News from library services at the University of Birmingham http://live-intranet-uob.cloud.contensis.com/student/libraries/news/index.aspx?NewsListing_SyndicationType=1 Contensis: http://www.contentmanagement.co.uk https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/olrc-closure.aspx Important update regarding the OLRC (Orchard Learning Resource Centre). Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/olrc-closure.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/christmas-vacation-loans.aspx Information on borrowing library books and collecting reservations over the Christmas vacation. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:30:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/christmas-vacation-loans.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/updating-finditbham.aspx We've updated FindIt@Bham - find out more. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 12:30:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/updating-finditbham.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-strategic-purchases-2025.aspx New purchases for 2025 covering several subject areas for example History, Drama, Gender Studies, Science and Art History. Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:50:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-strategic-purchases-2025.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/british-online-archives.aspx BOA resources Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:13:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/british-online-archives.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ai-trials.aspx AI trials running until 6th July. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:47:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ai-trials.aspx ai trials https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/revise-and-refresh.aspx Details of the revise and refresh events taking place at the Main Library in March 2025. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:15:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/revise-and-refresh.aspx mindfulness revise Refresh https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2025.aspx Resource trials set up for 2025. Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:06:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2025.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-subscriptions.aspx New subscription purchased by the University. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:33:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-subscriptions.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-library-resources-2024.aspx New resources across several disciplines now added to our collections for your study and research. Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:40:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-library-resources-2024.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/study-well-fayres.aspx New sessions for helping you with your assignments, as well as PAT dogs, poetry and crafting. Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:15:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/study-well-fayres.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ongoing-trials-2024.aspx Long running trials which will be ending this year. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:37:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ongoing-trials-2024.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2024.aspx Resource trials set up for 2024. Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:37:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2024.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/you-said-we-did-2024.aspx Find out how we've responded to your feedback over the year. Fri, 26 Jan 2024 11:32:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/you-said-we-did-2024.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resources-january-2024.aspx New resources for education and research, from A&AePortal and the Complete Works of Lord Byron to maternity resources and the HSTalks: Business and Management Collection. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 09:58:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resources-january-2024.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/chris-penney.aspx Tribute from staff at special collections to Christine (Chris) Penney, former head of Special Collections. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/chris-penney.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-library-resources-2023-24.aspx New resources across several disciplines now added to our collections for your study and research. Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:44:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-library-resources-2023-24.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22.aspx Several new electronic resources purchased in 2022 for the College of Social Sciences including British Online Archives and Art and Architecture Archive 2. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 16:24:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-edi-22.aspx New Equality, Diversity and Inclusion resources purchased in 2022 including LGBT Thought and Culture and Women's Studies Archive: Issues and Identities. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:28:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-edi-22.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-newspaper.aspx Several new newspaper archives purchased in 2022 for the College of Social Sciences including The Daily Mail and ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:28:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-newspaper.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-ebooks.aspx New Ebooks purchased for the College of Social Sciences in 2022 based on high turnaway usage on VLe Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:14:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-ebooks.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-les-22.aspx New ebook and resource purchases for LES and EPS in 2022 including Arts & Sciences II Collection. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:14:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-les-22.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-mds-22.aspx New Ebooks purchased for MDS including high use books removed Academic Complete. Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:14:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-mds-22.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-newspaper.aspx Several new newspaper archives purchased in 2022 for the College of Arts and Law including The Daily Mail and Times Literary Supplement. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:43:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-newspaper.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-ebooks.aspx New Ebooks purchased for CAL in 2022 based on high turnaway usage on VLe. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:22:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-ebooks.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22.aspx Several new electronic resources purchased in 2022 for the College of Arts and Law including British Online Archives and Art and Architecture Archive 2. Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:24:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22.aspx Arts and Law https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/black-lives-matter.aspx Library Services' Black Lives Matter statement. Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:45:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/black-lives-matter.aspx https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ft-now-available-online.aspx FT now available online Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:00:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ft-now-available-online.aspx Students https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/times-higher-education-online.aspx Times Higher Education online now available to all our staff and students. Thu, 21 Nov 2019 11:54:00 GMT https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/times-higher-education-online.aspx homenews studentnews