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DMPTuuli workshops on every campus – sign up now for better DMPs!

Do you wish to learn the best practices of research data management and get some hand hands-on training of data management planning (DMP)?

During DMPTuuli workshops we go through the Academy of Finland’s current DMP template.The DMPs are drafted with DMPTuuli. Please, sing up for DMPTuuli account in advance! Workshops are open for University of Helsinki students and personnel.

City Centre Campus
in the 5th floor IT class of Kaisa house (5057)

Thursday August 30, 12-2 pm
Tuesday September 4, 12-2 pm
Wednesday September 12, 10-12 pm
Thursday September 13, 12-2 pm
Monday September 17, 12-2 pm
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/90402/lomake.html

Viikki Campus
Infocenter Korona (Viikinkaari 11)

Tuesday August  28, 2-4 pm, class 139. (in English). Please, bring your own laptop!
Friday September 14, 10-12 pm, IT-class 138 (in Finnish)
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/90686/lomake.html

Kumpula Campus
Kumpula Campus Library, room G108b

Thursday September 6, 10-12 am, room G108b (in English)
Thursday September 13, 10-12 am, room G108b (in Finnish)
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/90686/lomake.html

Meilahti Campus
Terkko Health Hub (Haartmaninkatu 4), PC-classroom, 1st floor

Thursday August 30, 13-15​ pm
Friday September 7,  9.30-11.30​ am
Tuesday September 11, 9.30-11.30 am
Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/90760/lomake.html

NB! If this is the first time you are writing a DMP or otherwise new to these issues, it is recommended that you start with the RDM basics lecture (running throughout the year), or otherwise acquaint yourself with the basic terminology and DMPTuuli.

The primary language of the workshop will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish. In Viikki and Kumpula, please check the language.

Courses and further help in research data management is provided by the University of Helsinki DataSupport.

Guides: Research Data Management

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Temporary service break on AsiaPortal

From August 1st 2018 there is a temporary problem with access to AsiaPortal due to a server update. The service provider is working on restoring access as soon as possible.

Update 3 August 2018: Service break is over

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RDM basics (research data management): courses start in August

How to define and describe research data and materials? How to make them openly available and where to store them safely?  How to use DMPTuuli in research data management planning?

These and other basic questions will be answered in a RDM basics (Research Data Management) lecture. A RDM basics lecture with the same content is running throughout the year. Lectures are open for University of Helsinki students and personnel.

RDM basics lectures / fall 2018
in the 5th floor IT class of Kaisa house (5057)

Thursday August 23, 12-2 pm
Monday August 27, 2-4 pm
Wednesday August 29, 10-12 am

Thursday September 6, 10-12 am
Tuesday September 11, 2-4 pm

Tuesday October 23, 10-12 am
Thursday November 22, 12-2 pm
Tuesday December 11, 10-12 am

Enrollments: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/90393/lomake.html

The primary language of the lecture will be English. Help and instructions are also available in Finnish.

If you are new to these issues, it is recommended that you start with the RDM basics and only after that attend the DMPTuuli workshop which are organized when the calls of the Academy of Finland are open.

See all the courses: http://libraryguides.helsinki.fi/rdm/courses-workshops

The lectures are organized by the University of Helsinki DataSupport.

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Trial: The Colonial State Papers – British trade, history and overseas expansion

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The Colonial State Papers database is a collection of thousands of scanned documents and bibliographic records relating to English activities in the American, Canadian, and West Indian colonies between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

These documents give insight into British trade, history and overseas expansion: the earliest English settlements in North America, encounters with Native Americans, piracy in the Atlantic and Caribbean, the trade in slaves and English conflicts with the Spanish and French are all covered in this database.

More information

Trial period in Helsinki university network: 2.7.-1.8.2018

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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Enjoy also in summer: thousands of e-books from Oxford University Press available

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

There are more than 14 000 e-books on various subjects, the focus being, however, on the disciplines of the city centre campus. New titles will be added monthly.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019.

Further information on the acquisition model ->

The title list by subject fields ->

The books are catalogued in HELKA.

