Category: School of Policy & Global Affairs

Celebrating LGTBQ+ History at CityLibrary

This month we have been celebrating UK LGTBQ+ History Month. This year is extra special as it celebrates the 50 year anniversary of the Sexual Offences Bill 1967. This bill saw the legalisation of homosexual acts between consenting males over 21 in England and Wales. Did you know that Islington has seen many key events in…Continue Reading Celebrating LGTBQ+ History at CityLibrary

The Curious Case of Library Staff Love #14

Rather excitingly, and in typical crime fiction fashion, this month we received an anonymous tip-off. It seems that there’s something worth investigating on Level 5 of the Northampton Square Library and, luckily for us, our unnamed online-form-filler left some vital clues to help us take a closer look: Clue 1: “It’s got loads of great…Continue Reading The Curious Case of Library Staff Love #14

Greetings of the Season from CityLibrary

 We want to buy you a present, this festive season. Christmas is coming and our More Books collection is getting fat. You can now make your request via our new bookmark bauble. Pick one up from any City library and fill in the back to take part. #CityLibraryChristmas #MoreBooks #cityunilibrary #cityunilibraryxmas A photo posted by…Continue Reading Greetings of the Season from CityLibrary

Library Staff Love #12: Drama Online

Here at CityLibrary we love drama. Not in a soap opera style showdown-in-the-Staff-Room kind of way, that never happens- no cups of tea have even been spilled in a fit of pique. No, by drama I mean proper drama- plays, playwrights, the RSC, the Almeida; texts, criticism, performance and review. Only the other day one…Continue Reading Library Staff Love #12: Drama Online

Resource of the month: Literature Online (LION)

What is Literature Online? Literature Online is an online resource for the study and teaching of literature in English. It combines the texts of over 355,000 literary works with a vast library of criticism and reference resources. What’s Included? Texts Criticism Reference Video and Audio You can use the Complete Contents page to browse through…Continue Reading Resource of the month: Literature Online (LION)

Meet the team: School of Arts and Social Sciences

What support do you offer to students? As Subject Librarians we provide library support for teaching and learning for the School of Arts and Social Sciences. This includes managing the library collections; purchasing library material for the modules taught at City; delivering group training for undergraduate and postgraduate students; and attending school meetings. We can support students…Continue Reading Meet the team: School of Arts and Social Sciences

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

Open Music Library

The Open Music Library is a new initiative with the aim to  build the world’s most comprehensive open network of digital resources for the study of music. Curated by a community of music scholars, students, teachers and librarians it is free to access and includes peer-reviewed journals books, music scores, with audio and video coming soon…Continue Reading Open Music Library

5 of The Best Magazines in Press Display

As well as full digital replicas of today’s newspapers from over 95 countries, Press Display also gives you access to hundreds of popular magazine titles from around the world. The magazines can be read on any computer or mobile device. Here are 5 of our favourites: 1. Total Film Each month, Total Film provides a range of…Continue Reading 5 of The Best Magazines in Press Display

Extended Library Opening

https://vine.co/v/iXP3gEqlpBw Following the success of 24/7 opening in January, we will once again be opening 24/7 at Northampton Square Library and Cass Learning Resource Centre in the lead up to and during the spring assessment periods to give you more time to use the Library for revision and preparation for exams and assignments. From Tuesday…Continue Reading Extended Library Opening