Kingston Uni Library

The first Knit & Natter at Penrhyn Road went really well, looking forward to more next Thursday :) #kupausepoint

Please be advised that we are having some essential lighting maintenance done at Knights Park Library Thursday morning between 9.00-11.00.

Our streaming services BoB and Kanopy can be accessed via icat to catch up on TV, docs and films. Perfect to explore this #LGBTHM

A big thank you to all the students and staff who participated the last two days at Knights Park and Penrhyn Road Pause Point. There was lots of jigsaw action (as usual) but also lots of people wanting to learn how to knit today #kupausepoint

Collection of objects out on a table in the materials library

Collection of ephemeral objects in materials collection

Sustainable materials case

Pages from a zine "Which killer couple are you?"

It is always nice to meet up with our colleagues at other university libraries. A huge thank you to Middlesex University library staff who showed us their amazing materials library. #materialslibrary #middlesexuniversity #unilibrarynetwork

Jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing

Today's star of Pause Point was most certainly the jigsaw puzzle. Lots of staff and student engagement over a long period of time. Thank you 👏. More Pause Point coming at the end of January. #kupausepoint

Dot to dot of scuba diver

Pause point at Roehampton Vale Campus

A big thank you to all the students who joined in at Pause Point, Roehampton Vale. We even got our first dot to dot completed! #kupausepoint

Looking for an old film or a documentary that was on TV ten years ago? BoB (Box of Broadcasts) should have you covered. Years of terrestrial TV in one place (they have radio too!) #databaseofthemonth #BoB

Green wool crochet

blue crocheted bracelet

Pause point table with jigsaw

A big thanks to all the students who took part in Pause Point at Penrhyn Road Campus today. Coming to Roe Vale and Kingston Hill next week!!

Jigsaw puzzle

Knitting needles, wool, crochet hooks

Thank you to the students and staff at Knights Park who came to talk to us and helped with the jigsaw or tried some knitting/crocheting #kupausepoint

November's #databaseofthemonth is WGSN Fashion. It is a leading global resource for fashion trend forecasting, design insights, and industry intelligence. #WGSNfashion

It was the #greenlibrariesweek event in Town House today. Thank you to the students and staff who attended. Lots of students have taken advantage of our houseplant give away 🌱 Special thanks to the Green Impact Team in Library & Learning Service and to Dr Purva Tavir.

We will be celebrating Mental Health Awareness Day tomorrow at Penrhyn Road, Main Building, Collaboration Space. Join us for some mindful activities #worldmentalhealthday

Construction Information Service is a must resource for engineering, construction and architecture. It comprises 26,000+ documents from over 500 publishers, including full text access to relevant construction Standards, Eurocodes , CISBE documents and technical data. #databaseofthemonth #CIS

European Newsstream is a good database to search for articles across a number of different national and local newspaper, it also includes some magazines. #databaseofthemonth #EuropeanNewsstream

August database of the month is O'Reilly for Higher Education, it is a great source of information for Technology and Business subjects #databaseofthemonth #O'Reillyforhighereducation

July's Database of the Month is LinkedIn Learning which is a great way to learn new skills during the Summer break. You can access via My Kingston or from icat 'Find a database' #databaseofthemonth #LinkedInLearning

June's database of the month is Statista. It is a must if you are looking for stats, analysis and reports on all kinds of things. I also love the 'daily data' section which has lots of lovely infographics #databaseofthemonth #Statista

If you need to check or find a reference Cite them right should be your first stop. You will find out how to format your references and lots of useful advice about citing and referencing. icat Library Search>Find a Database>Cite them right. #citethemright #databaseofthemonth

Our first database of the month is Credo Reference, it is a great place to find a definition from a credible source. Access it via icat library search 'Find a Database' #databaseofthemonth #Credoreference #dissertation #icat

The Sunset at Town House is amazing 😍

KU libraries have featured in some major TV productions over the years including the Silent Witness episode 'Shadows' in 2010 and more recently 'Cunk on Life' from December 2024 You can view both of these on Box of Broadcasts.
The Town House also featured in series 6 of the Crown on Netflix.

Alison Baverstock interviewing Clive Myrie at Town House, Kingston University

It has been a honour to welcome our Big Read author Clive Myrie to the University this afternoon, topics included the American election, Windrush generation, belonging and finding common ground.

We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

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We are so lucky that Penrhyn Road Library is in this building with some outdoor space and amazing views 🔭

Kingston University Green Impact Gold Award

Congratulations to the Library & Learning Services team who were recently awarded a GOLD green impact award 🏅#kusustainability