We are getting through puzzles very quickly on the wellbeing table – despite some seriously tricky patches of sky. If you’re in need of a study break, come to the ground floor of Fountains and see if you can put
Puzzled!
Green Libraries Week 2025
It’s Green Libraries Week! This week celebrates the sustainable contributions made by libraries, and how they can foster greater understanding of climate resilience, ecology and climate justice. To mark the week, we’ve put together a display of climate-focused resources, covering
Black History Month 2025
To celebrate Black History Month, we have curated a selection of books and DVDs encompassing diverse stories from Black history. Spanning fiction, history, criticism, poetry and memoir, the books reflect this year’s theme ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’. This
Introducing ‘Curiositas’
We’re delighted to announce the launch of Curiositas, York St John’s new Open Access, peer-reviewed journal celebrating postgraduate research in the School of Humanities. Created by postgraduates and for postgraduates, Curiositas provides a supportive platform to share work, experiment with
Our hardest ever jigsaw is complete!
We thought it couldn’t be done… our super challenging bookshelf jigsaw is complete! Sadly there is one piece missing – if anyone finds it in the library, please let us know. We have moved on to an easier puzzle for
Jigsaw breakthrough…
We nearly put away this jigsaw as we thought it might be too challenging (this is supposed to be the wellbeing table, not the frustration table) – but progress has been made! It’s now got to the easy part. Come
International Literacy Day
Today we are celebrating UNESCO International Literacy Day Literacy is a lot more than just knowing how to read – UNESCO defines it as “the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated
Diversity in information resources: working towards inclusion
Diversity in information resources: working towards inclusion This blog post is a revision of one written by Tom and Clare, two of our librarians, in 2019. As librarians our job is to source and acquire information resources, and to work