As a result of the dual Bank Holiday this weekend, Library opening hours will be as follows:
You can find full details of our opening times at http://www.brunel.ac.uk/services/library/about/opening-hours
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Although the majority of students are away from campus, ASK are here all summer. We aren’t running regular drop-ins but if you’d like to meet with one of us please email ask@brunel.ac.uk for an appointment. If you want to avoid the Olympic travel rush, or work at a distance, we can meet you on Skype too – our username is ‘ask.brunel’. Drop-ins and our regular workshop programme will start again in October.
When we aren’t meeting students, we’re working on developing new resources to support your studies. If you are a Master’s student writing your dissertation this summer, check out the advice on our new dissertation writing blog http://dissertationforum.wordpress.com/. Feel free to comment and ask questions!
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On Thursday 31st May the Library will be “rolling over” the existing electronic reading lists as the first step to creating up-to-date lists for 2012/13. If you’re a member of academic staff and were planning to make changes to your reading list (or lists) for the new academic year please contact your SLL who will be able to order any new titles for you and provide you with access to the 2012/13 version of your list
Tips about the Status Codes for Standards
BSOL have written new, clearer definitions of the status codes for standards.
If you’ve ever wondered what it means for a standard to be “obsolescent” or “under review” then find out here.
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This report can help you understand the biggest issues facing construction in the UK today.
For example, the governments new “Green Deal” and the coming retrofit revolution — are you in the best position to benefit?
Also, discover how climate change is already affecting UK construction and what you can do about it.
You can also discover how climate change is already affecting UK construction and what you can do about it.
Find all this and more in the BSI construction report.
Download your copy now.
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Free white paper on innovation and the role of standards
History is littered with organizations that were once giants but failed to innovate. Take Eastman Kodak for example, once the world’s largest photographic company with a 90% market share of photographic film sales in the United States, and which filed for Bankruptcy in January. Many have put this down to a failure to adapt quickly enough to the rise of digital technology.
As Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive of General Electric said, “The only source of profit, the only reason to invest in companies in the future, is their ability to innovate and their ability to differentiate”.
It may surprise you to know that standards can help innovation by defining common terms and metrics, helping businesses collaborate and creating trust in new markets.
That’s why you’ll find standards at the front of emerging technologies like nanotechnology and tidal power.
Read more about how standards have helped these industries — and how they could help you to innovate — in this free whitepaper.
The Graduate School and ASK are running a week of seminars and resources from 21-25 May to support students with planning, preparing and writing Master’s dissertations. Refreshments and a Q&A session will be held in the Graduate School Conference Room at 1pm on Friday 25 May 2012.
View the timetable and find out more on the Graduate School web pages
No pre-registration is required. Look out for flyers showing the timetable – copies will be available in the Library and the Graduate School.
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