Year: 2016

Meet the team: City Law School

  Your job description in a nutshell… Rob: As the Subject Librarian for Law I provide library support for teaching and learning across both City Law School sites. This includes managing the law library collections, delivering training workshops and academic liaison. Hilary:  I work as a Research Librarian and my role is to provide library support…Continue Reading Meet the team: City Law School

Meet the team: Cass Business School

Job Description in a nutshell…. We’re here to help you find the information you need to do well in your course, from books to journal articles to financial data. Catie helps Cass undergraduate students, and Samantha helps postgraduates, including MSc, MBA and PhD students. We’ve got a fantastic range of financial, management and business databases here…Continue Reading Meet the team: Cass Business School

Meet the team: School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering

Name/Job Title: Verena Price – Subject Librarian for the School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering Job Description in a nutshell…. Working with staff and students to help them get the best from the services and resources that the Library provides. What support do you offer to students? Help to find the best, current material for…Continue Reading Meet the team: School of Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering

The Economist to visit Cass Buiness School and Northampton Square Library

We look forward to welcoming The Economist back to Cass and City this year. These visits will be an excellent opportunity for students and staff to ask questions about The Economist Online and discover some exciting new features. The Economist will be visiting Cass Learning Resource Centre: Wednesday 21st September 15:00 – 17:00 Thursday 29th September 11:00 –…Continue Reading The Economist to visit Cass Buiness School and Northampton Square Library

FT.com to visit Cass Business School and Northampton Square Library

The FT.com is returning to City. This is a great opportunity to learn how to access this popular publication as well as the different types of content they offer. Find the FT.com at Cass Business School Learning Resource Centre on Friday 16th September 11:00 – 14:00 Tuesday 20th September 15:00 – 17:00 Find the FT.com at Northampton Square…Continue Reading FT.com to visit Cass Business School and Northampton Square Library

Level 6 Re-opens

Where can you find the best view at City? My vote goes for the panorama from Level 6 of the Northampton Square Library, looking over iconic London buildings such as the Gherkin, the Barbican and the Walkie Talkie. Now we have been busy improving the view on the inside of Level 6 as well. For…Continue Reading Level 6 Re-opens

Invasion of the pod people

Did you guess what was in the huge pile of boxes on Level 3? It wasn’t, as suggested by many, an indoor tennis court for giants, although 10 out of 10 for imagination. Instead, the library elves have been busy putting together our stylish new top-of-the-range study pods. Combining comfort and practicality, the new seating…Continue Reading Invasion of the pod people

Library Staff Love #10: Read For Research

This month’s choice comes from Research Librarian Diane Bell who loves supporting research here at City (which is handy) almost as much as she loves leopards. Diane said: “It’s awesome to work in partnership with our research staff & students to build research collections and create resources. Read for Research allows City research students and…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #10: Read For Research

Northampton Square Library, Level 3 closure

Level 3 of the Northampton Square Library will be closed over the Bank Holiday weekend (27th-31st August) so we can install new furniture. If you need to do group work, please use Level 2. Levels 4, 5 and 6 will be available for silent study as usual. All the new furniture has been delivered but…Continue Reading Northampton Square Library, Level 3 closure

It’s National Book Lovers Day!

Following our Instagram of Librarian’s Cats yesterday for #InternationalCatsDay, we noticed today that it is National Book Lovers Day and so we asked our Library Staff for their favourite books in CityLibrary. Although mostly fiction, quite a range was submitted, from children’s and fantasy to western and classics; as well as poetry, media and biography…Continue Reading It’s National Book Lovers Day!