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We would like to wish everyone celebrating the festival of lights a Happy Diwali ✨
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Trevor Sterling shares his powerful journey of self-belief and resilience! Join us at Oxford Brookes on 16 October for an inspiring Black History Month event. Book your in-person or virtual ticket here: bit.ly/483e6bK #BlackHistoryMonth #OxfordBrookes #Inspiration
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Wednesday at noon! "How open research enables research integrity," this week's training in the "30 minutes with the Scholarly Communications Team" series. Sign up for the Google Meet here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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We are looking forward to celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with inspiring talks and events on campus! All events are open to staff, students, and the public. Read more to find out how to book brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/…
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If you're cooking this weekend, why not try a recipe from East & South East Asia? The @chefkenhom library has cookbooks from around the region - including pioneering author Kenneth Lo, a recent exploration of street food, and books by Ken Hom himself. #ESEAHeritageMonth #ESEAHM
A stack of cookbooks with recipes from around East and South East Asia

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TODAY at noon! "Open Access: what researchers need to know and do," this semester's first training in the "30 minutes with the Scholarly Communications Team" series. Sign up for the Google Meet here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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We're officially open! This week we return to our term-time opening hours, which means students, staff and Reading Room pass holders can drop in from 1pm, no appointment necessary! Visit our website for more details: brookes.ac.uk/library/collec…

Special Collections - Oxford Brookes University

Among our special collections we have collections devoted to Food and Drink, Art and architecture, Publishing and literary prizes, Public and allied health, together with collections from the...

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Oxford Brookes Library retweeted
BrookesPoetryCentre@brookespoetry28 Aug 2024
Great to see our new book about Dambudzo Marechera on display outside the @BrookesLibrary as part of the Library's showcasing of African Studies resources for the @ASAUK_News conference at @oxford_brookes this week. Many thanks to Saffron Shore for highlighting the work!
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Books and flyers about Dambduzo Marechera alongside leaflets about African Studies resources in the Oxford Brookes Library.

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Oxford Brookes Library retweeted
Talis@talis15 Aug 2024
Congratulations to our #TalisAspire July Resource List of the Month is 'Mental Health Nursing Summer Reading 2024' by @oxford_brookes University🎊 This list is an excellent example of how academic libraries can support students’ summer reading by offering a break from textbooks.
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We’ve dipped into the Early Children’s Book Collection this #WorldElephantDay and found the Picture Alphabet of Beasts which includes a poem for each animal: To noble race, O Elephant, Thou surely dost belong; So grave, and kind, and sadly wise, So gentle, yet so strong!
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The Special Collections are bursting with South Asian flavours! Dip into cuisines from around the region in the Fuller, Grigson and Ken Hom collections this #SouthAsianHeritageMonth
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You can study from anywhere by accessing library resources and materials online. Find out more about the summer opening hours for the library. brookes.ac.uk/library
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Looking for some bookish inspiration this #SouthAsianHeritageMonth? Check out these internationally acclaimed books by South Asian authors, winners of the Booker International or @BookerPrizes They are available to borrow from the library, find them on the 4th floor at Headington
Book stack of Tomb Of Sand, The White Tiger, Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, The God of Small Things, The Inheritance of Loss, and Midnight's Children

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Joining us this September? Check out how you can prepare for university life. bit.ly/obu-newstudents #helloBrookes
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Looking for some summer reading? The Booker Prizes shortlisted books from 2001 onwards are now loanable! Find them in Zone D on floor 4 of Headington Library. (And may we recommend Girl, Woman, Other, The Trees or The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida as great options!)
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We’re excited to announce that Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Dr David Evans, will be joining us in the Special Collections in conversation with Michael Roach, followed by a performance from David on guitar. More details here: buff.ly/44PJBo1 #blues #LiveMusic
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Yesterday was our team Away Day, and we had a fantastic time sharing some of the wonderful artist's books in our collection with our Learning Resources colleagues. This introduction to artists books in Special Collections was followed by a fun and creative session making zines!
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Oxford Brookes Library retweeted
Oxford City Council
@OxfordCity2 May 2024
It's election day in Oxford today! Please remember to bring an accepted form of photo ID. You'll need it so we can issue you with a ballot paper. 🗳️ To find out more information on which forms of ID are accepted, click the link below. oxford.gov.uk/changes-way-el… #Elections2024
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The Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music focusses mainly on Blues but there are still plenty of books on jazz. You can search for them on LibrarySearch or learn more about the collection here: buff.ly/3QinGjk #InternationalJazzDay
A small selection of books on Jazz from the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

ALT A small selection of books on Jazz from the Paul Oliver Archive of African American Music

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Happy #WorldPenguinDay! The Steve Hare Collection is home to a great many penguins: over 10,000 of them!
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ALT Several shelves of classic penguin books.

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ALT A close up picture of several penguin book spines with the penguin logo visible.

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