University Centre Hastings Library:
information for Staff
Please also see the Students section for general information plus links to the Library catalogues. Additional information for University of Brighton staff is available on the UCH Staff Area of Studentcentral - if you don't have access to this please ask in the Centre main office or in the Library.
Resources
Our aim is to have appropriate, relevant, up-to-date resources for all subject areas. Please help us to do this by:
- Providing us with any reading lists for your courses in advance. We can check them and obtain any items we do not already hold in stock. Please work with us to ensure items on reading lists are available as quickly as possible.
- Letting us know when recommending a book to students. We may be able to purchase additional copies.
- Suggesting items for purchase. As well as books, we can obtain journals, videos, CD ROMs and other resources. We can also arrange for off-air recording of useful programmes.
Loan status: In many cases, multiple copies of the recommended textbooks will be added, and are usually designated "7-day loans" to ensure they can be borrowed by more students. Copies can also be designated as a “reference only” or as Desk loan - please discuss with us if you feel this is necessary.
We subscribe to a small number of magazines and journals. We have a very small budget for these and not much space, therefore online journals are preferred to print, and because of licensing issues these should be ordered via your respective instituion/school, not via UCH.
Audio-visual items should be ordered well in advance as they often take a long time to arrive. TV programmes can be recorded onto DVD for library stock, so long as you request them before they go out live. Please ask Library staff. Please note however that UCH does not have a licence for recording OU programmes.
Registration
All students and staff eligible to use the Library will need to register by completing a form available from the desk.
Once we have completed the registration we will issue you with a UCH Access card. This card will be your card for borrowing items and will also control your access to the Library, academic office(s) and UCH building. Therefore if you lose your card please report it to the Library staff as soon as possible. Replacement cards can be issued but please note that a charge of £5 will be made.
UCH Staff Registration form here.
Researcher registration form here.
Borrowing
You will need your card in order to borrow items from the Library. Currently staff are allowed to borrow up to 20 items.
Information on: Loan Periods, Renewals, Late Returns and Reservations here.
Borrowing from the Libraries of Partner Institutions
Sconul Access Scheme (please scroll down the page)
Other services
Disabilities: The Library and computer suites are equipped with various items to aid those with disabilities. Please ask the Library or IT staff.
Information Services Documents and Helpsheets
Items for sale (please scroll down the page)
Photocopying (please scroll down the page)