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Welcome to the Bluesky account for University of Wolverhampton Libraries. We provide a range of resources to support students, academics and researchers, including books, journals and subject databases - www.wlv.ac.uk/lib
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We have updated our vitrine for Black History Month! Focusing on Black art and music, head to the second floor of Harrison Library to check it out ❤️💚💛 #blackhistorymonth2026 #honouringourcommunities
October 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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From 6 October, RefWorks will be known as EndNote Fusion, following a rebrand by Clarivate. The change affects the name and appearance of the platform, but students and staff can continue using the service as normal. Existing accounts, references, folders and saved content will remain unchanged.
October 6, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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We are really looking forward to the Beyond Futures Festival of Research at Wolverhampton this week, especially the zine workshop Reimagine your research. This will be run by our librarians and cover different ways to use zines in your research.
October 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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It's Monday, we're getting deeper into the start of term, and the Skills team are on hand with their incredibly helpful workshops. If you're a new student doing Academic Writing or Referencing for the first time, or a returning student needing a refresher book in at www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/skills-f...
Skills for Learning workshops for week beginning Monday 5th October 2026 include sessions on Critical Thinking, Finding Academic Information, Harvard Referencing and SPSS statistics
October 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Our Black History Month Display at Walsall Library with a wide selection of books to honour Black Britain over the ages ❤💚💛 #Blackhistorymonth2026
The display table at our Walsall Campus Library features many books relating to Black History Month themes and personalities. The focus in 2026 is on Honouring Communities
October 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Our Black History Month Online Collection is live ❤️💚💛 Here we have a selection of our books on display across both campuses and e-books which celebrate Black history, art, and culture. #blackhistorymonth2026 #honouringourcommunities
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A graphic with a bright red, green, orange circular African wax work pattern on the left hand side. On the right is the official Black History Month 2026: Honouring our Communities logo in pink. Underneath is a QR code and the caption Online Collection in white text.
October 2, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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October is Black History Month ❤️💚💛 We are honouring our communities this month by promoting and sharing some of our favourite books about Black British history, art, and culture. Here we have our Harrison Library display #Blackhistorymonth2026 #honouringourcommunities
2 book shelves with a variety of books on Black British history, art, and people. A photo of an official Black History Month 2026 poster titled Honouring Our Communities, with 9 photos of different black people with a QR code next to each to learn more. A photo of an official Black History Month 2026 poster titled Honouring Our Communities, with 9 photos of different black people with a QR code next to each to learn more, it is on the side of the book shelves with Black history books on. A photo of an official Black History Month 2026 poster titled Honouring Our Communities, with 9 photos of different black people with a QR code next to each to learn more, it is on the side of the book shelves with Black history books on.
October 1, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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For National Poetry Day today, we have updated our Regional Press Collection on our library catalogue to include even more poetry! In addition to the local poetry books pictured below, we have added local poetry journal Under the Radar and a selection of online poetry books #Nationalpoetryday
A photo of a book shelf with many poetry books on display with a QR code and a neon text superimposed on it saying Regional Poetry Collection.
October 1, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Today! We launch the inaugural Creative Collection! Come join us at Harrison Library 12:30-2:00pm. All supplies and snacks provided, plus books on crafts, art, and poetry to inspire you.
September 30, 2026 at 8:53 AM
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It’s National Poetry Day on 1st October! You’ll find some fabulous teaching resources at forwardartsfoundation.org/national-poe... and plenty of wonderful world poetry in our Walsall Library.

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The picture shows a display of poetry titles at Walsall Campus Library inspired by the theme of Wonder, with books about bugs, animals and the natural world
September 28, 2026 at 11:27 AM
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We are launching the Creative Collective ☀ this week! Inspired by the Yarn Collective, this is another relaxed and inclusive space for staff and students to use their creativity🎨 All supplies, inspirations and some snacks will be provided. Find us in Harrison Library this Wednesday 12:30-2:00 ✍
A graphic with some painted suns at the top and the text: Creative Collective; Harrison Library: Wednesday 30th Sept 12:30-14:00; Thursday 15th October 12:30-14:00; A relaxed and inclusive space for staff and students to use their creativity. Supplies, inspiration and snacks provided.
September 28, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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Come and meet us at the International Fair! Happening all afternoon in the courtyard at City Campus, we from the library are set up with books, free zines, and friendly faces to help you learn about the Black Country. Connect with your new local community by popping by and saying hi 👋
Three people with their backs to the camera bent over a table of books A close up of a box filled with zines labelled Free Zines with an added note that says Made in the Black Country. Next to it are fliers for Creative Collective and a pile of Zine related badges A table under an awning, where the table is covered in a large selection of books and on the awning is a poster saying Black Country with bunting of photos of famous Black Country People
September 23, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Our latest #ExploringLibraryResources blog post is up, and we are starting a new academic year with a deep-dive into Artists Now - a super useful membership website for all artists and creative industry students. Check out the blog post now to see why: www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/resource...
