First Year students who attend Library sessions on the Monday afternoon & on Tuesday & Wednesday of O-Week, and who complete a simple series of tasks aimed at getting to know the Library - “The Amazing Place” - have a chance to win one of several prizes:

First prize: Alphapad Android 17.7 cm tablet computer worth R2000
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Rhodes University staff and students may now access the full content of the Chronicle of Higher Education via convenient IP access.

Visit http://0-chronicle.com.wam.seals.ac.za/

The Chronicle includes the latest news, commentary, essays, and news coverage of higher education events and people from around the world.

Users may take advantage of free e-mail newsletters, including Academe Today, the Chronicle’s popular daily report.

Also available is the weekly Chronicle Review e-mail newsletter for those interested in discussions and ideas rather than hard news.

Users sign up for a free account which enables them to sign up for newsletters, comment on articles, participate in discussion forums, and use the suite of job tools.
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The International Office, with the help of Library staff, has mounted a display in the exhibition area on Level 1 of the Library to mark African Universities Day on 10th November. The theme for this year is “Harmonisation of curricula and qualifications in higher education in Africa: challenges and prospects”.

Please come and look at this attractive display and share your views with us on the white board!






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At this time of the year the Library is busy with students preparing for their examinations.
Counts done at 15h30 on Thursday, 3rd November, show the occupancy rate for areas on levels 2-4 of the Library to be:

Science & Pharmacy (level 2) : 85% (94 of 111 seats occupied)
Information Commons (level 2) : 76% (110 of 160 seats occupied)
Commerce (level 3) : 71% (142 of 200 seats occupied)
Humanities & Education (level 3) : 79% (132 of 167 seats occupied)
Humanities (level 4) : 84% (141 of 167 seats occupied)
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