The Library is now open continuously until the start of the Christmas Vacation Period. You read it right – we never close. We will repeat our continous opening from the start of the next term until everyone goes home in early June.
While this is good news for early risers and late workers, we would like to point out that there is only so much work you can usefully attempt to do in a day, and that University is a long journey. Make sure you get enough exercise, rest, social time and regular sleep every day to unwind, keep well, and keep going strong! There is more to life than work. Now be honest, you never expected to find your library telling you that at the start of term, did you?
Your reading lists are your friends. They are resources your lecturers feel are particularly good for your course. They show you what to read and use first for your assignments. Each item has a blue button alongside it that either shows you how many copies of a book are available and where they are shelved or takes you straight through to the ebook, journal article or other electronic (online) resource you need to read. They make life easier and save you time!
You can use all the library’s premium subscription resources from anywhere for freeas if you were on campus. In order to enjoy the full experience, including making group study room bookings and getting to use some otherwise ‘campus only’ resources, you need to set up either the VPN or web proxy service on your computer.
Many people find the library surprisingly large but as soon as you become familiar with what is where it will begin to feel like a second home. To help you settle in and find everything you need, we have produced a 
The Autumn Term at the University of Portsmouth has always been my favourite. It’s when we get to meet all of our new students, and the excitement in the air is palpable. The Autumn Term brings with it that “first day at school” feeling, albeit on a more grown-up scale, although to me many of our first years appear as wide-eyed as those five-year-olds on their first day at infant school and I’m betting that everyone starting now has a new pencil case and backpack too, even if none of them would ever admit it! 
You would imagine that if you record yourself playing music that is long out of copyright, J S Bach for example, on the piano in your bedroom, and post it to your YouTube channel, that no-one is going to accuse you of breaching copyright. And you would be right. That said, copyright is no longer policed by people but by AIs reducing performances to complex digital signatures and comparing them.
A big, warm library welcome to all our new students and all those rejoining us next week!
Your are invited to the Artfilms Weekend Film Festival! Twice a month Artfilms open access to selected videos from across their collections, showcasing films from a variety of disciplines, producers and cultures. The videos are released on a Thursday and are free to watch until the following Tuesday.
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