Author Archives: Sharon Reid

BookCrossing launched!

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Debbie Smyth (Imago) and Sharon Reid (Library) launch the BookCrossing scheme

Calling all book-lovers! BookCrossing, the leisure reading phenomenon designed  to encourage us all to read for pleasure has been launched on-campus. The Library, with the support of Imago, has placed wicker boxes of donated novels in three food-outlets: the Village Bar, Fuel Box (EHB) and Martin Hall Bistro. Look out for them!

Designed as a ‘read me then release’ me scheme, the way it works is that you take any book you fancy, then, once you’ve finished reading it, pass it on for someone else to enjoy. To add to the fun, every book has been given its own ID number, so you can track its journey via the website.

To keep the scheme rolling we need more books! So, if you have any leisure reading books you’re happy to ‘release’, we’d really like to have them. We need your good quality novels (including graphic), and biographies/autobiographies/memoirs. Please drop them off at the Library and mention that they’re for the BookCrossing scheme.

Happy reading!

World Book Night a success!

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World Book Night has been celebrated with great success here in the Library! A total of 150 people entered the draw during a two-hour period for a free copy of one of four fantastic novels being given away this year.  A big “thank you” to everyone who visited the stand to take a look at the books, enter the draw and enjoy some home-baked cakes and biscuits. The draw has since taken place and the lucky winners notified by email.

If you weren’t one of the lucky ones, why not take a look at our expanding leisure reading stock to see if anything takes your fancy? You can check out our collection via the recreational reading tags in Library Catalogue Plus.

Free books…it's World Book Night!

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Next Monday, 23rd April, is World Book Night, and once again, the Library will be actively supporting this national event aimed at encouraging everyone to read for pleasure. This year we’ve got not one, but FOUR excellent novels to give away! Why not pop into the Library between 11 and 1 and enter our draw for your brand new, completely free copy?

For full details about this exciting event, take a look at our home page ‘special event’ feature.

New EU leaflets!

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We’ve just added some new EU leaflets and booklets to the designated stand on Level 2 (next to the Information Desk – look out for the EU emblem).  Titles  include:

  • The EU: what’s in it for me?
  • A guide to your rights as an EU citizen: freedom to move and live in Europe
  • Speaking for Europe: languages in the European Union
  • Investing in our common future: the budget of the European Union
  • The EU in the world: the foreign policy of the European Union

You’ll also find our popular, up-to-date leaflet on travelling in Europe and one for job-seekers. 

 Feel free to take whatever you need (and ask for more if it’s empty!).

The Library also houses a European Documentation Centre (EDC) –  an extensive collection of publications and documents of the EU. Click here for more information.

Calling all bibliophiles…!

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Fancy a literature-based natter with your lunch?

The first Radar book club meeting of 2012 will be at 12.30-1.30pm on Tuesday 7 February. We’ll be in our new space next to the Cope Auditorium and we’ll be chatting about Daniel Defoe’s Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress. The club meets every 6 weeks and all students and staff are welcome. We even throw in a free sandwich and a drink.

 For more info about the club please contact Lauren Westwood at l.westwood@lboro.ac.uk

Book club meeting

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The next meeting of the University Book Club (Radar) will be on Tuesday 22nd November, 12.30-1.30pm in the Music Centre (next to Towers). This month we’ll be discussing Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Ayelet Waldman. Radar meets every 6 weeks and is open to all University staff and students. We’re keen to attract new members so why not come along to our next meeting to see if this is your type of club? Free lunch provided!

If you’d like more information about the club, please contact:

Sharon Reid, Academic Librarian: S.D.Reid@lboro.ac.uk

Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Programme Assistant, Radar: A.Beavis-Harrison@lboro.ac.uk

Book club meeting

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The next meeting of the University Book Club (Radar) will be Tuesday 11th October, 12.30-1.30pm in the Music Centre (next to Towers). This month we’ll be discussing The Killings of Stanley Ketchel by James Carlos Blake. The book club meets every 6 weeks and is open to all University staff and students. We’re keen to attract new members so why not come along to our next meeting to see if this is your type of club? Free lunch provided!

If you’d like more information about the club, please contact:

Sharon Reid, Academic Librarian: S.D.Reid@lboro.ac.uk

Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Programme Assistant, Radar: A.Beavis-Harrison@lboro.ac.uk

  

Love reading?

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The next meeting of the University Book Club will be 12.30-1.30pm, Tuesday 23rd August in the Music Rooms (next to Towers). This month we’re discussing ‘Dirt, the filthy reality of everyday life’. The book club is open to all members of the University and we’re actively seeking newcomers. Why not drop in on Tuesday to see what we’re all about? 

If you’d like more information about the club, please contact:

Sharon Reid, Academic Librarian: S.D.Reid@lboro.ac.uk

Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Programme Assistant, Radar: A.Beavis-Harrison@lboro.ac.uk

National Reading Group Day

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Already belong to a reading group or thinking about joining one? If so, you’ll be as thrilled as we are to hear that tomorrow, Sat. 25th June, marks the very first National Reading Group Day. This is a joint initiative between Reading Groups for Everyone and the Booksellers Association to celebrate everything that’s great about reading groups. A website has been set up specially to encourage participation from all types of reading group (adult, childrens, virtual, etc.) and a number of  other intiatives are being trialled this year to see what works best. Its main aim will be to promote where people can find a local group to join. Why not take a look and see for yourself what’s going on?

And don’t forget – the University has its very own reading group run jointly by the Library and Radar. Do come along to our next meeting on Tuesday 12th July at 12.30pm in the Music Centre (next to Towers) and meet us all. Contact Sharon Reid or Amelia Beavis-Harrison for further details. Everybody welcome.

Book club update

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A lively debate of Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee marked the June meeting of the University Book Club. A controversial and thought-provoking novel, whilst the majority of members enjoyed it, one person admitted to abandoning  it almost immediately. Perfect material for evoking strong feelings – that’s what the Book Club’s all about!

This time we introduced a series of questions to stimulate discussion, an approach which was positively received. One member was moved to email:

“Thank you for a good session. I enjoyed hearing about other people’s views and I thought the questions were helpful in exploring different angles and depths of the book” [Book club member,  8th June 2011].

The next book up for debate is When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant – winner of the 2000 Orange Prize for Fiction. Copies are available for loan from the Customer Services Desk on Level 3 of the Library.

The next meeting will take place on Tuesday 12th July, 12.30pm in the Music Rooms (next to Towers). Why not come along and meet us? Newcomers, both staff and students, are always welcome and if you let us know in advance you’ll receive a  free pack of sandwiches and a drink – natter and nosh, we’ve got it all!

Any questions, please contact:

Sharon Reid, Academic Librarian: S.D.Reid@lboro.ac.uk

Amelia Beavis-Harrison, Programme Assistatn, Radar: A.Beavis-Harrison@lboro.ac.uk