Complete online access to Annual Reviews

The Library now has full online access to the current contents and archives of all Annual Reviews titles. Please note that they are available off-campus via the University's proxy server, and therefore must be accessed via the Library's A-Z list of e-journals off-campus for proxying to work.

New Director of Library Services

The new Director of Library Services, Emma Bull, took up her post on October 15th 2007. Emma has come from Royal Holloway where she has been Acting Librarian and before that she worked at Imperial College, with responsibility for information resources management within the library. She is a graduate of the University of Leeds, where she gained an honours degree in Geography. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Information Studies from the University of North London and a Diploma in Management from Birkbeck College.

Main Library summer refurbishment

Over the summer vacation there have been several projects underway to improve the facilities and environment within the Main Library. Completion date on all projects was set as 24th September 2007.

• public toilets - total refurbishment (completed )
• carrel desking - Law section (completed on time)
• partitioning of 1st Floor Science Reference area - creation of a quiet PC area (completed 1/10/07)
• cabling of 1st Floor Science reference Area (completed 10/10/07)
• 50 additional PCs 1st Floor Science Reference (completed 10/010/07)
• air-conditioning - Ground Floor PC cluster (installation in progress 2/10/07)
• new tables and chairs - Ground Floor Quiet Study Area (completed for Induction)

Regretfully not all work is on schedule and Main library management would like to apologise for the current noise levels and the general environmental standards in some of the areas on the first floor. We are taking every step we can to ensure work is undertaken out of hours where ever possible or that noise is kept to a minimum during opening hours. We expect the cabling to be completed by the end of this week i.e. 5th Oct.

Thank you for your patience.