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Where am I #meanttobe? Why missing an A-level grade may not be the worst thing in the world

More years ago than I care to admit, I awaited my A-level results, with no doubt the same levels of anxiety as many young people this week. In my case, I missed my place at Medical School by one grade. Given that I had wanted to be a doctor since I was ten, and my …

Summer Reads 2016

There are few things that top sitting in the British sunshine with a cold beverage and a good book. Here’s what UoN Library staff have been reading this summer: Lucy McBurnie, Customer Services After browsing through Amazon Books’ bargain section on my Kindle I came across ‘The Husband’s Secret’ by Liane Moriarty. The main storyline is that …

5 minutes with… Robert Pearce, Conservator for Manuscripts and Special Collections

Welcome to the latest in our series of Blog posts ‘5 minutes with …’, that introduce staff who work in LRLR at the University of Nottingham. We are a large department of around 250 staff based across all campuses and doing a wide variety of jobs relating to libraries, collections, teaching and learning, and research …

Box of Broadcasts (BoB) upgrade

August Upgrade Box of Broadcasts (BoB) is being upgraded throughout August. A new Box of Broadcasts went live on 1 August, which you can access now. However, there will be limited content and functionality available during the upgrade period. You won’t be able to access your saved clips and playlists, or some archive content broadcast …