With crackers and mince pies on the shop shelves for a couple of months, it’s time for us to issue our Christmas and New Year opening hours.

Day	Caird Library	E-Library
Monday 21 December	CLOSED	10.00 – 16.45
Tuesday 22 December	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Wednesday 23 December	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Thursday 24 December	CLOSED	CLOSED
Friday 25 December	CLOSED	CLOSED
Saturday 26 Decmber	CLOSED	CLOSED
Monday 28 December	CLOSED	CLOSED
Tuesday 29 December	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Wednesday 30 December	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Thursday 31 December	10.00 – 14.45	10.00 – 14.45
Friday 01 January	CLOSED	CLOSED
Saturday 02 January	CLOSED	CLOSED
Monday 04 January	CLOSED	10.00 – 16.45
Tuesday 05 January	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Wednesday 06 January	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Thursday 07 January	10.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 16.45
Friday 08 January	CLOSED	CLOSED
Saturday 09 January	10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 16.45	10.00 – 13.00, 14.00 – 16.45

Readers may request to view up to 15 manuscripts each day that the Caird Library is open. Requests to view manuscript and other off site items during the Christmas period should be received by 16.30 on Monday 14 December 2009. The Archive and Library online catalogues indicate whether items are stored on site or off site. Deliveries from our off site store will re-commence on Wednesday 06 January 2010. Please note that if you wish to view items on Tuesday 05 or Wednesday 06 January 2010, we need to have received your order by Monday 14 December 2009.

A full list of last order dates through to the end of January 2010 can be found at: http://www.nmm.ac.uk/researchers/library/visiting/library-last-orders.

Gareth
Reader Services Librarian

The library catalogue will be unavailable all day on Monday 26 October due to a system upgrade. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have an enquiry about library collections, please telephone the E-library on +44 (0)20 8312 6516, where staff will do their best to help you.

Renee (Digital Resources Librarian)

October’s item of the month is a humorous scrapbook created by members of the Duncan Term, who attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth from May 1928 to December 1931.

It’s filled with lots of illustrations and cartoons, and gives an insight into the lives and amusements of the cadets, who would have started their training at the age of 13.

Renee (Digital Resources Librarian)