Brynmor Jones Library
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Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
at the University of Hull
University of Hull
The University of Hull, known informally as Hull University, is an English university, founded in 1927, located in Hull, a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire...
. In 1967 it was named after Sir Brynmor Jones who initiated research in the field of Liquid Crystals (LCD) at Hull and became Head of the Department of Chemistry in the 1930s. He was the Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1956 to 1972.
The building consists of two main sections, the older Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
style entrance and front section which is five floors high (originally three which were later subdivided) and the newer extension, completed in 1969, which consists of 8 floors plus a basement. The new section has views over the Humber
Humber
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal River Ouse and the tidal River Trent. From here to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between the East Riding of Yorkshire on the north bank...
with three lifts for student use and a fourth lift for staff.
It contains books and reference materials mainly for use by students at the university. There are also a large number of open access computers within the library which are connected to the University network.
A swipe card is required for access and to take out books.
Poet Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL is widely regarded as one of the great English poets of the latter half of the twentieth century...
served as Librarian here for thirty years from 1955 until his death in 1985.