Archive for the ‘Discoveries’ category
Desert Island Books
November
29
Something a little interactive for this week’s post: Last week, a student volunteer found a little booklet amongst a pile of miscellaneous library publications he was cataloguing, that sparked an interesting conversation in the archive about our favourite books. Inspired by the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs, the booklet “If you could only take […]
Be Still and Know – where does our motto come from?
November
13
The University of Sussex Motto “Be still and know” was adopted in 1961 during the second year of teaching at the University – a year when student fees were only £55! It is a quote from the Bible (Psalm 46:10); the whole sentence reads: “Be still and know that I am God”. I recently found a […]
Archive discovery
October
31
The pleasure of opening a box and discovering something that hasn’t been seen by human eyes in years is a pleasure that an archivist experiences more than most. I have been fortunate in opening many such boxes in the past year as I have been cataloguing the University of Sussex Collection held in Special Collections […]