Lib Fest

Liberating the Library through a year long festival of events in the Information Commons and Western Bank Library.

The libfest logo, of a red and orange hand in magazine style, around the cuttout letters spelling "libfest"

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Liberating the Library through a year long festival of events in the Information Commons and Western Bank Library by:

  • Celebrating the liberation priorities of our students
  • Including previously missing voices in our university libraries
  • Promoting collaborative working , co-creation and interdisciplinary dialogue
  • Enhancing access to digital creativity 

Lib Fest is a University Library and Students’ Union partnership.

Creative workshops


Digital Commons

Reading Groups

Sheffield University Book Society logo

Exhibitions

Three students stand by the exhibition space in the Information Commons, with plants in the foreground

IC Exhibition Space

Decolonise your information searching

a shelf of the exhibition space in the IC

Research skills workshops @IC

Liberating the Archives

Women in the archives

Liberating the Archives

Reading for Diversity Leganto reading list

Curated Collections

Have a look at the to discover books from diverse and often underrepresented voices and perspectives. You can send us your own requests for books on the .

Black history

Celebrating Black History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
Disabilty history

Celebrating Disability History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
LGBT+ history

Celebrating LGBT+ History

  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
Women's history

Celebrating Women’s History

  • - a collaboration with the University's Special Collections and Archives and the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with the Students’ Union Liberation Officers
  • - a collaboration with BookSoc
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