University of Northumbria Library

Title: University of Northumbria Library

Description: University of Northumbria Library houses an interdisciplinary collection of c.550, 000 books and c3, 500 periodicals which have been acquired to support the teaching and research of the University. Substantial electronic resources, including c 4,500 e-journals, are also accessible via the library service. Although material on the Caribbean and the history of Black and Asian people in Britain does not feature strongly in the holdings of the University of Northumbria Library some relevant resources are distributed throughout the collection. With regard to Caribbean studies approximately 300 titles cover information about the Caribbean region, including c.70 titles on the political and social history of Cuba. With regard to the history of Black and Asian people in Britain there are c.1000 titles covering information on the sociology of ethnic minorities in Britain, race and employment, race and housing, race and health, race and the criminal justice system, multicultural education, immigration and asylum in the UK, cultural politics and religion. The following periodicals are also available:

• Arena: National anti-racist movement in education newsletter
• Cultural studies (ISSN: 0950-2386)
• Ethnic and racial studies (ISSN: 0141-9870)
• Journal of ethnic & cultural diversity in social work (ISSN: 1531-3204)
• Journal of ethnic and migration studies (ISSN: 1369-183X)
• Multicultural teaching to combat racism in school and community (ISSN: 0263-0869)
• New community: a journal of research and policy on ethnic relations (ISSN: 0047-9586)
• Race & class (ISSN: 0306-3968)
• Race and immigration: the Runnymede Trust bulletin (ISSN: 0262-9925)
• Race today (ISSN: 0033-7358)
• The Runnymede bulletin : race equality policies and projects (ISSN: 0965-7762)

Most of the resources for the above-mentioned subject areas are located at the University of Northumbria's City Campus Library, but some may be housed at the other library sites: Coach Lane Campus Learning Resources Centre(Newcastle); Longhirst Campus Library (Morpeth, Northumberland); Carlisle Campus Library (Carlisle, Cumbria). It is advisable to check the online catalogue at http://opac.unn.ac.uk/ for a subject guide to the entire UNN Library stock and full details about the site location and shelfmark of specific books and periodicals.

Strengths:

Size: c.200 titles pertinent to Caribbean studies; c.100 titles pertinent to the history of Black and Asian peoples in Britain.

Catalogue: Online Library Catalogue (Talis)

Catalogue URL: http://opac.unn.ac.uk/www-bin/www_talis

Main URL: http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/

Access: Visitors are allowed access to the library sites of the University of Northumbria, for reference purposes only, but must go to an Enquiry desk on arrival to obtain a Visitor's Pass. The UNN Library is part of the UK Libraries Plus scheme, the SCONUL Vacation Access scheme and has reciprocal borrowing agreements with the following local universities: Durham University, Newcastle University, Sunderland University and Teesside University. Please visit the web page http://www.unn.ac.uk/central/isd/reglib.htm for full details.

Acquisition dates: 1969 - present

Note: Newcastle Polytechnic (later University of Northumbria) was founded in 1969. Although the library has acquired substantial periodical holdings and older material to meet the teaching and research profile of the University, it is not an historical collection. The average age of loan stock is about 14 years.

Interest: Asian, Black, Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Sociology

Interethnic relations

Housing

Employment

Ethnic groups

Personal/Corporate names

Places