University staff: summer visits to our ‘Research Reserve’

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May 282013
 

In addition to the 3 main University Libraries on campus, the library also manages the University’s off-campus “Research Reserve”. This newly refurbished facility provides thousands of metres of additional shelving space and allows us to store (and continue to make available) a wide range of books, journals, reports and other material. We also provide storage for other parts of the University and other museums in Newcastle too.

We are pleased to offer tours to University staff to our off campus Research Reserve to learn more about our collections, the scanning service we provide for Desktop Delivery and to view the storage and study space available.

Tours are available at 2pm on :

  • 18th June
  • 2nd July
  • 20th August

We can arrange transportation to the Team Valley for a small number of attendees, please book a place via louise.gordon@ncl.ac.uk

 

You can also arrange to meet us at the Research Reserve.

There is a large car park available at the facility and a regular bus service from Newcastle, the Team Valley Express no. 91, with a stop directly outside.

The full postal address is Unit 1, Dukesway Court, Dukesway, Team Valley NE11 0QX

Dukesway can be accessed via the A1 from either Lobley Hill roundabout, via Kingsway,  or Low Fell roundabout, via Retail World.

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Book move complete!

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Jul 302012
 

Books in the Robinson Library are now in one single sequence, with 000-599 on Level 3 and 600-999 on Level 4.

Where are my books?

Level 3

  • 000-099: Computing Science, Library & Information Science, Museum Studies
  • 100-199: Philosophy, Psychology
  • 200-299: Religion
  • 300-399: Social Sciences, Law, Education, Environmental Science, Politics
  • 400-499: Languages, Linguistics
  • 500-599: Science, Maths

Study Skills, Academic Practice and Standards will also move to Level 3.

Level 4

  • 600-699: Engineering, Technology, Agriculture, Management & Accounting
  • 700-799: Arts, Architecture, Music
  • 800-899: Literature
  • 900-999: Geography, History

The Shefton Research Collection and all Folio books are on Level 4.

Reference books are temporarily shelved on Level 1.

We hope this simplified arrangement will make it easier for you to find your books. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, please ask.

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Book moves going well

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Jul 232012
 

We’re pleased to report that our book move is nearing completion. Current locations below:

  • 000-530 Move completed – on Level 3
  • 531-569 Move in progress from Level 4 to Level 3
  • 570-599 On temporary shelves at the back of Level 3 (*please ask if you can’t find these books)
  • 600-658.1 Move complete – on Level 4
  • 658.2-661 Still to move on Level 4
  • 662-888 Move complete – on Level 4
  • 888.1-899 On temporary shelves at the back of Level 3 (*please ask if you can’t find these books)
  • 900-999 Move in progress from Level 3 to Level 4

All oversize books (Quarto and Folio) are in their new locations:

  • Q001-Q599 on the central shelves on Level 3
  • Q600-999 on the central shelves on Level 4

If you can’t find the books you want, please ask!

 

 Posted by at 10:21 am

Book moves going well

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Jul 132012
 

Completed book moves 

We’re pleased to report that the following book moves are now complete

000 – 399 books are in their final location on Level 3

700 – 824 books are in their final location on Level 4

Book moves in progress

On Level 3 we’re currently moving 400-499 books

And on Level 4 we’re moving 600-699 and Oversize 600-999 books

What’s next?

500-599, 825-999 will be moved in the next couple of weeks.

As always, if you can’t find the books you need, please just ask.

 

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Current book moves in the Robinson Library

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Jul 062012
 

As part of the summer refurbishment, we will be creating a simpler shelving sequence in the Robinson Library. Books with shelfmarks between 000 – 599 will be shelved on Level 3, while the 600 – 999 material will be on Level 4.

This week has seen the last ranges of shelving being moved and reconstructed and the 800 books have begun to be moved from Level 3 to Level 4. At present, books shelved between 800 – 824.7 have moved to their new location on Level 4; books at 824.8 – 899 are still in temporary locations on Level 3.

We are also currently moving the books between 300 – 339 to their new locations on Level 3.

As always, if you can’t find the books you need, please ask a member of library staff for help.

 Posted by at 12:32 pm

Art Books have moved

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Jun 302012
 

This week has seen the move of Fine Art, Architecture, Music Books and Scores from Level 3 to Level 4 in the Robinson Library. This move has allowed us to shelve our collection of music books and scores together for the first time.

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Books are moving

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Jun 262012
 

As part of the summer refurbishment, we will be making it easier to find books in the library by creating a single (Dewey) sequence of books, with shelfmarks 000-599 being shelved on Level 3 and shelfmarks 600-999 being shelved on Level 4. We have started rearranging the shelving layouts on Levels 3 and 4 to accommodate this and library staff started moving books to their new locations last week.

Books at shelfmarks 700-799 (Fine Art, Architecture, Music, Performing Arts) are currently being moved to their new location on Level 4.

Books at shelfmarks 100-199, 200-299, 340-399 have been moved to a temporary location on Level 4, before being moved to Level 3 when shelving becomes available later in the project. Books at shelfmarks 500-570 are also being moved today.

This is quite a complicated process which involves moving every book in the library. If you need help finding the books you want, please ask a member of library staff.

 Posted by at 10:02 am

Book move – helping you plan for the summer

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May 302012
 

As part of the Robinson Library refurbishment, we will be creating a single (Dewey) sequence of books, which we hope will make the whole collection easier to use. This book move will only begin after the examination period is over.

We will minimise the disruption as much as possible, but staff, researchers and dissertation students who are continuing with their studies and research through the summer may wish to consider borrowing essential books before this major move begins.

In addition, if you would find it helpful to extend your borrowing limit to allow you to borrow more books this summer, this can usually be arranged. Please contact your Liaison Librarian in the first instance.

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