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Students sit in the Window on Korea area in Western Bank Library

Welcome to the University of Sheffield Library!

Over the next few weeks, we have a whole host of events running to welcome you to our spaces and introduce you to our services.
ebecca sits with a sketchpad at the back of an audience, facing a women giving a speech.
Rebecca Plume sketching from the symposium audience. Image credit: Fran Horner, University of Sheffield Library

Sketching to Reflect: The First Women in Circus Symposium from a Student Perspective

Rebecca Plume, student bursary recipient, takes us to the Women in Circus Symposium through her eyes as a postgraduate researcher and performer...

Ed sits at a laptop, making notes on a pad of paper

Writing History, Losing Credit: Rediscovering Rosemary Anne Sisson

Edward Frost, an MA English student, undertook a work placement in the Library during a work placement in 2026. Read on to hear about his experience of the Rosemary Anne Sisson Archive as he catalogued some of her film and television scripts.
Aaron reviewing items in the Special Collections archive

Backstage with Rosemary Anne Sisson’s Archive

The Rosemary Anne Sisson Archive held in the Library’s Special Collections, Heritage and Archives has formed the basis of two MA student work placements in 2026. Aaron Kearsley, History MA student, reflects on his experience.
Embedding information

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