Monthly Archives: June 2009

Graduation Day 2009

Posted on Monday, 29 June 2009 by

Saturday 27 June, Homerton College’s Graduation Day. Click on image to enlarge.

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MyiLibrary ebook access

Posted on Friday, 26 June 2009 by

As noted in the ebooks@cambridge weblog, MyiLibrary, a provider of over 500 ebooks, has ‘upgraded’ its platform. The direct access link has changed to http://lib.myilibrary.com/home.asp although access via Newton is unaffected. We had very little notice of the change and Sarah Stamford, ebooks@cambridge Project Manager and Selwyn College Librarian, has … Continue reading →

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Document scanning trial service at Science Library

Posted on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 by

Via the UL Titter feed: The University Central Science Library (CSL) has introduced a trial scanning service for material not available electronically, which is held by the Central Science Library. This includes articles from journals and chapters from books. Users … Continue reading →

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Kate Pretty awarded a CBE

Posted on Monday, 15 June 2009 by

Dr Katharine Bridget Pretty, Principal of Homerton College and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has been made a CBE for her services to higher education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list published on 13 June 2009. The CBE (Commander … Continue reading →

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Scopus expands Arts and Humanities coverage

Posted on Thursday, 11 June 2009 by

Extracts from a Scopus press release: AMSTERDAM, June 10, 2009 – Elsevier announced today that its flagship product Scopus®, the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, has almost doubled its current Arts & Humanities (A&H) titles to … Continue reading →

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BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2009 shortlist

Posted on Thursday, 11 June 2009 by

The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2009 shortlist was announced a couple of weeks ago. There were 166 entries in total. Nineteen titles were longlisted including two books by leading Cambridge academics: Pompeii by Mary Beard (Profile Books) and Science: … Continue reading →

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Orange Prize for Fiction 2009 winner

Posted on Wednesday, 10 June 2009 by

The winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2009, a women only literature award, was announced last week:  Home by American writer Marilynne Robinson (a unanimous choice of the judges). Home is Robinson’s third novel, her previous novels being award-winning Housekeeping (1980) and … Continue reading →

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Summer vacation borrowing starts today

Posted on Friday, 5 June 2009 by

From today, all non-graduating students will be able to borrow and renew items for the summer vacation period. The return date for all items is now Tuesday 13 October 2009. Please make sure that all your current loans are returned or renewed … Continue reading →

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Notice to all students graduating this Summer

Posted on Friday, 5 June 2009 by

The following notice has been posted in the library this morning: From today, students graduating this summer may not borrow further items using the Self-Issue System, nor can they renew items. We kindly request that graduating students return all items … Continue reading →

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New Cambridge Companions ebooks

Posted on Monday, 1 June 2009 by

Ten more ebooks in CUP’s Cambridge Companions series have been added to Cambridge Collections Online. The titles are: The Cambridge Companion to… Literature of World War II British Theatre, 1730-1830 Voltaire Modern Chinese Culture Thomas Jefferson Hume (2nd edition) Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

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