Research at Google

Do you want to know more about research opportunities at Google? http://research.google.com/university/  This link will tell you more about the work that is happening and ways that you could possibly get involved.

Female engineers- Talent 2030

Are you a young female engineer and want to help encourage more young women into the field? Then may be you would like to go to this free event, on the 10th September 2012, organised by the Higher Education Academy: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/10_Sept_HEA_STEM_Talent_2030_Aston

Journal of Cloud computing

Springer has launched a new Open Access journal on Cloud Computing: http://www.journalofcloudcomputing.com/
There are some useful articles in here take a look and subscribe to the e-mail list to be updated on new articles.

Cloud computing and the law

Hi,
There is an interesting webcast happening on the 20th May at 2pm which is being run by JISC Legal (Joint Information Systems Committee)
The webcast will mainly concentrate on legal issues to the field education
Areas that the webcast will cover include -

• Outsourcing – getting the contract right
• Responsibility for ‘personal data’ in the cloud
• Privacy of individuals
• Security – what standards must be applied?
• Lawful transfer of data outside the EEA
• Janet Brokerage – working with leading cloud suppliers to shape the cloud computing marketplace and meet the needs of the Janet community

Summer opening hours

26^th May – 24^th June

9am-9pm weekdays; 10am-5pm Saturdays; closed Sundays

 25^th June – 6^th July

Open 24 hours

7^th-26^th July

9am-9pm weekdays; 10am-5pm Saturdays; closed Sundays

27^th July-12^th August

Library CLOSED during the Olympic Games

13^th August – 23^rd September

9am-9pm weekdays; 10am-5pm Saturdays; closed Sundays

24^th September: 24 hour opening resumes

Libraries will close at 9pm on Friday 25^th May

Summer loan renewals will begin on Monday 9^th  July

IT disruption this weekend: 20th and 21st April 2012

Due to essential IT maintenance, there will be no computing, printing or online library facilities available between 10 pm on Friday 20^th April and 9 pm on Saturday 21^st April.

 Libraries at all sites will remain open 24/7 during this time for reference and quiet study.

New titles available in the ICE virtual library

These new titles will be available to students in 2012 through our subscription to the ICE virtual library. 

Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials

Emerging Materials Research

Nanomaterials and Energy
Please ask me in the library if you have any questions about these titles or using the ICE virtual library in general.