Easter Vacation

Opening times
The Library sites (excluding IC) are normally closed over the Easter Weekend, but this year we are opening limited hours:

Site                                                   Open                   Staffed             
Western Bank Library                                              

Friday 18 April	09:00 - 17:00	09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 19 April	10:00 - 18:00	12:00 - 18:00
Monday 21 April	09:00 - 17:00	09:00 - 17:00

St. George's Library
Saturday 19 April                           14:00 - 18:00     Self-service only
Health Sciences Library - RHH     Saturday 19 April                          14:00 - 18:00     Self-service only

The Information Commons is open 24/7

Borrowing over the vacation
Over the Easter vacation your books will continue to be renewed by us.
From Monday 31st March, if a book is requested by someone else we will send you an email to let you know and to ask that you return the book by 28th April. Requested books will not be renewed beyond this date.

Requesting books over the vacation
You can still request books however the person who has the book out on loan over the vacation will not have to return it until Monday 28th April

Jisc's Summer of Student Innovation 2014

Jisc, is the UK's expert on digital technologies for education and research.
Their Summer of Student Innovation is an experiment in funding ideas from students that will use technology to improve education and research in UK higher and further education.
Successful entrants will receive a £5,000 grant from Jisc to transform their ideas into prototypes and gain a ‘feel’ for their product or service. The selected students will also receive user feedback so that missing or difficult functionality can be easily identified and students can go on to develop better solutions that will potentially be adopted by universities, colleges and learning providers across the UK.
To enter, students must submit a two to five minute video pitch on the Jisc Elevator website alongside a short summary and a 300-500 word description which includes details on the benefits of their idea and its impact on research and education. To be considered for funding, entrants must hit a target of 500 votes before 30 May 2014. Voting is open to everyone but votes must come from 15 different FE and HE institutions.
The successful entrants will be announced in July and given opportunities to join networking workshops with fellow students and experts to further their ideas. Volunteer education organisations will trial the technology developed and those products that are successful will be provided to other interested parties through sustainable routes.
The winners’ ideas will be showcased later this year to Further Education and Higher Education IT directors, learning technologists, librarians and commercial companies, offering them the chance to learn more about the benefits of these newly developed technologies.