Wishing Dennis a speedy recovery

Please remember to keep Dennis "Gary" Samuels in your thoughts and prayers. Dennis was involved in a serious accident over the Easter Holidays. Thankfully he received no major injuries and is recuperating at home. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope that he will be back in action soon.

Meet our Night Librarian

Meet our night librarian Mrs. Kareen Bourne. We see her perhaps only once per week just before we depart our 2-10 shift. Kareen along with her able team of staff and students has been holding the forte, ensuring that everthing is running smoothly from Monday to Friday, while we are all asleep in bed. Who is the couragous young librarian who boldly goes where few have gone before?

Kareen worked at the Northern Caribbean University as Technical Services and Audio Visual Librarian in August 2004 and graduated from the MLIS programme in November 2004. She left NCU and began working with the International University of the Caribbean, South Middlesex Region as Centre Administrator/Deputy Librarian in October 2005. She managed the business operations of the Region as well as oversight for the library at that location. In September 2006, she was promoted to Director, Library and Media Services and began working from IUC’s head office in Kingston. After a year at the Head office her post was further upgraded to Senior Director Library and Media Services. While at IUC she received two plaques from IUC for outstanding services rendered.

Kareen has been married for nearly fifteen years and has three children.

Just a few changes

Post Graduate reading room
Most of you probably know by now that the post graduate reading room is now located where the Academic Staff room used to be and the Academic staff room has been relocated to the old Post Graduate Reading Room.

Post graduate reading room keys
These are now being issued from the periodicals section. Two things we need to remember -
a) On the 2 - 10 shift, the periodicals staff member should take this box of keys down to the circulation desk when he/she goes to supper, and collect them when they return.

b) Before issuing the keys please ask the students and faculty if they know of the changes and advise them. Some students still do not know and are going to the wrong room!

Z collection
'Z' books are now located in Reading Room 2 on the second floor. These books relate to the discipline of library and information studies and used to be filed across from the old academic staff room.

Laptop Bags
Clear laptop bags are now available for loan at the circulation desk. They are located in the cupboard in Mrs. Pearce's office. Please also pass on this information to our users.

Cheryl