Welcome to the University Library. Our library is an
(1) and the core of undergraduate teaching programs. A
million (2) supply the needs of all members of the
University and form (3) for research throughout the
southwest region. The main library, comprising the headquarters of the
system and the (4) Library, is a modern functional building
which seats over 700 readers and provides (5) lending
services. The remainder of the Library’s stock and services are located in
faculty and (6) in Medicine, Science, Engineering, Education
and Law. All branches have access to the Library’s automated catalogue. Special
attention is given to the (7) of heavily used books to
(8) of material essential for undergraduate study.
Reference and reading facilities remain available through the weekend. It
is planned to extend automated lending services and to provide (9)
catalogues throughout the campus. Next, I’d like to
talk about our computer facilities. Our Computer Centre, in the Winston
Churchill Building, offers (10) to both students and staff.
In addition to (11) the computer services in common use; the
Computer Centre organizes (12) and provides documentation
for all services. In addition to (13) , the Centre has
several based on video cassettes and others using (14)
. And finally, let me mention our Language Laboratory
and (15) . The Centre is situated in 35 Woodland Road in the
new Faculty of (16) . There are three language laboratories
which may be used for classes or individual work to (17) .
The installation comprised sixty booths and three console teacher desks with
machines capable of (18) at the same time. The tape library
of more than 3,000 tapes includes languages at various levels. Provision is also
made for (19) and for listening to recordings of plays and
poetry in a number of languages. The Centre is (20) for the
making in audio material. That completes my introduction to our University
Library. I hope you’ll enjoy using our facilities. If you have any questions,
please stop by at any time. Thank you.