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  <title>News</title>
  <subtitle>News from library services at the University of Birmingham</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-09T17:57:16Z</updated>
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    <title>Closure of the OLRC and future access to collections</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/olrc-closure.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Important update regarding the OLRC (Orchard Learning Resource Centre).</summary>
    <published>2026-01-19T15:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-23T11:50:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>Borrowing library books over the Christmas vacation</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/christmas-vacation-loans.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Information on borrowing library books and collecting reservations over the Christmas vacation.</summary>
    <published>2025-12-05T15:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-12-09T11:40:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Updating FindIt@Bham</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/updating-finditbham.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>We've updated FindIt@Bham - find out more.</summary>
    <published>2025-09-01T12:30:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-09-01T12:35:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/updating-finditbham.aspx</id>
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    <title>New databases and resource purchases.</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-strategic-purchases-2025.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New purchases for 2025 covering several subject areas for example History, Drama, Gender Studies, Science and Art History.</summary>
    <published>2025-08-01T13:50:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-08-05T09:15:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>British Online Archives</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/british-online-archives.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>BOA resources</summary>
    <published>2025-06-24T10:13:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-23T09:02:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/british-online-archives.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>Library AI Trials</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ai-trials.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>AI trials running until 6th July.</summary>
    <published>2025-06-16T13:47:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-16T12:03:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Revise and Refresh at the Main Library</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Details of the revise and refresh events taking place at the Main Library in March 2025.</summary>
    <published>2025-02-28T10:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-03-05T16:00:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>New trials 2025</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2025.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Resource trials set up for 2025.</summary>
    <published>2025-02-17T10:06:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-02-17T09:39:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2025.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>New subscriptions 2024/25</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-subscriptions.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New subscription purchased by the University.</summary>
    <published>2024-12-11T09:33:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-12-11T09:15:00Z</updated>
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    <title>New library resources 2024/25</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Jennifer Smith</name>
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    <summary>New resources across several disciplines now added to our collections for your study and research.</summary>
    <published>2024-07-26T16:40:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-08-23T14:37:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Study Well-Fayres</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
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    <summary>New sessions for helping you with your assignments, as well as PAT dogs, poetry and crafting.</summary>
    <published>2024-02-27T14:15:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-03-07T11:33:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Ongoing trials 2024</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ongoing-trials-2024.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Long running trials which will be ending this year.</summary>
    <published>2024-01-31T15:37:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-01-31T12:54:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>New trials 2024</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2024.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Resource trials set up for 2024.</summary>
    <published>2024-01-31T15:37:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-03-01T10:10:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-trials-2024.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>You said, we did: responding to your survey feedback</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/you-said-we-did-2024.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Find out how we've responded to your feedback over the year.</summary>
    <published>2024-01-26T11:32:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-01-26T11:31:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/you-said-we-did-2024.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>New journals, ebook collections and databases added to our collections</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resources-january-2024.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New resources for education and research, from A&amp;AePortal and the Complete Works of Lord Byron to maternity resources and the HSTalks: Business and Management Collection.</summary>
    <published>2024-01-15T09:58:00Z</published>
    <updated>2024-01-15T09:58:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resources-january-2024.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>Remembering Chris Penney</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/chris-penney.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Michael Moore</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Tribute from staff at special collections to Christine (Chris) Penney, former head of Special Collections.</summary>
    <published>2023-12-04T09:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-12-04T09:06:00Z</updated>
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New library resources 2023/24</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-library-resources-2023-24.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New resources across several disciplines now added to our collections for your study and research.</summary>
    <published>2023-09-28T15:44:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-09-28T16:01:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>New Resource purchases - COSS</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Several new electronic resources purchased in 2022 for the College of Social Sciences including British Online Archives and Art and Architecture Archive 2.</summary>
    <published>2022-10-19T16:24:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-05-25T16:25:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
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  <entry>
    <title>New Resource purchases - EDI</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-edi-22.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New Equality, Diversity and Inclusion resources purchased in 2022 including LGBT Thought and Culture and Women's Studies Archive: Issues and Identities.</summary>
    <published>2022-10-03T11:28:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-05-19T10:06:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-edi-22.aspx</id>
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    <title>New Newspaper Archive purchases - COSS</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-newspaper.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Several new newspaper archives purchased in 2022 for the College of Social Sciences including The Daily Mail and ProQuest Historical Newspapers.</summary>
    <published>2022-10-03T11:28:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-02-09T15:44:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-newspaper.aspx</id>
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    <title>New Ebook purchases - COSS</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-ebooks.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Handley</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New Ebooks  purchased for the College of Social Sciences in 2022 based on high turnaway usage on VLe</summary>
    <published>2022-09-30T15:14:00Z</published>
    <updated>2022-09-30T12:19:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-coss-22-ebooks.aspx</id>
    <category term="Arts and Law" />
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  <entry>
    <title>New resource purchases - LES and EPS</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-les-22.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Michael Moore</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New ebook and resource purchases for LES and EPS in 2022 including Arts &amp; Sciences II Collection.</summary>
    <published>2022-09-30T15:14:00Z</published>
    <updated>2022-09-30T15:22:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-les-22.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>New Ebook purchases - MDS</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-mds-22.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Michael Moore</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New Ebooks purchased for MDS including high use books removed Academic Complete.</summary>
    <published>2022-09-30T15:14:00Z</published>
    <updated>2022-09-30T15:23:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-mds-22.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>New Newspaper Archive purchases - CAL</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-newspaper.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Several new newspaper archives purchased in 2022 for the College of Arts and Law including The Daily Mail and Times Literary Supplement.</summary>
    <published>2022-09-29T14:43:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-01-05T16:07:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-newspaper.aspx</id>
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  <entry>
    <title>New Ebook purchases - CAL</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22-ebooks.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Michael Moore</name>
    </author>
    <summary>New Ebooks  purchased for CAL in 2022 based on high turnaway usage on VLe.</summary>
    <published>2022-09-29T14:22:00Z</published>
    <updated>2022-10-26T09:41:00Z</updated>
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  <entry>
    <title>New Resource purchases - CAL</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/new-resource-purchases-cal-22.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>Several new electronic resources purchased in 2022 for the College of Arts and Law including British Online Archives and Art and Architecture Archive 2.</summary>
    <published>2022-09-29T13:24:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-05-19T10:06:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Black Lives Matter</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/black-lives-matter.aspx" />
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      <name />
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    <summary>Library Services' Black Lives Matter statement.</summary>
    <published>2020-06-16T12:45:00Z</published>
    <updated>2020-07-17T23:51:00Z</updated>
    <id>https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/black-lives-matter.aspx</id>
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    <title>FT now available online</title>
    <link href="https://intranet.birmingham.ac.uk/student/libraries/news/public/ft-now-available-online.aspx" />
    <author>
      <name>Helen Barrell</name>
    </author>
    <summary>FT now available online</summary>
    <published>2020-01-16T13:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2023-02-09T16:06:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Times Higher Education online now available</title>
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      <name />
    </author>
    <summary>Times Higher Education online now available to all our staff and students.</summary>
    <published>2019-11-21T11:54:00Z</published>
    <updated>2020-07-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
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