The Law Team works across two libraries, Gray’s Inn Place Library and Law Library College Building. The team makes sure both libraries run smoothly throughout the week, checking the environment and answering students’ questions. The team is made up of the following people: Martin Edwards – User Services Librarian Martin is the User Services Librarian….Continue Reading Meet the Team: Law Team
All City staff and students have access to the Times Higher Education (THE) online via Library Services’s subscription. THE contains global higher education coverage including world university rankings, news, opinions and features. You can read online articles, digital editions and download the app to your own personal device. To set up your THE account, go…Continue Reading Access the Times Higher Education (THE) online
16th September – 25th October Between 16th September and 25th October the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) will be conducting a royalties data collection exercise. The CLA will set up collection points at selected MFDs in departments across the University….Continue Reading Copyright Licensing Agency Data Collection Exercise
Since its inception City has been committed to improving the lives of students, businesses and the local community. When the Northampton Institute was founded in 1894 it was done so with the intention of providing education in technological and trade subjects for the local community in the Clerkenwell district and the aim of promoting the…Continue Reading From the Archives: City and the local community
The latest edition of High Risk Pregnancy: Management Options is now available to access online – simply log-in with your username and password. Alternatively, log-in to Cambridge Core direct and then search for ‘High Risk Pregnancy’ (we’ll be adding direct links from CityLibrary Search soon). Fully updated to reflective the latest evidence and best practice,…Continue Reading New title: High Risk Pregnancy, 5th edition
One of the great things about working with archive materials is never knowing what treasures you might discover in the depths of a storage box untouched by human hand since the dawn of time (well, a few years maybe). Today’s exciting (and timely) find is this photograph which shows Sir David Attenborough receiving an Award…Continue Reading Life in the Archives and Special Collections
In response to your feedback in focus groups and Student Experience Committees we are trialling bookable Technobooths on Level 3 at Northampton Square during the busy 24/7 period (23rd April – 31st May). The four Technobooths can be booked for up to three hours per day during library staffed hours and are equipped with a PC,…Continue Reading Bookable booths at Northampton Square
March has seen a buzz of activity in CRO, with 190 new research publications being uploaded from across the university. These new additions bring the total number of City’s research outputs available for download or request to nearly 14,000. The infographic below details a breakdown of upload and download figures for the month. Over 20,000…Continue Reading What happened in City Research Online (CRO) in March?
Since 2013, CityLibrary has given students the chance to help choose the books we have through the More Books scheme. So far, just over 2000 books have been bought. You can find a selection of these on display on Levels 4 and 5 of the Northampton Square Library, as well as below in our virtual…Continue Reading More Books: You choose, we’re all ears
One of the more challenging objects in City’s 125th anniversary exhibition was a mysterious ledger found in the archives. The leather-bound book, simply labelled ‘Private’, was fastened with a brass lock, for which the key has long been lost. Keen to discover the ledger’s secrets, we contacted several locksmiths and book conservators. They identified a number…Continue Reading Behind the scenes of The Story of City: The Financial Ledger