All of our existing support and electronic resources will continue to be available and delivered to you online over the summer vacation. This means that you can still:
- Access UoR online reading lists via Blackboard
- Consult our online subject guides for details of resources available for your subject
- Contact your Academic Liaison Librarian for help via Teams, email, or book a one-to-one appointment
- Get one-to-one advice and support from our Study Advisors via Teams, phone, or email and check out their online video tutorials and study guides
- Get help with any maths and stats-related problems from the Maths Support team who can also provide one-to-one advice and support online or take a look at their video tutorials and worksheets. To request one-to-one help email mathssupport@reading.ac.uk
- Check your Library account online
- Ask any questions about our collections and services via library@reading.ac.uk
We will renew all books for the entire summer vacation, so do not worry as you will not have anything overdue or running up fines. All items will be due on 30 September 2020. If you have already returned items via our Book Drop be assured they will be removed from your Library account as soon as we are able to get back in the building to process them.
We are investigating whether we can accept postal returns of books over the summer and will provide more information if we are able to do so.
Coming soon: click and collect service for print books. For those of you writing dissertations, we understand accessing materials is very important and we are working to provide a click and collect service for you to request items from our shelves. In the meantime, you can still ask your Academic Liaison Librarians whether they can source an alternative option for you.
Any updates on access to the books or changes to any services will be publicised on our web site, and Library blog so keep an eye out for news.
In the meantime, we hope the summer break will be a healthy and happy one for you all. We look forward to welcoming returning students in the autumn.