the day. This news item will be updated as the day unfolds.

The following Libraries will be closed:
Badham
Dentistry
SCA

These Libraries will be open for part of the day but are likely to close early:
Camden closing at 1.30pm
Conservatorium closing 5pm
Fisher closing at 5pm
Health Sciences closing at 5pm
Law closing 5pm
Medical closing at 5pm
Nursing closing at 2.30pm
SciTech closing 5pm

Online services and access
There are intermittent disruptions to online services.