Book requests

Please note that all requests for books to be posted must be received by 12.00 on Wednesday 19th December, otherwise they will not be sent before the Library re-opens in January.

Christmas closure

The last day that the Library will be open before closing for the Christmas break is Friday 21st December.

We will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January.

Evening opening hours

Please note that the last late evening of 2007 for the Library will be Thursday 13th December; after which the opening hours will revert to 09.30 to 18.00 pm Monday - Friday.

Jacoby Online now live

Following the successful trial of Jacoby Online, the Library Committee decided to purchase Brill's New Jacoby and Die Fragmente der Griechischen Historiker. They are now available to use in the computer room - please book time from the Library desk.

New periodical - Groma

The Joint Library now receives Groma, from v. 1 (2007), as part of the exchange with the archaeology department of the Università degli Studi di Bologna. It is a publication of the Centro Studi per l'Archeologia dell'Adriatico and is concerned with the archaeology of Piceno, Dalmatia and Epirus.

For more information on the organisation Groma and its journal see www.groma.info.

Charles Elliott Slides

The Library has recently acquired the slide collection of the late Charles Richard Babington Elliott, who was Head of the Classics Department at Nottingham High School and spent his holidays visiting sites in Greece and Italy. There are over 17,000 slides in the collection, some of the most recent depicting the treasures of Thessaloniki Museum.

Journal of Roman Studies/Britannia now available

The 2007 Journal of Roman Studies and Britannia have now been published. Members of the Roman Society who did not request their journal to be posted to them can collect their journal from the Library.