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 […]
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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 […]
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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BJL Bookflix: #6
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (2016) I first came across Anthony Horowitz as the author of the Alex Rider books, which I read to my children as they grew up. Noting that he had written a lot of TV scripts as well, I was drawn to watching Magpie Murders in 2022 and, subsequently, its follow-up, […]
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BJL Bookflix: #5
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (2020) Sometimes when you read a book, you do not want it to end. This is what happened when I read The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab. The book wasn’t one I would normally have picked to read myself, but it was recommended […]
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BJL Bookflix: #4
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair (2023) Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the corrupting influence of the immoral Western world. Rastas were ostracised in Jamaica, and […]