MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR LIBRARY?

AUDIO-VISUAL SERVICES

WHO WORKS IN AV?

• Stuart Jones - AV librarian• Yogish Sahota - AV technician

WHAT IS IN THE AV COLLECTION?• DVDs• Videocassettes• Audiotapes• Microfilms• Microfiches

WHAT EQUIPMENT DO WE HAVE?• DVD viewers and recorders• Video viewers and recorders• Satellite dishes and monitors• Freeview boxes• Audiocassette deck• Digital microform scanner• Microform readers

DVD

• Mainly movies bought to support film courses

• Kept behind counter on Ground Floor

• You can borrow 1 on one day loan

VIDEOS

• All subjects covered• Shelved on open access on Second

Floor• You can borrow 2 on one day loan

AUDIOTAPES

• Mainly language material• Includes EFL tapes• Kept in filing cabinet next to Study

Skills collection on Ground Floor• You can borrow 4 on long loan

MICROFORM

• Many subject areas• Early issues of journals: Times (from

1901), Variety (from 1929), Biochemical Journal (from 1906), Hansard (from 1938)

• Special collections: Blodgett Collection of Spanish Civil War pamphlets, J.M. Synge Manuscripts, Constance Maynard Diaries.

SATELLITE TV

• Free-to-air foreign language channels

• French, Spanish, German, Italian, Russian

• Bloomberg business channels• Available in Room 202 on Second

Floor from 9.00am-9.00pm.

DIGITAL SCANNER

• Scans from microform to disc• Printing on request• Available in Room 202 on Second

Floor from 9.00am-5.00pm Monday to Friday

• Copyright - 5% or one chapter allowed, whichever is the greater