Turner & Paige no.31 Oct. 2nd 2015
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Tiaras, Tiffin, and Teamwork
There are many things library staff here are good at. Delivering excellent customer service, promoting information literacy, cataloging, public speaking, delivering training, organising stock, managing online information, singing our own praises, baking, dressing up, eating cake, raising money for charity…
The Game’s Afoot
For last year’s induction week, the Library scripted and filmed a short film that introduced the Library and its surroundings to new students in a lighthearted and entertaining manner for those new to the university and to develop writing and …
Creative Arts Book of the Week 28/09/15
Channel 4 and British film culture It’s always satisfying to review a title produced by ‘one of our own’ so here’s a a collection of academic journal articles printed in book form and co-edited by Justin Smith. Those of you …
Turner & Paige no.30 Sept. 25th 2015
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Creative Arts Book of the Week 21/09/15
This week’s book, Magazine Movements is by Dr. Laurel Forster, from UoP’s School of Media and Performing Arts. It extends the current research on women’s magazines into broadcast programmes as well as print media, defining magazines as ‘any media genre of …
Turner & Paige no.28 Sept. 11th 2015
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Turner & Paige no.27 Sept. 4th 2015
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Penguins and decorating
Part of the Ground Floor of the Library flooded due to a collapsed drain and heavy rains experienced by Portsmouth on Monday. The IT Helpers quickly moved all the printers (and anything electric) away from the rising tide and the …
New Film Industry Data (Film ID) resource
It seems to me that every new blockbuster film “breaks box office records” during its opening weekend and I sometimes wonder where this information comes from. Well, now I know. Film Industry Data (or Film ID) is a resource which …
