Unpacking the new Discovery Service
The new look Discovery Service has some great features but here are our top picks that we think you will love…
The new look Discovery Service has some great features but here are our top picks that we think you will love…
It is increasingly apparent that all of us need to be aware of what AI can do, particularly generative AI creating text and images and video at speed and in quantities that were hitherto underheard of. We need to have a good understanding of its power for good, its potential for harm and the ethical considerations that are involved in its use. It is so easy to be fooled by deep fake AI, so we all need to learn to think for ourselves. Become an AI literate leader and not a follower – check out our AI Literacy webpages today!
We are really excited by the new streamlined EBSCO Discovery Service experience. The new interface is so much easier to use and is packed with innovative features, including: Over on the Library website, we’ve summarised the main features of the …
General Elections often mark times of great change. With the next General Election coming up, it is interesting to see what different political parties are promising to do if elected. Here are some analyses of how the different political parties’ …
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The Public Library tuk-tuk book van will pull up outside the University Library this Wednesday (15 May) to bring a selection of fiction books and sign up new customers for free as part of Feel Good Fest! Stop by between …
There are lies, damn lies, statistics, and then there is politics. Fake news has existed since the dawn of civilisation and has taken flight and caused serious concern more than once in human history. Crises of authority and the desperate …
Yesterday, the University Library hosted its first-ever Global Storytime Event. We invited parents and carers to bring their children into the University Library, where two of our talented students read to them from a selection of illustrated children’s books from the Outside In World collection of children’s books in translation. After this, the children were invited to participate in an art activity, colouring and drawing images inspired by the books.
I am so grateful to our talented students Abigail and Santosh, who engaged the children so effectively, and to all the parents and children who participated. A wonderful time was had by all and the artworks created by the children were particularly fun and entertaining.
Until 10 April 2024, you can explore our newest free trial to the WWII Censorship Archive! Censorship: Practice and Policy during the Second World War explores British postal and telegraph censorship throughout a pivotal era of modern history.
We are always looking for new ways to make learning more fun and interesting. To that end, one of our resident sci-fi enthusiasts has pulled together a reading list of science fiction books we have in stock that were all written by People of the Global Majority.
Celebrate World Book Day by going on a blind date with a book. All this week in the Library, you can borrow up one of our specially wrapped hand-picked books from the trolley in the Atrium and discover something you might not otherwise have ever read. Where might your date take you?