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- Keep up to date with the latest online resources
We have launched a new Electronic Library Updates site for new resources, trials, changes to services and more. The latest headlines appear on the main Electronic Library homepage. Take a look at the Electronic Library Update site now. (Feb 2010) - Strategic Plan
A new Strategic Plan for the Library has been published. You can access it from the About Us page. (Feb 2010)
- Refurbishment: Current Works Jan 2010
- Entrance : We are using a temporary entrance for the next few weeks. After walking in the first set of doors (using the doors on the right only), turn immediately to the right and follow the corridor around. See what it looks like on YouTube.
- Lending Desk and Enquiry Desk : right in front of the main entrance.
- Core Collection : located at the north end of the building, turn right as you walk in the main entrance and follow the signs. Core Collection bookings are currently suspended.
- AV Collection : currently located near the Short Loan Collection
- The Silent room in the north corner of the building is no longer available for study. You can find other silent areas at the back of the building and directly above the Silent room (see floor plans [pdf])
- The small ITS cluster near the main entrance has been removed
- The space which used to contain the Lending Desk, Core Collection and AV near the front of the building is currently boarded up for the first part of the refurbishment. There will be some noise from this area, though we will try and keep this to a minimum. For quiet study we suggest the study areas towards the back of the building.
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The Effective Researcher lunchtime seminar series is open to everyone engaged in or supporting doctoral and postdoctoral research across the University. more... (Jan 2010) - Refurbishment: Current Works December 2009
- 30 November - the small ITS cluster near the main entrance are being removed on to allow for the temporary lending and reception desk to be built.
- 3rd December - Orignal Lending Desk closed and removed. Temporary Lending Desk opens.
- 7th December - Core collection decanted to north east corner
- Core Collection Bookings will be suspended from Monday 7 December
- 9th December - AV collection relocated to near Short Loan Collection.
- Computer Clusters unavailable Saturday 14 November
Computers within the Library will be unavailable at various times on Saturday 14 November. There will always be clusters available for use throughout the day. Computers will be unavailable as follows:
Top floor comptuers unavailable 9am-noon
First floor computers unavailable noon-3pm
Ground floor computers unavailable 1pm-5pm - Removing print journals during the Library refurbishment
We will need to move the majority of our print journals to an off-site store during January 2010 to make room during the refurbishment. Find out more... - Work starts on the Refurbishment
The first moves will affect the Core collection and north Silent study room, find out more on our new Refurbishment Current Works page and Phase 0 information. (October 2009) - Library Newsletter Autumn 2009 [pdf]
Refurbishment, improved self-service, new subject guides, UK Research Reserve, InfoPlus, Improvements to Borrowing (September 2009) - New Catalogue Interface
We are pleased to launch a new interface to the Library Catalogue. The new look was previously referred to as the beta catalogue. You can still access the previous Standard Catalogue. more... (September 2009) - Returning Students: What's New
Quick summary of what's new and changed over the last few months (September 2009) - Borrowing Improvements
Increase in the number of loans and unlimited renewals (with exceptions). more... (September 2009)
