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* With apologies for cross-posting * Dear all We're pleased to announce that the holdings of the National Aerospace Library have been added to Copac. The National Aerospace Library (NAL) in Farnborough is one of the most prestigious aerospace and aeronautical library collections in the world. Collections contain contemporary and historical material exploring man's dream to conquer flight including: o Aircraft engineering o Military flight, including twentieth century warfare o Civil aviation o General works on aircraft, ballooning and spaceflight o The wider aeronautics world, including aviation law, economics, aerospace medicine, space, management and model making More than 130 current journals are available with over 35,000 articles indexed on the online catalogue. The NAL cares for the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Library and Archives. Since the Society's foundation in 1866, the RAeS Library has incorporated many other personal and corporate collections and, in so doing, has preserved them for the nation, with their earliest book dating back to 1515. Special collections include balloons, airships, air charts, aircraft models and aviation philately. Archives include the records of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Society of Society of British Aircraft Constructors and the personal collections of Sir George Cayley, C. G. Grey and the design drawings of F.S. Barnwell. Photographs and images include over 100,000 photographs, lithographs and other images. There are over 40,000 technical reports from around the world, including those published by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), NASA and ARC. Also, material on aircraft production including company and staff journals and company brochures. To browse, or limit your search to the National Aerospace Library, go to the main tab on copac.jisc.ac.uk and choose 'National Aerospace Library' from the list of libraries. Copac is a free service accessible at: http://copac.jisc.ac.uk. Keep up to date with developments at Copac by subscribing to the Copac Blog: http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/blog/ or follow Copac on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Copac For information or advice contact the Copac helpdesk: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Best wishes, Jane Jane Ronson Copac Content Development Copac Service, Jisc Copac: national, academic & special library catalogue: http://copac.jisc.ac.uk Jisc is a registered charity (number 1149740) and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under Company No. 5747339, VAT No. GB 197 0632 86. Jisc’s registered office is: One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800. Jisc Services Limited is a wholly owned Jisc subsidiary and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under company number 2881024, VAT number GB 197 0632 86. The registered office is: One Castle Park, Tower Hill, Bristol BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800.