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New UB website

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:21:39 +0000

With the recent launch of the new KU Leuven web desing and the launch of Limo earlier in the academic year, we have seized the opportunity to revise the University Libary website. Since yesterday you can look at the result so far.

A new approach are our pages specifically aimed at “students” and “research“. The purpose of these is to highlight certain content on our webiste that is particularly relevant to these user groups.

Note: from now on the University Library blog is replaced by a news function within our website.
As always, with this revision we hope to improve your user experience. Comments are welcomed at e-bronnen@bib.kuleuven.be.

Throughout this revision we have been working together closely with the Biomedical Library (also launching a new website today) and the Arenberg Campus Library to harmonize the structure and content of the websites.

Planned interruption: Limo on 06/02

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:48 +0000

On Monday February 6th Limo – the University Library’s search portal – will be unavaible from 7.00 AM until 12.00 AM due to maintenance works.

Limo: temporarily incomplete search results

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:47:29 +0000

Due to technical issues Limo currently provides incomplete search results from the K.U.Leuven collections. Only results from Primo Central (i.e. a selection of our licensed e-sources) are presented. Documents from Lirias and our paper collections are currently not searchable through Limo.
If needed you can temporarily consult the old LIBISng catalogue for these documents.

Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Elsevier ScienceDirect: available again

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:41:06 +0000

Since yesterday the K.U.Leuven access to the Elsevier ScienceDirect platform is available again.

Elsevier ScienceDirect: access interrupted

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:23:19 +0000

At the moment there is practically no access to journals on the Elsevier ScienceDirect platform from within the K.U.Leuven network. The publisher has been notified and is working on a solution.

Access is possible by using the proxy server access (also possible from within the K.U.Leuven network).

Planned interruption: ProQuest

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:25:41 +0000

The provider ProQuest announces a planned interruption of their platform due to maintenance works, starting Sunday November 6th from 03.00 (CET) for 12 hours

K.U.Leuven has access to the following ProQuest products:

ARTbibliographies Modern / ABM (CSA/ProQuest)
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (CSA/ProQuest)
British Periodicals Online / BPO
Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest)
Early English Books Online / EEBO
EconLit (CSA/ProQuest)
ERIC (CSA/ProQuest)
FRANCIS (CSA/ProQuest)
GeoRef (CSA/ProQuest)
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences / IBSS (CSA/ProQuest)
Library and Information Science Abstracts / LISA (CSA/ProQuest)
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts / LLBA (CSA/ProQuest)
Patrologia Latina Database / PLD
Periodicals Archive Online / PAO
Periodicals Index Online / PIO
PILOTS Database (CSA/ProQuest)
ProQuest Platform
ProQuest Sociology
Social Services Abstracts (CSA/ProQuest)
Sociological Abstracts (CSA/ProQuest)

De Legerbode digitized

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:27:28 +0000

The university library of Louvain has recently finished the digitalization of the Belgian newspaper “De Legerbode”. The issues 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1918 are now available in full text via Limo and the Abraham journal database.

This military newspaper, published by the Ministry of Defence appeared about three times a week. Throughout the war, it played an important role in information and propaganda and was first and foremost meant for the soldiers. Each company, squadron or battery received ten French and ten Dutch copies.

It is a rich source of information regarding the history of the First World War in Belgium. The digitalization of this collection links up perfectly with the growing attention for the Great War in Europe and the numerous initiatives in the making for its centennial (1914-2014).

CSA-databases moved to new ProQuest platform

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:29:04 +0000

The start of the new academic year sees the definitive migration of all CSA databases from their current interface (about to be abandoned) to the new ProQuest platform. For K.U.Leuven this concerns the following resources:

• ARTbibliographies Modern / ABM
• Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
• Dissertations & Theses
• EconLit
• ERIC
• FRANCIS
• GeoRef
• International Bibliography of the Social Sciences / IBSS
• Library and Information Science Abstracts / LISA
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts / LLBA
• PILOTS Database
• ProQuest Sociology
• Social Services Abstracts
• Sociological Abstracts

In addition to separate links for the individual databases we have also created a general record for the ProQuest platform as a whole. There you can search the aforementioned resources altogether in one fell swoop, or in groups by selecting any of the following subject sets:

• Health & Medicine
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Science & Technology
• Dissertations & Theses

New search interface for all collections of K.U.Leuven libraries

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:23:23 +0000

From this academic year on, the discovery service Limo is the central access point to the collections of the K.U.Leuven libraries. You can now discover in a single search what sources are available on a certain topic.

What can you find in Limo ? Books and journals from the libraries, but also articles and other documents from important databases and e-journal collections that are available within the institution. It further contains all publications that are available in Lirias, the research repository of K.U.Leuven. The current content can later be extended with other interesting sources such as important digitized collections.

Some advantages of Limo:

- print and electronic publications via one search interface,

- search results by default ordered by relevance,

- search results easily refined by use of facets (filters),

- suggestions for further reading via “Recommendations”

Take a look at http://limo.libis.be/KULeuven and discover the new search features to find information in these rich collections.

Of course, an extended help function is available. Your feedback is always welcome, for this you can use the button “Feedback” on the top right corner of every screen.

At this moment, the university library of the K.U.Leuven is the only university library in Belgium that offers such a tool. Limo is based on the software PRIMO, a product of the Ex Libris Group, one of the important providers of library software.

Revised library website, caused by LIMO launch

Universiteitsbibliotheekdiensten — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:48:04 +0000

As you may already have noticed, the University Library website underwent some changes. The direct cause is the launch of the new LIMO search platform, as a replacement for the LIBISng catalogue and LibriSource+: see news items concerning LIMO. Since a catalogue generally serves as the backbone of a library, this led to some far-reaching website changes: e.g. the section on “Searching our collections” is revised completely, as well as all references to procedures (loan, renewal, ILL, …).

We have also taken the opportunity to give the overview of libraries – with their respective opening hours – a more prominent place on the start page. On a short term the current occupancy per library will also be added to this.

By this revision we hope to offer you a better online service. Should you still find references to the old LIBISng catalogue or other inconsistencies, please let us know (e-bronnen@bib.kuleuven.be).

Please also note that later this year the university will launch a complete new style for the K.U.Leuven website. Effects on the library website can be expected.