E-books, have you used them yet?

All three LRCs are closing over Christmas but e-books are a great way to use the LRC's resources from home!

Here is a quick guide to get you started...

We have over 3200 e-books in stock and they are all accessible through our Online Catalogue 'Heritage'. Please open the Heritage link in Google Chrome or Internet Explorer 9 to make sure you have full functionality.

If you just want to search for e-books use Advanced search and select E-book from the Media Type drop down menu.

Once you have your search results click on the title of the e-book you want to view and then on the Resource link. Enter your College Username and Password and you will be transferred to the e-book. 

All e-books can be viewed online or downloaded to your computer. You can also print and copy from e-books and use a range of interactive tools to help you study.

For more information on e-books pop in and see a member of LRC staff or check out our new Top Tips for using e-books Guide on the LRC e-resources Moodle Page.

Happy Reading!

  

Dreaming of a Winter Wonderland!

With just two weeks of the Autumn term left the LRCs are getting into the Christmas spirit with trees, decorations and Christmas themed displays! Check out our trees...

The LRCs will be closed over the Christmas break but don't for get you can access all our online services such as e-books and mySearch from our Moodle pages 24/7.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

From all the LRC Staff

Celebrating Diversity Week 2013!

All three Colleges was busy last week celebrating Diversity Week. We hope you had fun... we certainly did and here is what we got up to!

Around the world with your LRCs!

Guildford College LRC

79 Students attended two talks by Bob Thompson 'Developing Education in Africa: experiences of volunteering in South Sudan'

There was good feedback from the talks and the Foundation Degree Early Childhood Studies students hope to make a link with a school in South Sudan.

Farnham College LRC

54 students and staff contributed to the Why I love my Country Display! They covered 21 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Comments included: 

• the fact that many nationalities live in harmony with each other (Malaysia and Nepal) 
• “you can lay on a beach, diving in crystal clear sea water, enjoy the breeze on the mountain top, trek through a rain forest, or shop and party in the City of Malaysia” 
• ”I love the sound of the traffic and how it is still bright at night from the lights of the billboards everywhere” (HK) 
• “Vietnam is where saying “I love you” is impossible, according to the BBC, since we have more than 40 different pronouns to describe the relationships between individual and groups, based on ages and positions.” 
• Nepalese students commented on the beauty of the mountains and fantastic food, but one said that a surprising thing was how there would suddenly be a strike and they would have a day’s holiday. 
•  UK students said they love their freedom of speech, free healthcare and education and several said they love our weather!
• One student was reading the descriptions on the board and realised there was a student in college from her home town in Zimbabwe – she is going to try to make contact...watch this space...

Merrist Wood College LRC

At MW LRC students participated in an Equality and Diversity Treasure Hunt Quiz.

We have also had lots of equality and diversity fiction being borrowed from our displays at all the LRCs if you are interested in borrowing some E&D resources here are our recommended reads and watches!

A selection of Equality & Diversity Resources

available from your LRCs

Annabel by Kathleen Winter

Fiction: about a young hermaphrodite (FC LRC: F WIN)

Britain’s Gay Footballers (dvd) BBC 3

Amal Fashanu, niece of Justin Fashanu, the only ever openly gay British professional, goes on a mission to discover why no gay player has followed in her uncle's boots in over twenty years. (MWLRC: 796.334 BBC)

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

Fiction: a murder mystery with the detective, and narrator, Christopher Boone a fifteen year old with Asperger's Syndrome. (All LRCs F HAD) Show More

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Drawing Autism by Jill Mullin.

A collection of inspirational artwork produced by people with autism. (FC LRC: 709.04 MUL)

Equality and Diversity in Policing by Brian Stout

(MW LRC: 363.2 STO)

Equality and Diversity in the Lifelong Learning Sector 2^nd ed. by Ann Gravells

(GC & MW LRCs: 374.017 GRA)

Finding the Real Me: True Tales of Sex and Gender Diversity by Tracie O’Keefe

(FC & GC LRCs: 306.77 OKE)

Killing Honour by Bali Rai

Fiction: about honour killings and violence towards women. (All LRCs: F RAI)

Milk (dvd) starring Sean Penn

Film: inspiring story of the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America, Harvey Milk. (GC LRC: 791.437 MIL)

Noughts and Crosses Trilogy by Malorie Blackman

Fiction: Against a background of prejudice, distrust and violence a romance builds between, Sephy a cross and Callum a nought. One that is to lead them into terrible danger… (MW LRC F BLA)

Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick

Fiction: A quirky comedy that brings two people with mental health problems, Pat and Tiffany, together. (MW & GC LRC F QUI)

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt

Fiction: about Jenna who survives a car crash that kills her best friend but leaves her permanently scarred. (GC LRC: F JAR)

Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome: a student guide by John Harpur

(FC LRC: 371.90474 HAR)

Untouchable (dvd) starring Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy

Film: a French comedy drama about the friendship between a rich quadriplegic and his Senegalese carer.  (GC & FC LRCs: 791.437 UNT)

Zelah Green by Vanessa Curtis

Fiction: Zelah calls herself a “cleanaholic” and through her rituals has found a way to cope with the tragedy in her life. (FC LRC: F CUR)

Top e-books in November

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

Here's November's chart:

4144   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
2086   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
645     Beauty Therapy. - 3rd ed.
354     Aromatherapy: therapy basics
293     Official guide to body massage
217     Book of JavaScript
115     Theory of hospitality and catering   
113     BTEC Level 3 National in IT
81       Beauty therapy. - 2nd ed.
78       Information systems project management
   

The top downloaded books for November were:

33  Understanding addiction
6    BTEC Level 2 First Business
6    An introduction to animal behaviour
5    Armstrong's handbook of management and leadership
5    Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice

We Love New Books!

You might have noticed that at GC LRC we haven't had a new book display since we lost the space when we installed the new self-issue system!

We now have a brand new display. We love New Books and we hope that you do too so pop in and borrow one today!

We are also sending out lists of new resources by email to Teaching staff. We sent the first lists out just after half term and will be sending more after Christmas!

Half term opening hours

All three LRCs will be CLOSED on Friday 25 October for the staff training day.

Guildford College

The LRC will be open every day in half term.

9.30 - 4.30
Closed for lunch 12.30 - 1.30

Farnham College

The LRC will be closed all week.

mySearch - what is it and why do I need it?

What is mySearch?

mySearch is an online research tool that “pulls together” many of the LRC resources so that they can be explored using a single search box. In other words, rather than searching the Library Catalogue for books and a database for journal articles, you can go to mySearch and get results which include books, e-books, and journal articles in one list. In fact, you could think of mySearch as the Library’s version of Google.

The link can be found on the LRC E-Resources page (you will need to login to Moodle for access) or here on the blog (see links on the right).

It works like this...

Technically-speaking, mySearch provides an integrated index for many of our resources. Although it is an EBSCO product, your search results will also include non-EBSCO resources such as:

• Heritage, the Library Catalogue
• BioOne
• Britannica

Not only does it search most of our resources with one search box, it returns your results quickly and ranks them according to relevancy. It’s powerful and should be of help finding resources for your research. Just keep in mind that, like Google, it may return a large number of results and you will need to use judgment when assessing their value.

I'm having trouble using mySearch...

Well, it’s a new tool for you and for us! So, it may not be obvious how to do some of the things you have grown accustomed doing with the other databases. So we would like to encourage you to explore this resource along with us and give us feedback on your success and frustration with it.

Remember the LRC staff are happy to help if you are having trouble or want some help with searching for information.

Top e-books in September

We start another year with Business back in top spot  in September's top ten e-books by pages viewed with Tourism, IT, Carpentry, Counselling, Childcare and Beauty Therapy all staking their claim. Tourism top the download chart but we also have entries for Arboriculture and Construction.

Here's September's chart:

2977   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1403   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
267     JavaScript Professional Projects
249     BTEC Level 3 National in IT
126     Learn JavaScript in a weekend
88       Carpentry and joinery Level 1.
69       BTEC National Travel and tourism Book 2   
51       Counselling skills and theory
50       Facials and skin care in essence
43       Working with children
   

The top downloaded books for September were:

5    Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 Book 1
3    Doing your research project
3    Edexcel diploma: Construction and the built environment
2    Trees : their natural history
2    Effective organisational communication

Top e-books in June

Business takes top spot plus 5 other places in June's top ten e-books by pages viewed with Beauty Therapy, Tourism, and IT filling the other 4.  Business once again top the download chart but we have new entries for natural history with books on animal management and trees making an appearance..

Here's June's chart:

6060   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
4357   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
975     Beauty therapy. - 2nd ed.
585     BTEC Level 3 National in IT
533     Aromatherapy: therapy basics
467     Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed.
255     Travel & tourism. BTEC Level 3 National Book 1   
127     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
           (12th ed.)
114     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
           (11th ed.)
114     Team roles at work
   

The top downloaded books for June were:

5    Project management
2    Restraint and handling of wild and domestic animals
2    Trees : their natural history
2    BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2

Summer Term Round Up!

