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The Highland Theological College has a library of around 60,000 books, theological journals, CD ROMS and audio tapes. The library is housed in three locations: the main library sequence which contains almost all the books and journals you will require for your course; the library extension which houses the William Temple collection and other donated books; and the library annexe which houses special theological collections including the Theological Collection from the Fort Augustus Abbey Library and from Rutherford House. These latter books are intended mainly for research purposes. Monday – Wednesday (9.00am-5:30pm),Thursday (9:00am-9pm), Friday (9:00-5:00) during term. Different arrangements may apply during the inter-semester periods and vacations. Students can borrow a maximum of 12 books at any one time. Some books can be borrowed for four weeks, and renewed for further four week periods unless the book has been reserved by another library user. Most course books, however, are on heavy demand and are issued for one week; these are clearly marked on the internal labels. A copy of each book listed under the “indicative bibliography” for essays is available for reading in the library or for overnight loan. If you wish to take a book out on overnight loan, you should speak to the librarian first. Books taken out on overnight loan must be returned to the library by 9.15 am. Students who fail to return such books on time may find that the privilege of borrowing books on overnight loan will be removed from them. If you require a book that is out on loan, it is important that you complete a reservation slip and hand it to the librarian. Otherwise, you may find that the book you are looking for continues to be borrowed by the same person for repeated periods (see previous paragraph). No charge is made for this reservation service. When you borrow an item from the library you are obliged to return it on, or before, the due date. There is no intention at present to charge fines for overdue items. We will keep this under review but please be considerate to other library users. Be aware that several of the other UHI library sites do charge fines. Reference books can only be used in the library, and may not be taken to any other room in the college without the librarian's express permission. Periodicals are also for reference only, and may not be removed from the library without the librarian's express permission. A catalogue and circulation system with link-up to the UHI network of colleges is in place. The borrower is responsible for returning books to the library. If no member of staff is present at the issue desk, borrowers should complete a self-issue slip and place it in the box provided. Returned books should be placed on the issue desk with a note stating “For Return”. They should NOT be placed directly into the basket at the door. Please note that a book should not be transferred from one student to another as there may be a reservation request in place. Distance learning students are responsible for return postage of books they have borrowed. Such books must be returned by recorded delivery or, for students living in the vicinity of a UHI academic partner college, books may be returned there. The on-line library catalogue which covers all the stock in the main library can be located at the following address: There is also an author-title database covering most of the other library material. An electronic version of this is available via the library journals’ computer. Most of the books which you require for your studies should be found in one or other of the above mentioned lists. However, occasionally you may be looking for additional material as, for example, you seek to compile your own bibliography for a project, etc. At such times you may wish to check whether the item you are looking for is available in one of the other ‘sections’ of our library:
If you wish to browse through the library extension, then please clear this with the librarian first. Again, if in searching the databases you find a title you were looking for and wish to locate it physically in either the library extension or the library annexe, you should speak to the librarian first. It is important that students do not rummage through boxes or shelves themselves. The periodicals and journals which the college presently purchases are displayed centrally in the main library. You should be aware, however, that we have considerable back numbers of many other journals particularly amongst the materials in the Rutherford House collection. An index of all the journals which we have is available in the library. You should also note that we have a number of journals available only on CD-ROM including The Westminster Theological Journal; Bibliotheca Sacra; the Journal of Evangelical Theological Studies; and Christian History. Please check with the librarian about these. HTC also takes advantage of UHI’s subscription to “ATLAS”, a wide collection of on-line theological journals. This resource can be accessed here (select "A" and scroll down to the entry for ATLA). Through UHI, we also have subscriptions to several other online journal collections, including those of Cambridge, Edinburgh and Oxford University Presses. Please contact the Librarian for further details. Furthermore, you should note that the library also contains a growing number of other CD-ROMs and audio-tapes. Indices of these are available in the library. Please make use of all the library’s resources. A photocopier is available for student use in the Library, at a cost of 3p per sheet. This service is available for staff, Honours and post-graduate students only. Our Librarian is Mr Martin Cameron. Please see him if you have any questions, or need any assistance. On-line Catalogue To access the online catalogue on which about 12,000 HTC books are listed follow the following procedure:
Author-title Databases
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