Artstor contains over 2.5 million images on a wide range of subjects. You can use any of these images for assignments (lecturers can also use them for teaching and research (provided they are used behind a password, e.g. in Moodle). If…
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23+ wellbeing things. No. 20 – Art self-therapy
Like dance and writing, art expresses what is hidden in the mind through the movements of the body, and gives mindful expression to those feelings that are concealed in the body. Getting creative can reduce stress levels and improve concentration,…
Google has been busy…
Google is great for many things, and while librarians seem to spend their lives preaching about its limitations for academic research, there are a number of interesting specialist tools Google have developed on the quiet that offer access to some…
Student led change (6) – proud to display your art and hobbies
We are proud to buy and decorate the Library with our students’ competition-winning art to stimulate and inspire future generations. We are just as proud to exhibit shorter-lived displays of interests, hobbies and projects from students, often displaying their work…
Divine Images from our Rare Books Collection
Over the past couple of months, our new Rare Books display case has been put to great use to show to you some of our collection that are not usually on display. In October we had the powerful artwork of…
Posted in About your Library, Subjects: Creative Arts, Uncategorised Tagged with: archives, art, books, Rare, writing
Not just there to look pretty
Our glass cabinet display isn’t just there to look pretty and stop people falling into the book returns sorter, although it admittedly does both rather well. You can borrow any of the books in these cabinets. We just put them behind…
Beautiful Bookplates on Display
We have a collection of books on display in the Atrium of the Library which show some of our Rare Books and in particular the beautiful bookplates inside. We have found that we have bookplates in our collection designed by…
Posted in About your Library, Library News, Services Tagged with: archives, art, books, facilities, history, illustration, libraries
Find comfort in the library
Are you missing home? in need of some comfort? Or, just love a bit of nostalgia? In that case pop along to the University Library and take a look at our amazing collection of children’s books. We have a beautiful…
Posted in About your Library, Library News, Subjects: Creative Arts, Uncategorised Tagged with: art, books, design, illustration
From “Gin Lane” to World Gin Day
Tomorrow is World Gin Day. Dubbed “mother’s ruin” in Victorian Britain, in a campaign that at one point saw people seriously recommending the “warming effects of beer” over the chill charms of the juniper-scented spirit. Gin, like all alcoholic drinks, can…
Artist’s books by Guy Begbie now on display
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…
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