Lib Fest

Liberating the Library through a year long festival of events in the Information Commons and Western Bank Library.

The libfest logo of a red and an orange hand around the cutout letters spelling "libfest" in purple

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Liberating the Library through a year long festival of events in the Information Commons and Western Bank Library by:

  • Celebrating the liberation priorities of our students
  • Including previously missing voices in our university libraries
  • Promoting collaborative working, co-creation and interdisciplinary dialogue
  • Enhancing access to digital creativity

Lib Fest is a University Library and Students' Union partnership.

Creative workshops

Students in a creative workshop decorating t-shirts and tote bags.

Digital Commons

 

Reading Groups

Collage of various book covers from a diverse range of authors.

 

Exhibitions

Three students stand by the exhibition space in the Information Commons, with plants in the foreground

IC Exhibition Space

Liberating your information searching: find alternative sources

Liberating your information searching text in different colours.

Research skills and critical thinking workshops @IC

Liberating the Archives

Women in the archives

 

 

Reading for Diversity Leganto reading list

Curated Collections

- discover books from diverse and often underrepresented voices and perspectives. 

- send us your own book requests.

Black history

Celebrating Black History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
  • - Black History and Inclusion of BAME Voices
Disabilty history

Celebrating Disability History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
  • - Disability History and Inclusion
LGBTQIA+ history

Celebrating LGBTQIA+ History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
  • - LGBTQIA+ History and Inclusion
Women's history

Celebrating Women’s History

  • - a collaboration with the University's Special Collections and Archives and the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
  • - Women's History and Inclusion

The Digital Commons: a creative makerspace

Watch our video about the Digital Commons - a creative makerspace in the Information Commons offering 3D printing, Digital Stitchcraft, XR, introductory coding, critical AI literacy and more.

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