School Resources Open Day.

We’ve had some fantastic new resources (both books and other materials) added to the collection this year.
Thursday 24th June 2010 is your opportunity to explore some of these new additions from your own and other subjects as we showcase our favourites. The SRC team will also be on hand to answer any questions you might have.
We look forward to seeing you between 11 am and 3 pm in the Library.

New e-book source

The Library has now added the first few books from MyIlibrary, a new supplier of electronic books. There is a link from the ‘Online books’ page on the Library portal, and the individual titles are linked from the catalogue. The service, like Dawsonera, is Athens validated, and so usable from home.

http://lib.myilibrary.com

British Library digitizes newspapers

The British Library is digitizing 40 million pages of its newspapers. These include 19th century newspapers documenting events such as the Crimean War, the Boer War and the Suffragette movement. Read more at: British Library Newspapers

UKLA children’s book award longlist books are here!

This year we’re using the fantastic UKLA Children’s Book Award 2010 lists to encourage people to engage with superb writing for inclusion in class and school collections. Please see the UKLA website for more details about their work. 
The 2010’s longlist books and displays are in the HJB lounge and the School Resources collection in the Library.
We’d love to hear your views about the books, so please drop us a line or add a comment to our discussion on the Library’s Facebook page.

Help for Haiti

We will be having a fiction book and DVD sale next week, so if you have any unwanted fiction books or DVDs in good condition, please drop them off at the Library Desk. I’m afraid that we cannot accept any videos – they just don’t sell! All money raised will go to DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal, donate or find out more at: http://www.dec.org.uk/

National Trust catalogue online

We are pleased to announce that the records of the libraries of the National Trust have been loaded onto Copac at http://copac.ac.uk. This is the first time that the National Trust’s catalogue has been available to search online. The National Trust owns 140 historic libraries, containing around 230,000 titles, generally preserved in the places where they were originally assembled and read. Many are country house libraries, some collected by wealthy bibliophiles, others containing more practical everyday books, including rare provincial printing. Other collections reflect the interests of middle-class readers; some were assembled by literary figures, such as Kipling and Shaw. Together these libraries provide an unparalleled resource for the study of the history of private book ownership in Britain and Ireland. The collections will be of interest to researchers from a wide range of disciplines, and include a huge variety of materials, from illuminated manuscripts to picture postcards.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to the new term. If you need a break from revision, we’ve got some great new rental videos in stock:  Creation – The taking of Pelham 123 – Dorain Gray – 500 days of summer – Funny people. Rent these for just £1 per night!

Great books to read aloud!

Need some inspiration about which books to choose to read aloud to your class?

Come along to the Library Training Room on Monday December 14th at 12 noon to share ideas and listen to passages from some fantastic children’s books.

Christmas opening hours

The vacation timetable is now available on the Library webpage at www.winchester.ac.uk/library

First 40 ebooks available

We now have 4o e-books available via the Dawsonera platform. Browse the collection at www.dawsonera.com, or follow the hotlinks from the Library catalogue. The system is Athens validated, so you can log on from anywhere