A chance meeting at library reception led to today’s event. I was able to put Joyce, from Portsmouth’s Inky Fingers creative writing group, in touch with Alison Habens, undergraduate course leader for creative writing. 6 students (gown) met with 8 …
I had a very enjoyable few hours yesterday at the open cabinet event in Eldon. Staff, students and even some alumni came along to explore the library’s varied collection of pop-up books. Mainly purchased to inspire illustration students, it was …
20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads by Jim Heimann (editor) and Alison A. Nieder (text) This week I chose a book on fashion; a subject I have not covered before. During the 20th century, fashion evolved from being …
Took advantage of a work trip to Bath to visit the Fashion Museum. The current exhibition, Georgians: Dress for Polite Society, is fabulous including sumptuous dresses and beautifully embellished gowns and even coats for men. It was interesting to see …
The ghost of Thomas Kempe by Penelope Lively Favourite book as a child: I must have read this book over and over as an older child / young teen – I was desperate for my own poltergeist and it is …
Farnsworth House: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe by Maritz Vandenberg When I saw this book on the Farnsworth House I knew we had to buy it for Architecture as we have very limited print resources about this building. It was …
Planet Bizzaro, the part of Brazil’s largest news portal, G1, dedicated to bringing the funny, strange and different to the world, reported on our video of one of the seagulls that hatched on our roof last year being surprised at its own reflection …
This week’s book of the week is Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture. You can find it in the Large book section which is at the end of the book sequence in Zone 2B of the University Library. It …
Portsmouth City Council Library Service is now signed up to the Access to Research scheme. This trial scheme makes publicly funded research available to everyone free of charge from public libraries. Access is currently only through the networked computers available library computers; there is no …
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The University Library has changed a lot since it opened in 1977 – this video shows just how much! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklX9yGnHkQ&feature=youtu.be
