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Dear all

 

* With apologies for cross-posting *

 

We’re pleased to announce that the holdings of London Metropolitan University Library  Birkbeck, University of London Library and Sheffield Hallam University Library have been added to Copac.

 

* London Metropolitan University

 

Library Services (www.londonmet.ac.uk/services-and-facilities/libraries/) operate across 3 sites:

 

·        Holloway Road Library contains Human Sciences, Languages and Social Sciences material

·        Aldgate Library contains Art, Architecture and Design, and Business and Law material

·        Special Collections holds collections such as the Frederick Parker Collection, the Archive of the Irish in Britain, and the Trades Union Congress Collection.

 

You can find out more about the library on their Copac information page:

http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/about/libraries/london-met.html

 

 

* Birkbeck, University of London

 

Spread across five floors of the main Birkbeck building in Bloomsbury, central London, this richly-resourced library (http://www.bbk.ac.uk/lib/) holds more than 300,000 items covering subjects including applied linguistics, economics, mathematics and statistics, law, psychology and Victorian studies, as well as offering a wealth of online resources.

 

You can find out more about the library on their Copac information page:

http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/about/libraries/birkbeck.html

 

 

* Sheffield Hallam University

 

Sheffield Hallam University’s Library Service (http://library.shu.ac.uk/) holds over 520,000 physical books, 207,000 e-books and 74,000 e-journal titles in its collections. The service is delivered over two libraries, one at each campus. The Adsetts Library, based at City Campus, is the largest library and houses material that supports the wide range of subjects taught on the campus. It also houses a number of special collections. The Collegiate Library is approximately 1 mile from the city centre and houses material that supports the teaching at Collegiate Campus. This is primarily nursing and allied health, psychology, law and sports sciences.

 

Collection areas include:

 

·        The Teaching Practice collection

·        The TESOL collection

·        The Special Collection (includes a Festival of Britain collection and material related to the Sheffield School of Art)

·        The Readership and Literary Cultures Collection

·        Film Studies, and Art and Design material

·        The Corvey Collection

 

You can find out more about the library on their Copac information page: http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/about/libraries/sheffield-hallam.html

 

To browse or limit your search to the holdings of any library, select the Main Search tab in Copac and choose the library name from the list of libraries.

 

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For information or advice contact the Copac helpdesk: [log in to unmask] (please state that your enquiry is for the Copac service).

 

Best wishes,

Jane

 

Jane Ronson

Copac Service, Jisc

Copac: national, academic & special library catalogue: http://copac.jisc.ac.uk

 

 

 


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