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Visit to the University of the West of Scotland Hamilton Campus Library and Hamilton Town House Library The Career Development Group (Scottish Division) is organising a visit to the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Hamilton Campus Library (formerly Bell College Library) and Hamilton Town House Library on Tuesday 25th March 2008 at 1.15 p.m. This would be an excellent opportunity to see the diversity of the library profession, as both libraries are very different, catering for different types of users and collections. The visit will start at UWS Hamilton Campus Library and will include the lending, reference and journal collections, WiFi room and IT facilities, electronic resources and government publications. The visit will then move on to the Hamilton Town House Library, a short walk from UWS and includes a tour of the lending services, children's library, special collections e.g. reading group and community languages, the activeIT Learning Centre and Information Services. For directions and campus map see http://www.paisley.ac.uk/about/downloads/hamilton-campus.pdf. The nearest train station to UWS is Hamilton West. A limited number of reserved parking spaces will be available at UWS - these will be given on a first come-first served basis - please state if you require a parking place when making your booking. Hamilton Town House Library is centrally located in Hamilton and is a short walk to Hamilton Central Station and Hamilton Bus Station. The event is free and up to 20 places are available. Refreshments will be provided. Visit Programme 13.15: Meet at the entrance to the UWS Library 13.30: Start of UWS Library tour, with refreshments. 14.45: Short walk to the Hamilton Town House 15.00: Start of Hamilton Town House Library tour, with refreshments. 16.30: End of visit. Bookings: If you would like to attend please forward the details to Jennifer Hosie, e-mail [log in to unmask] or Tel: 01698 346770 by Friday 20th March 2008. Celia Jenkins Information Officer SLIC 1st Floor Building C Brandon Gate Leechlee Road Hamilton ML3 6AU t: 01698 458888 f: 01698 283170 1908-2008: 100 years of professional librarianship in Scotland SLIC: Company Limited by Guarantee/Registered in Scotland No. 129889/Scottish Charity No.SC17886 CILIPS: In affiliation with CILIP, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals/Registered Charity No. 313014 Email Disclaimer: SLIC/CILIPS The information transmitted is the property of SLIC/CILIPS and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination and other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. SLIC/CILPS do not accept responsibility for viruses please scan attachments carefully.