Habia Workshops for Updated Standards in Beauty, Nails and Spa
The shape of future qualifications in beauty therapy, nail services and spa therapy will be explored at a series of workshops looking at key changes to the updated National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Beauty Therapy, Nail Services and Spa Therapy at Levels 1, 2 and 3. These will be held by Habia in February 2010. See the Habia site for more details.

International Make -Up Artist Trade Show 2010
The International Make-up Artist Trade Show (IMATS) will be held at Alexandra Palace in London on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January 2010. If you are interested in make-up and would like to experiment with products or learn the latest techniques, have a look at the event website for more details and ticket information. The show is open to the public and you can buy a one day student ticket for £28.00 or a two day ticket for £48.00. If you can't make the show it's worth having a look at the website, as it includes a photo gallery and a video gallery of last year's show.

Christmas Holiday
Don't forget to return or renew any books that you have on loan before you break up for the Christmas holiday, so that you don't have any unwelcome fines in the new year. You can renew your books using the online catalogue, ( click on the My Account tab at the top of the page) either in College or at home via the College website. Any additional books that you take out on loan will be issued until after Christmas, but make sure you check on your receipt which day they are due back. The Library Christmas Opening hours are also available on the Online Catalogue

New Books in Stock
Copies of the following books are now available. Click on the title for more details.
Sports Injury Research, Verhagen
Foundations of Athletic Training, (4th ed.) Anderson
Be Your Own PR Expert, Penn
The Complete Spa Book for Massage Therapists, Capellini
Great Ways to Learn Anatomy & Physiology, Mckissock

Online Digital Handbooks
Health Club Management Handbook 2009, Hospitality Handbook 2009, and Spa Business Handbook 2009 are all available online in digital format, from Healthclubhandbook .com
Just click on the link and select HCM top left of page, HH centre right of page or SBM lower right of page.

New Books in Stock
Some new books available in the Library are:
Skeletal Muscle Structure, Function and Plasticity, Lieber
Biomechanical Basis of Human Movement, Hamill
Conditioning for Strength and Human Performance, Chandler
Exercise Physiology: nutrition, energy and human performance, McArdle (new ed.)
Click on the title for more info.

The Salon Magazine
The December issue of a new addition to our journal collection is now available at Richmond House. The Salon magazine is a trade publication that covers all aspects of the UK hairdressing and beauty therapy industry. You can access the current issue and back issues from 2007 online from The Salon magazine website There is a ‘search’ button to look for a particular topic in the magazine and pages can be printed out. After clicking on the link, click on the ‘inside this issue’ tab at the top of the page, then ‘view latest e-mag’ from the drop-down menu. On the current issue page there is a tab to the left to ‘view archive’ and a tab to the right to ‘search’.

Ebooks Catalogue
If you want to see what e-books are available, you can check by using the Ebook catalogue link that is on the online Library Catalogue. Remember to read the Ebooks User Guide before checking the catalogue as the different e-books databases vary in the way that you use them. We now have four e-book databases, the newest addition is ebrary which includes some beauty therapy, biology and massage books, and you can access all of them via the Athens link.