Here at Archive Services we thought we’d post one last blog before the start of the festive season to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! To help get you into the spirit of things, we thought we’d share some festive… Read More ›
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All you need to know when going home for Christmas
Worried about being away from campus and needing to revise for exams or read books and journal articles? Click on the image below to watch a video where James and Lizzie swap their knowledge about Library services. If you want… Read More ›
Dickensian Christmas
As promised in my last blog post, we have now added a little seasonal item to our current foyer display which celebrates the bicentenery of Dickens’ birth. In the middle of writing Martin Chuzzlewit, and during a period of financial difficulty, Dickens… Read More ›
Level 12 festive foyer
We’ve given our current foyer display in Special Collections a festive twist. Continuing the Cooking up a Story theme of edible and chemical recipes, items include the University Laboratory Christmas Annual from 1869 and the book of a Victorian ’masque’ featuring the characters of Mince-Pie… Read More ›
Count down to the launch of the House of Fraser Catalogue: day five
Our House of Fraser Archive advent calender (which we are using to count down to the launch of the new online catalogue on 25th December) is gaining in popularity. We have been blogged as a favourite of Julie Anne Lambert… Read More ›
Christmas and New Year Opening times
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our blog readers and Library users. The main Library is open today, Wednesday 23rd, at the usual times, right up until 2am. Tomorrow, the 24th December, we do close earlier than… Read More ›
Gloria!
Two volumes from a de-luxe illuminated medieval manuscript are currently on display in the level 12 showcase in Special Collections. They are from a 15th century French manuscript copy of Ludolph of Saxony’s Vita Christi (or Life of Christ). A… Read More ›
