News from Patricia Killiard, Head of Electronic Services and Systems at the University Library:
Through a Squire Law Library subscription, The English Reports, part of the Justis collection of law databases, have been made available university-wide as an online resource. Direct access is available through the Justis website. A hyperlinked entry has been added to the University Library’s electronic resources lists on the web. Access requires an Athens password both on and off site [Note: Athens passwords are available from the library enquiry desk].
The English Reports bring together all the important English case reports from 1220 until 1873, just after the official Law Reports were published for the first time. They contain the full text of reports of early cases which played an important role in formulating the basis of the common law as we know it today and which continue to be binding.
The English Reports contain over 100,000 cases and are claimed to be both comprehensive and authoritative, covering all the English courts and bringing together the most important cases from numerous earlier series.
Steve Waters, our own drama lecturer, will be on the radio on sunday. From the BBC Radio 3 website for their new writing radio programme The Verb:
Saturday 12 March 2005 21:45 - Ian McMillan presents the literature and performance programme, with new work from cult Israeli writer Etgar Keret and a commissioned drama from playwright Steve Waters.
If you can’t hear it then, it will be available for a whole week afterwards via the wonderful BBC Radio Player.
Cover art for J K Rowling’s new Harry Potter book, due in July, has been released. As previously, there are two versions of the cover: a children’s edition (left) and an adult edition. The book’s title, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was announced last June. Those who are really keen can get their hands on a copy at 00.01am on Saturday 16 July.
Four months before its release, this new instalment in the Harry Potter series is already the fastest-selling book in British history. By February 2005, it had secured advance sales topping 100,000 at amazon.co.uk alone. It is currently their top selling book (with the adult version, alarmingly, taking second place!)
The new title will be the sixth, and penultimate, book in the series of seven - although rumours of an eighth book circulated a few years ago.
