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U3A RESOURCE CENTRE
INFORMATION BOOKLET
L – R
Odette Coram
(Senior Library Assistant)
Cassy Langley
(Library Assistant)
Susan Radford
(Resource Centre Manager)
The Resource Centre
We do DVDs and CDs but we do not do books
The Resource Centre is open Mondays – Thursdays 9.30am - 4pm
We can be contacted by telephone, e-mail, mail, and internet
Resource Centre Unit,1, 52 Lant Street, London SE1 1RB
Tel: 020 8315 0199
Email: [email protected]
WHAT IS THE RESOURCE CENTRE?
The Resource Centre in the National Office in London has a collection of non-book
material available for all U3A groups to borrow free of charge, except for the cost of
return postage. There are DVDs and CDs available in many subject areas. Lists on all
subjects are free and available on request, and there is an online catalogue accessed via
the Members Area of the U3A website. A user guide for this is available by email.
To borrow items from the collection please contact the Resource Centre staff by
e-mail, telephone (Monday to Thursday between 9.30am and 4.00pm please) or letter at
the address on the previous page, or order via the online catalogue. Give the title of
items you would like on loan and the date of the meeting at which you expect to use
them. The earlier you send your request, the more likely you are to receive the items
you want. Bookings can be made for up to nine months ahead.
Loans are for a period of three weeks and may be renewed if there is no other group
waiting to use them. Longer loans and previews can be arranged on request. Items will be
sent by post 2-3 weeks in advance of a meeting to allow for preparation, with a note
telling you the date to return them.
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Our ‘List of Lists’
Architecture Art (artists, sculptors, collections, tutorials)
Biography Environment and Transport
Gardening Geography and Travel
Health and Exercise History (incl. Family and Archaeology)
Languages & Foreign Film Literature and Poetry
Philosophy and Psychology Photography
Religion
Music (incl. classical, opera, ballet, jazz)
Recreation (incl. walking, sport, dancing, fashion, cinema, antiques,
wine appreciation)
Pure Science (incl. chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology, meteorology)
Natural Science (incl. natural history, biology, zoology, anthropology)
Individual lists can be generated for subjects not
shown here, such as ‘Shakespeare’ or ‘Genetics’
We have an online catalogue, a link to which can be
found in the members’ area (www.u3a.org.uk) Example of our printed list... and a screen shot of the online page for the same ‘list’
A factsheet is available for help with online access
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Every week we change the
‘DVD of the Week’ which
sometimes shows a chosen
website.
New
resources are
shown here.
Information boxes
are on the left.
Our Illustrated user guide helps you to source the resources!
Please send us
your email address for
an electronic copy
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Ode to Sticky Mitts and Wobbly Discs!
Sticky mitts on DVDs
Cannot be cleaned off with ease.
So hold its edge and carefully place...
...it in the middle of the case.
Secure it well until it’s clicked
Then package and post with stamp affixed!
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We have over 8,500 registered borrowers and 3,200 resources. These include DVDs, CDs and CD-Roms, including Power Point Presentations.
The Resource Centre is always looking to add new stock to help our users. We welcome suggestions from group leaders about what they would like us to buy. We also check our current suppliers for new material as and when it is produced. When considering requests there are several factors we have to take into account. We have a fixed budget so price is always a factor. Then we have to consider whether an item is something that would be of interest to other U3As as well. We also think about whether items fit with our current collection and stock policy, for example we do not have feature films apart from foreign language ones for the language groups. And the vital factor – is the item actually available on DVD! Unlike books, not every topic is covered in non-book form. Experience of our collection helps us to spot new material that we think and hope will be of interest to our users, and we also like to hear from the U3A subject advisors.
© The Third Age Trust 2017
MOST POPULAR RESOURCES BORROWED:-
OPERAS, ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGES