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More Books? How to make the most of your library collections

Our More Books service has been available for a few months already and is proving to be very popular! The service is designed to make it easier and quicker for students and staff to request books to be added to our library collections. This service is designed to help you choose the best route for getting hold …

Reading strategies project delivers guide “for students, by students”

The second in a series of three blogs looking at themes arising from ‘reading strategies’ projects commissioned by LRLR under the Students as Change Agents (SACA) programme.  On Thursday 15 June an invited audience – including Professor Sarah O’Hara (PVC for Education and the Student Experience) and Beth Massey (outgoing Students’ Union Education Officer) – assembled at the Arts Centre, University Park, …

NUsearch August update – release highlights

NUsearch has been updated today to make discovery even better. After introducing a new interface in June we’re not stopping there! NUsearch will be updated four times a year to bring you new features, improvements to existing functionality and fixes for any known issues. We want to ensure NUsearch keeps on developing to meet your …

Helping students develop a reading strategy

The first in a series of three blogs looking at themes arising from ‘reading strategies’ projects commissioned by LRLR under the Students as Change Agents (SACA) programme. On Thursday 15 June an invited audience – including Professor Sarah O’Hara (PVC for Education and the Student Experience) and Beth Massey (outgoing Students’ Union Education Officer) – assembled at the Arts Centre, University Park, …

A world of discovery – using NUsearch

We have launched our new and improved library discovery tool NUsearch, it has been redesigned to provide you with a fresh interface that is cleaner and clearer, and fully responsive to all mobile devices. Following on from a successful Beta trial we now bring you an upgraded NUsearch, it replaces the previous version, without any requirement for …

A NUlook NUsearch – what do you think?

Our Beta testing period has now closed and NUlook NUsearch is now LIVE. Please read our new blog for more details. This new look NUsearch has been redesigned to provide you with a fresh interface which is cleaner and clearer, and fully responsive to mobile devices. The beta version is available until the end of …

Library Christmas Cheer with the #singinglibrarian

Back by popular demand, and in case you missed our Singing Librarian last year, here she is again. Happy Christmas one and all! We have so many wonderful festive musical treats in our library collections at the Denis Arnold Music Library , ranging from the heavy duty vocal score Gloria in excelsis Deo (Cantata) for Soprano,Tenor-Solo and …

NUsearch upgrade and new web address

NUsearch has been upgraded! This upgrade marks the start of NUsearch as a cloud service. Benefits This will ensure that NUsearch benefits from round-the-clock support and maintenance. The NUsearch you use will always be the most up-to-date version available. This means that we will be able to take advantage of the latest system and service …

NUsearch upgrade Thursday 23 June – Important message about your eShelf

To make it easier to find books, journals and other library resources, we will be upgrading and improving NUsearch on Thursday 23 June 2016. This will make searching more reliable and improve access to the information you need. The eShelf functionality will continue to be available in the upgraded NUsearch. Unfortunately we are unable to …

Tis the season to be jolly…

And curl up on the couch… As you take a break from classes, UoN libraries have a great collection of seasonal films and TV you can enjoy from home! In our libraries we have DVD copies of some Christmas classics such as: Frank Capra’s 1946 It’s a Wonderful Life (Hallward Short loan DVD PN1997.F727), a …