New College Swindon Library Blog

Our New Blog is at the following address

newcollegelibrary — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:35:42 +0000

http://newcollegelibrary.posterous.com/

Temporary change to OLC opening hours

newcollegelibrary — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:47:21 +0000

The OLC will be closed to all students except Public Services on Tuesday 22nd September between 10-30am – 12 noon.

Johnny Depp on Twitter

newcollegelibrary — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:32:35 +0000

“What is “Tweeting”? I just want to go and read a book”

Source: Sunday Express June 28th 2009, page 61

Library summer opening times

newcollegelibrary — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:11:01 +0000

The Library will be open each day during the Summer Holidays

8.30am – 1pm

with the following exceptions:

29^th June Closed

30^th June Closed

1^st July Closed

9^th July Closed

20^th August Closed

21^st August Closed

27th August Closed

If you wish to use a pc, it may be advisable to telephone first on 01793 732898 as the IT Department will be updating systems throughout the summer holiday.

British success at the Webbys, the Internet’s Oscars.

newcollegelibrary — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:35:17 +0000

Best newspaper was the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk

The Guardian also won two more webbys for Podcasts http://www/guardian.co.uk/audio and Religion http://wwww.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief

The victor in the People’s Voice award was the Financial Times Alphaville site http://ftalphaville.ft.com

The Economist took a Webby in the Political blog section with its Democracy in America site http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica

The BBC had another successful night winning both the Webby and the People’s voice in the news http://news.bbc.co.uk and Lifestyle http://www.bbc.co.uk/bloom

Another good British site mentioned was the Times Spelling Bee http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk

Library Half-term opening hours

newcollegelibrary — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:16:01 +0000

The Library will be open during the half term at the following times.

Monday - CLOSED

Tuesday - 08.30am – 1pm

Wednesday – 08.30am – 1pm

Thursday - 08.30am – 1pm

Friday - 08.30am – 1pm

Periodicals

newcollegelibrary — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:10:16 +0000

Don’t forget that you can borrow back copies of periodicals on short loan.

Frightened of breaking copyright when using images?

newcollegelibrary — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:59 +0000

We suggest you use this site http://search.creativecommons.org/

Don’t forget to refer to the creator of the image. For example:

Eiffel Tower at night by rednuth

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rednuht/275062341/

Twitter

newcollegelibrary — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:57:21 +0000

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users’ updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user’s profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default).

Its becoming increasingly popular.

This is a useful introductory guide http://suewaters.wikispaces.com/twitter

photo: Columbus Flickr Meet Group Photo by fensterbme

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fensterbme/1425536855/

Easter Opening Hours

newcollegelibrary — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:42:53 +0000

Tuesday April 7^th 9am -1.30pm

Wednesday April 8^th 9am – 1.30pm

Tuesday April 14^th 8.30am – 4pm

Wednesday April 15^th 8.30am – 4pm

Photo: Easter eggs by StSaling

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stsaling/7747336/