Author: David Bennett

Assistant Librarian (Promotions) at the University Library. An enthusiastic advocate of libraries, diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice for all, inside and outside the workplace.

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The tuk-tuk on campus - come say hello when it next visits!

Looking for fun fiction and pleasure reading? The public library tuk-tuk truck is visiting the campus twice in two weeks!

The public library offers a vast collection of fiction and popular nonfiction that goes far beyond what is taught at the University and therefore is beyond what the University Library can hope to offer. If you love listening to audiobooks (fact and fiction), browsing digital magazines (do check out our PressReader app as well!), and reading fiction in print or downloading novels to read on your ebook reader, you will love the free collections available from your local public library.

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The tuk-tuk on campus - come say hello when it next visits!

Looking to read more for pleasure? Fan of fiction? Love listening to audiobooks? You’ll love your local public library!

The only thing you might love more is that they are coming to campus to save you visiting them to join. The Library tuk-tuk van is visiting on 13 May for Feel Good Fest and 18 May for Global Week, signing up new members for free and sharing the vast print, electronic and audiobook collections of fiction and nonfiction books and magazines the public library has to offer.

They would love to meet you, and we feel sure you would love what they have to offer!

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A new copy of our premier journal for student research, Emerging Minds: Journal for Student Research has just come out, packed with exciting student essays and articles. This journal is dedicated to showcasing the cutting-edge research carried out by students, …

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A zine, short for fanzine or magazine, is a DIY* subculture self-publication, usually made on paper and reproduced with a photocopier or printer. Zine creators are often motivated by a desire to share knowledge or experience with people in marginalized or otherwise less-empowered communities. The Art-Zines in the display case on the Ground Floor of the University Library have been loaned to us by University of Portsmouth’s Zineopolis curator, Jac Batey.  Selected and curated by two MA Illustration students, Kate and Josie, many of the examples reflect the theme of journeys.

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A few months ago I received an unexpected and tentative request from a two alumni who were about to be married, asking permission for a pre-wedding photoshoot in the University Library because they had so many happy memories of courting while they were students here. Naturally, my colleagues and I were delighted to welcome our alumni back and were excited to see the now married couple’s happiness celebrated by the University.

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Our lovely student volunteers studying Illustration, Kate and Josie, are helping us lead a Zine-Making workshop for Portsmouth Bookfest on Saturday 22 February. This is a free event which can be booked via the P ublic Library’s Children’s Bookfest webpage. …

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