The holidays upon us! Congratulations to all students who have completed their courses this year and we look forward to seeing those of you who are coming back next year in September.

Here are a few things that have been happening in the LRCs over the last term:

Farnham LRC

• Revision Display: The LRC ran a successful revision display and staff were impressed with how hard students have been studying and using the silent study area.

• New iMacs: The LRC has had new iMacs installed and staff have been trained up and are ready to help you with navigating the desktop and using Illustrator. 

Merrist Wood

• Cloud Printing: Cloud printing has really taken off this term with lots of students using the service.

• New iPad 4s: The LRC has 20 brand new iPad 4s for loan to staff either individually or as a set.

Guildford College 

• Book Swap: Many thanks to staff members for their generous donations, we had a total of 60 books in our Book Swap. Many were swapped and, in the spirit of promoting reading for pleasure, those without a book to swap were urged to take one that appealed. We were left with just 3 books, so many students will be able to sit back and relax with a good book this summer.

• New LRC Induction Film: Filming of the new LRC Induction Film for 2013-14 has been going well. A big thank you to all the students who have taken part and a special thank you to year 1 Media students for filming and editing it.

• Mini Displays: We currently have Displays up for Holiday Fiction and Travel Guides so pop in before your holiday and pick one up!

• 6 BookChallenge: The 6 Book Challenge has come to an end. A big congratulations to the 25 students who managed to read 6 books and have been entered into the national prize draw.

Have a lovely summer and we will be back in September to keep you up to date with all your LRC news!!

Summer Opening Hours

It's nearly the end of term and for those of you who wish to pop in and see us over Summer here are our opening hours.

Please do check with us before travelling as these times may be subject to change at short notice.
Normal term-time hours resume on Monday 9 September.

Guildford College

Monday 8 July - Friday 12 July                 9.00 - 5.00

Monday 15 July - Friday 6 September     9.30 - 4.30 (closed 12.30 - 1.30)

The LRC will be closed at the following times:

• Tuesday 9 July              9.00 - 2.00
• Monday 26 August        (Bank Holiday)
• Monday 2 September   1.00 - 4.30

Merrist Wood College

Monday 8 July - Friday 23 August                9.30 - 4.30 (closed 12.30 - 1.30)

Tuesday 27 August - Friday 6 September   9.30 - 4.30

The LRC will be closed at the following times:

• Tuesday 9 July                     9.30 - 2.00
• Wednesday 7 August          1.00 - 4.30
• Thursday 8 August - Friday 15 August
• Monday 26 August               (Bank Holiday)
• Monday 2 September          12.30 - 4.30

Mouthwatering cookbooks in the LRC

Did you know that the LRC at Guildford College has the cookbooks from some of the world's best restaurants in stock?

Find inspiration from some of the top chefs and see what it takes to get that elusive Michelin star (or two). A selection of titles can be seen below along with some tasters of what they contain.

You can also find the full list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants on the award website http://www.theworlds50best.com/

Don't forget you can search our online catalogue, Heritage, to find what other recipe and cookbooks we have on offer.

Noma

Best restaurant in the world 2012

Alinea  
Best restaurant in North America 2011

Mugaritz   
Number 3 in the World's Best Restaurant Awards 2012

Eleven Madison Park  
Best Restaurant in North America 2013

Book Swap at GC LRC

To celebrate the advent of summer the LRC at Guildford College is holding a Book Swap. Please  bring along a fiction book to swap and find something new to read during the holidays!

When: Thursday 13 June, 10 am – 4 pm

Where: Guildford College LRC

If you have any unwanted fiction books (in reasonable condition) that you would like to donate to the book swap, they will be most welcome.

Top e-books in May

Business takes top spot plus 5 other places in May's top ten e-books by pages viewed with Beauty Therapy, Tourism, and Carpentry filling the other 4.  Business has retaken control of the download chart with all the top download titles going to them.

Here's May's chart:

3044   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
981     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
           (12th ed.)
934     BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2
679     Beauty therapy. - 2nd ed.
644     Knowledge management
375     Travel & tourism. BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
333     Introduction to banking   
277     Carpentry and joinery Level 1
237     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
           (11th ed.)
224     Aromatherapy: therapy basics
   

The top downloaded books for May were:

12  Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice
9    Knowledge management
5    Marketing communications
5    Research methods for business
5    Project management
5    Armstrong's handbook of management and leadership

Half term opening hours

All three LRCS will be closed on the bank holiday:

Monday 27 May

Guildford College

Tuesday 28 May - Friday 31 May             9.30 - 4.30

Farnham College

Tuesday 28 May - Friday 31 May           CLOSED

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

Self issue at GC LRC - what do you think?

