I asked one of the nice Library Assistants why we still had any journals in print. “Is it because some people like to harken back to “ye good olde” days when electronic resources were limited to light switches and portable heaters?” …

Pablo in P&M – The stamp of approval Read more »

A knock at the door told us more printed journals had arrived, and what a lot of those there were, too!  Despite having thousands of electronic journals, we still receive 639 different titles in print.  A short waddle to the …

Pablo in P&M – Slippery journals  Read more »

Until today, I thought P&M was a clothing brand from the 1970s but apparently it stands for “Procurement and Metadata”, which I understand to be professional shorthand for “buying and labelling”. I got to try my flipper at what P&M …

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Pablo here!  Part-time journalist, full-time penguin.  After spending the past few months helping out in University of Portsmouth Library I began to wonder how all the new books arrived here. I always assumed they were printed in the back room …

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The University Library recently received the bronze NUS Green Impact award, being recognized alongside other University departments today at the NUS Green Impact awards for promoting and improving our environmental performance.  Barbara Anders and Michele Game, the Library’s named “Green Champion” (pictured), …

Bronze NUS Green Impact award for the University Library 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

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 …

Welcome to your new social Library! Read more »

It is with a heavy heart that Library Twitcher must report that one of the Herring Gull chicks was killed in a freak accident with a closing window.  The operating mechanism and window placement is in such a position that …

Sadly, only two gulls left Read more »

We’ve added some more pics to our gallery of the ground floor refurbishment project. We’ll be keeping a visual diary of progress, so check back from time to time to see how it’s going.