50 Imaginary Book Titles

  1.  How To Read, An Idiots Guide.
  2.  Does Everyone See The Same Colour?
  3.  How To Use A Projector, Does Anyone Know?
  4. Don’t Open This Book.
  5.  Total Anarchy, Library Failure.
  6.  Literally Literature Disaster, What Happens When The System Fails.
  7.  What Do Sharks Eat?
  8.  Sharks Are Pretty Cool
  9.  Why Do Sharks Eat People?
  10.  Sharks: Natural Killers
  11.  Sharks: How To Train One
  12.  Sharks: Don’t Try To Train One
  13.  What Happens When You Don’t Listen To Good Advice?
  14.  20 Minute Naps Will Ruin Your Life
  15.  5 Minutes Is A Long Time
  16.  How To Be A Successful Girl
  17.  Cats And Their Nine Lives
  18.  What Do House Cats Really Do?
  19.  Where Did Monkeys Come From?
  20.  Bengal Tiger Cats
  21.  Kittens, They Grow Up So Fast
  22.  Wine, How To Drink It
  23.  Wine, How Not To Drink It
  24.  How To Look Posh While Drinking Special Brew
  25.  Always Say ‘Yes’ To The Pub
  26. Raindance Maggie And How She Came To Be In A Red Hot Chilli Peppers Song
  27.  Want A Baby, Annie?
  28.  Is Annie Okay?
  29.  Arabella And Her Silver Swimsuit
  30.  Laura: Why She Can’t Give You Some Time.
  31.  Freeda: Why She Can’t Spare You A Dime.
  32.  Sally Bray, You Are Missed.
  33.  Polly Wants A Cracker
  34.  I Don’t Know Jane Doe
  35.  Northerners Guide To Lincoln
  36.  Up North Where Tha’s Can Get Aht If Tha’s Dunt Agree Its Gods Own
  37.  You Know You’re Northern When You Won’t Pay More Than £3 For A Pint
  38.  Sheffield, The Greatest City In The World
  39.  Face-Book
  40.  Power Couples: Kim and Kanye
  41.  Power Couples: Beyonce and Jay-Z
  42.  Power Couples: Brad and Angelina
  43.  Kanye West And Why Not East?
  44.  What Is Victorias Secret?
  45.  How To Survive: The Zombie Apocolayspe
  46.  How To Survive: A Long Car Journey
  47.  How To Survive: A Nicki Minaj Song
  48.  How To Survive: The Mobile Banking App
  49.  How To Survive: Social Interation With Idiots
  50.  How To Survive: The Midnight Mission For FoodRebecca Elizabeth Bierton

Library Discussion

Pro’s.

– Choice in education material.
– Professional system.
– Peace and quiet to work in.
– Feels easier to concentrate within the library.
– Easy access to information.
– Coffee shop.
– Computer space.
– Separate rooms to work alone in.
– Space for group work.

Con’s.

– Controlled enviroment.
– Restrictive system.
– Self service machine anxiety.
– Feeling as though your work isn’t as important as others.
– Too quiet.
– Not enough Drama books for the amount of Drama students.
– People not meeting their due date deadline.

Rebecca Elizabeth Bierton

Renaming the Library

Here are my suggestions on how the different sections of the Library should be renamed

GROUND FLOOR
• Group Study Area – Facebook & Twitter Zone
• Library Service Desk & Learning Development – HELP! (I need somebody…)
• Reservation, Dissertation & DVDs – I give up on life, area
• Staff Only – Uncharted Territory… “Here Be Monsters!”
• Stairs – The ones no one knows about
• Lift – You really ought to take the stairs
• Stairs – You wish you’d taken the lift
• Freezone – Blackwell’s… duh!
• Foyer – Welcome to the Heat! … and Costa
• Group Space – Procrastination for the world to see

FIRST FLOOR
• UL101 to 111 – Rooms to sleep in
• UL 109 – Room of requirement
• Macs – The Cool Kidz Gang Hideout
• Specialist PCS – Computers for average people
• Book Collections – I’m sure its around here somewhere
• Group Rooms – Yeah… no work gets done here

SECOND FLOOR
• Computers – Place where people with laptops steal computers spaces and be generally irritating!
• Group Rooms – AH!!! I’m floating!
• Book Collections – Here’s my book, at last… wait… that’s not my book
• The Worth Room – I’m flying Jack!

THIRD FLOOR
• Journals – Dusty…
• Oversized Books – Really, REALLY, BIG BOOKS!
• Study Carrels – Quiet, I’m having a break down!
• Group Rooms – Shhhhhhh…
• Law Library – Library-ception
• Law journals & reports – Oh, so you think your better than me huh?!
• Local History & Historical Studies – Lincoln & the Swan
• Computers – Loud workers will be shot on site

Paul Chappel

Wrapping The Reichstag

Viewing Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrapping of the Reichstag made me think about the relationship between the physical structure of a building and its intended purpose/its reputation. The Reichstag is no longer solely memorable for being the centre of government, but also for being the site of a world famous artistic project. It reminds me of the relationship between the library’s original and renovated physical structure, and its history as both a warehouse and a university library.

Josh Curran