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Tue 24 June 2014: Building works, noise and disruptionFrom 8:30 until about 13:30 on Tue 24 June 2014, some parts of the Marshall Library will be subject to some building works. Therefore, some noise and disruption is unavoidable. However, the front part of the library on both levels of the library should be accessible.We are sorry for any inconven…

Farewell to all Finalists! (and: please bring your books back)If you are a Part IIB (Econ) or Diploma (Econ) student and you still got books out from the library, you will need to return them today (before 19:00). Also, you will not be able to borrow or renew any books any more.We hope that you enjoyed at least some of your time of studying at Camb…

Summer Vacation BorrowingUndergraduate / MPhil students are entitled to borrow 5 books for the vacation.  Vacation borrowing starts on:Friday 13th June @ 9amOn this date you will be able to borrow books or renew your books online until Tuesday 7th October (or the end of your course, whichever is earliest).

New Books in May 2014A list of all new books at the Marshall Library of Economics in May 2014 is now available viahttps://www.marshall.econ.cam.ac.uk/printresources/new-books-added-to-stock/newbooks-may2014If you would like to keep up to date with newly-processed books at the Marshall Library, please use one of the following alert services:1. Notif…

New eresource: Bankscope - full acccessBankscope contains detailed financial, ownership and executive information on over 30,000 banks; the data is available for the last 16 years.On campus access should work via https://bankscope.bvdinfo.com/ipPlease note: The "Country Reports" tab is not greyed-out, but if you click on it you cannot select any fu…

Library Survey 2014: your suggestions - our feedbackThe Marshall Library Survey 2014 was conducted in March and April 2014. Some Highlights of the undergraduate results and the list of winners have already been published.208 student and staff of the Faculty of Economics, Development Studies and 3 other Faculties filled out the Marshall Library 2014…

Catherine Sutherland joins us today on an hourly-basis. She will be working three evenings per week and occasional weekends to facilitate better service provision in Easter term.  Catherine is the part-time Deputy Librarian for the Pepys Library & Special Collections at Magdalene College, and welcomes the opportunity of working in a lending library…

Mon 7 July 2014 - early notice of closure (main University Library and Affiliated Libraries)Cambridge will be hosting the start of stage three of the Tour de France on Monday, 7 July 2014. Owing to the large number of visitors that are anticipated, the planned road closures to accommodate the event, and the resulting travel disruption for staff, th…

Kevin McGeoghegan leaving the Marshall LibraryKevin McGeoghegan is known to regular Marshall Library users for working evenings and Saturdays, and has until recently also helped us with opening the Library on Sundays (1-5). Readers using the Mill Lane Library will also have seen him there. The Marshall Library Team is sad to see Kevin go, but for m…

Vote for a new Marshall Library mug - have a chance to win 1 mug!Vote for your favourite design - the mug which gets the most votes will be produced and sold at the Marshall Library!Go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FHSPCKF to vote for 1 of 7 design options for the mug (or tell us that you do not like any of them). If you enter your CRsID, you w…

Library Survey 2014: highlightsThank you to all of you who filled out the Library Survey 2014, and sorry for the delay in sharing some of the results with you.You can see the highlights of the student survey athttps://magic.piktochart.com/output/1917129-marshall-library-of-economics-20[this does not seem to work with Internet Explorer, but works fi…

Hassan Goreja starts working for the Marshall Library today on an hourly-basis. He will primarily work at the Marshall Library to facilitate better service provisions on Saturdays in term time, as well as (for a trial period in Easter Term 2014) opening the library on Sundays. Hassan is studying towards a Ph.D., here at the Faculty of Economics. We…

New ebook in Economics!Bernard M. Hoekman and Michel M. KosteckiThe Political Economy of the World Trading System Third Edition Oxford University Press 20099780199553778Access via MyiLibrary (on campus) orhttp://ezproxy.lib.cam.ac.uk:2048/login?url=http://lib.myilibrary.com/browse/open.asp?id=576475 (off campus, via Raven password)

Exam Support - opening Mon-Fri: 8:30Between 26 May 2014 and 13 June 2014 the Marshall Library will be opening at 8:30 am, to support you with your Economics exams. This might be especially of interest to students sitting an exam in Lady Mitchell Hall or in the Lecture Block at 9 am.

Bank Holiday Mondays in May 2014: we are open as usual (9 am - 7 pm)We are open on both Bank Holiday Mondays in May:5th and 26th May 2014as usualinterm time:9 am until 7 pm.