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Happy Disability History Month 2024!
Spanning the period including International HIV/AIDS Day, International Day of People with Disabilities, and International Human Rights Day, Disability History Month seeks to redress the severe and entrenched inequalities experienced by all those with disabilities, including people who develop illnesses as diverse as cancer and HIV, who are neurodiverse, or develop mental health problems.

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Bring your USB-C socketed device or borrow a university laptop, plug in and play using our massive curved screen and desktop peripherals.

From 7 am on Saturday 14 December until 6 am on Monday 16 December, the university computer network  will be undergoing essential maintenance to ensure we continue to deliver a reliable high speed network. During this period, your access to Library and University services will experience some disruption.

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APA referencing pop-ups return to the Library Atrium all next week (Monday- Friday, 2-6 December).  Sit down with a librarian for a few minutes and get a personalised introduction to how referencing and citations work, the APA (7th edition) referencing style, and learn the …

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RIBA Library

Back in May, I shared my visit to the RIBA Library explaining that if you haven’t been, you need to go soon before the building is closed for a lengthy retrofit to ensure its future. Well, if you haven’t made it, RIBA has …

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We are delighted to report that the University Library has received recognition for its commitment to customer service for the sixth time: we are very proud to have been certificated as a Customer Service Excellence organisation since 2016. The Library …

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Today is the last Discovery Service pop-up of the season! Join us between 1-3 pm this afternoon for a personalised introduction to finding the best articles for your assignments.

Coming next week – APA referencing pop-ups! Same time, same place – bring your referencing questions or join us for an introduction to what referencing is and how it works.

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Just a quick announcement that computer network access in the Library open access rooms, OA 1-6, will only be intermittent tomorrow while IS update our network switches in this area this Friday (29 November 2024). If you choose to work …

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The Film and Media Research Group (School of Film, Media, and Creative Technologies) is delighted to welcome director Arlen Harris to facilitate a screening of Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know (Daniyal Harris-Vajda and Arlen Harris, 2023). …

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