Our new Library display focuses on student creativity and leisure throughout YSJ’s history, encompassing theatre productions, sports and personal hobbies. It was developed with the YSJ archivist, the archive graduate intern along with the Library and Learning Advice team. We
Botanical Bookworms, 22 April and 23 April.Botanical Bookworms is back on the 22nd and 23rd April, from 11am-3pm on the Ground Floor of Fountains. You may have spotted the seedlings growing on the second floor, where they are enjoying lots
To celebrate World Book Day, our Library team have recommended their favourite books in the YSJ collection. ‘A long way to a small angry planet’ – Becky Chambers 813.6/CHA “This story follows the crew of the spaceship the Wayfarer as
York St John University Bookmark Design Competition Please submit here: Entry Form – Entry Requirements and Rules By entering, you agree to these terms described below: Entry Requirements Design Requirements Submission and Selection Process Use and Display Copyright and Use
⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Welcome to the YSJ London Campus Book Club ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Whether you are an avid reader, or someone trying to read more books this year, this book club is a space to discuss books together in a relaxed, welcoming environment.
We’re now in day 2 of the global campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This years’ theme is ‘End digital violence against all women and girls’ and highlights the importance of building supportive, safe and empowering digital spaces,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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