Opening hours Christmas holidays

During the Christmas holidays opening hours at the library are:

Monday 21 December until Wednesday 23 December: 9 am – 6 pm
Thursday 24 December: 9 am – 1 pm

Closed from Friday 25 December until Sunday 3 January.

As from Monday 4 January normal opening hours (mon-thu 9 am – 9 pm).

We wish you a heartwarming Christmas and all the best for 2010!

No Wi-Fi in the library on Tuesday 8 December

Due to a network upgrade there will be no wireless internet (Wi-Fi) in the  library on Tuesday 10 December. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

Book sale in the library was a succes

Thanks to the students and personnel of the Group Biomedical Sciences, the books sale titled ‘Know how per kilo” was a big success!
On Wednesday 18th of November, the proceeds of the books sale were donated to Prof. Dr. Chris Van Geet, head of the department Pediatrics, by Prof. Dr. Jozef Arnout, group manager of the Campus Biomedical Sciences.

The most part of the money will be used to buy new children’s toys. This way their stay in the hospital will become a bit more pleasant.

Know how per kilo, bookselling in the library

The Biomedical Library is selling second-hand books:

Kennis per Kilo (Know how per kilo)

Monday, October 5, from 1 pm until 5 pm

Tuesday, October 6 , from 9 am until 5 pm

Where? In the library, in front of the information desk

It’s only 2 euros for every kilo knowledge

The profit will go to charity.

Everybody is welcome!

Books department temporarily closed

On Monday 24 August and Tuesday 25 August the third floor of the library – where a part of the books is stored- will be closed because of cleaning activities. If you need a book which is situated on the third floor you will have to ask the staff at the information desk (4th floor) to get the book.

Meanwhile there has been a removal operation of 20,000 books from open stacks to closed stacks (2nd floor). We will report later in detail about this.

Lost and found

From Thursday 14 May until Wednesday 20 May the library – who is the keeper of all found objects in the buildings of Onderwijs & Navorsing 1 and 2 (and surroundings) – will show all lost objects on tables near the information desk. If you have you lost something in the past 12 months just come and take a look at our collection of scarfs, gloves, umbrellas, cases, notebook adapters, juwels, keys, cellphones etc…

Till the end of June rightful owners may claim a lost object (after Wednesday 20 May these objects will be stored again in the cabinet just outside the library). In july all objects will leave the library (objects of value will be brought to the police of Leuven).

Library Easter opening hours 2009

The library has  different opening hours during the Easter holidays. We are open each day from 9.00am until 6.00pm (no evening services). The library will be closed on Easter Monday, 13 April.

Visible Human Server

On the blog of David Rothman I found  a nice link to the Visible Human Server where you can discover the human body slice by slice (axial, sagital, coronal). It’s a nice tool to study anatomy

The Visible Human Server

E-mail library temporarily down

Update 23 March: the library’s e-mail account is working again

There will be a transfer of the library’s e-mail account on Friday 20 March to a new mail server. During that day it will not be possible to contact us via the regular address mgas(AT)bib.kuleuven.be.
You may contact us by telephone (016/346105) or (for urgent requests) via the e-mail addresses of the individual staff members.

Ordering articles via our document delivery system (for researchers and staff) will also not be accessible on that particular day. Apologies for the inconvenience.

BMJ Best Practice

De campus library has temporary access to Best Practice, a new decision supporting tool for physicians. This trial from the BMJ Group is accessible until 11 March via the K.U.Leuven-network..

“Best Practice is a decision support tool that combines the latest research evidence with guidelines and expert opinion presented in a step-by-step approach, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. With Clinical Evidence content incorporated, Best Practice serves as an invaluable learning and support tool for doctors, medical students, researchers and healthcare practioners.”

The user interface is quite user-friendly – you may browse or search in the content – and you can have a look at the user guide (pdf). 

Leave your comments below or e-mail your suggestions to mgas@bib.kuleuven.be. You also might like to join our poll!