By Richard Wragg – Collections Manager For the last few months, the Collections Team have been meeting for a reading group. The texts we have chosen to discuss have all had a focus on decolonisation, equality and diversity. The reading…
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House bound
By Lisa Towner – Collection Development Library Assistant (and bookbinder extraordinaire) When bookmaking during lockdown I think about a book by Mark Williams and Danny Penman, Mindfulness a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world. Making books has…
Tagged with: Bookbinding, Books, Hobbies, Lockdown, Mindfulness, Notebooks, Sketchbooks
Posted in Collection Development, Uncategorised
Posted in Collection Development, Uncategorised
Our treasure trove of printed journals
By Chloe Dobson – Collection Development Librarian Did you know that we have a basement area in The Library which is full of printed journals from all subject areas? We provide access to tens of thousands of journals online, which…
Tagged with: Images, Journals, Magazine's, Print journals
Posted in Collection Development, The Library
Posted in Collection Development, The Library
Chloe Dobson: my favourite online collections
By Chloe Dobson – Collection Development Librarian Part of our role in Collection Development is to find online resources which support the teaching of the University. I am going to be highlighting two of my favourites in this week’s blog…
Tagged with: Advertising, Children, Cultural history, Magazine's, Online resources, Social history, Women, Women in history
Posted in Collection Development, Special Collections, The Keep
Posted in Collection Development, Special Collections, The Keep