Monday, 12 October 2009

Open Access Journals - Commonwealth

Recent issues (the last twelve months) of the following journals are available in NG22, in the new Commonwealth Studies Library for browsing:

Bulletin: Association of Commonwealth Universities
Commonwealth and Comparative Politics
Commonwealth Innovations: the newsletter of the Commonwealth Association for Public Administration and Management (CAPAM)
Commonwealth News Release
Commonwealth Youth and Development
Connections: News from the Commonwealth of Learning
Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
Parliamentarian: Journal of the Parliaments of the Commonwealth
Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs
The Table: the Journal of the Society of Clerks-at-the-Table in Commonwealth Parliaments

Friday, 9 October 2009

SCOLMA UK Library and Archives Group on Africa Seminar

The Library is pleased to be hosting the next SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminar:

Dr Susan Williams, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies

"Jazz, photographs and YouTube: using modern media to enrich research on twentieth century Africa"

1PM; Wednesday 21st October , 2009
Room ST275, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DN

Coffee and sandwiches from 12.30pm

Please contact Marilyn Glanfield (email: meg23@cam.ac.uk; telephone 01223 334398) if you wish to attend, indicating whether you would like sandwiches )

For information on SCOLMA Lunchtime Seminars and other events are see the SCOLMA website http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/scolma

Open Access Recent Journals - Canada

The most recent twelve months of the following Canadian journals are available on open access for browsing. Earlier issues can be requested and consulted on the 4th Floor South Block Library.

Acadiensis: Journal of the history of the Atlantic region
American Review of Canadian Studies
Australasian Canadian Studies
BC Studies
British Journal of Canadian Studies
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian Historical Review
Canadian Journal of Political Science
Canadian Parliamentary Review
Canadian Public Administration
Canadian Social Trends
Etudes canadiennes: Canadian Studies
Inroads: A Journal of Opinion
International Journal of Canadian Studies
Journal of Canadian Studies/ Revue d’études canadiennes
Labour/ Le Travail
Labour, Capital and Society/ Travail, Capital et Société
Literary Review of Canada
Quebec Studies

Thursday, 8 October 2009

New Opening Hours

Now term time has started we're pleased to advise that we have extended opening hours from what we were able to offer in our Russell Square premises. We open earlier, close later and will be open on Saturdays!

During term time our opening hours are:
Monday 28 September 2009 - Friday 18 December 2009

Monday - Thursday 09.00 - 21.00
Friday 09.00 - 18.30
Saturday 09.45 - 17.30

The Library is closed every Sunday and over the Christmas Holidays from Thursday 24 December to Sunday 3 January inclusive.
(The Library will reopen after the Christmas break on Monday 4 January at 09.00.)

Open Access Recent Journals - Caribbean

The last 12 months of the following titles are on display for browsing in NG22, within the new Commonwealth Studies Library:

Arts Journal
Caribbean Dialogue
Caribbean Quarterly
Caribbean Review of Books
Caribbean Studies
Jamaican Journal
Journal of Caribbean History
Journal of Caribbean Studies
Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies
NWIG (New West Indian Guide/Niewe West-Indische Gids)
Small Axe
Social and Economic Studies
Society for Caribbean Studies Newsletter
Wadabagei

Monday, 5 October 2009

Access to Archives and Special Collections

As part of the recent moves we are now offering access to Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library archives and special collections from the Goldsmiths Library, 4th Floor, South Block, Senate House Library.

Collections can be consulted alongside other Senate House Library collections, and will be more properly supervised under these arrangements.

Opening Hours are detailed at http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/historicaccess.shtml

Readers are advised to consult Special Collections staff at least 24 hours in advance of their visit to establish the nature of the finding aids available for and access to specific collections.

Special Collections items may be requested by email, telephone, letter, fax or in person. Library members can use the 'Book this item' facility to request rare and early printed books in the main catalogue in advance of their visit. Fetch slips for all materials are available from the Special Collections reading room in the Goldsmiths' Library, Fourth Floor, Senate House).

Please note that Special Collections items are only fetched at certain times of the day. Archives, manuscripts and artefacts are available for consultation by prior appointment only, and at 24 hours' notice.

Certain precautions are applied to protect unique and often fragile documents as they must be handled carefully to ensure their future preservation. All material is read under supervision in the Special Collections Reading Room where a security camera is also in operation. Readers are asked to leave bags in the lockers provided and to use pencils when taking notes. No eating, drinking or chewing gum is allowed.

Laptops may be used unless keyboard noise proves a distraction to others.

Open Access Recent Journals - Atlantic and Mediterranean

The last twelve months of the following journals are avauilable in NG22 for browsing:

MEDITERRANEAN

Cyprus Economic Policy Review
Cyprus News
Cyprus Review
Cyprus Today
Ekonomia
FEMA Research Bulletin
Report: Friends of Cyprus


ATLANTIC

Falkland Islands Journal
Falkland Islands Newsletter
Falklands Focus
Tristan da Cunha Newsletter