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The Launch of Window on Korea

Western Bank Library welcomed staff from the National Library of Korea and the Korean Culture Centre to open the new Window on Korea space.

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It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity and Mental Health Exhibition is Awarded a £10,000 Grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

The National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA), has been awarded a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop an exhibition entitled ‘It’s All a Show: Fairground Showmen, Identity and Mental Health’.
book cover Basic English for Teaching Korean - a new open textbook

Basic English for Teaching Korean - a new open textbook

We are pleased to announce the publication of this new open textbook written by Dr Kyuin Kim Teaching Associate in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield and Sehee Park from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Ghosted Ground: an exhibition by Joanna Whittle

Ghosted Ground is an exciting new exhibition from award winning landscape artist Joanna Whittle in the exhibitions space in Western Bank Library from 24th July until 10th December 2023.

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New to the Sheffield Pressbooks Network: Workarounds: the benefits and the risks

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open book on the Sheffield Pressbooks Network.
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The Peter Blundell Jones Archive

In 2021 the University of Sheffield Library acquired the archive of architect, teacher and writer, Peter Blundell Jones, kindly donated by his widow Christine Poulson.

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The Joyful Learning Project

Towards a pedagogy of joy: Initial reflections on the Joyful Learning Project

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New to the Sheffield Pressbooks Network: Introducing Mathematical Biology by Dr Alex Best

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new open textbook on the Sheffield Pressbooks Network.
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Special Collections, Heritage and Archives, and the Battleship Texas Foundation

A collaborative online exhibition created by Battleship Texas Foundation, Jonathan Rayner in the School of English and the University's Special Collections, Heritage and Archives
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‘Fighting the academic machine’: active reading in the Information Commons

An exhibition in the Information Commons focuses on students’ experience of academic reading, identified through Dr Will Mason’s research with second year students.
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The University Library joins the Open Education Network

We've become the first UK institution to join the Open Education Network (OEN) that advances the use of open educational resources and practices. 

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