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If you haven’t yet stopped by the Library, I’d thoroughly recommend you make a detour to see our latest incredible photography exhibition by travel and documentary photographer Md Abdulla Al Mamun. Check out his Instagram feed for more of his unique insight into how images can remind us of our profound interconnectedness and the unspoken bond between species, emphasizing that we, as humans, share the same space and responsibilities as the animals and nature that surround us.

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The PGM Ambassadors have created a fabulous display in the Heritage Hub display space, just outside the Park Building café. If you are in Portsmouth, I thoroughly recommend checking it out! For those of you learning at a distance, you can view much of the display material on the Library website. It’s definitely worth a look!

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Our ever popular Blind date with a book event is back and this time we have given it a romantic twist in the run up to Valentine’s Day. Borrow one of our specially wrapped, hand picked books we think you might love from the Library Atrium and discover something you might not otherwise ever have read.

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The computer network in the Library will be undergoing essential overnight maintenance between 11.30 pm on Sunday 9 February – 2 am on Monday 10 February. Brief network outages are expected during this period. Please back your work up beforehand …

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7 February is Charles Dickens Day, when we celebrate Portsmouth’s most famous Victorian author. Born to a Victorian Portsmouth in 1812, the son of a naval payroll clerk, Charles Dickens was prodigiously industrious and despite an interrupted schooling, enjoyed a …

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Whether you are looking to experience lives you will never live, uncover astonishing new worlds of the imagination, keep up with your hobbies, learn about the world beyond academia, listen to an audiobook while out for a run, or you are into browsing digital magazines on the bus, the public library service has something for you.

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The university computer network will be undergoing essential overnight maintenance between 11.30 pm on Thursday 6 February and 2 am on Friday 7 February to ensure we continue to deliver a reliable high speed network. During this period, your access …

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Building works are taking place on the roof of the Library building in February-March 2025 to replace the boiler system. We regret this work will cause intermittent noise disruption to the top floor of the Library, including the Individual Silent …

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The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during January. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.

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The following is a list of new books received by the Library during January. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.