Stock up for summer

Borrow as many items as you need for the summer holidays.

We have selected some of our favourite summer fiction to get you started, come and have a browse and see what you fancy.

Books include Richard and Judy book club books, Costa award Winners, Orange award winners, and more.

A book for the beach, the airport, a camping trip, or with a cup of tea on the sofa?

Take all of the items you need for the summer NOW!

The Information Store is being refurbished from the 8^th of July.  We will have no access to our book stock after this date until September.

We have increased the number of items available per person to 50, and we can issue items through until the 12^th September.  Please borrow any items you will need for work, study or student support purposes as soon as possible.

If you will need to access to more than 50 items during this period or have any other questions about our summer refurbishment, please us contact at libhelp@ccn.ac.uk or on x.3048.

The Open Access Area C (C30) will be open Mon-Fri 9 am - 5 pm during the holidays for:

• Computing / Printing
• Comb binding
• Advice
• Small Reference collection

Dissertations have moved upstairs

The dissertations are now in Information Store B, on your left hand side if you come up the stairs from Information Store A.

You can search for dissertations by going to Blackboard > Information Store Catalogue > Advanced  > change the "Medium" to "Dissertation".

Alternatively, simply browse the dissertations. They are in the same order as your books, so if you usually find your books on the shelves at 370, look at dissertations numbered 370.

And, as always, just ask if you need help.

Films have moved!

The film DVDs usually found in the Silent Study Area (at 791.43), have moved to the lobby area at the entrance to the annexes.

If you are not sure where this is, please ask.

If, on the other hand, you would rather explore, they can be found by going into the Information Store, continuing as far as the stairs, turn immediately right and walk past the CD stands, and then straight ahead of you is the lobby area. There's plenty to choose from!

This move is part of our plans to make the Information Store easier for you to use. Watch this space for more news about our exciting plans this summer...

Information Store summer closure

Important!

The Information Store will be closed for the summer for refurbishment after Friday 8th July.

Please check this blog for any updates.

New in...and going fast!

The popular Palgrave "work-based learning student handbook" is now in.

They are on the shelves at 658.3124 HEL, in Annexe 2.

They are going fast though, so if there are none available, don't forget you can reserve a copy.

Come in and ask us, or reserve it  online (you will need a PIN, we can set this up for you).

Reduced! Bags now only £2.00.

We now have two styles of bag for sale in the Information Store:

They are only £2.00 each, available at the Information Store issue desk.


Which do you prefer?

Facebook online security quiz

Facebook have created a short online quiz (just seven questions) about how to stay safe online.

The quiz was created in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and the Stop. Think. Connect. public awareness campaign.

Once you've taken the test, post a badge to your Wall and share tips with your friends so they can be more secure as well.

Click here to go to the test page.

New arrivals

More new books in the Book Crossing zone...

come in, grab a book, enjoy.

The books are steadily disappearing and finding new homes, which is very exciting. And today more books were donated, thank you!

Browse online the books that we have book crossed, and see if there is something there for you: www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/CcnInfoStore

Happy reading.

Free books!

We now have a Book Crossing Zone in the Information Store!

1. Come in and pick up a free book from the Book Crossing zone (near the printers)
2. Take it home, read it, enjoy it
3. Log on to bookcrossing.com and enter the unique ID in the book
4. Say where you are going to leave the book for the next person to find it
5. Track your book's journey and see how far it travels!

To make this an ongoing success, we need donations....If you have books at home that you would like to donate to the book crossing zone, pop into the Information Store and ask for Amy - we will get them labelled and registered up for you.

“A book is not only a friend, it makes friends for you. When you have possessed a book with mind and spirit, you are enriched. But when you pass it on you are enriched threefold.”

Henry Miller
The Books In My Life (1969)