Accessing the Library during the Olympic Games

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The Olympic website Get Ahead of the Games gives advice about the impact that the games will have on travel in London. So far, they have this to say about Bloomsbury:

There will be 22,000 accredited journalists and media from all over the world in London and many will be based in Bloomsbury throughout the Olympic Games. The Media Transport Hub will be operated by London 2012 as the pickup and drop-off point for transport that takes accredited journalists and media to and from Games venues. The Media Transport Hub will be in Russell Square and is expected to serve up to 5,000 people a day. Due to their different broadcast times and deadlines, journalists will need access to their accommodation, the Olympic Park and other venues 24 hours-a-day.

Some access restrictions will apply in the area during July and until the end of August. An access permit scheme for local residents and businesses is being developed for Russell Square (west and north), Montague Street, Montague Place, Malet Street, Bedford Place, Keppel Street and Cardington Street. The latest details of this, plus contact details for the London 2012 team, are available on the London 2012 website.

The area will be busy from 13 July with shuttle buses providing a pre-Games service for media preparing for the Games. The Media Transport Hub will be fully operational from Wednesday 25 July to Wednesday 15 August. The busiest times are likely to be 6-10am and 6-10pm each day. After the end of the Olympic Games, the temporary transport facilities and signs will be removed by the end of August.

We will keep you posted as we receive more information about how the games will impact the Library.

Publishing and the Early Career Classicist

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Check out this very useful booklet, full of advice about publishing research from early career scholars:

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/classicsandphilosophy/documents/pdf/publishingandtheearlycareerclassicist(2).pdf

Winnington Ingram Trainee Position 2012 - 2013

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Those considering a career in librarianship might be interested in the Library's Winnington Ingram Trainee position.

You can read more about what the position entails and apply here, and you can find out more about what library trainees do on their blog, here.

Essential upgrades to the online catalogue

The university's online library catalogues will be off-line for an estimated two hours from 15:00 on Sunday, January 15th as some essential upgrades to the system are made. 

As our catalogue is hosted by the university, while this upgrade is taking place you will be unable to search the catalogue or access e-resources.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

New acting director for the Institute of Classical Studies

Professor Mike Edwards has now taken up the Chair of Classics at Trinity St David’s, University of Wales, and has therefore given up the post of Director of the Institute of Classical Studies in London, after more than five years of distinguished service.  Professor John North has agreed to take on the post of Acting Director for the calendar year 2012.  For more details about him and the appointment, follow this link: http://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/press-releases  We anticipate that a long-term appointment will be made early in 2013. 

Essential maintenance on Saturday, January 7th

On Saturday, January 7th, heating engineers will be coming to do some work in the archaeology room of the library. This will necessitate the removal of all of the desks in this room, and may lead to some disruption. The desks will be replaced on Monday morning.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

You can now join the Roman Society online!

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Did you know that you can now join or renew your membership of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies online? You can also order back copies of JRS and Britannia, as well as purchase online access to back copies on JSTOR.

http://www.romansociety.org/membership/online-payments.html