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Distance Learners: The Library

Using the Library
Hockney Building  
Anyone who is a registered student of the college can use the Library and all of our print and other resources. This also applies to students who don't don't have timetabled lessons at College or do so infrequently
So, if you live nearby, or come to Bradford regularly you may want to consider visiting the Library.
You will need to bring your student card to enter any College building. So if you have not been given a card and would like one, contact your tutor or college registrations.
There are two Libraries you could use in College:
  • Hockney Library:
    This is in the David Hockney Building, the main college building in Bradford. This Library, supports courses in Art, Computing, Education and Teaching, Psychology and Social Work. It is on Great Horton Road, just 10 -15 minutes walk from either Bradford Interchange the main train and bus station or Bradford Foster Square train station.
  • Trinity Green Library:
    This is in the Trinity Green Building. This Library, supports courses in Construction and Engineering. It is on Easby Road, just 20 -25 minutes walk from either Bradford Interchange the main train and bus station or Bradford Foster Square train station.
Using the Library
Anyone who is a registered student of the college can use the Library and all of our print and other resources. This also applies to students who don't don't have timetabled lessons at College or do so infrequently
So, if you live nearby, or come to Bradford regularly you may want to consider visiting the Library.
You will need to bring your student card to enter any College building. So if you have not been given a card and would like one, contact your tutor or college registrations.
There are two Libraries you could use in College:
  • Hockney Library: This is in the David Hockney Building, the main college building in Bradford. This Library, supports courses in Art, Computing, Education and Teaching, Psychology and Social Work. It is on Great Horton Road, just 10 -15 minutes walk from either Bradford Interchange the main train and bus station or Bradford Foster Square train station.
  • Trinity Green Library: This is in the Trinity Green Building. This Library, supports courses in Construction and Engineering. It is on Easby Road, just 20 -25 minutes walk from either Bradford Interchange the main train and bus station or Bradford Foster Square train station.
Hockney Building
Books

The Library has a collection of nearly 70,000 books covering all the subjects that are taught at College, as well as a reading collection of books that can be read for pleasure. These books can be found using the online Library catalogue, you can use this to search for a book by it's title, author or subject.

The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number, so all the book on the same subject should be near each other
DVDs

The Library also has a collection of DVDs that you can borrow.

These can mostly be found in the film collection.
Borrowing Items
As a member of College you are allowed to borrow books from the Library using our self-service kiosks. You can borrow up to fifteen items at a time, with most of these having an initial return date of two weeks later.
We use an auto renewals system that means a week before the items are due back if no-one else has requested the item it renews for another two weeks. This will happen up to twenty five times.
We will send you a message to your College email about a week before an item is due back. If you do not bring an item back requested we do charge fines of 20p per day as the most likely reason for an item not to be renewed is that it is needed by a another student.
 
Distance Learner Scheme
The Library offers a scheme for students on Distance Learning courses who want to borrow books but are worried that the two week loan period might mean they are unlikely to be able to return the book when requested.
The scheme allows the students who join it to borrow books to the end of the current term rather than for the standard two weeks and are only allowed to borrow ten items rather than fifteen and they only automatically renew three times rather than twenty five.
You can also request items using the Library catalogue and collect them when you are in the Library rather than other students who can request items if all copies are on loan. Items will only be held for seven working days so please only request them if you are going to be able to collect them.
If a Distance Learner lives more than two hours away from College we are willing to post items out to them, though the borrower will be expected to post them back to us if asked to return them. To ask for an item to be posted please email askalibrarian@bradfordcollege.ac.uk.
If you wish to join the scheme please ask to see your subject Librarian, when you are in the Library or email askalibrarian@bradfordcollege.ac.uk.
Journals

We have around 150 print journals in the library.  They are all reference only and cover lots of subject areas.

Here are some of the titles in stock:
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