Inormation about the University of Portsmouth Library, its services and activities
We are always looking for ways to raise our standards, serve you better, and develop our services to meet your needs more effectively. This year, we have reviewed our performance measurement tools and published a suite of new Library Service Standards that ensure we always deliver on those things that matter the most to you.
Our Home Office papers all have a new home on the first floor. Look for the distinctive signs and the wooden bookshelves laden with Government studies into all aspects of crime and its prevention.
This month’s Rare Book Display on the Mezzanine level of the University of Portsmouth’s Library has been curated by Emily who we are lucky to have as one of our Student Assistants. Emily has chosen a fascinating and eclectic range of books. All are beautiful in their own way. It was fantastic to have Emily’s choices that reflect her diverse interests. Its an eclectic collection – from beautiful portraits of society figures dressed in their finest, divinely bound books and the poetic writings of Oscar Wilde; to the caricatures of Punch and Judy and finally the macabre Hans Holbein.
Every reading list should be preceded with the words “don’t panic” in large, friendly letters. Almost everything you need to read for your course is available through the library. Most are available as ebooks that you can read from anywhere …
Saluting sisters: celebrating the impact of Black British women This Black History Month, we are focusing on the history, legacies and lasting impact of Black women. With so much online content focused on Afro-Americans, I have tried to centre Black …
We are proud to be part of a university delivering some of the best teaching in the UK. The University has once again been awarded Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework assessment, one of only 27 universities to have reached …
Bike theft is a problem for anyone who owns a bike. Get your bike security marked to deter thieves and add it to the national property register so that it can be returned to you should the worst happen and …
The “Welcome” section of the Library website introduces the most important library services you will use over the next few years in a simple, bite-sized format. Here you will find a short welcome video, a self-guided virtual tour of the Library that can help you to familiarise yourself with the building before you even step through the doors, a guided audio tour of the building, a brief slideshow of things you will want to know before you arrive, and a link to our opening times webpage.
Congratulations to Becky Rule in the Library Enquiries Team on recently achieving her CILIP Chartership and being awarded a CILIP 125 List Award, given to recently chartered librarians making a positive contribution to the libraries where they work!
Drop in and close the door on the outside world with these newest additions to our informal drop-in meeting spaces. You might have seen the open-sided sound baffling drop-in meeting pods on the ground floor and the goldfish bowl style ones with the sliding doors but these latest additions to our collection of diverse study spaces really offer something new.
