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Alberta Whittle: New Exhibition at The Holburne examines Bath’s uneasy past

Bath’s history as a city that flourished in the age of slavery is put under the spotlight and explored in Alberta Whittle’s first Exhibition in a public museum- Dipping Below a Waxing Moon, The Dance Claims Us For Release. Fresh … Continue reading

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Library building survey and works: 17 December to 6 January

An asbestos survey has recently been carried out in the Library – as it has across the campus – as an update to the University Asbestos Management Plan and as good Health & Safety practice. Estates will now conduct various … Continue reading

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Accessing restricted datasets using the Library’s SafePod

In March of this year we were proud to launch our new SafePod, a new facility for research that allows access to restricted datasets from within the Library. Research Culture week provides a welcome opportunity to take a closer look … Continue reading

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Fancy a game of research data?

Alex Ball, Research Data Librarian (Systems), would like to tell you about the launch of the Research Data Management Adventure, a text adventure that might just help you manage your research data a little better. I want to talk to … Continue reading

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Beware email ‘phishing’ attempts

University of Bath students and staff may be targeted by ‘phishing’ attacks – emails pretending to come from the Library, IT services or other university professional services. We’d like to remind all users of the official advice offered by the … Continue reading

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Library Levels 3, 4 and 5 will reopen on Thursday 24 September

The following information will help you to get ready for reopening of the Library’s upper floors on Thursday 24 September 2020. Our current staff and students will regain access to these subject floors in addition to the recently reopened Level … Continue reading

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Amendment to the Library’s Copyright Licence

The CLA has amended their Higher Education Licence for the upcoming academic year allowing us to scan a higher percentage from works by publisher’s who have opted in.  You might be able to have more scanned from a book than … Continue reading

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Library Level 2 Reopened: Monday 24 August

We are very pleased to announce that Level 2 of the Library is now open 24/7, with spacing, access routes and signage arranged for 2-metre social distancing. Current University students and staff may access Level 2 for the following: Self-service … Continue reading

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Library Services Update: Click and Collect; Library Scanning Services!

We are pleased to announce that some of our librarians are returning to the Library building on Monday 20 July to restart key services and to introduce some new ones. Please bear with us while we get these new services … Continue reading

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JoVE Unlimited: 12,000+ science education and research videos

The Library has begun a full JoVE Unlimited subscription. This provides our staff and students with full access to more than 12,000 science and engineering videos, via: Science Education – videos for learning and teaching the theory and practice of … Continue reading

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