The Near and Far World Books collection of illustrated children’s books is inspiring, and it certainly inspired the A-level students from Havant and South Downs College, whose work is currently displayed beside the books that inspired them.
There are lies, damn lies, and then there is politics. Fake news has been around 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 …
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and at this time of year students and staff are particularly under strain busily preparing for exams, completing dissertations and finishing off final submissions. Our brains are crammed with ‘useful’ information, our bodies …
Reading for Pleasure – Happy days are here again! Read more »
The University Library opens 24/7 with telephone and online chat support round the clock and staff in the building to offer help and advice 12 hours a day during term-time, but turn the clock back less than 100 years and travel up to Scotland (it …
Membership of Portsmouth City libraries (the local public library) is free and you don’t even need to live in Portsmouth to use them. They have access to fiction for pleasure reading, local history collections, and occasionally even textbooks that we do not, making them well …
New York Public Library re-opened the doors to its famous Rose Reading Room after two years of repair work to its ceiling. Just getting the 52,000 books back on the shelves was quite a task, as this time-lapse video shows. https://youtu.be/tkD9aNOn6v0
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll & Robert Sabuda. Last week I took a day off work to visit the British Library. Along with other librarians we had a very interesting guided tour and I got to see the …
Saturday 6th February is National Libraries Day. Hurrah! All week we’ve been asking our users to recommend their favourite books using a board in the library atrium. There are an interesting selection on there so far, ranging from Jackie Collins …
What we intend to do for National Libraries Day 2016 Display and tweet a homemade map of the Public Libraries are in Portsmouth Print out the Libraries Day Message Boards and put them up around the building Use the slideshow from the …
Portsmouth City Council public library service and a number of other public libraries around the country are providing free access to academic e-journal articles via a scheme called “Access to Research“. You have to physically visit the library to access …
Academic e-journals now available through public libraries Read more »
