Notices

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UK Online Centre

The Mining Institute Council has decided that we should join the UK Online Centres project. This is a scheme to get a million more people in the UK using the Internet.  The website offers free training and help for people using government sites such as tax self assessment etc.  We will be training some of our staff and volunteers to provide support for both members and the public registering for training on the MyGuide site.  Many different courses are offered from those for complete beginners to more advanced ones on how to use emails, spreadsheets, word-processing, use of online government sites.

To start with, we will have limited opening hours (approx 5 hours per week) so as not to disrupt the existing use of the volunteer workstations, but with further donations of equipment, grants, and more volunteers we hope to increase the hours that we can provide support for this important project.  Please contact the librarian if you would like to attend one of the "train the trainer" workshops that we will be holding in June, so that you can help with this project.

Duplicate maps

The Institute has a large number of duplicate maps available for sale. The list is available to download here. More duplicate maps and sections (Ordnance Survey and Geological Survey) will be available for sale in the future, please contact the librarian if you wish to be added to the mailing list.

New books for sale:

We have a range of new books available for sale from the library or by post. If you buy a copy from us then up to one third of the cover price goes to support the Institute and the library at no additional cost to you. Titles include:
The Great Northern Miner by Ken and Jean Smith - £12.95
Coals from Newcastle by Les Turnbull £10.95
The Pitmen's Requiem by Peter Crookston £18.00
The Splendour of the Gala by Ken and Jean Smith - £9.99
Unfinished Business - The Miners' strike for jobs 1984-5 by Peter Arkell & Ray Rising - £7.99
History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway - Bill Fawcett - £24.95
Collieries of Beamish - Garry O Hagan - £12.95
The Making of a prodigy - Robert Stephenson by Victoria Haworth - £9.95
Robert Stephenson: railway engineer by John Addyman and Victoria Haworth - £19.95
Thomas Elliot Harrison - £4.99
The Odyssey by Raymond Hicks £5
A Dying Breed - £4

Please do call into the Institute Library for your copies or call Jennifer on 0191 2332459 for more information (P&P extra).

Volunteers wanted!

New volunteers are always welcomed at the Institute to help with our ongoing projects to improve access to the collections - our volunteer policy is available here. Some work can even be done at home via the internet so please do contact our librarian, Jennifer Kelly on 0191 2332459 or email her if you have some time available.

Annual Report:
Click Here to download the 2008-2009 Annual Report.