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Event, 07/10/10: A celebration of the Walter De La Mare Library and the T. Sturge Moore Collections at Senate House Library.

Giles De La Mare: A literary universe: Walter De La Mares library and the De La Mare family archive of his complete oeuvre. Wim Van Mierlo: The T. Sturge Moore collections at the Senate House Library. The papers will be followed by a wine reception in the Grand Lobby. More information about attending the event is available at the SHL Blog: http://bit.ly/a15Ot0

Added on Mon, 16 September 2010 12:20 BST

New director of the ULRLS (University of London Research Library Services).

Christopher Pressler has been appointed the new Director of the ULRLS (University of London Research Library Services). He was Director of Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. He begins his new role on September 13th, 2010.

Added on Mon, 09 September 2010 09:55 BST

Notice for Library users: change to overdue books fines system.

The seven day 'grace' period will no longer operate from the start of the new academic year (27th September 2010). From this date fines on overdue books will always become payable immediately. Courtesy notices will continue to be sent to warn you that books are due for return / renewal. And overdue notices will be sent when an item has become one and eight days overdue. All other aspects of the fines system will remain as they are. Should you have any further questions about Library fines please check our website or ask a member of staff.

Added on Mon, 09 September 2010 09:55 BST

21st Aug - 5th Sept: 3rd floor SHL periodicals fetching while Institute of Classics is closed.

From 21st August to 5th September the Institute of Classics will be closed. During this time users requiring Senate House Library 3rd floor periodicals will need to go to the 4th floor, South Block, Circulation Desk and fill in a request slip where staff will fetch items and bring them up.

Added on Mon, 23 August 2010 09:15 BST

Disruption to library services, Monday 13th September from 17:00

The library catalogue will be unavailable from 17:00 on Monday, 13th September until the Library reopens the following morning. This planned downtime is to allow for a migration of our system hardware to take place.

Added on Thu, 12 August 2010 09:33 BST

Map Collection available by appointment during summer vacation hours

From Monday 14th June the Map Collection will not be staffed on a regular basis. Please ask at the Information Desk, 4th floor, South Block if you require access to the map collection.

Added on Wed, 7 Jun 2010 16:14 BST

June Book of the Month - The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: A Highland Story

Best known for The Mysteries of Udolpho and The Italian, Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was the dominant romance writer of the 1790s. The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne is her first novel...

Added on Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:17 BST

Saturday 29th May: Fetch service for 3rd floor South Block periodicals.

The Institute of Classical Studies will be closed on Saturday 29th May. If you require Senate House Library 3rd Floor South Block periodicals on the 29th, please fill in a blue periodicals fetch request form at the 4th Floor, Circulation Desk. We will fetch items, which can then be collected from the 4th Floor Circulation Desk. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Added on Tue, 28 May 2010, 10:04 BST

Advance warning to users: History and Religion Collections unavailable Saturday 29th May.

Advance warning to users: The History and Religion collections will be unavailable on Saturday 29th May. Both collections will be moved in order to accommodate ongoing refurbishment, rewiring and restoration of Senate House. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. The History Collection will move to the 7th floor, South Block and Religion to the ground floor library, North Block. Both collections will be accessible again as usual when we open on Tuesday morning 9.00AM, 1st June.

Added on Tue, 18 May 2010, 15:28 BST

FREE LUNCH at the Library Focus Group!

Are you a postgraduate student? Join us for lunch and an informal discussion about your experiences of literature searching and how Senate House Library can support your research. The focus group takes place in Senate House Library South Block Room 350, Friday 7th May 12:00-13:30.

Added on Fri, 07 May 2010, 09:05 BST

Disruption to online library services, Saturday 27th March at 18:30

The library catalogue at catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk will be unavailable from 18:30 on Saturday, 27th March for approximately one hour. This planned downtime is to allow for an essential system software upgrade to take place.

Added on Fri, 19 Mar 2010, 15:33 GMT

New Database Trial: The Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2006.

The Financial Times Historical Archive is being trialled by the Senate House library. It delivers the complete searchable run of the world's most authoritative daily business newspaper. Every item ever printed in the paper, from 1888-2006, can be searched and browsed article by article and page by page. This is available on trial in the Library, until 12th April 2010.

Added on Wed, 07 Mar 2010 11:52 GMT

4 March 2010, Lecture: Karen Attar: 'The M. S. Anderson Collection: Perceptions of Russia, 1525-1917'.

4 March 2010, Lecture: Karen Attar: "The M. S. Anderson Collection: Perceptions of Russia, 1525-1917" (6pm, Chancellors Hall, Senate House), followed by a reception to launch the M. S. Collection of Writings of Russia Printed Between 1526 and 1917.

Added on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:41 GMT

New Database: Bibliography of British and Irish History online on the BREPOLs Platform.

The ULRLS is subscribing to the new Bibliography of British and Irish History online on the BREPOLs Platform.

Added on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:41 GMT

February Book of the Month - P. Ovidii Nasonis ... Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung

Few Latin works appealed to a wider public or had more effect on later literature than Ovids Metamorphoses...

Added on Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:24 GMT

January Book of the Month - The First-[Third] Volume of the Works of Mr. William Congreve

This three-volume work is the first set of collected works of the dramatist William Congreve (1679-1729). It is notable for having been edited by Congreve himself...

Added on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:11 GMT

Friday 08/01/10: Library closing early today at 5.00pm due to weather disruption.

The Library will be closing early today at 5.00pm due to weather disruption.

Added on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:00 GMT

December Book of the Month - Marcus Tullius Cicero "Le Pistole..."

