As a devotee of all things Egyptian, I am particularly fascinated by this papyrus fragment, one of the treasures of Special Collections. Written nearly 1800 years ago, it is one of the oldest items in the library. This fragment was…Read More ›
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Prize Winners of the LibQUAL+™ 2009 Survey
Participants of the LibQUAL+™ 2009 survey were given the option to enter a draw to win a £50 token for Borders Books. The winners were Hannah K. Hamilton, Paul Bastock and Olivia Robinson.
Government News 10th June
What’s in the news – Westminster, Holyrood and Brussels: Westminster news Government Response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications Report on Public Service Broadcasting: Short-Term Crisis, Long-Term Future? (HL 61) Session 2008-0 – Dept Culture, Media &…Read More ›
Current Journal parts – new home for the summer
The current parts of journals in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences subject areas have been moved from their old home in the level 3 annexe to behind the Enquiries desk on level three. This is only a short distance geographically…Read More ›
New resource for researching 18th and 19th Century life in Britain
The Library now has a new online collection of British Periodicals covering the 18th and 19th centuries, which will be invaluable for teaching, learning and research into virtually any topic eg history, literature, music, art, drama, archaeology, architecture etc. A…Read More ›
Better service for obtaining items not held by the Library
You can now find more borrowing and lending services at a single location within the Library. From the 26th of May you can collect and return items that we’ve obtained for you from elsewhere at the Lending Desk on Level…Read More ›
Reference Manager in the CSCE
Kenny Whyte and the IT Services team have recently installed a patch for Reference Manager 10 on a number of CSCE machines in the Library. This patch fixes problems with the “Direct Export” and “Import Filters” features. The patched machines…Read More ›
Oxford Reference Online: New titles and new editions
New titles have been added to Oxford Reference Online – A Dictionary of Education, A Dictionary of Hinduism, Oxford Companion to Global Change; The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. And there are new editions of several dictionaries…Read More ›
GUID will replace ATHENS from the 1st of August
从2009年8月1日,你的GUID (Glasgow Unique IDentifier) will replace ATHENS for access to databases, e-books and e-journals. Many links to databases will take you straight to our local GUID login page and then into the database…Read More ›
What’s in the news – Westminster, Holyrood and Brussels 19th May 2009
Westminster news Banking Crisis: Reforming Corporate Governance and Pay in the City – HC 519, Treasury Committee: examines remuneration in the City of London, as well as the nexus of private actors, including non-executive directors, institutional shareholders, auditors and credit…Read More ›