Rediscovered the reopened Library’s 5th Floor Silent Study zone? Its lighting has been upgraded with more energy efficient units, improving the green credentials of the building. Lights automatically switch off if no movement is detected. (Just wave your arm if they turn off because you sit really still when you are working). You can get WiFi for your laptops. There are additional power sockets in Rooms 500, 501, 502 and 508 and in the near future, data plug-in places.
You may now consult 5th Floor reference material yourself again.
Rewiring Project to be continued
The 5th Floor improvements were part of the University’s long-term Library Rewiring Project 2011-2014. We installed a new power distribution system last year and will rewire the Library floor by floor. The next phase begins after the exam period when the 5th Floor will again be closed to Library users.
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Our latest ‘Featured Resource’ is now available, which this month focuses on 
The full story of how the Library supported our University last session is now told in the 
Ethos is the British Library’s online PhD theses service where you can search for UK PhD theses and, where available, download them for free. As well as being the place to find out what researchers in your area are writing about, it’s also a brilliant way to showcase your own research to other scholars worldwide. 
A new access method is now available for the 
We need you please, to ‘watch out’ with us – for your own property and for any suspicious activity. There is a thief (or thieves) about in the University who also visit(s) the Library. A library does after all present the largest concentration of people on campus with laptops and phones in front of them but preoccupied with their studies … and where some ‘just step away for a minute’ to fetch a book or a coffee. There have been 35 reported thefts here since October, predominately of laptops. Don’t become the next crime statistic yourself. 
There are laptop lock holes in all Library study desks. It costs under £10 to make your laptop harder to steal. Buy a lock from RUSU’s ‘Campus central’ shop next door or other suppliers.
Finalists told us via previous National Student Surveys that more Library books supporting their courses would have made their time at Reading even better. So the University Library is providing £50,000 extra this financial year to buy in-demand and reading list books, including e-books. The extra money has been shared between all departments.
Need to look something up? Your Library gives you access to many different respected resources - both in print and online - like dictionaries and encyclopedias.
The latest in our series of monthly ‘Info tips’ has just been published, which this month focuses on finding images for use in your coursework and other assignments.