Dawsonera - ebook website upgrade

A new look Dawsonera is coming soon and in preparation for this Dawsons will be working on the site on Wednesday 24 April.

On this day there will be two periods of 10 minutes when the site will be unavailable

• the first at 5.00 pm
• the second at 7.00 pm

The new look website will begin to be available from around 10.00 pm the same day and will not affect access for most people.  However, if you are using Dawsonera at the switchover time you will be logged off and will see the new look site when you log back in.

Old Home Page

New Home Page


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Top e-books in March

Business and Beauty Therapy hold on to places 1 and 2 again in March's top ten e-books by pages viewed.  We have new entries for counselling this month - will your e-book make it into next month's top ten...

Here's March's chart:

2634   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1057   Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed. 
355     Race, culture and counselling
352     Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
211     Knowledge management
189     BTEC Level 2 First Business
175     Management and organisational behaviour    
141     counseling for anxiety problems
139     Enterprise and small business
138     Research methods for business
   

The top downloaded books for March were:

7   Management and organisational behaviour
5   An introduction to behavioural ecology
4   Knowledge management
4   Handbook of professional and ethical practice for psychologists, 
     counsellors and psychotherapists

Easter Opening Hours

All three LRCS will be closed on the bank holidays:

Good Friday (29 March)
Easter Monday (1 April)

Guildford College

Tuesday 2 April - Friday 12 April             9.30 - 4.30

NB On Friday 5 April the LRC will close between 12.30 and 1.30

Farnham College

Tuesday 2 April - Friday 5 April           CLOSED

Monday 8 April - Tuesday 9 April        9.00 - 5.00

Wednesday 10 April                           CLOSED

Thursday 11 April                                9.00 - 5.00

Friday 12 April                                    CLOSED

Opening times may be subject to change at short notice so please check with the relevant LRC before travelling.

Celebrating World Book Week 2013

All the LRCs took part in celebrating a very successful At the Movies themed World Book Week 2013 which created a real buzz for reading. Here is a round-up of the activities along with our competition winners:

Guildford College

• 22 students attended a Storyteller event 
• 67 students entered the Picture Quiz - The winner of the £10 Amazon voucher is Amirali Kheradmand.
• 8 students entered the World Book Day Quiz - The winner of the Amazon voucher is Mia Sherrington.
• 64 books and 89 films were added to our wall.
• 43 fiction books were borrowed during the week. (This is a record!!)

Farnham College

• 101 students entered the Film Picture Quiz - 1st Prize went to Ellie Gaskin with 2nd Prize going to Durell Chimombo.
• 72 students entered the World Book Day Quiz - 1st prize went to Chloe Shaw with 2nd Prize going to Ayla Stenning.
• Students also shared their favorite books and films.
• 18 fiction books were borrowed during the week.

Merrist Wood

• 47 students entered the Film Picture Quiz - The winner was Connie Norris
• 6 students posted on the book wall and lots of discussion took place about books and films.
• 21 fiction books were borrowed during the week. (This is also a record breaking number!!)

A big thank you to all the students and staff that took part in World Book Week 2013!!

Watch this space for 2014.......

Top e-books in Februrary

Business and Beauty Therapy hold on to places 1 and 2 in February's top ten e-books by pages viewed.  We have new entries for performing arts and teaching this month - will your e-book make it into next month's top ten...

Here's February's chart:

2757   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
721     Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed. 
565     Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
238     Act now! a step-by-step guide to becoming a working actor
131     E-business and e-commerce management
123     Management and organisational behaviour
120     Key studies in psychology    
116     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
101     Teaching today
99       Marketing communications: interactivity, communities and content
   

The top downloaded books for February were:

16 Management and organisational behaviour
6   Practical counselling and helping skills
4   Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
4   BTEC Level 3 National in IT

At the Movies for World Book Week

This years World Book Week theme is At the Movies!

To celebrate this staff and students have created Top Lists of Books & Films to inspire your next film or fiction fix!


Top 10 Books adapted into Films chosen by LRC Staff

• One Day by David Nicholls
• We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
• The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
• Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
• Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
• To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
• Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

Top 10 Films adapted from Books chosen by Adam Nelson (Media Tutor) 

• Once Upon a Time in America - Based on 'The Hoods' by Harry Grey
• Blade Runner - Based on 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' by Phillip K. Dick
• Let the Right One In - Based on the book of the same name by John Avijde Lindqvist
•  Jaws - based on the book of the same name by Peter Benchley
• The Godfather - based on the book of the same name by Mario Puzo (This film is better than the book in my opinion)
• City of God - based on the book of the same name by Paulo Lins
• There Will Be Blood - based on 'Oil!' by Upton Sinclair
•  2001: A Space Odyssey - based on the book of the same name by Arthur C. Clarke
• Shawshank Redemption - based on 'Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption' by Stephen King
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - based on the book of the same name by Ron Hansen

25 Films adapted from Books chosen by BTEC Media Students

• The Godfather
• The Dark Knight
• You Only Live Twice
• Jaws
• Silence of the Lambs
• Shawshank Redemption
• There Will Be Blood
• Clockwork Orange
• 12 Angry Men
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 
• Blade Runner 
• Fight Club 
• American Beauty
• Raging Bull 
• Forrest Gump
• Goodfellas 
• American Psycho 
• The Last King of Scotland 
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
• The Gomorrah 
• The Green Mile 
• The Prestige 
• The Shining 
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 
• First Blood

Pop in throughout the week to tells us yours!

Top e-books in January

Business hold on to several positions in January's top ten e-books by pages viewed.  Well done to Beauty Therapy and Tourism for managing to hang on to their top spots and keep the management books at bay!

Here's January's chart:

5504   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1203   Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed. 
782     BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2
691     Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 2
540     Exploring corporate strategy: text and cases
397     Aromatherapy : therapy basics     
323     The business plan workbook
323     Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
314     Beauty therapy fact file
265     Management   

The top downloaded books for January were:

14  Marketing management
7   Special educational needs, inclusion and diversity
5   Collective animal behaviour
5   Management
5   Practical counselling skills