For this week only - fines amnesty for FE students!!

Fines Amnesty for FE students!

One book can change a life – your chance to make a real difference!

Help us to make a difference by donating your unwanted books to Betterworld. You will be supporting education and literacy as well as keeping them out of landfill.

Please bring your books to the CCN Information Store and we will organise their collection by BetterWorldBooks - a global company that sells books online to fund literacy initiatives and which donates books worldwide.

Based on the 8,469 books which the CCN Information Store has sent to BetterWorldBooks so far, we have:

-       Raised £ 279.48 for a literacy charity

-   Raised £1,988.05 for the Norwich-Dedza partnership, funding school and college scholarships.

-   Saved 135.5 trees

-   Saved 17 cubic metres of Landfill Space

-   Saved 302,360 litres of water

-   Saved 27,930 KwH of electricity

-   Saved 5.4 Tons of greenhouse gasses

If you have any unwanted books at home, please bring them in to the Information Store!

http://www.betterworldbooks.co.uk/

Where does the money go?

Once BetterWorldBooks has covered their administrative costs, the proceeds from the book sales will be divided between two charities:  Norwich-Dedza Partnership and National Literacy Trust.

Norwich – Dedza Partnership is a charity that develops and supports practical links between Norwich, UK and Dedza in central Malawi. Projects undertaken so far have included educational  links, the promotion of tourism in Dedza, the sustainable development of a rock art site,  IT support and health promotion. 

For more information, please visit:

http://www.norwich-dedza.org/home.asp

Internet Safety Awareness

The Internet is a great way to see more, learn more and have lots of fun. To help you enjoy it safely, you should follow the ‘Click Clever, Click Safe Code’. It's just three simple things to remember that can help keep you safe when you visit your favourite websites.

Visit our Internet Safety awareness display in the Information Store and learn how to stay safe on the Internet.

Information Store help zone

Don't forget that you can get help from Information Store staff between 11am - 2pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  We can help with searching for information resources for your assignments, catalogue searching, online research, database searching, e-books and lots more…

Help is available in the HE Zone reception area (also known as the Information Store B Hub), which is now reserved on Wednesdays and Thursdays just for this purpose between 11am-2pm.

World Book Night

We are celebrating a World Book Night on Monday 23rd April 2012 between 1pm - 3pm.

Similar to last year, the Information Store will be giving away free books. 

We will offer 24 copies of ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy

              and 24 copies of the ‘Book Thief’ by Markus Zusak.

We are looking forward seeing you in the Information Store!

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter from everyone in the Information Store!

We hope you eggs-perience an egg-cited and egg-cellent egg-ceedingly beautiful Easter! 

Sport, fitness and outdoor activities!

The school term has finished so let’s get out and explore our great outdoors!!!

Or else, for all book lovers, please come and discover our great sport, fitness and outdoor activities book display in the Information Store :o)

British Summer Time :o)

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward by one hour on Sunday 25th March 2012, officially the start of British Summer Time. The official time changes at 1.00 am, moving forward to 2.00 am across the UK.

We may be losing an hour in bed, but with extra daylight in the evenings and a long summer ahead, there’s plenty to look forward to after the clocks go forward.

Sign up for access to The Times 100 Business Case Studies!

Sign up for access to The Times 100 Business Case Studies!


Business case studies give unprecedented insight into well known organisations and highlight how they deal with real business issues.

To sign up for free access either ask at the Information Store or e-mail tis@ccn.ac.uk