New Books March 2024
The following is a list of new books received by the Library during March. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page.
Truth and the turning wheel of history
There are lies, damn lies, statistics, and then there is politics. Fake news has existed 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 …
Rounding off neurodiversity
The last of the really common neurodiverse conditions I want to introduce you to this Neurodiversity Awareness Week , I’m going to conclude with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD.
Autism
What is different about people who we describe as being “austistic”? Well, it’s complicated and, as with dementia, no two autistic people are the same, although there are five general traits they share in common that help characterise this form of neurodiversity.
Expressions of neurodiversity
Continuing on from my last two posts for Neurodiversity Awareness Week, I wanted to introduce you to the most common presentations of neurodiversity: the four ‘D’s: dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and dyspraxia.
Build it, and they will come
he architecture of oppression is old and runs deep in our society. Even the buildings we work in are often designed in ways that disturb neurodiverse people.
In my last blog post, I began to explore why neurodivergent people are so much less likely to be employed than neurotypical people. In this post, I’m going to explore why this might be.
Finding space
Finding a place to study together at the busiest times of the year can seem challenging but there are more spaces across campus where you can study than you might have thought. If you know you are going to be …
Celebrating diverse minds
Happy Neurodiversity Awareness Week! This week, we celebrate the rich diversity of humankind and the often very different ways we approach similar challenges.
Celebrating Global Storytime at the University Library
Yesterday, the University Library hosted its first-ever Global Storytime Event. We invited parents and carers to bring their children into the University Library, where two of our talented students read to them from a selection of illustrated children’s books from the Outside In World collection of children’s books in translation. After this, the children were invited to participate in an art activity, colouring and drawing images inspired by the books.
I am so grateful to our talented students Abigail and Santosh, who engaged the children so effectively, and to all the parents and children who participated. A wonderful time was had by all and the artworks created by the children were particularly fun and entertaining.
Audiobooks on tap
Many of you have been asking about how you can listen to audiobooks. Portsmouth Public Libraries offer an incredible collection of your favourite titles through their BorrowBox service.
