New Charlotte Sneyd Display in the Library

Keele History student Billy Warmington has researched and digitised original materials from the Sneyd Archive to produce this display illustrating the life and times of Charlotte Augusta Sneyd.

The Library holds Sneyds of Keele Hall papers dating from the fourteenth century to the twentieth century, comprising deeds, manorial, estate, legal and business records, as well as personal correspondence, music, watercolours and sketches.

Take a look at the display on the top floor of the Library, or view at 

Charlotte Augusta Sneyd of Keele Hall To consult material from the Archives, or to make an enquiry, contact h.burton@keele.ac.uk

Announcing a Library Fines Amnesty – Paving the way for Automatic Renewals

From 11th April until the end of semester, we are offering a fines amnesty*. We would really encourage you to use this as an opportunity to return any overdue loans and to ensure your Library account is clear. Just talk to Library staff at the counters at either site.

Then, to help enhance your experience of using the Library, from 1st July we will:

·         Automatically renew all your loans as long as they have not been reserved by another user, so you won’t be charged fines. Fines will still be charged if a renewal isn't possible due to a reservation by another library user.

·         Send you email reminders if the loan has been reserved and cannot be renewed, so you have time to return it before fines begin. 

·         Send you a monthly statement with everything you currently have on loan - so  keep an eye on your University e-mail account.

* All fines will be waived except those incurred on loans reserved by another borrower. We cannot refund fines already paid and will still charge for the replacement of lost books. All loans must be returned before you leave the University and unreturned items are considered an outstanding debt.

OUP e-journals

The Library now offers access to a further 250 electronic journal titles from Oxford University Press. This includes titles across many subject areas, from the Humanities, Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Medicine, Law and Mathematics & Physical Sciences. Access is from 1996 to the latest issue for all titles. 

A list of titles is available at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/resource/image/collection.pdf and they are all accessible via http://www.oxfordjournals.org

They are also available via our e journals A -Z and the @Keele button.

Psychotherapy.net Video Library

The Library is pleased to announce that Keele students and staff can now access the Psychotherapy.net Video Library.

This online video streaming service gives access to 50 titles in the fields of counselling and psychotherapy.

The videos feature a variety of experts demonstrating clinical techniques and discussing their work, and cover a range of humanistic approaches including person-centred, expressive therapies, drama therapy and mindfulness, plus those drawn from other traditions such as psychodynamic and cognitive behavioural therapies.

Keele is the first university in the UK to offer access to this resource, which can be accessed from both on and off campus using the links below:

• On-campus: www.psychotherapy.net/stream/keele
• Off-campus: proxy.openathens.keele.ac.uk/site/psychotherapynet
                     (using your Keele username and password)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

The Library has restarted 24/7 opening, which will remain in place until Easter. Just a quick reminder to all our users that Short Loan items are due back today. Renew online and avoid fines: http://encore.keele.ac.uk/iii/encore/Sdologin?lang=eng&loginReason=doDefault

North Staffordshire dialect display in the Library

The latest Archives display commemorates the 100^th anniversary of the birth of Wilfred Alan Bloor, creator of the Jabez character. Under the pseudonym A. Scott, Bloor wrote over 400 Jabez tales in North Staffordshire dialect for the Sentinel newspaper, from 1968 until his death in 1993.

Many of the stories are based on reminiscences of Bloor’s early years in Scot Hay, providing a unique insight into life in a North Staffordshire mining village during the interwar period.

The Library’s Wilfred Bloor Collection comprises manuscript and typescript stories and articles, cuttings, correspondence and audio recordings. Bloor publicly performed many of his stories, some of which are available to purchase on CD from the Archives.

To find out more, contact the Special Collections and Archives h.burton@keele.ac.uk

https://www.keele.ac.uk/library/specarc/collections/wilfredbloor

The newly published Centenary Compendium of the Jabez Stories can be purchased online at http://jabezbook.co.uk/

The Keele Library leaning book tree

This is the third time Keele Library has had a Christmas book tree. This year the angles are a little unusual, but we feel that's part of its charm. All decorations are home-made and recyclable.

How many volumes do you think were used to build the tree? We are offering a prize for the nearest estimate. Please send your answer to library.orders@keele.ac.uk.

With good wishes to all our users.

Keele University Library Staff