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<\/a><\/p>\nThis week we\u2019re showing a film taken when Edinburgh University Main Library opened in 1968. There\u2019s some cool sixties haircuts, a very nice handbag and the poshest BBC-like voiceover ever. Believe it or not, not a great deal has changed. The biggest surprise is that there used to be a smoking room in the building \u2013 health and safety ??!!!<\/p>\n
The film is projecting on to the back wall, and if you have time, sit yourself down on one of\u00a0 the comfy chairs, plug yourself in and listen to the full commentary.<\/p>\n On Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, we\u2019re running two sessions of metadata games (complete with retro space invader graphics) where you\u2019ll be able to help the Library by tagging some of the images in our vast image collections.<\/p>\n Pop over to the Main Library 1st floor desk to say, \u2018hello\u2019 and find out more about the sessions we\u2019ll be running at the Pop up Library over the next two months.<\/p>\n This week’s Pop up Library schedule<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Pop up Library launched this morning on the 1st floor of the Main Library with John Scally, the Director of Library and University Collections, joining us to help some Freshers on their first day. This week we\u2019re showing a … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n