Please join us for our first online drop-in session on APA referencing.  Got a question, come and ask Izzy and Elen, your Librarians in our online chat room. We'll be looking at APA referencing and tools that can make your life easier.  Open to all Swansea University students and staff.

Wednesday 25th March @2pm

Full details of this session and future online skills sessions can be found on our events calendar.

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Ymunwch a ni am ein sessiwn galw heibio cyntaf ar gyfeirnodi yn arddull APA.  Os oes gennych cwestiwn, yna dewch draw i sgwrsio gyda Elen ac Izzy, eich Llyfrgellwyr yn ein 'stafell sgwrsio ar-lein.  Byddwn yn edrych ar gyfeirnodi yn arddull APA ac hefyd yn awgrymu offer sy'n gallu gwneud eich bywyd yn haws.  Ar agor i bob myfyriwr a staff Prifysgol Abertawe.

Dydd Mercher 25ain Mawrth @2yp

Am fanylion llawn y sesiwn hon a sesiynau yn y dyfodol ewch draw i'n calendr o ddigwyddiadau.

Byddwch yn hysbys o'r newidiadau hyn i'n gwasanaethau. Rydym yn bod yn ymatebol i gyfarwyddyd o'r llywodraeth a phenderfyniadau a wneir gan Reolaeth y Brifysgol ond byddwn yn wneud pob ymdrech i ddweud y diweddaraf wrthych am newidiadau i'n gwasanaethau.

Gellir dod o hyd i atebion i lawer o ymholiadau cyffredin ar dudalennau we'r Llyfrgell, tudalennau we Gwasanaethau TG, ac ar ein tudalen Cwestiynau Cyffredin.

Dydy ceisiadau ac adalwadau ddim ar gael ar hyn o bryd. Bydd adnewyddu awtomatig yn parhau felly does dim eisiau i chi poeni am ddychwelyd eitemau nac am gael unrhyw ddirwyon. Os oes angen eitem arnoch ar frys, cysylltwch â Gwasanaethau Cwsmer a byddwn yn ceisio cyflawni'ch cais gydag e-lyfr.

Nad ydym bellach yn arfenthyg neu yn derbyn dyfeisiau i'w bwcio i mewn, neu yn darparu cardiau adnabod y Brifysgol, ar Ddesgiau Gwybodaeth y Llyfrgell. Os oes gennych broblem gyda'ch dyfais, neu os oes angen cerdyn adnabod newydd arnoch, e-bostiwch Wasanaethau Cwsmer neu cofnodwch alwad ar y Ddesg Gymorth os gwelwch yn dda.

Oriau agor a'r cymorth sydd ar gael

Mae Llyfrgell y Bae a Llyfrgell Parc Singleton ar agor i staff a myfyrwyr Prifysgol Abertawe. Gwiriwch ein tudalennau we ar gyfer yr oriau agor diweddaraf.

Mae Desgiau Gwybodaeth y Llyfrgell ar gau ar hyn o bryd, ond mae cymorth ar gyfer Gwasanaethau Llyfrgell a TG ar gael ar-lein o 8yb-8yh pob dydd trwy Wasanaethau Cwsmer a thrwy'r Ddesg Gymorth.

Mae cymorth penodol i'ch pwnc ar gael ar-lein trwy'r Canllawiau Llyfrgell a hefyd trwy'r gwasanaeth sgwrsio, Holi Llyfrgellydd, Dydd Llun i Ddydd Gwener 9-5. Gallwch ddod o hyd i'r cyswllt ar y dudalen Canllawiau Llyfrgell.

Mae Llyfrgell Parc Dewi Sant ar gau tan 14eg Ebrill. Mae cymorth ac apwyntiadau ar gael ar-lein trwy'r Canllawiau Llyfrgell a thrwy'n wasanaeth sgwrsio.

Mae Llyfrgell y Glowyr De Cymru a Llyfrgell Banwen ar gau ond mae staff yn cynnal gwasanaethau cymorth. Dylai myfyrwyr AABO e-bostio karen.dewick@abertawe.ac.uk neu miners@abertawe.ac.uk gydag unrhyw ymholiadau. Os oes gennych ymholiad sy'n ymwneud a'n casgliadau ymchwil, anfonwch e-bost os gwelwch yn dda.

Mae Archifau Richard Burton ar gau ond mae staff yn cynnal gwasanaethau cymorth. E-bostiwch gydag ymholiadau os gwelwch yn dda.

