Bank Holiday Closure

Monday is a bank holiday. Therefore both libraries will be closed that day. If you do feel the need for a dail dose of DBS, the Aungier St building will be open from 8.00am to 6.00pm on that day

Movement

We have lots of summer jobs on at the moment. After typing this, I'm off to proofread the new improved library website, which we think you'll like (for example it has an online PC and room booking system). Another summer job, and the subject of this short posting, is moving the printing and photocopying room. It's no longer going to be at the top of the library, but in the office next to the DVD collection. So coming into the library turn left and then turn right at the DVDs, simple. The move is in progress even as I type.

Self-Service is coming to Dame St.

Last summer we introduced RFID self-service stations to Aungier St. It's no understatement to say that they have been a big success. It's also no understatement to say that you'd like Dame St. to go self-service. too. Next month we will be granting your wish. However to facilitate this, we will have to close Dame St library from the 16th to the 20th of August. As this is a time when some of you will be furiously working on dissertations, we plan to ship all the theses held in Dame St library down to Aungier St. so that they are still accessible when the library is closed. A reminder will appear nearer the time

News International Titles and Lexis-Nexis

Hello, I hope you are all enjoying your summer. Counter-intuitively, the summer is a really busy time for us in the library as we get to do all the stuff that we can't do when you are here. Anyway, some of you may be aware the News International titles The Times and Sunday Times are now behind a paywall, which means if you want to look at stories from these papers you will have to pay - currently £1 per day or a £2 weekly subscription. This is an interesting development and one that will be closed watched by other newspaper publishers. Personally speaking, I don't think that this is a good idea as I don't think that either paper offers anything that I can't see for free elsewhere on the net. Perhaps people may wish to subscribe to read their favourite commentators, I don't know, but it seems to me that The Times and Sunday Times are cutting themselves off from the vast majority of Internet users, particularly those who would have reached the papers from Google or other search engines.However the good news is that the majority of articles from these titles can still be read on Lexis Nexis News UK, to which the library subscribes. Lexis Nexis News UK is available to DBS students on and off-campus, though off-campus you will have to use 'Search All Resources' or the new EBSCOHost Integrated Search.

Wireless printing

Did you know that you can now print directly from your laptop?
Just grab a 'Wireless printing guide' at the Library desk to setup the wireless printing on your laptop and you can start printing!