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A student reading a book in Western Bank Library

University journals provision from January 2026

Red background with black and white figure of a variety of women circus performers, for example on an aerial rope and horse. Text reads: Women in Circus Symposium, Call for papers, Apply by Monday 23 March, University of Sheffield

Apply to present at the Women in Circus Symposium

Call for papers now open! Play a part in the Women in Circus symposium, at the University of Sheffield.
Leters and photographs from the Robert Innes Smith archive

History and Archives in Practice 2026 – Registration now live!

You can now register to attend History and Archives in Practice 2026, hosted at Firth Court on 16 April 2026.
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Arthur Scargill stood with a display of items from the archive at Western Bank Library

The Arthur Scargill Archive

Following a two year cataloguing project the Library is pleased to announced that the Arthur Scargill Archive is now open to all researchers.
Embedding information

Embedding information & digital literacy in the programme – and the Virtual Learning Environment