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  • Cables at he back of a server, neatly tidied and tied together.

    Captain’s log #6

    Captain’s log #6. 21 November 2025. We have had a day of time travel last week: travelling back to the early 1990s. We went back for 1 day to a situation where we did not have any internet in the building. Reflecting on this is not a massive achievement of analytical prowess. Basically: we could…

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  • Photo shows 4 pages of the new opening hours, ready to be hung up in the Library.

    Captain’s log #5

    Captain’s log. 19 September 2025. For those who read this blog, and the Captain’s logs vigoursly: you will remember that 3 months ago we said good bye to our old library management system! We have been very busy getting to grips with the new system which has propelled the spaceship, erm, the library into the…

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  • Captain’s log #4

    Captain’s log. 20 June 2025. Today, is the beginning of the end of our old library management system! First, yesterday, was the last day we would catalogue new books, fix errors in our catalogue records or even make changes to where a book is located (we sometimes move books; normally, from the reading room (Heythrop…

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