Whiling away the summer days
Looking for interesting ways to while away the long summer days?
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.
Getting back to BASIC
If you have ever tried to code something using a user-friendly, high-level programming language, you are inheriting a world shaped in large part by the development of BASIC – the first attempt to make computing accessible to non-specialists. While it …
Have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend!
You can still always stop by for a picnic outside - the weather's right for it!
Don’t forget that the University Library will be closed on Monday (26 August)!
Keep up with the latest changes to JSTOR
JSTOR for images: 2024 update Thursday 22 August from 4 pm BSTExplore how to use Artstor’s high-quality collections and key functionality in their new home on JSTOR. Join this free webinar for an update on the latest time-saving features and …
Uncovering the Archive
PMTI/3/2.3 Plan of the second floor of the Portsmouth Municipal College building, later Park Building [1905]
If you are researching the history of the University, the City or any other aspect of local history, don’t forget to check out the University Archive, which brings together records and objects from the current university, its predecessors and associated organisations all the way back to 1869 as well as housing the Landau collection bequeathed by LGBTQ+ author, sculptor and academic Prof. Rom Landau.
10% student discount on OUP ebooks
As a university student, you can get 10% off Oxford University Press e-books when you buy them directly from the publisher.
Art of glass and beyond
We are lucky enough to have local artist and Senior Teaching Fellow in Nursing at the University of Portsmouth, Simon Holliday is displaying two imaginative exhibits of his imaginative work, both related, either directly or indirectly, to the local landscape. Come see them in all their glory on the first floor landing!
Art of Glass is probably best described as a body of sculptural work which I’ve been constructing using found objects. The project is born out of my habitual tendency towards beachcombing. In particular, this tendency to collect objects of interest from the shoreline around Hampshire.
Simon’s photographic exhibition, the Serenissima of the South Coast, describes a walking tour of Portsmouth as a city in decline.
Counting the pennies
It seems like a simple task to determine the wealth of countries but the experience of living in a country is influenced by many other factors. Being wealthier matters a lot less if everything you have to buy also costs more, while a country where you have the same spending power but work fewer hours would likely ive you a better quality of life than you might expect otherwise. And that’s before we move onto the question of who gets to enjoy the wealth created.
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Celebrating children’s stories from South Asia
The first Outside In World drop-in and storytime was a great success. Several families joined us to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month and explore the collection of children’s books from around the world and explore the world of illustration with two of our MA Illustration students and aspiring children. Everyone got to take part in the colouring exercise or read fascinating children’s books from around the world, followed by the storytime with another of our students. Sign up and join us for the next one on the afternoon of Friday 9 August!
