Composite Landscapes: Photomontage and Landscape Architecture is the book I’ve chosen from the display this week. I like books that can be used by lots of different audiences and this one might be useful for artists, photographers or landscape architects. This …
This Saturday is National Libraries Day, when people everywhere show their support for their local libraries. Join in the fun and share a ‘shelfie’ (or any sort of selfie in your new social learning space) with us on Twitter or …
Time-lapse video is well known – and even smart phones can manage it these days, but how about layer-lapse video? http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/10/this-layer-lapse-video-of-boston-is-a-lesson-in-relativity/381777/ Our thanks to PH for finding this.
Life’s a beach Parr, Martin, 1952- photographer Now that chilly December is upon us, it’s nice to think that summer is only half a year away……..! And we will soon be sunning ourselves again on Southsea Beach.
Its great to have the new book display up and running again, a good excuse to have a nice coffee in the library cafe and peruse the shelves of glossy new books. Today I chose to look at British Design …
The world seems full of selfie’s and everyone would love to see all of yours! We are running a competition for the the most fun and original selfie shared this week. The competition runs all week until 9am next Monday …
No, it’s not some new culinary excess from Heston Blumenthal, but rather a sort of literary selfie – take a look. If you feel inspired, have a go and send your pics to uoplib@gmail.com and we’ll put them in a …
Untold The stories behind the photographs Steve McCurry Who could have foreseen that when a young photographer travelled to Afghanistan in 1984 the school girl he would meet and photograph would become an icon representing the pain and conflict of …
What’s a shelfie? Well a bit like a selfie, but instead of taking a picture of yourself you take a picture of your book shelf. We thought it might be fun to compile a gallery of shelfies from staff and …
The good thing about being a member of ARCLIB (Architecture Librarians Group) is that you get to hear about some interesting offers such as the special student discounted rates RIBA are offering for their architectural drawing and photography workshops.
