A funny thing happened on the way to the forum, or should that read Blackwells, last week! I didn’t want to venture very far. My lunch buddy had cancelled, the drizzle had started and I needed to buy a sandwich …
I only went into Blackwells to browse through their world music collection Read more »
The history of the University of Portsmouth stretches back to 1869. A display telling the story of the various institutions which became our current university is now on show at the Portsmouth History Centre until mid-May. The display is a joint project between Portsmouth …
University of Portsmouth: Our History exhibition Read more »
Next time you visit the library, make sure that you take a look at the fabulous Mail Art exhibition on the first floor, curated by Oliver Tubb, MA(Res) Creative Industries student. Ollie’s project aims to archive and promote an extensive …
The academic study of queer culture and lifestyles has become a popular field of study in several degree courses. We have a broad range of books about this subject in the University Library. For anyone who is interested I came …
Exploring queer cultures and lifestyles in the creative arts in Britain c1885-1967 Read more »
Just opposite the Art Shop in the Eldon Building, you will see a set of 3 cabinets displaying a collection of Artists’ Books – books made or conceived by an artist. The books on display which have been made by …
I’ve just rushed over to Eldon to staff the Library ‘pop-up’ in the Blank Canvas – Lizzie and I have been helping out the Academic Skills team by answering some of the many referencing enquiries they’ve been getting. Anyway, I’ve …
Pip took a travelling holiday to the USA last Christmas. If you can name the building shown in this selfie Pip took in the USA or name the architect who designed it, you could win a bag of fabulous Library …
In a world of finite library space and a pressing need to offer all our students the most up to date books to read, we regularly withdraw old editions to replace them with new. Rather than throwing our old, unwanted …
For those of you who love archives and libraries and enjoy visiting museums and art galleries, this may be the website for you. If you like finding out about forthcoming exhibitions (and anything archaeological and historical) see http://www.culture24.org.uk/home. It’s partly …
All maps (necessarily) lie to you. It is impossible to unwrap the surface of the near-spherical Earth and lay it out as a flat sheet, and so cartographers (map makers) have to decide what features they wish to accurately preserve and then then …
