{"id":2017,"date":"2014-09-08T09:39:37","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2014-09-08T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:39:37","slug":"welcome-to-arriving-students-at-new-college-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/2014\/09\/08\/welcome-to-arriving-students-at-new-college-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to arriving students at New College Library!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<p><!-- .entry-meta --> <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2013\/09\/helpdesk.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1639\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/files\/2013\/09\/helpdesk.jpg\" alt=\"Helpdesk\" width=\"225\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A big welcome to all our new\u00a0students arriving today. New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and\u00a0unique Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in Britain.\u00a0 In addition to the books there are online collections \u2013 electronic journals, electronic books and databases which the University subscribes to support your studies and research. As the Academic Support Librarian, my role is to help students get the most out of using the Library. Freshers Week is a good opportunity to take a little time to get to know the Library \u2013 do this now and you\u2019ll be paid back later on in your studies.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s my top tips for\u00a0arriving students\u00a0to get to know New College Library:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a01. Come to the Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring your University card to get into New College Library<\/li>\n<li>From next week the Library is open 9am-6pm-10 Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm Fridays,\u00a012noon \u2013 5pm on Saturdays. Remember that you can also use the Main Library which is open longer at weekends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Take a tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m running Library Tours on Wednesday 11th\u00a0for postgraduate students and on 17, 22 and 24 September at 1.15pm for\u00a0undergraduates &#8211; and anyone else who would like a tour.<\/li>\n<li>You should have received a New College Library Guide leaflet in your welcome pack\u00a0 \u2013 it\u2019s also available <a title=\"New College LIbrary guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk\/docs\/Libraries\/New_College\/NCLGuide_2014_15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">online<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Or have a look at the <a title=\"Virtual Tour\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/subject-guides\/divinity\/newcoll-virtual-tour\/newcoll-tour\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">Virtual Tour<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Check out what\u2019s online<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The<a title=\"Library Catalogue\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\"> online catalogue<\/span><\/a> is your key to finding what\u2019s in the Library<\/li>\n<li>Explore specialist resources for Divinity in the <a title=\"Divinity Subject Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/services\/library-museum-gallery\/finding-resources\/subject-guides\/divinity\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">Divinity Subject Guide<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for you can <a title=\"Request a Book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/is\/RAB\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">Request @ Book<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And don\u2019t be afraid to <a title=\"Getting Help\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/services\/library-museum-gallery\/library-help\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1982d1\">ask us for help<\/span><\/a> !<\/p>\n<p><em>Christine Love-Rodgers &#8211; Academic Support Librarian, Divinity<\/em><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big welcome to all our new\u00a0students arriving today. New College Library holds over 250,000 volumes, including rich and\u00a0unique Special Collections, making it one of the leading theological libraries in Britain.\u00a0 In addition to the books there are online collections &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/2014\/09\/08\/welcome-to-arriving-students-at-new-college-library\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[199,4],"tags":[57,77,131,172],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42UaT-wx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2020,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017\/revisions\/2020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/newcollegelibrarian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}