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The Barr Smith Library

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 8 8313 5759

Address: The University of Adelaide 5005 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library

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25.01.2022 Make sure you are looking after yourself in the lead up to Exams. You can check out all the upcoming events, news and helpful tips right here https://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/wellbeing/

24.01.2022 There's still time to register for 2020's last Library Bites for Teaching webinar! Tuesday 1 December's session will feature tips on finding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander materials and resources to use in your teaching: http://ow.ly/9div50Cw66L

23.01.2022 Week #2 on the Green is looking pretty bloody good . . . Wed 11/11 : Hey Harriett solo + Jurassic Park (on the big screen under the stars) - FREE Thu 12/11 : To...m Barrowcliff Quartet + Siberian Tiger + Bart's Nightmare Fri 13/11 : Ah Hum (live) feat. Lazaro Ernesto Numa Pompa (Buena Vista Social Club) + DJs Sam Lavers + Heanu & Fisherman's Friend Sat 14/11 : Ashes to Ashes David Bowie Experience (tickets via eventbrite) See more

21.01.2022 All our libraries have now re-opened! Come in and snag that great study space once more. If you're needing assistance, please continue to connect with us via online chat and email: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/contact-us

16.01.2022 Travel might be off the table for a while longer, but why not take a virtual trip around the world with our Have Book, Will Travel online exhibition! Explore the journeys taken by some of the items in our Rare Books and Manuscripts collection: http://ow.ly/oufR50Ct1ew

14.01.2022 Tomorrow is #AustralianReadingHour! Don't forget to take some time out of your day to read and relax.

10.01.2022 HAPPY NAIDOC WEEK 2020 Celebrate NAIDOC week through the Reflections: Connecting to Country through Art exhibition. The Indigenous artworks in this display were selected by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and students. In these posts you can read their thoughts about the artwork. Through this exhibition the University of Adelaide Library invites everyone to participate in NAIDOC Week, an annual event celebrating the history, culture, and achievements of Abor...iginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Reflections exhibition is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday - 26 October to 4 December 2020. Where: Ira Raymond Room, Level 3, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide, Kaurna Country Admission: FREE Image credit (photo inset): Cedric Varcoe, Ngarrindjeri/Narrunga people, 1984, My Country, Ngarrindjeri Country, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 107 cm, Cedric Varcoe #naidocweek #naidoc2020

09.01.2022 This manuscript "Opus Clavicembalisticum" by composer, Kaikhosru Sorabji, was kindly donated to us by The Quaker Shop. It is #23 of only 23 copies in existence, all numbered and signed by the composer. Reputedly, this piano piece takes around four hours to perform! Make an appointment with Rare Books & Manuscripts if you would like to see it in the flesh: https://bit.ly/3k0OeCE

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04.01.2022 THEN AND NOW Although many things have changed from being a student in the 1970s to now, the Barr Smith Library Reading Room remains much the same as it was fifty years ago. Read about two student experiences of the Barr Smith Library fifty years apart: ... https://www.adelaide.edu.au//then-and-now-barr-smith-libra See more

01.01.2022 What are you currently reading? Just finished the latest by Australian author Matthew Reilly. The Two Lost Mountains is another in the Jack West Jr series. This former Australian SAS soldier has a knack for solving ancient puzzles and traps. http://ow.ly/4dDC50CubEG

01.01.2022 Exams! Hopefully you won't be as surprised as this Koala. Remember to unwind during swot vac and exams with our VirtualEscape@Library guide! http://ow.ly/qTNJ50Chjo6