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Sunderland was also recognised by London University as a centre for its BEng (Bachelor of Engineering) degree in 1934. During the Second World War, Sunderland ran special courses for the armed forces and the Ministry of Labour. In the 1960s, a PDP-8 hybrid computer was installed at the Chester Road site. There was also an Elliot Brothers 803B ...
Pathways of Knowledge, a pile of books located outside of the University's library, was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in 1993. They are a reference to Bede and the Great Library of St Peter's. [4] St Peter's is also home to St Peter's Metro station, part of the Wearside extension to the Tyne and Wear Metro system, which opened in 2002. [5] [6]
Copac (originally an acronym of Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues) was a union catalogue which provided free access to the merged online catalogues of many major research libraries and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, plus the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales. [1]
The library moved in 1995 to the new City Library and Arts Centre on Fawcett Street (occupying part of the former Binns Department Store). [11] The relocation left more space for museum exhibitions. The new City Library Arts Centre also houses the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art , renowned as one of the leading forums for emerging artists ...
This following is a current list of the chancellors, vice-chancellors and visitors of universities in the United Kingdom. The chancellor is the ceremonial head of a university, while the vice-chancellor is the chief academic officer and chief executive; [1] some universities have only a vice-chancellor but no chancellor.
The college's Bede Campus, which is situated close to Sunderland City Centre on Durham Road , is in the buildings of the former Bede School which began as Sunderland Higher Grade School in 1890 (near the West Park, now the site of Sunderland Civic Centre). In 1905 the school was renamed Bede Collegiate School, with separate Boys and Girls ...
Research Libraries UK (RLUK) (formerly CURL) [1] comprises 35 university libraries, 3 national libraries, and the Wellcome Collection in the United Kingdom and Ireland. [2] Its aim is to increase the ability of research libraries to share resources among themselves.
Library Hub Discover is a union catalog operated by Jisc (jisc.ac.uk). It replaces Copac and SUNCAT . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its user interface is centred around a simple search engine -like query box.