Category: Library news

Do you sometimes spend time in another university town and would like to use their library? Does another academic library have specialist material you’d like … Read more

Equitable access There has been a rapid move towards digital provision of teaching resources, escalated by the pandemic. However, academics are discovering that e-textbooks that … Read more

Over the last two years Information Services has been evaluating and entering into new agreements with journal publishers. These Read and Publish agreements are being … Read more

To help provide online access to core reading the Library currently has a subscription to hundreds of digital textbooks from Bloomsbury (previously Macmillan) via Vitalsource. … Read more

The contract between academic publisher Elsevier and UK universities is due for renewal in December 2021. What does this mean for Kent? The University of … Read more

The Templeman Library has recently subscribed to the online version of the most important bibliographic sources of German language and literature studies. It includes almost … Read more

The library has access to a collection of over 2000 e-books from ProQuest for 2021/2022 to help us diversify our library collections. This customised collection … Read more

The Library has bought additional e-books for Computing, Engineering and Mathematics students to support their studies. Springer is a key academic publisher in STEM disciplines … Read more

Imagine that a newly built public building doesn’t have step free access. Instead, a flight of stairs leads to the front door. The building exists … Read more

Until July 2022 you have access to over 2,200 e-books from Springer Nature. These may be useful if you study: Biosciences Business & Management Engineering … Read more