Library
The Language Centre has one of the largest collection of materials for language learning in the UK.
The Library has a Library Blog on which you can find the latest acquisitions on LibraryThing, websites of interest on Delicious, latest world news on Netvibes and library updates on Twitter and Facebook. A guide is also available as well as a video guide to searching the University catalogue (OLIS/SOLO).
All new users must register (either with the Reception desk or in the Library) and take an induction tour which are scheduled at 10 am and 2 pm every week day. It is also highly recommended to read the library guide
There are two lending schemes for users: the LAMBDA scheme, the CINECLUB scheme. The LAMBDA scheme allows you to borrow up to 4 items (books, CDs, DVDs), the CINECLUB allows you to borrow up to 2 items (DVDs only). There are both on a yearly subscription of £30.
Currently there are 140 languages but the collection expands every year as new languages are added, often on request. The collection consists of:
- Reference material (dictionaries, grammars, vocabulary builders). Textbooks with audio-visual material. Other books (readers, phonetics, literature)
- Magazines, newspapers (list in the library guide), live television in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Welsh
- Videos: a large stock of foreign language and English films, documentaries and textbooks (list on Excel)
- CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) on eight open-access computers (list on Excel) and the Language Links pages
- Modern Languages Final examinations since 1978 (Listening Comprehension, Discourse Topics). These examinations are not on OXAM
Further questions?
E-mail the Librarian