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In the Felix of 31st January, the article entitled ‘Waterstone’s on JANET’ suggests that Waterstone’s will be using the academic network JANET for commercial purposes via a campus connection. During the evaluation of the Bookstore tenders, the Centre was asked to specify under what conditions any of the bidders could access the campus network. The response was that anyone of them could have a connection to the campus network, but would then have to guarantee, in writing, not to try to access or use the JANET network. These are the terms under which, for example, STA the travel agents are allowed to use the campus network. If Waterstone’s wish to use the Internet for commercial purposes from the College campus, then they will need to obtain a commercial connection from an Internet Service Provider.
Yours sincerely,
R J Hynds
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Dear Felix,
I am writing to let you and all the students know that the Library considered very seriously how it could alleviate the hardship to be caused by the closure, for part of the day, during the next two weeks. We have also received the letter from the Biology students and wholly sympathise with them - after all, the library staff have been exposed to noise, dust, dirt, flooding, accidents and inconvenience since last Summer. We have always insisted that we must keep the Library open, but now the construction work demands that we close for certain periods. We cannot but accept this demand.
However, I can now tell you that library staff have volunteered for Sunday work to keep the Library open on the 9th of February (the Sunday before the exams) and the 16th of February (the mid Sunday of the closure period) . We shall be open between 9.30am and 5.30pm. Only the basic Library Desks will be staffed but all the reading areas will be open. We would also like to encourage users to make use of the extra borrowing allowance, but ask them to return books as soon as possible so that others might use them. Finally, we welcome the students raising their concern about the building work. This will help us to fight against further disruptions. As for disasters - we would like to avoid them as much as you!
Yours sincerely,
Magda Czigany Director of Library Services
