Wear Red Day 2024
Here are a few select pics of Library staff wearing red against racism today.
Pick up your free Show racism the red card pin badge from the Library Reception!
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.
Happy World Menopause Day!
Friday 18 October is World Menopause Day. Since 2009, the world has celebrated the changing lives of women and campaigned to break the silence around women’s lived experience of ageing and bodily change and foster a greater awareness of the changes women experience during the menopause and the perimenopause and the support options available.
bell hooks: poet and academic
bell hooks’ work explored the interaction of sexism, racism and economic disparity. Her seminal work Ain’t I a Woman? was named one of the 20 most influential books published in 20 years. A lifelong activist, hooks insisted that social theory had to speak to and impact the experience of the oppressed to have value: that “our intellectual work will never impact on their lives if we do not move it out of the academy”.
Show Racism the red card: Wear Red Day 2024
ow Racism the Red Card will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of Wear Red Day on Friday 18 October 2024. Show your support by dressing in something red for Wear Red Day on Friday then share your selfie with us using hashtag #WRD24UoP
Postgraduate Study Suite now open again
We are delighted to re-open the temporary Postgraduate Study Suite from today for all our postgraduate students to use.
We would like to thank all our postgraduate students for their patience while we welcomed our new international students. The Library Meeting Room (UL 0.12) is now all yours again as an exclusively postgraduate study space. We have set out the room exactly as it was before.
Frantz Fanon: psychiatrist, philosopher, activist
Martinique born and French educated psychiatrist, social theorist and political activist Dr Frantz Fanon sought to fuse psychoanalysis and philosophy to better understand the psychological impact of society on individuals, democratic participation and colonialism.
EBSCO Discovery Service – planned maintenance
All our EBSCO services, including the Discovery Service, will undergo scheduled maintenance starting on 17 October 2024 at 1.30 pm. You will be able to continue using all our eresources during this maintenance period but you might notice degraded performance and momentary functionality loss.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: a storyteller championing Black voices
A prominent promoter of Black voices, Adichie has attracted international attention with her 2013 TEDx talk “We Should All Be Feminists,” (named after her book of the same name) which Beyoncé later sampled on her song “Flawless” before going on to champion the vital roles of storytellers, self-expression, and intellectual freedom for a healthy society.
Introducing the new breastfeeding pod
Library breastfeeding pod
We are delighted to be able to offer a breastfeeding pod to all nursing mothers, now available on the second floor of the Library. This new facility supports new parents by providing a safe and comfortable private space for breastfeeding and expressing milk, making it easier to combine work, study and motherhood.
These facilities are designed to provide a comfortable and private space for breastfeeding and expressing milk. The breastfeeding and expressing pods will help ease the transition back to work for new mothers, promote the well-being of both parent and child, and helps promote equality of opportunity across our diverse community.
Kacen Callendar: contemporary Black author
Former editor and multi-award winning bestselling author Kacen Callender of multiple novels for children, teens, and adults, including the National Book Award-winning King and the Dragonflies and the bestselling novel Felix Ever After, Kacen Callendar is a leading contemporary Black, trans, nonbinary author .
