April News

New Books
These books are now available for loan…
New Graphic Novels!

Palestine by Joe Sacco
Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco
Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

A series of books from the Overcoming Common Problems series:

Coping with Your Partner’s Death by Geoff Billings
Coping with Family Stress by Dr Peter Cheevers
Coping with Epilepsy in [...]

January News!

Library Catalogue
Did you know you can now access the library catalogue online?  From the College website go to Student Services, then select Library from the Related Links section.  Click on Search Library Catalogue to access our wide range of fiction, non-fiction and DVDs.
Reading Groups
Reading Group 1 had their first meeting of this session on Thursday [...]

World Book Day 2007

Thursday 1st March is World Book Day 2007.  As part of the celebrations, the LRC will hold a book giveaway of withdrawn stock.  Why not come along and pick up a book for free?
World Book Day also sees the publication of a new series of Quick Reads.  Quick Reads are fast-paced, bite-sized books by best-selling [...]

Aye Write!

Glasgow’s Aye Write Book Festival begins today.  The programme covers fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose in the form of author talks, workshops, and discussion panels.  Over 100 authors will appear including Andrea Levy, William Boyd, Iain Banks, A. L. Kennedy, Jenny Colgan, Denise Mina and many more. 
Full details of the festival can be found at www.ayewrite.com
Check out [...]

Feel like a Dummy?

Then try these new titles, for Dummies!
The books in this famous series assume you know nothing about the subject in question, and are great starting point for basic knowledge, and also a good reference for everyday use.
Check out the website!

Anatomy and Physiology
Building a Website
CVs
Diabetes
Digital Photography
Japanese
Nutrition
Office XP
PCs
Windows XP

Book Review 26a by Diana Evans

by Clare Thompson, Learner Resource Centre Assistant
26a is the story of a Nigerian-English family in London. Identical twins Georgia and Bessi are the "Middle Child", who inhabit the loft of 26 Waifer Avenue, the eponymous "26a". With a sister on either side, they move through childhood and adolescence with increasingly differing views of the world.  Their [...]

New Fiction

New fiction, as featured in New Books magazine, now available in the Library:

The Olive Readers, Christine Aziz
26a, Diana Evans
Tuesday's War, David Fiddimore
Housewife Down, Alison Penton Harper
Journeys in the Dead Season, Spencer Jordan
Little Black Dress, Susie Maguire (ed.)
Runaway, Alice Munro
Reader, I Married Him, Michele Roberts
Q & A, Vikas Swarup
Gem Squash Tokoloshe, Rachel Zadok

Reading Group

Group 2 will meet on Thursday 23rd March to discuss No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod.
The meeting for Group 1 has been rescheduled and will now take place on Wednesday 29th March.  Group 1 will discuss We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

E-Resources Update

New Resources on Athens
Clydebank College Library has recently updated its Athens service, and now a large number of new resources are now available.
These include:
Census Collection: Resources and Statistics from the 19th Century to 2001;
Education Media Online (EMOL): Online collection of films and videos for use in teaching resources for many subjects;
JORUM: Repository providing access to [...]

Bollywood at the library!

Clydebank College Library has a new collection of Bollywood films for lending.
So if you are a fan of the Hindi-language film industry, or even if you just like singing, dancing, and melodrama, pay us a visit!
Here is a list of the films which are available:
Adalat (1976)
Albela (2001)
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
American Desi (2001)
Biwi No 1 (1999)
Chhupa [...]