Using Shakespeare Street
Learning Resource Centre
This guide introduces you to the services
available at Shakespeare Street LRC.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is
Welcome to Shakespeare Street Learning
Resource Centre (LRC). Our facilities are
available to students and staff of the
University of Nottingham, including
students on Open Studies courses who
do not have borrowing rights at the
University’s other libraries.
3. Borrowing
1. Opening Times
Please note:
Term time*
Monday–Thursday
9.30am–8.00pm
Friday
9.30am–5.00pm
Saturday
10.00am-2.00pm
Most books are issued on the computerised
library management system. Simply bring
them to the lending desk along with your
library card. The date for return will be
stamped on the date label inside the book.
- Without your card you will not be able to
borrow or renew items.
4. Loan Periods
Ordinary Loan:
Vacation
Monday – Friday
9.30am – 5.00pm
* 2005/6 Term dates for SSLRC:
3rd October - 10th December 2005
3rd January – 8th April 2006
24th April – 3rd June 2006
These times may be subject to change
during vacations.
2. How to Join
If you already have a Smart Card, an
Associate Smart Card, or another valid
University of Nottingham library card,
simply bring this along to the lending desk.
If you are on an Open Studies course with
the Centre for Continuing Education, bring
your Student Card, issued by the Centre
when you enrolled, to the Lending Desk
and fill in a registration form. LRC staff will
issue you with a library card, which will
expire when your course is complete.
Students need to re-register at the start of
each new academic year.
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Open Studies Students and External
Readers
– 4 weeks
Academic & Related staff and Research
students
– Annual
All others
– Semester
These loans are subject to recall should
another customer wish to reserve an item.
For items in high demand, a one week
loan period will apply. At SSLRC these
items will be marked with green tape.
5. How to return items
When you return books to the Lending
Desk you should hand them in to the
assistant and wait for your loan to be
cancelled. You are personally responsible
for any books you have borrowed until the
loan is cancelled.
If items are returned late, fines are
charged. Details of fine amounts are
available in the LRC
6. Reserving books
If an item you wish to borrow is on loan it
is possible to reserve this via the Online
Catalogue (UNLOC). Please ask library staff
for assistance if required.
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Please return all books as soon as possible.
If you receive a recall notice you must
return the book by the new due date given.
Delay will inconvenience others, and for
this reason a fine is levied if books are
returned after the recall date.
Reserved books normally take at least one
week to be returned to the LRC, and can
be collected from the Lending Desk. You
will be notified by email or post when the
reservation becomes available.
7. Renewals
To renew a book bring it, along with your
Smart/Library card to the Lending Desk.
LRC staff will renew the loan, provided
another reader has not reserved the item.
You may renew on line if your loans are
not overdue. For further information please
ask library staff.
For part-time students we offer the
additional service of telephone renewals
for one week loans and four week loans
only. Our telephone number is 0115
9516511.
8. Finding the items you need
Most resources in Shakespeare Street LRC
are now on UNLOC, the computerised
library catalogue. (see separate guide for
details). We have one LRC computer
terminal dedicated to UNLOC and staff will
be happy to assist customers. UNLOC is
also available via the web at
http://aleph.nottingham.ac.uk/ALEPH
As some resources in Shakespeare Street
LRC are not yet catalogued onto UNLOC,
borrowers may on occasion need to refer
to our card catalogue, located on the
basement floor. Items are catalogued
alphabetically in author order.
Once you have located an item on UNLOC
or in the catalogue, you can find it on the
shelves by its class mark, which will
represent a subject area.
9. Using computers at SSLRC
A bank of 10 PCs is provided for student
use within the LRC. To use these
computers, all students will need to ‘log on’
to the network.
Certificate, Diploma and B.A. students in
the Centre for Continuing Education, or
those students with Smart Cards, can
access these facilities in the same way in
which they would access computers in any
University ISCRA. (See separate guide for
details).
Open Studies students simply need to
present their library cards at the Lending
Desk each time they wish to use a
computer, where they will be issued with a
username and password, valid for one
session only.
10. Photocopying
There is a card-operated photocopier
available on the ground floor of the LRC.
Smart Card holders can top up their credit
at the lending desk. For those students
who do not hold a Smart Card, photocopy
cards can be obtained from the lending
desk.
11. Contact Us
If you have any comments or queries
regarding the service provided at
Shakespeare Street LRC, please do not
hesitate to contact us on 0115 9516511.
We will be more than happy to help.
12. Who we are
Librarian:
Rachel Bell
Senior Library Assistant:
Nancy Jackson
Library Assistants:
Mary Armstrong
Sheila Baguley
Julie Starbuck
If you need any further assistance, please
do not hesitate to ask a member of staff at
the lending desk. We will be happy to help
you.
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