The link to Oxford Scholarship Online ->

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Library terminals to be enhanced in Helsinki University Library

From June 2018 onwards, a renewed library terminal will be available for testing in the Kaisa House (4th floor) and, after the summer break, in the campus libraries in Meilahti and Viikki. Feedback on the new terminals will also be collected from customers during this time.

The new library terminals will allow anyone to search and read books and articles on Helka, and digital theses from the University of Helsinki on the E-Thesis repository. The library terminals will also provide users with access to the Helka database’s customer functions, such as saving your searches and favourites as well as saving references or forwarding them to an email address.

University of Helsinki students and staff will be able to use the terminals to log in to their personal desktops with their university IDs.

Print with the copy card

Articles, references and extracts of e-books can also be printed on the new terminals. Printing options are limited to double-sided black and white. Each terminal has its own designated printer whose address is readily available in the print menu. The multi-function devices that are used for printing are not always located in close proximity to the terminals. Instructions on where the multi-function device is located can be found near the terminals. Printing requires a Unigrafia copy card which can be purchased from the library’s customer service desk.

In addition to printing, you can also use the terminals to save articles, references and extracts of e-books onto a memory stick.

The library terminals cannot be used for browsing the internet or working on your personal files.

Guest computers to be phased out

The new terminals will replace all older library terminals and guest computers during the 2018 autumn term. This means that users from outside the University will need to use their own devices to work on their personal files or search for information on the internet. The library’s customer service desk will still provide users with login details for accessing the University’s wireless visitor network with their own computers and devices.

Guest computers are being phased out due to a technical change in the University’s network management system. As a result of this change, the network environment for guests will be terminated. This change will also allow the library to focus on its core service for users from outside the University: providing access to scientific information and University of Helsinki theses and dissertations.

To give your feedback on the new library terminals, use the library’s feedback form.

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Researcher, send your publications to the library for open archiving

The requested service is now available! You can send your publications to the library for self-archiving. We check publication rights and archive your publications according to the terms of the publisher.  Send your file to openaccess-info@helsinki.fi and include information on where your publication will be published.

Picture: PexelsIf you are uncertain which version of your publication can be archived or when it can be archived, send us all the versions you have. (More information on different versions in Open Access: Self-archiving (Green OA).

The archiving service is available to all University of Helsinki staff and students. If you have any questions about this service, about self-archiving or about open access you can reach us at openaccess-info@helsinki.fi.

Background

  • Eighty-four percent of the researchers who answered the library’s patron survey in the spring 2018 said they would use a self-archiving service if available.
  • According to the University of Helsinki’s principles of open publishing (2017) all publications produced at the university should be archived in the publication archive HELDA. In HELDA the long-term storage and availability of publications are secured.

Additional information: marja.moisio@helsinki.fi

Translation: Monica Allardt

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Library’s opening hours during and after the Midsummer

From the Midsummer (Fri, June 22) on, Meilahti and Viikki Campus Libraries will be closed. Main Library Kaisa House and Learning Centre Aleksandria have shorter opening hours.

Opening hours at Midsummer

Thursday, June 21

  • Main Library Kaisa House open 8-18, customer service 10-18.
  • Learning Centre Aleksandria open 8-17:45.
  • Learning Centre Minerva open 8-15:45.
  • Meilahti and Viikki Campus Libraries open 8-16, customer service 10-16.
  • Kumpula Campus Library closed.

At Midsummer, June 22-24, the learning centres and all library locations are closed. Aleksandria can be accessed with magnetic key during Midsummer (from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m.).

SUMMER 2018 in the Library

All Helsinki University Library’s services during the summer (eg customer service hours, loan periods, returns and reservations, HUPS and Interlibrary loans) can be found from the page SUMMER 2018 in the Library.

Keep in mind that the e-library is open 24/7, also in the summer!

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Furniture moves in the Kaisa House in June

More space for reading and working is being made available on the floors 2, 4 and 7 in the Main Library. In addition to the installation of new furniture, old furniture is moved from one floor to another, causing some noise. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

There will be more reading tables and standing height desks on the second floor of the Main Library.