As with many such endeavours, the Library Blog for the University Library at Hull was set up with enthusiasm and good intention to share a variety of insights about the Library and everything related to it. And it has certainly achieved that variety, with blog posts ranging from practical skills advice on beating your top […]
As part of our Volunteers Week celebrations, we wanted to highlight the fantastic work being undertaken by our Hull University Archives volunteers at Hull History Centre. Volunteering Back in 2023, Hull University Archives started a long-term project to make sense of the University’s archival heritage. This is a huge undertaking, and we knew that we […]
Library Volunteers are students who volunteer with Library staff to support and add value to services provided by the Library. We recruit new volunteers at the beginning of each academic year. Emily Fletcher is a 23-year-old BA (Hons) Criminology student currently volunteering with our team. In this post, Emily writes of her experience volunteering with […]
Library Volunteers are students who volunteer with Library staff to support and add value to services provided by the Library. We recruit new volunteers at the beginning of each academic year. Emily Fletcher is a 23-year-old BA (Hons) Criminology student currently volunteering with our team. In this post, Emily talks about rediscovering her passion for […]
By day, a lifted study-storehouse; night Converts it to a flattened cube of light. Whichever’s shown, the symbol is the same: Knowledge; a University; a name. Philip Larkin (1983). ‘On the Brynmor Jones Library’, from Collected Poems, 1988. In light of our recently updated collection of Larkinian items within our Librarian’s Office, our latest blog […]
Time has flown by since our first quarterly blog from the Brynmor Jones Library Spotlight Team. We have continued with our year-long exploration of Spotlight on Sustainable Development Goals. In April, we focused on our Spotlight on Life Below Water, Life on Land, Clean Water and Sanitation and Climate Action. This was an excellent opportunity […]
Part One Towards the end of the school year, we welcome students from schools in the local surrounding areas of Hull and Holderness to participate in our work experience scheme. During the first week of our work experience scheme this year, our work experience students Ella and Lydia participated in a variety of tasks and […]
The title of Diana Souhami’s 2020 book proclaims, No Modernism without Lesbians – and one of the key women in it came from one of the great Hull shipping families. Annie Winifred Ellerman was born in Margate in 1894. She was the daughter of John Reeves Ellerman, the Hull shipping company magnate, and his partner […]
Library Volunteers are students who volunteer with Library staff to support and add value to services provided by the Library. We recruit new volunteers at the beginning of each academic year. Joseph Tustian is a 1st year BSc Economics student currently volunteering with our team. In this post, Joseph writes of his experience volunteering with […]
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