A graphic with a screenshot of Artists Now webpage showing headings and a photo of a woman creating art. Underneath is the text: "Database Deepdive: Artists Now New Exploring library resources blog post" and a QR code
September 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Want to learn more about the library? In addition to our library tours, we are doing a Zine Room Drop-In today from 2pm-4pm. Come and meet our librarians who have been building our zine collection! Find the zine room on the ground floor of Harrison Library at city campus. #zinescene_wlv #welcomeweek
A collage of paper and clippings with a photo of the Zine Room at the library and the caption Zine Room Drop-in A collage of paper and clippings with the text Today, 2-4pm. Come and visit the zine room and learn about the collection direct from our Librarians.
September 17, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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Today marks the first day of Bisexuality Awareness week 🩷💜🩵 Head to Harrison to check out our mini display of books on bisexuality, by bisexual authors, with bisexual main characters, and about bisexual artists.
September 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Come meet the Library at the Welcome Fair on city campus today! We'll be there all day with friendly faces, free zines, and a selection of books, journals, and freebies to answer all your questions about the University Library. We look forward to meeting you all! #welcomeweek #unilibrary #wlvuni
Photo of a table with books, journals, notepads, pens, a box of Free Zines and a banner behind with University Library on it. 2 friendly and helpful looking people man the table.
September 15, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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We're doing tours of the Library all week! Come to Harrison Library at 11am or 2pm to join #welcomeweek #unilibrary #wlvuni
Photo of a white board with colourful paper spheres on. The text on the whiteboard says " Welcome to the Library. If you would like a tour wait here at 11am or 2pm and a member of staff will show you around (smiley face)"
September 15, 2026 at 8:56 AM
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We're so excited to welcome students this Welcome Week! We'll be at both Welcome Fairs this week, tomorrow at City Campus and Wednesday at Walsall Campus. Come and say Hi!
A photo of 3 smiling friendly people at a table of books with the University Library as a banner in the background A photo of 2 smiling friendly people at a table of books with the University Library as a banner in the background
September 14, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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We have purchased two new Taylor and Francis E-book Collections over the summer. We have the AI Ethics Collection and the Gaming and Animation Collection with over a hundred titles in each. Have a search of our library catalogue for these topics today!
A graphic with a blue background and the text: New Taylor and Francis Group Digital Book Collections A graphic with a blue background with the text: Ai Ethics Collection, including such titles as: Ai for death and dying / Maggi Savin-Baden, Deepfakes: creation, detection, and impact / edited by Loveleen Gaur, Transcending imagination: artificial intelligence and the future of creativity / Alexander Manu, and many more. Graphic with blue background and the text: Gaming and Animation Collection, including such titles as: Architecture and videogames: intersecting worlds / edited by Vincent Hui, Ryan Scavnicky and Tatiana Estrina, Exploring eSports: players, fans and the esports industry, Writing for games: Theory and practice / Hannah Nicklin, And many more
September 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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New Book Alert 📢We have this glorious art book Kahlo: The Bigger Picture by Ines Boittiaux. Not only is this a bright and detailed work on Frida Kahlo, it includes 6 foldouts to replicate her art as magnificently as possible.
A book called Kahlo with a portrait of Frida Kahlo on the cover, stood on a table with plants in the background. A fold out painted fruit with close ups on parts of the painting on the foldouts. A fold out painting of Kahlo with an industrial background with close ups on parts of the painting on the foldouts. A foldout of a painting of Frida Kahlo wearing a thorn necklace
September 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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We've been so excited about Professor Mark O'Shea winning the prestigious Dartmouth Award for his Book of Frogs 🐸 that we've put together a display of his works in the vitrine 🐍 Head to the second floor of Harrison to check it out!
The vitrine display with a selection of Mark O'Shea's books on Lizards, Frogs, and Snakes with images of snakes and frogs scattered among the books. A close up of the vitrine display with a selection of Mark O'Shea's books on Lizards, Frogs, and Snakes with images of snakes and frogs scattered among the books and an info sheet on Mark and his award. A close up of the vitrine display with a selection of Mark O'Shea's books on Lizards, Frogs, and Snakes with images of snakes and frogs scattered among the books. A close up of the vitrine display with a selection of Mark O'Shea's books on Lizards, Frogs, and Snakes with images of snakes and frogs scattered among the books.
September 4, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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Racecar Engineering has parked itself at Harrison Library 🏎️ The latest issue of the journal is now available on Spinners on the ground floor at Harrison, with the back issues on the third floor with the rest of the journals.
A close up photo of the spinner at Harrison with Racecar Engineering on and a label showing the classmark 629.22805
September 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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Our staff are excited to welcome our new and returning education students at Walsall Campus this week. Head to the library to chat to our staff about using the library and check out our displays on student skills and teaching specific resources like our Curriculum resources!
A table covered in books with a poster saying "What's new in curriculum resources". A table covered in books on university and study skills with a poster saying "A warm hello to our new students! Welcome to the Library". A friendly smiling staff member presents the sign.
September 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Come to Walsall to check out our fun selection of Art Book Bangers, from Frida Kahlo to Japanese Woodblock Prints, to The Ultimate Art Museum 🎨
A photo of a table with a number of art books open and on display with a handmade sign saying "Art Book Bangers"
September 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Our Open Research Blog has a new post out delving into the world of Preprints and how to use them for sharing your research. Follow the QR code or click the link to check it out now: www.wlv.ac.uk/lib/research...
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Photo by Jorge Alberto Vega Barrera on Unsplash
August 26, 2026 at 10:42 AM