The library team here at the Caird Library were dedicatedly cataloguing new books right up to the Christmas break. You can see all the material we’ve catalogued during December in the “
What’s new” section of our online catalogue.
Perhaps the crew of container ship,
LT Cortesia, which ran aground on the Varne Bank in the Dover Strait yesterday, should have consulted some of the newest batch of Admiralty publications we’ve been cataloguing in the library!
Founded by the Admiralty on August 17, 1795 the
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (
UKHO) is responsible for the publication of navigational charts, guides, and other hydrographic information for use by Royal Navy and merchant marine.
Some of the the latest Admiralty publications we've catalogued this month are, "
Admiralty list of lights and fog signals. Volume A, 2007/08: British Isles and North Coast of France", "
Admiralty list of radio signals. Volume 1, Part 1: Maritime radio stations: Europe, Africa and Asia", and "
Admiralty tide tables. Volume 1, 2008: United Kingdom and Ireland".
Discover the other Admiralty publications we hold by exploring our
online catalogue.
For the Royal Observatory we’ve catalogued new books on the 19th Century German Optician,
Joseph von Fraunhofer and the medieval abbot, mathematician and scientist,
Richard of Wallingford.
And finally, as if we could forget, pirates! Read of the daring exploits of a real life pirate in “
The ship thieves: the true tale of James Porter, colonial pirate” by Siân Rees.
Check back next month to see what new books the library team catalogues in January.
Gary (Assistant Librarian)