New this month in Key Note

Market Reports - Out Now

New for March 2014

Bus & Coach Operators *

Business & Professional Magazines *

Canned Foods *

Cosmetic Surgery *

Frozen Foods *

Household Detergents & Cleaners

Ice Creams & Frozen Desserts

Meat & Meat Products *

Music Industry

Toiletries *

Training *

* These reports now contain dynamic financial data and league tables (updated monthly) for the top companies in these markets.

Click on a title above to see the report - you will need to log in to access the full report if you are not in College.

World Book Day 2014

The LRCs celebrated this years World Book Day with a Desert Island theme.

Students and staff at all three College got involved in the activities and told us which book they would take to a Desert Island to keep them entertained. Which book would you take?

Guildford College LRC

• 41 staff and students wrote on our Desert Island book wall telling us which book they would take with them. Answers ranged from Harry Potter to Lord of the Flies.
• 17 students guessed the mystery book was 'Life of Pi' and Jessica Marney (CACHE) was the winner of a copy of the book.
• 28 students completed the book title picture quiz and Sony Purja (BTEC Applied Science) was the winner of the £10 Amazon voucher.
• 14 Entry Level students attended a Pirate theme storytelling event.

Merrist Wood LRC

• 15  students entered the book title picture quiz and Katie Wilson (BTEC Animal Management) won the £10 Amazon voucher.
• 30 Desert Island Disc entries - 15 Staff and 15 Students

Farnham College LRC

• 24 students completed the book title picture quiz and Roxana Upfield was the winner.
• 53 students completed the British Isles quiz and Chloe Shaw was the winner. 
• 24 students wrote on the Desert Island book wall.

Thank you to everyone one took part!

Top e-books in Februrary

Business keeps top spot  in February's top ten e-books by pages viewed.  We have new entries this month for Tourism in at number 4 and Arboriculture at number 6.

Here's February's chart:

2135   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1736   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
404     Beauty Therapy. - 3rd ed.
315     Travel & Tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
252     Official guide to body massage
155     Trees: their natural history   
154     BTEC Level 3 Nastional in IT
82       Integration in counselling and psychotherapy
77       Beauty therapy fact file
75       Nutrition in essence

4 Book Challenge!

In Celebrating Words Week the LRCs launched the 4 Book Challenge!

The challenge, for those that accepted it, was to read 4 books and fill in a reading diary before the 10th January for a chance to win a Kindle Fire HD which was generously donated by Student Services.

A total of 157 students from all three Colleges took part in the challenge and 24 completed it! 

Here is Aqeel Zaman, Vice President of the Students Union picking the winner....

The winner of the Kindle Fire HD is Natasha Popham (BTEC L3 Creative Media, Guildford College). Here she is collecting her prize from Karen Robinson, Head of Learning and Standards, (right) and Hannah Bennett, Assistant Librarian (left).

Here are a few comments from students who took part in the challenge.

"It’s likely I would have read this much anyway however the idea of the challenge and I’d love to win ha ha. It’s nice to be rewarded for what you love!" (Lauren)

"It has become a hobby to read books. Great Challenge :)" (Isbah)

"It was nice being able to read stories and books I don't usually read. It's definitely been a good experience." (Bethany)

Thank you to all the students who took part and look out for next year's challenge!

Top e-books in January

Business keeps top spot  in January's top ten e-books by pages viewed followed by Beauty Therapy, IT, and Counselling.

Here's January's chart:

3937   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1000   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
871     Beauty Therapy. - 3rd ed.
381     BTEC Level 3 National in IT
143     Beauty therapy. - 2nd ed.
133     MS Visual Basic.net programming for the absolute beginner
89       Exploring corporate strategy: text & cases   
62       Aromatherapy: therapy basics
60       Syngress IT security project management handbook
58       Standards in ethics for counselling in action
   

The top downloaded books for January were:

11  Exploring corporate strategy: text & cases
11  Trees: their natural history
7    Trees & forests: a colour guide
6    The planting design handbook
5    How children learn

Half term opening

All three LRCs will be CLOSED on Wednesday 12 February for the staff training day.

Half term: Monday 17 February - Friday 21 Februrary

Guildford College

The LRC will be open every day in half term.
9.30 - 4.30

e-resources week 2014

e-resources week saw a total of 56 students drop-in to the LRCs to find out more about  accessing e-books and e-resources including mySearch.

We also had 18 students complete our quiz with 3 students winning £10 printing vouchers. These students were Sally Thompson (GC), Sacha Rivett (MW) and Harriet Bragg (FC).

mySearch allows you to search most of the LRCs e-resources in one place!



Dawsonera is one of our e-book platforms and allows you to access and download e-books to your PC and portable devices such as iPads.

If you would like to find out more about these e-resources and the others that are available to staff and students please pop into your LRC and ask!