We have been celebrating Wear A Hat Day in the Library again this year, with various members of staff dressed up in a motley assortment of hats to raise funds and awareness as part of a national campaign for Brain Tumour Research. This…
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A day in the life of…
Librarians, eh? What do we do? Sit at desks waiting to answer questions? Stamp dates in books? Not any more… Welcome to a day in the life of Ellie Enquiries*… It’s 8:50am and I’ve arrived at my desk. The walk in…
Demonstrating professionalism
Annushka Donin, Assistant Librarian (Accessibility) Professional recognition is a prerequisite if you want to progress in an academic library, as I do. Although my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees were not directly linked librarianship, I was still able to demonstrate professional responsibility…
We’re wearing our hats for #WearAHatDay
#WearAHatDay is the UK’s largest and most famous national brain tumour awareness and fundraising campaign, created by Brain Tumour Research. They run #WearAHatDay as an awareness raising campaign throughout March, which is National Brain Tumour Awareness Month. As our…
Conference success
At the forthcoming Academic and Research Libraries Group annual conference the University of Portsmouth Library will be represented by three papers : Annushka Donin on digitisation Anne Worden on reading lists Roisin Gwyer on publishing trends in a library journal…
Harold Price
Starting today for an initial period of 3 months we have a volunteer working in the Library called Harold Price. Harold is a recent graduate of the University of Portsmouth and we are helping him get some experience to add…
Lego Librarians
All good fun? Or a pandering to stereotypes?! https://mrlibrarydude.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/image-public-perception-and-lego-librarians/ let us know.
Wear a hat day
Library staff are remembering to wear a hat for brain tumour research. We hope you are too! Find out more: http://www.braintumourresearch.org/wear-a-hat-day
a librarian’s worth
While we’re open 24/7 this month (we’re trust you’re making the most of it but also staying safe and healthy), spare a thought for the staff who beaver away either on the frontline at desks or behind the scenes. http://mastersineducation.org/infographic-a-librarians-worth-around-the-world/…
Library Cards
Here at the University of Portsmouth we like to dispel the myth that librarians are nerds. Other people out there are obviously keen to prove us wrong – how else can you explain this guys obession with collecting library cards….…
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