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Good vibrations

Posted on 24 May 2013 by hb281

What does the Pendlebury Library have in common with Coldplay, international air travel and the escalators on the Central Line?  The answer is that we’re bringing in Radio Frequency Identification technology (RFID) to improve your experience of using our services!

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Reference liberation front

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Clemens Gresser

For the last couple of months we have been weeding at the Pendlebury Library of Music, or more precisely removing items from the open shelves (see Aging gracefully? An update on the Pre-1900s material at the Pendlebury and Autumn maintenance: … Continue reading →

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Aging gracefully? An update on the Pre-1900s material at the Pendlebury

Posted on 1 February 2013 by hb281

As part of the ongoing redevelopment of library space at the Pendlebury, I have continued work on the project to remove volumes published before 1900 from the open shelves both in order to preserve their condition and to allow more … Continue reading →

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Autumn maintenance: weeding the open shelves

Posted on 12 October 2012 by hb281

For the past fortnight, Flora has joined us at the Pendlebury on a work experience placement from a local school.  She has been helping out with a project to relocate older material within the Library.  Happily, her enthusiasm hasn’t been … Continue reading →

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Work experience at the Pendlebury Library

Posted on 20 July 2012 by hrs38

At this time of year, the Pendlebury Library plays host to work experience students, most of whom have been 15 year old pupils from local schools. This is the third year that the library has taken students, sometimes coming to … Continue reading →

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A Music Collections Summer

Posted on 8 July 2012 by AP

Now that examinations are over and Cambridge is steeped in an atmosphere of May balls, garden parties and graduation ceremonies, libraries are getting ready for their summer too. Contrary to what one might expect, with so many library users being … Continue reading →

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New DVDs at Pendlebury

Posted on 2 September 2011 by Clemens Gresser

Anna has already written about Music survey results: good news and bad news, and two points raised in the students’ feedback were: 1. to be better informed about new acquisitions and 2. to have more DVDs and CDs. Whereas newly-acquired … Continue reading →

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Work experience at the Pendlebury – their story/our story

Posted on 3 August 2011 by Clemens Gresser

This is the second year that we have had Year 10 students from local schools for work experience at the Pendlebury Library. Catherine and Tom spent two busy weeks at the Faculty of Music: one part of their time they … Continue reading →

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ONLs are not everyone’s cup of tea

Posted on 15 April 2011 by Clemens Gresser

Rule number 1 of blogging: don’t use weird abbreviations and don’t make headlines too enigmatic: well, I have broken that rule, but let’s spell out Over Night Loans quickly. Like many other Faculty libraries, the Pendlebury Library uses ONLs in … Continue reading →

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Weeding

Posted on 25 March 2011 by Clemens Gresser

Dear Reader, Please excuse this fairly impersonal way of addressing you. We have had a busy week, and therefore you won’t read a proper blog post. However, just to give you an insight into what your librarians are up to, … Continue reading →

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