If you are using the designated rooms around the college during break and lunchtimes you need to tap in with your ID card. The light won't go green but nevertheless it will record your presence. . So we need you to do this in order to be able to trace you if we need to and know who was in a room at any point in the week.

For track and trace purposes, we are asking all students to sign in at the library help desk to use either a study space or a computer. We now also have 20 new chromebooks available to use while you’re in the library - ask at the helpdesk where we can issue one to you and allocate you a study space.

A big thank you to all you students who have been so brilliant at adapting to all these changes - we know it’s not easy, so well done!

We have a huge amount of online resources that you can use while studying from home including ebooks, magazines, TV programmes, films, research databases, subject guides and more - all accessible on all devices. The Library Moodle page is your one-stop portal to all these amazing resources. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will do all we can to help. Contact us by email on issues@varndean.ac.uk

The Booker Prize is a leading literary award that has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for 50 years. Each year, the prize is awarded to what is, in the opinion of the judges, the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK and Ireland. This year's shortlist includes: The New Wilderness by Diane Cook, The Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Burnt Sugar by Anvi Doshi, The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart and Real Life by Brandon Taylor. The winner of the prize will be announced on 19 November. Vote for which one you'd like the library to buy! Email us on issues@varndean.ac.uk with your choice.

If you would like some help with research for your EPQ dissertation or any other project, why not book a one to one session with one of our subject librarians? We can help you choose the best resources for your research. Contact us on issues@varndean.ac.uk to arrange one.