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Extended Opening Hours – Main Library
The Library will be extending its opening hours from Monday, 6 January till Monday, 3 February 2020.
The Main Library Study Halls on Level II and Level III will open on:
Mondays to Fridays: 07:00 - 23:00
Saturdays: 09:00 - 16:45
Sundays: 09:00 - 16:45
Please note that the Circulation Desk, Melitensia and Reference Departments will be closed during the extended opening hours.
Book transactions (borrowing & returning books) are carried out until 20:00 during weekdays and until 12:15 on Saturdays.
Extended Opening Hours – Health Sciences Library
From Monday, 6 January till Monday, 3 February 2020 the Health Sciences Library will open on:
Mondays to Fridays: 07:00 - 23:00
Saturdays: 09:00 - 16:45
Sundays: 09:00 - 16:45
The Circulation Desk at the Health Sciences Library will remain open.
Learn how to use RefWorks
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What's new in OAR@UM
Newest additions to the Maltese Journals collection
Small States & Territories (SST), vol. 2, issue 2, brings forth a number of book reviews and original articles focusing on the current socio political situation in New Caledonia as well as the possible future of states in Europe.
The double issue of Antae (vol. 6, issue 2-3), is all about aesthetics - aesthetics in the context of art and literature, both contemporary and past, aesthetics in philosophy and even physical activities such as walking.
Contained within the latest issue of Postcolonial Directions in Education (vol. 8, issue 1), you can find a number of articles, conference reports and book reviews tackling issues of education politics, adult education, queer sexuality, lifelong learning and more.
One of the most important organizations promoting Open Access and tackling issues connected with it is the Open Archives Initiative (OAI). The OAI, supported by major foundations and organizations including Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, National Science Foundation, and the Coalition for Networked , has been established in early 2000 with the goal of developing and promoting interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of digital content and in doing so increase the availability of scholarly communication. The OAI introduced a simple technological framework that would consist of two types of participants - data providers and service providers - and the Open Archives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), a so-called “low-barrier mechanism for repository interoperability” which allows for harvesting (collecting) of metadata from various repositories, archives and digital libraries.