The famous Venetian publisher and printer Aldus Manutius (1449 or 50-1515) focussed primarily on Greek texts....

Added on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:11 GMT

On 25/11/09 South Block Library closes at 3.00pm

The South Block of Senate House Library will close at 3.00pm on Foundation day, Wednesday 25th November. The North Block will remain open as usual.

Added on Thu, 06 Nov 2009 16:56 GMT

Phase 3 Collection Locations

The Phase 3 Collection locations (PDF). Further information and floorplans will follow shortly.

Added on Mon, 28 Sept 2009 16:43 GMT

SHL dropbox now located ground floor, South Block, Senate House

The Senate House Library dropbox (previously located on the ground floor, North Block) has been moved to the ground floor, South Block of Senate House. This places the dropbox closer to the main Library hub and security / reception staff.

Added on Wed, 23 Sept 2009 09:56 GMT

Senate House Library move to South Block delayed

At its meeting on 23 June, the Senate House Project Board reluctantly took the decision to delay the start of the moves back into the South Block of Senate House. This is because the extensive programme of works to refurbish the building have not yet been fully completed. The moves, which had been scheduled for July 2009, are now expected to begin in August.

Added on Tue, 30 June 2009 09:30:00 GMT

7th Floor Collection Moves

The History of Science, Health Studies, Education and Religious Studies collections will temporarily become closed access (Stack request items) as reclassification work is undertaken. It is expected that these collections will return to open access once more during September. We apologise for any inconvenience caused while these collections are less accessible.

Added on Fri, 26 June 2009 11:30:00 GMT

May 2009 Newsletter now available

Director's introduction, User Services Spotlight, Alumni Plus, EThOS and the thesis digitisation project, Recent acquisitions, Discover databases, Special Collections Focus, Senate House Library Friends events and more.

Added on Fri, 10 May 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Senate House Library - sustainable future secured Board of Trustees approves five-year Strategic Plan to refocus

The Board of Trustees has approved a recommendation from the Collegiate Council that the University of London Research Library Services (ULRLS), which includes Senate House Library (SHL), should continue as a collectively owned and shared library resource, complementary to College resources, and managed on behalf of Colleges by the University

Added on Thursday, 14 May 2009 10:05:00 GMT

UCL, CIBER group ebook survey

Last January University College London (UCL) CIBER group conducted a large scale study to examine attitudes and behaviour towards ebooks. This year a follow up survey plans to discover just how perceptions and attitudes have moved on in the last twelve months.

Added on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:27:00 GMT

Updated: Database trials

Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection

Added on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:10:00 GMT

Belinda Norman-Butler

The depositor of archives at Senate House Library died on 26 December 2008 aged 100

Added on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:53:00 GMT

New for 2009: Academic Search Complete

The Senate House Library has upgraded its EBSCO subscription from the database Academic Search Permier over to Academic Search Complete.

Added on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:30:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: April 2009

A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople

Added on Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:20:00 GMT

Review of Senate House Library - report received

Final decision delayed to allow time for options to be developed in more detail.

Added on Web, 17 Dec 2008 09:31:00 GMT

Refurbishment news update: April 2009 and beyond

The third phase of the Senate House refurbishment is due to start in 2009 and the University has now confirmed some of the details that will affect the Library.

Added on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: March 2009

Mollie Fancher, the Brooklyn Enigma

Added on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:04:00 GMT

Web Review: volunteers wanted

We are reviewing our website and how it meets our users' needs. Now we need people to give us their views and help with tests on our present website

Added on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:15:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: November 2008

Emilia Wyndham

Added on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:00 GMT

Updated: Database trials

ProQuest Digital Dissertations. The trial official end date is Saturday 29th November 2008

Added on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:25:00 GMT

October 2008 newsletter now available

Director's introduction, User Services Spotlight, List of Academic Liaison Librarians at Senate House, EThOS and the thesis digitisation project, Recent acquisitions, New additions to the DVD collection, Discover databases, Special Collections Focus, Senate House Library Friends events and more.

Added on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:01:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: October 2008

Legenda Aurea

Added on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Find us on Facebook

The way patrons find information is changing. In recognition of this Senate House Library now offers a Facebook page.

Added on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:28:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: September 2008

Russia: Being a Description of the Character, Manners, Customs, Dress, Diversions and Other Peculiarities of the Different Nations Inhabiting the Russian Empire

Added on Mon, 11 Sep 2008 15:25:00 GMT

Free reference access for overseas academic staff and research students

Membership update: students and staff from universities outside of the UK are eligible to join Senate House Library at the rates listed here.

Added on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:25:00 GMT

Student records 1836-1926

New content has been added to the Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Now included are digitised copies of lists of University of London students, 1836-1926. We hope this will be an invaluable resource for family historians and other researchers.

Added on Wed, 22 Aug 2008 11:23:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: August 2008

A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft

Added on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Refurbishment news: Senate House - July 2008 update

The main task undertaken this month was to continue the lengthy task of checking and confirming the standard of electrical cable installation carried out to date.

Added on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:17:00 GMT

Special Collections Book of the Month: July 2008

The Complete Fortune Teller, or, True Book of Fate and The True Fortune Teller, or, Universal Book of Fate

Added on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT

Updated: Database trials

Credo Reference (formerly Xrefer) provides access to a digital library of high quality reference works including dictionaries, thesauri, image collections and encyclopedias in a wide variety of subject areas. The trial official end date is Monday 4th August

Added on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:05:00 GMT

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