Newspaper archives on trial TAGS: databases | history | Newspapers | primary source The Library currently has trial access to two newspaper archives, The Telegraph Historical Archive (1855-2000) and British Newspapers Part V (1746-1950). You can access both of these online archives via …Continue reading →

Looking for study space? TAGS: exams | facilities | study space We’re already half way through the second week of exams and as always at this time of year the Main Library is often full to bursting. So what can you …Continue reading →

Breaking Boundaries #RDMRMA TAGS: #RDMRMA On the 18th April 2016 over 50 professionals from across the UK came together to discuss the intersection of three disciplines: Research Data Management, Records Management / Information Governance, and …Continue reading →

New to the Library for History, Classics & Archaeology TAGS: Archaeology | classics | e-books | history Thanks to recommendations from members of staff and requests via RAB from students the Library is continually adding new books to its collections both online and in print. Here are just a small number …Continue reading →

New! Ancient commentators on Aristotle TAGS: aristotle | Books | e-books The Library is in the process of obtaining the complete collection of these ancient Greek commentaries on Aristotle, which were originally gathered together and edited in the series Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca (CAG). The …Continue reading →

Open Access Technical Workshop – ‘Un-Report’ Hello All, Here is the ‘un-report’ from our 4th April event looking at system functionality for Open Access.  It mainly consists of informal notes and verbatim comments from the day. …Continue reading →

Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online: trial access now available TAGS: e-resources | linguistics We now have trial access – until 13th June 2016 – to Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online. Treasury of Linguistic Maps Online presents linguistic maps selected from various atlases and other publications …Continue reading →

Planning future sprints We’re now in the third phase of the DataVault project, and as previously discussed, we are using fortnightly development sprints to undertake the remaining development tasks.  Following our monthly project …Continue reading →

Fake invoice warning TAGS: keylogger | malware | MS Word | virus Here is a quick blog post to warn you of targeted attempts to distribute malware by unknown and hostile persons. Over the last few weeks we have been sent numerous …Continue reading →

Frogs and foxes TAGS: happylibrary Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see  Paul Klee Our relaxation table in the Main Library Foyer has been helping students relax while they are …Continue reading →