Mae'r Ganolfan Drawsgrifio ar gau ond mae staff yn cynnal gwasanaethau cymorth. E-bostiwch gydag ymholiadau.

Mae'r Ganolfan Eifftaidd ar gau hyd nes ceir rhybudd pellach, ac mae pob digwyddiad wedi'i chanslo neu wedi'i gohirio. E-bostiwch gydag ymholiadau os gwelwch yn dda.

Mae'r Taliesin a'r Neuadd Fawr ar gau. Mae digwyddiadau wedi'u canslo neu wedi'i gohirio. Am y wybodaeth ddiweddaraf, gweler https://www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk/cy/ neu e-bostiwch info@taliesinartscentre.co.uk.

Please be aware of these changes to our services. We are being responsive to government guidance and decisions made by University Management and we will make every effort to keep you up to date with changes to our services.

Answers to many common queries can be found on Library webpages, IT Services webpages and on our FAQs page.

Requests and recalls are not currently available. Auto renewals will continue so you will not need to worry about returning any items or being charged any fines. If you need an item urgently please contact customer services and we will try to fulfil your request with an e-book.

We are no longer lending or accepting devices for booking in, or issuing University ID cards, at Library Information Desks. If you have a problem with your device, or if you require a new ID card, please email customer services or log a call at in the service desk.

Opening hours and support available

Bay Library and Singleton Park Library are open to staff and students of Swansea University. Check webpages for up to date opening hours.

Library Information Desks are currently closed but online support for Library and IT Services is available from 8am-8pm every day via customer services and service desk.

Subject specific support is available online via Libguides and through the chat service, Ask a Librarian, Monday to Friday 9-5 also. Find the link also on the Libguides page. 

The St David's Park Library is closed until 14th April.  Online support and appointments are available via the LibGuides and LibChat.

South Wales Miners’ Library and Banwen Library are closed but staff are maintaining support services.  DACE students should email karen.dewick@swansea.ac.uk or miners@swansea.ac.uk with any queries.  Please email with any enquiries relating to our research collections.

Richard Burton Archives is closed but staff are maintaining support services. Please email with enquiries.

The Transcription Centre is closed but staff are maintaining support services. Email with enquiries.

The Egypt Centre is closed until further notice and all events are cancelled or postponed. Please email with enquiries.

Taliesin and Great Hall are closed. Events have been cancelled or postponed. Please see https://www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk/en/ for up-to-date information or email info@taliesinartscentre.co.uk .

IMPORTANT

In an effort to delay the spread of COVID-19 / coronavirus, most subject librarians will be working from home for the time being.  However, we are still here to support you.

These are the channels you can use to contact us:

• Email – you will find the contact email for your subject team on your subject’s Library Guide – see libguides.swansea.ac.uk
   
• Chat – you can chat online with a librarian by click on the blue Ask a Librarian link on your subject’s library guide.  The chat service is staffed from 9am – 5pm
   
• Video Link - Appointments can be conducted via a video link using Zoom.  To request this, click on ‘Make an online appointment (Zoom)’ on your subject’s library guide.  You will need to download Zoom to your PC or device first.  Click the link below for instructions on how to do this:

        How to set up and use Zoom

Further help on using Zoom can be found at:

Video clip guide to joining a Zoom meeting

Guide to joining a Zoom meeting via Mac or PC

Staff support for Zoom

Information on using Zoom for staff is available at:

 https://staff.swansea.ac.uk/it-services/zoom/

If you are a staff member and have any problems using Zoom you can contact the Welsh Video Network team:

Email:  WVN-Support@Swansea.ac.uk

Tel: 0300 688 0688

On campus internal Tel: Extension 5700

Happy World Book Day! It seems like the perfect time to launch our next reading challenge, which is themed around International Women’s Day (8^th March).

The plan is simple – read a book that matches each of the categories below. (If you can find a book that matches more than one category, that’s allowed!) We’ve suggested some titles you might like to try below. You can borrow them from Swansea University Libraries. We’ve also gathered some suggestions online. You can find your own books too, though – share your ideas using #suBetterRead.

The challenge runs until 27^th April. If you don’t manage to read all your books by then, don’t worry – this is just for fun, so you can take as long as you want to! Let us know how you get on @SwanseaUniLib on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Read about a woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)

Ada Byron Lovelace : the lady and the computer, by Mary Dodson Wade

The Madame Curie Complex The Hidden History of Women in Science, by Julie des Jardins

Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age, by Kurt W. Beyer

Read a past winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction #ReadingWomen

The Women’s Prize for Fiction celebrates its 25^th anniversary this year. They’ve launched a digital book club to encourage people to read all the past prize winners. Follow the hashtag #ReadingWomen.