Guildford LRC has now had its self issue kiosk installed for just over a month and it looks like staff and students are happy and impressed by our new system.

We have had over 970 issues, 803 returns and 89 renewals!

We also have a new drop box for items that need LRC Staff attention and a new trolley for returns.

Here are some of your comments about our new system please continue to let us know what you think!

"Quick, easy, fun!"

"Highly recommended! Easy, no fuss, quick and self-sufficient!"

"Pretty cool :)"

"Good, like ticket issued telling what you've taken out."

"FAB! We want more of them."

"Very impressive and great service."

"Very easy quick system! Useful receipt too! :)"

"Ohh fancy technology"

"More of them would be good, also to put a table next to it. Really easy to use."

If you haven't had a go yet why not pop in and see us? The LRC Staff are happy to show you what to do!

Top e-books in April

Business takes top spot plus 5 other places in April's top ten e-books by pages viewed with Beauty Therapy filling the other 4.  Counselling has taken over the download chart with 4 out of the top 5 going to them.

Here's April's chart:

2305   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1881   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2 
1294   Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed.
699     Exploring corporate strategy: text & cases
488     Knowledge management
480     Beauty therapy. - 2nd ed.
340     Management. - 5th ed.   
291     Indian head massage in essence
255     Management and organisational behaviour
240     Aromatherapy: therapy basics
   

The top downloaded books for April were:

9   Supervising counsellors
7   Counselling and psychotherapy in organisational settings
7   Reflective practice in counselling and psychotherapy
6   Supervision in the helping professions
6   Marketing research

There were also 18 chapter/page range downloads from: BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2

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


New Online Reader

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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

Self issue is coming to GC LRC!

I am sure you are all used to using self service by now. It seems to be everywhere from the Post Office to Supermarkets and now it is coming to your LRC!

This exciting project will improve customer service by giving staff and students the choice of avoiding queues to issue and return their books.  The system uses RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) that will allow us to further develop stock management and control.

In order to make self issue a reality the LRC staff have been incredibly busy processing the stock over the last 7 weeks. We have also been closed for 3 days over half-term to install our new security gates.

On the left you can see Debbie pretending to steal a book, which makes the new gates light up red. The gates are also smart and will be able to give the us much more accurate visitor statistics than our old ones.

The self issue kiosk has also been delivered (photo on the right).

The kiosk allows you to return, renew and issue LRC resources. The kiosk is currently being housed in Meeting Room 2 so that LRC staff can be trained in how to use it as well as giving us time to make sure it is configured correctly before it goes live after Easter.

In the mean time we have a RFID pad set up at the issue desk so we can issue and return your books for you without the alarm going off.

Please bear with us during this transition as staff get used to the new system.

More information and updates on how the project is going will be on the blog soon!

Half term opening

Please note: All three LRCs will be CLOSED on Friday 15 February for staff training.

The LRCs will be open at the following times over half term.

Farnham College

Monday - Tuesday           9.00 - 5.00

Wednesday - Friday        CLOSED

Guildford College

Monday - Wednesday     CLOSED

Thursday - Friday            9.30 - 4.30

Merrist Wood

Monday - Friday              9.30 - 4.30

Snow renewals

As the snow is coming down outside and many of you will find it difficult or impossible to get into college today the LRCs have renewed any items due back today.

All 1 day loan items (mainly DVDs) are now due back on Monday 21 January.

All other items have been renewed to Friday 25 January.

Stay safe everyone.

Top e-books in December

Business once again hold onto top spot in the pages viewed chart for last month with Beauty Therapy, Tourism & Hospitality, and Photography taking the other places in the top ten.  In our downloads chart Counselling have claimed top spot this time round.

Here's November's chart:

8269   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1
1665   BTEC Level 3 Business Book 2
587     Beauty therapy. - 3rd ed.
342     The business plan workbook
329     Aromatherapy : therapy basics
281     Armstrong's handbook of human resource management practice     
219     Human resources management in the hospitality industry
209     Travel & tourism for BTEC Level 3 National Book 1
144     Langford's basic photography
137     Business law   

The top downloaded books for December were:

5   A life of one's own
3   Special educational needs, inclusion and diversity
3   BTEC First Business: Level 2
3   BTEC Level 3 National Business Book 1