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 …
Portsmouth public libraries join the Access to Research scheme Read more »
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
Its great to have the new book display up and running again, a good excuse to have a nice coffee in the library cafe and peruse the shelves of glossy new books. Today I chose to look at British Design …
Change your mind: 57 ways to unlock your creative self by Rod Judkins “Great artists, designers, musicians and writers are … ordinary” is the reassuring opening statement of this book. I chose it because it looked accessible – something I …
The Idea of Perfection, by Kate Grenville. Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, 2001. Students often ask if we have books to read for pleasure. Well, a summer of sport on TV encouraged me to dip into the University …
The retro phone box has gotten some interest already but did you know you can use it to make free internal telephone calls to anywhere on campus? You only need dial the last four digits of the number (the “extension”). …
We are delighted to welcome you back to the freshly refurbished ground floor. We hope you will enjoy the new shelving arrangement and the increased sense of space and freedom! Social study The whole of the ground and first floors …