Small Island, by Andrea Levy

Half of a yellow sun, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An American marriage, by Tayari Jones

Read a book about feminism

We should all be feminists, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The second sex, by Simone de Beauvoir

Sexual politics, by Kate Millett

Read a book that is written by a woman and has been adapted into a film or television series

The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood

Y Llyfrgell, by Fflur Dafydd

Tipping the velvet, by Sarah Waters

Diwrnod y Llyfr Hapus! Mae’n teimlo fel yr adeg berffaith i lansio ein her ddarllen nesaf, sydd â thema yn seiliedig ar Ddiwrnod Rhyngwladol y Menywod (8 Mawrth).

Mae’r cynllun yn syml – darllenwch lyfr sy’n cyd-fynd â phob category isod. (os ydych yn gallu dod o hyd i lyfr sy’n cyd-fynd â mwy nag un categori, mae hawl gwneud hynny!). Rydym wedi awgrymu rhai yr hoffech roi cynnig arnynt isod. Gallwch eu benthyg o Lyfrgelloedd Prifysgol Abertawe. Hefyd rydym wedi casglu rhai awgrymiadau ar-lein.  Gallwch ddod o hyd i’ch llyfrau eich hun hefyd – rhannwch eich syniadau gan ddefnyddio #paDarllenYnWell.

Cynhelir yr her tan 27 Ebrill. Os nad ydych chi’n llwyddo i ddarllen pob un o’r llyfrau erbyn hynny, peidiwch â phoeni – hwyl yn unig yw hwn, felly gallwch gymryd faint bynnag o amser sydd ei angen arnoch! Rhowch wybod i ni sut mae’n mynd ar @SwanseaUniLib ar Twitter, Instagram a Facebook.

Darllenwch am fenyw mewn STEM (gwyddoniaeth, technoleg, peirianneg a mathemateg)

Ada Byron Lovelace : the lady and the computer, gan Mary Dodson Wade

The Madame Curie Complex The Hidden History of Women in Science, gan Julie des Jardins

Grace Hopper and the invention of the information age, gan Kurt W. Beyer

Darllenwch am gyn-enillydd Gwobr Ffuglen y Menywod #ReadingWomen

Mae’r Wobr am Ffuglen gan Fenywod yn dathlu 25 mlynedd ers cael ei sefydlu eleni!  Maen nhw wedi lansio clwb llyfrau digidol i annog pobl i ddarllen yr holl enillwyr blaenorol. Dilynwch yr hashnod #ReadingWomen.

Small Island, gan Andrea Levy (#ReadingWomen)

Half of a yellow sun, gan Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

An American marriage, gan Tayari Jones

Darllenwch lyfr am ffeministiaeth

We Should all be Feminists, gan Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The second sex, gan Simone de Beauvoir

Sexual politics, gan Kate Millett

Darllenwch lyfr a ysgrifennwyd gan fenyw ac sydd wedi’i droi’n ffilm neu’n gyfres deledu

The Handmaid’s Tale, gan Margaret Atwood

Y Llyfrgell, gan Fflur Dafydd

Tipping the velvet, gan Sarah Waters

Ar hyn o bryd, rydym yn arddangos llyfrau a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddar ar themâu sy’n ymwneud â Chymru yn Llyfrgell Parc Singleton.  Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys nofelau sydd wedi’u seilio yng Nghymru ac/neu sydd wedi’u hysgrifennu yn Gymraeg, teithlyfrau a llyfrau am hanes Cymru. 
 

Os hoffech chi weld neu gael benthyg unrhyw rai o’r llyfrau hyn, gofynnwch wrth y Ddesg Wybodaeth. 
 

Ceir llawer mwy o lyfrau ac eitemau eraill ar themâu Cymru yn adran W ar Lefel 1 Orllewinol. Gofynnwch wrth y Ddesg Wybodaeth os oes angen cymorth arnoch wrth ddod o hyd i hon.

Darllen hapus!

 

To celebrate St. David's Day we have on display at our Singleton Park Library books published in recent years on Welsh related themes.  These include novels set in Wales and / or written in Welsh, travel guides and books about Welsh history and sport.

If you would like to view or borrow any of these books, just ask at the Information Desk.

You will find many more books and other items on Welsh related themes in the W/ section on Level 1 West.  Ask at the Information Desk if you need help locating this.

Happy Reading!