We are pleased to display a series of experimental artist’s books produced by Guy Begbie. You can find some of these books displayed in the first glass cabinet on your left as you enter the Library Atrium and still more…
Author: David Bennett
Euromonitor Passport: Spring 2018 update
Euromonitor have released a video announcing updates to Passport. Find out what has changed in their video:
Maths Cafe returns in September (but help is still available over the summer)
The Maths Café is done for this academic year but they will be back as usual from 17th September 2018. In the meantime, if you have any mathematical or statistical quandries: the Library offers a huge range of textbooks and…
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
Global Accessibility Awareness Day celebrates all the improvements made to make resources and services available and useful to as many people as possible. All the advances we make in Making resources available in more formats and supporting different ways of…
Introducing RNIB Bookshare: electronic resources for widening accessibility
The University has been a member of Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) Bookshare scheme for many years, including in its previous incarnation as Load2Learn. The support of the RNIB is invaluable in providing students and staff with many…
E-books are for everyone
It is important to us to make our resources equally easy to use for all our clients who might want them. To this end, we have made sure that wherever possible our e-books are screen reader friendly so they can…
Put your PhD on another open access pedestal
Polishing off your PhD? As well as submitting your thesis to the University’s open access Research Portal and the British Library’s digitisation scheme EThOS, you can now archive your thesis online at the Thesis Commons, providing yet another platform indexed…
Have you been emailed an opportunity to win £1000?
Are you a postgraduate student? Check your email inbox to see if you are one of the lucky people who have been invited to complete a survey on your experiences at Portsmouth by the Higher Education Academy. If you fill…
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Feeling stressed? STOPP!
This week (14-21 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week. You can pick up business card sized reminders from the shelves beneath our Community Noticeboard near the Library Café. Stop! Take a breath (become aware of your breathing). Observe (be present,…
What’s on this coming Bank Holiday weekend
The Library will be open all through the May Day Bank Holiday weekend but for those interested in what else is happening in Portmouth, Skiddle has a rundown of all the entertainments and events you can go and see. Check out…
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