SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• Exeter University (05 Feb 2010)
• Glasgow University (09 Feb 2010)
• ISSN (15 Feb 2010)
• Leicester University (09 Feb 2010)
• Sheffield University (14 Feb 2010)
• St Andrews University (15 Feb 2010)
• Sussex University (02 feb 2010)
• University College London (08 Feb 2010)
• Warwick University (17 Feb 2010)
• York University (10 Feb 2010)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Using SUNCAT as an Aid to Cataloguing

SUNCAT provides a Z39.50 connection to high-quality CONSER and ISSN MARC21 records on SUNCAT, enabling our 70 Contributing Libraries to download these records to their local catalogues. This is especially useful when a library is embarking on a retrospective conversion programme. Information about the downloading facility is available on the SUNCAT website. Non Contributing Libraries are also able to consult the MARC records found in SUNCAT and can use these to aid their cataloguing. We are hoping to expand the download service, and are currently surveying our Contributing Libraries about the existing MARC21 records downloading service and how they would like to see this develop.

We now have more than 5 million bibliographic records in SUNCAT (both for print and electronic journals). Approximately 1.2 million CONSER records and 1.4 million ISSN records are available for download.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Feb 2010)
Dundee University (02 Feb 2010)
Durham University (25 Jan 2010)
Essex University (28 Jan 2010)
Leeds University (29 Jan-2010)
Newcastle University (27 Jan 2010)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

• British Library (29 Jan 2010)
• Cambridge University (02 Feb 2010)
• CONSER (01 Feb 2010)
• Liverpool University (02 Feb 2010)
• London Business School (01 Feb 2010)
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (14 Jan 2010)
• Manchester University (22 Jan 2010)
• Queen's University, Belfast (01 Feb 2010)
• University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Jan 2010)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Contributing Libraries - Closures for Refurbishment

Two of SUNCAT’s Contributing Libraries are closed (or to be closed) for major refurbishment. The Royal Society’s Library and Archives are currently closed for renovation and will be re-launched in mid-2010 as the Royal Society Centre for the History of Science. As a result there is no access to its collections until at least June 2010.
Manchester Central Library will be closing in July 2010, due to re-open in 2013. The Central Library has to be completely emptied before work can begin and the stock (more than 22 miles of shelving) put into storage for the duration of the closure. The library will close in phases and the last department leaves the building by mid-June. An interim city centre library will be provided for the duration of the refurbishment period commencing Spring 2010. Stock from the Central Library will not be accessible during the closure period.

SUNCAT Updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the past few weeks. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

Cardiff University (26 Jan 2010)
Kent University (01 Feb 2010)
National Library of Scotland (01 Feb 2010)
Nottingham University (01 Feb 2010)
Royal College of Music (02 Feb 2010)
Sheffield Hallam University (26 Jan 2010)
Stirling University (12 Jan 2010)
Swansea University (15 Jan 2010)
University College London (12 Jan 2010)
Warwick University (01 Feb 2010)
Zoological Society (19 Jan 2010)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.