In this blog, Noor Zohdy, Laidlaw Scholar 2024, reports on their summer research project looking at editions of Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. As part of my Laidlaw research project this summer on Anne…
In this blog, Furniture & Wooden Artefacts Conservator Sarah Gerrish reports on conservation work carried out on a Japanese photo album from University Collections (ALB-116). As a freelance furniture and wooden…
In April of this year I found myself posing with a colony of penguins. Principal Professor Dame Sally Mapstone was there too. The photographer asked me to look down at the birds, and in that intimate moment, staring…
As a general rule, we do not retain examination scripts or answers in the University archive. There are a few items however that have been kept by archivists due to their uniqueness. During this examination period, we…
As you may know, the Main Library had to close early on Tuesday 9 April 2024, and we wanted to provide some information about what happened. Simply put, the building’s water supply shut down, which meant we were not…
We love our small town, but it can be hard to find study space when you need it. This can particularly be the case during the revision and exam period. And, while it’s great that so many of you choose to study in the…
On Wednesday 15 November, we held our first Libraries Open Forum on the theme of study spaces. The event was co-hosted by Libraries and Museums and the Students’ Association in the Main Library and featured a number of…
In this post we’ll look at how you go about searching for the books and ebooks the Library has. When you are searching for a particular book If you know what you’re looking for then the quickest and easiest way to…
This is the first of five posts on Library searching tips. The Search the library box, often referred to as “library search” is prominently located on the Library homepage. When you search here you are searching: The…
In this blog Tori Wallauer outlines a 2023 summer project which was made possible through funding from the Royal Astronomical Society and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) public engagement funding, as…