The scaffolders will be installing portable cabins onto the scaffold gantry outside the Institute of Archaeology building and because of the health and safety issues the Institute of Archaeology Library will be closed on Saturday 3rd September 2016.

Access to the building will be also limited for staff and students.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

The library management system and some aspects of the Explore service will be unavailable between 8th – midday 9th August (barring any problems) because of essential system maintenance.

Staff at our desks, help, and service points will be available to provide assistance during this time. Please see here for more information.

As part of the UCL-IOE merger, last year UCL Library Services carried out a benchmarking exercise investigating loan limits at UCL, Institute of Education and other UK universities. The outcome of this resulted in recommendations to increase our student limits.

From the week beginning Monday 18^th April 2016, the new loan limits for students will be:

Undergraduates: 15 books (was previously 10 books)

Taught postgraduates: 15 books (was previously 10 books)

Research postgraduates: 25 books (was previously 20 books)

Please note that:

1. The number of issue desk loan items that can be borrowed at any one time has not changed – this remains at 3 books/teaching collections to ensure fair access to our most pressured resources.
2. Postgraduate and Research Postgraduate students will also still benefit from an extra 5 loans during the summer vacation.

The Institute of Archaeology Library will be opening between 11.00 and 6.00 p.m. on the Bank Holiday Monday next week, 5^th  May.

Most of the major UCL libraries will be opening on reduced hours on the Bank Holiday Monday, but please be aware that some outlying libraries are closed and opening hours are not the same across all libraries. For details of sites and opening hours, please see our web pages:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/opening.shtml

• Standard loans           will be issued for 8 weeks as usual, subject to recall
• One week loans          books borrowed between Wednesday 20^th March and Wednesday 27^th    March   will be due back on Wednesday 3^rd April
• Two Day loans            books borrowed from Monday 25^th March anytime will be due back on Wednesday 3^rd April before 10.00 a.m., otherwise issued for two day loan period only
• Overnight loans        books borrowed from Monday 25^th March any time will be due back on Wednesday 3^rd April before 10.00 a.m., otherwise issued overnight only
• Short loan                      books and teaching collections borrowed from 1.00 p.m. on Monday 25^th March will be due back on Wednesday 3^rd April before 10.00 a.m., otherwise issued for 3 hours/overnight only, Fines on overdue books 50p per hour

NB: Short loans cannot be renewed by telephone 

Users are reminded that

•  Standard and week loan books remain subject to recall throughout the vacation period, even if you are currently outside London
•  Courtesy reminders are sent to all UCL Library Services’ users by email, but you should also check your library record yourself on a regular basis
•  UCL Library books may not be taken for study outside the UK
•  If you are planning to be on fieldwork, please make arrangements with friends or family to renew your library books for you

http://www.fincke-cuneiform.com/nineveh/index.htm

While the UCL Main and Science Libraries go 24 hour, the Institute of Archaeology Library will be operating its own extended opening hours during the exam period, from Tuesday 3rd May to Friday 10th June. The new hours are:

Monday to Friday: 9.30 am to 9.00 pm
Saturday: 11.00 am to 6.00 pm

Good luck!!

The entire accessions list for Library Services can be seen here.

Please not that all loan arrangements over Christmas are standard across UCL Library Services, however opening hours for different sites may vary. For details of our Christmas opening hours please go to the following web page:

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/opening.shtml

Loan arrangements are as follows:

• Standard loans: Issued for 8 weeks as usual.
• One week loans: All items borrowed from Friday 17th December will be due back on Monday 10th January.
• Overnight loans: All items borrowed from Monday 20th December (anytime) will be due back on Tuesday 4th January before 10.00 a.m.
• Short loans: All items borrowed from Thursday 23rd December (after 1.00 p.m.) will be due back on Tuesday 4th January before 10.00 a.m. **These cannot be renewed by telephone**