News and Views

Published Date
May 15, 2015

‘Come to the Farm’ and ‘William the Dragon’: sharing stories from our Children’s Collection

What better way to celebrate May being National Share-a-Story Month and 15 May being the International Day of Families – than…

Published Date
April 23, 2015

Some early printing finds from the John Lewis Printing Collection

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian Whilst retrieving an item for a reader, I came across a wonderful selection of…

Published Date
April 16, 2015

Text or Archive? The Diaries (1800-1815) of Joseph Woolley, Framework Knitter: Talk by Professor Carolyn Steedman

Joins us here at Special Collections on Monday 27th April at 5.15pm for this fascinating talk from Professor Carolyn Steedman.

Published Date
March 30, 2015

Rural Reads Plus review: Winter Sonata

For the month of March 2015, Rural Reads Plus read Winter Sonata by Dorothy Edwards. We have the Dorothy Edwards…

Published Date
March 11, 2015

Ladybird by Design: Fascinating talk with Lawrence Zeegen

A fascinating talk by Lawrence Zeegen with a pop up exhibition was held last night to celebrate the centenary of…

Published Date
March 10, 2015

We the Humanities: A glimpse into our collections (and more)

Our very own Verity Burke, a PhD researcher in our collections-based research programme, is joining the international humanities Twitter account We…

Published Date
March 5, 2015

Happy World Book Day – 2015!

Happy World Book Day! Now in its 18th year, World Book Day aims to encourage children to explore the pleasures…

Published Date
February 27, 2015

Rural Reads Plus review: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

To celebrate 150 years since the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Rural Reads Plus chose the book for their…

Published Date
February 19, 2015

New exhibition of children’s books on farming

Written by Fiona Melhuish, UMASCS Librarian If you are passing the University Library on the Whiteknights campus, please do have…