Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Christmas / New Year Closing times
The Library will close at 5.30 pm on Tuesday 23rd December 2008 and re-open on Monday 5th January 2009 at 9.30 am. We wish all our readers a Happy and Peaceful Holiday.
Thursday, 27 November 2008
Scanner
The Library has acquired a Hewlett Packard scanner (5300c series) for readers to use in the computer room. It is a flat-bed scanner which can be used for black / white or colour images. Unfortunately as of January 2009, this no longer works! but we will be looking into purchasing a new one in the near future.
Sad news for 3 journals
We no longer subscribe to the following journals in the library published by Fabrizio Serra due to overwhelming price increases this year.
The journals are:
• Musiva & sectilia: international journal for the study of ancient pavements and wall revetments in their decorative and architectural context - this was purchased for the David Smith Mosaic Archive. Hardback copy price up by over 100% from €445 to €895.
• Orizzonti: rassegna di archeologia. Up by 65.5% from €420 to €695.
• Workshop di archeologia classica: paesaggi, costruzioni, reperti. Paperback copy price up by 6.2% from €325 to €345.
Our subscription to Mediterranea: quaderni annuali dell'Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche is also under consideration for the same reason.
At this present moment we are priced out of the market. Fortunately, those wishing to consult the current scholarship in these important journals may continue to do so at the British Library. We apologise for the inappropriate gap in our holdings.
We would be interested to hear from any other libraries or institutions who have the same problems.
The journals are:
• Musiva & sectilia: international journal for the study of ancient pavements and wall revetments in their decorative and architectural context - this was purchased for the David Smith Mosaic Archive. Hardback copy price up by over 100% from €445 to €895.
• Orizzonti: rassegna di archeologia. Up by 65.5% from €420 to €695.
• Workshop di archeologia classica: paesaggi, costruzioni, reperti. Paperback copy price up by 6.2% from €325 to €345.
Our subscription to Mediterranea: quaderni annuali dell'Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche is also under consideration for the same reason.
At this present moment we are priced out of the market. Fortunately, those wishing to consult the current scholarship in these important journals may continue to do so at the British Library. We apologise for the inappropriate gap in our holdings.
We would be interested to hear from any other libraries or institutions who have the same problems.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Joint Association of Classical Teachers
We would like to welcome Ms Robyn Wheatley the new Administrator for JACT who has taken over from Anna Bayraktar. Email: office@jact.org. www.jact.org
Monday, 29 September 2008
Evening opening for Autumn term
Evening opening starts this week.
So, from tomorrow, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays the Library will be open until 8pm. This will continue until Thursday the 11th of December.
So, from tomorrow, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays the Library will be open until 8pm. This will continue until Thursday the 11th of December.
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
New Byzantine periodical
The Library now receives Acta Byzantina Fennica as part of the Institute of Classical Studies' exchange with The Finnish Society for Byzantine Studies. The annual journal covers scholarship in Late Antiquity (Greek), Byzantine, Modern Greek and Ottoman Studies. We have from N.s. 1, 2002, onwards.
Friday, 19 September 2008
Archeologia Aerea
Archeologia Aerea is a new periodical for the Joint Library. The first issue, 1 (2004), is subtitled Studi di aerotopografia archeologica. No. 2 was published in 2007 so hopefully it will arrive soon.
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