Clocks Spring Forward – 30th March

Don’t forget – the start of British Summer Time is on Sunday – all changes should be made at 1am!

Britain has been doing this for nearly a 100 years!

Find out more about the history of BST and you can even see what dates your clock will change on for the next 3 years!

New Historical Drama/Fiction in the Library

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New Ian Rankin Books in the Library

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New Harlan Coben Books in the Library

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Red Cross NewsThink!

The real stories from behind the headlines

Tutors are encouraged to use these links as a “Thought for the Day” or to start a class discussion…..

Issue 21st March 2008

Relief of Discovery – The discovery of Shannon Matthews was met with relief and a praise for the local police operation. Children missing for more than 3 weeks are statistically unlikely to be found alive.

Iraq humanitarian Crisis continues – The crisis in Iraq shows no let-up, according to the Red Cross. Five years after the start of the war, millions of Iraqis do not have sufficient access to clean water, sanitation and health care. More than 2,200 doctors and nurses have been killed since 2003 and over 250 kidnapped.

Action on Discrimination- The government is considering proposals to change current laws that ban employers from taking race or sex into consideration when interviewing job candidates. Under the new proposals, if candidates were equal in other respects, it might be lawful to choose someone from an under-represented group on the basis of their race or sex.

Clocks spring forward – Summer time in Britain starts officially at the end of March. Losing an hour at 1am on Sunday 30 March marks the move from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) to British Summer Time (BST). An Energy Saving (Daylight) Bill which would move the clocks forward one additional hour all year was rejected by the government earlier in the year.

IRN – Internet Resources Newletter – Issue 160

The free, monthly, newsletter for academics, students, engineers, scientists and social scientists edited by Heriot-Watt University Library.

View the A-Z of new and notable websites, interesting blog, book reviews and more ……

World Water Day – 22nd March 2008

 

World Water Day Official Website and UN Website.   Click on the link for a Worldwide Water and Sanitation Fact Sheet.

Celebrate 40 years of the IRC – International Water and Sanitation Centre - helping to support and provide low-cost water supply, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries. The Water Supply & Sanitation Collaboration Council (WASH) also work to help people around the world without adequate sanitation and help us all to view water, sanitation and hygiene as an inseparable trinity for development.

Did you know that 2008 is also the ‘International Year of Sanitation’ - find out all about what happening around the world on their Sanitation Updates blog. This is also part of the UN ‘Water for Life Decade 2005-2015′ initiative.

If you have the BBC World channel check out ‘Clean Living’ in Earth Report being broadcast on Friday 14th March – 20:30, with repeats at 10:30 on Monday 17th March, 15:30 on Tuesday 18th, and 02:30 and 08:30 on Wednesday 19th.

                           

Have a look at the ‘Sanitation Library’ to find official documents.  

Check out the tips for saving water in your own home – Eartheasy, Direct Gov.,  Environment Agency.

How you can help – WaterAid.org, Justadrop.org, Charity:Water , WaterLife 

Find out more about this subject in the Library @ 333.7
 

Paul’s Pics – 19th March 2008

 

Paul teaches photography at the Abergele campus. If you have any questions about his images or regarding photography in general, then please feel free to contact him.

Find out more about photography in the Library at shelf no. 770

More Free eBooks

 

There are more sites than ever providing free access to online text and audio books. Many of the books are older classics that are “in the the Public Domain” as they are no longer covered by copyright law, however some sites may be hosting material illegally. Check the authenticity of host/editor of the site before you download.

The Online Books Page (hosted by Univeristy of Pennsylvania)- over 30,000 free ebooks from classics to more modern titles. Good subject coverage.

Etext Centre (hosted by the University of Virginia) – one of the original ebook libraries on the web, includes staff recommended lists.

Many Books (uses a similar database list to Project Gutenberg) – modern and classic titles, with good subject coverage.

Microsoft Reader (not all books are freely accessible) – good for free dictionaries to download in multiple languages.

Classic Reader (Public domain books) – Includes books, plays and short stories with some author biographies and portraits. Over 3,400 titles too choose from with easy author/title search function.

There are other sites such as Page By Page Books  which also have free ebook access to classic titles but their editors or hosts cannot be ascetained.

Audio book sites covered by a Creative Commons License (a non profit organisation that provides free tools for authors, artists, and educators to mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry) inlcude -

 Telltale Weekly (free perfomances released five years after their first appearance here or after a hundred-thousand purchases of the recording, whichever comes first. These recordings will be freely available for download at The Spoken Alexandria Project) – covers mostly classic literature.

Literal Systems (professional actors re-tell classic stories) - smaller number of classic books available but quality of recordings makes up for this. Older material is cleared to make room for new titles. Shakespeare’s sonnets may be relisted if demand arises.

 

Stress Busting Day in the Library – 17th March

                          

Beauty Therapy 10.00-12.00 and Sports Science 11.00-13.00 students will be in the Library Monday 17th March for a Stress Busting Day!

Everyone Welcome!!

Come along to take basic fitness tests (including grip, body fat and blood pressure checks), see head massage demos, get advice on healthy living and give your self a break from the working day!

                     

Why not take 5 minutes to browse the shelves and have some ‘me’ time? Find more stress busting tips here. 

    Find more about beating stress at shelf no. 155.9042