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From
the start of the academic year 2000/2001, full members
of UCL will be eligible for full borrowing membership
of the University of London Library (ULL), housed in Senate
House. This is true for students registered for a degree
course at UCL, academic staff (paid through the payroll
of Colleges/Institutes) and visiting academic staff teaching,
or otherwise integrated, in UCL. Members of library staff
on both the central sites and in the merged institutions
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Senate
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of London Library can be found at http://www.ull.ac.uk/The
University of London Library is one of the major academic libraries
of the United Kingdom serving the University of London and the
wider research communities nationally and internationally. It
specialises in research material in the arts, humanities and
social sciences, also providing for the wider needs of taught
course students. The Library collects in a wide number of areas
of interest to members in UCL including: anthropology, archaeology,
art history, classics, economics, english, european languages,
geography, history, latin american studies, law, maps, palaeography,
philosophy, politics, psychology, romance languages, sociology,
UK official publications, United States Studies.
Of
particular importance to UCL is the ULL's collection of current
humanities periodicals. This collection is unique in the University
of London and is not duplicated by the holdings at UCL. The
collection is rich in research material and is a 'must' for
all those engaged in scholarly research in the arts and humanities.
This collection complements the holdings of the British Library
at St Pancras and ishoused in comfortable accommodation in
the ULL itself.
One
of the great benefits of membership of the ULL is the ability
to borrow material. Most Library users can borrow up to 6
books for 6 weeks, unless they are required by another user.
You can renew your books over the phone at the number given
on your Library card or over the Internet by connecting to
ULL's online catalogue. Please make sure that you get a message
confirming the renewal. It should be noted, however, that
there are no word-processing facilities in the Library although
e-mail facilities targetted for downloading data and the use
of databases is possible. In some cases, however, the use
of UCL authentication will be required. ULL does not itself
provide email accounts for users.
How
do you register? You need to take your UCL ID card plus your
current sessional card to the membership desk in ULL in order
to register to use these library facilities. UCL invests a
significant amount of money to make the stock and services
of ULL available to its members. So do make use of this wonderful
opportunity. It is one of the real benefits of studying at
UCL.
Further
information from peter.williams@ucl.ac.uk
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