New resources added to Athens

The next time you're in Athens, have a look at the new resources available through Athens:

• Oxford Journals - a wide range of journals: view the most current journal in full and the abstracts for the archived issues
  

• John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera - unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

• British Newspapers 1600 - 1900 - access via Infotrac databases

Below are two images, first from British Newspapers - 4 of November The Peace of France (1622) and second from The John Johnson Collection - Gregson: Artisitic Hair Worker (c. 1900). Click on the images to see them in more detail.

Homecoming Scotland 2009 book display

To tie in with the last few weeks of Homecoming Scotland 2009, we have a diverse display of hand-picked books on Scotland, Glasgow and Burns literature...

Come and have a browse - all books are freely available to borrow.

Library opening hours for October break (Monday 12th to Friday 16th)

During the October break, The Learning Curve Libray will be open at the following times:

8.30 am to 4.45 pm Monday to Friday

Please note that all PCs, laptops and printers are turned off 15 minutes before closure.

To allow staff training to take place, access to top-tier ("hop-on") PCs may be restricted.

Term-time opening hours resume on Monday 19th October.