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The UAB Humanities Library and Science and Technology Library will take part in the 18th Catalan Information and Documentation Conference, held on 4–5 June 2026 at the Faculty of Information and Audiovisual Media of the University of Barcelona.

The Humanities Library and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the UAB are organising the second session of their book presentation series with The Paintings of Sixena: A Fire That Still Burns, by Albert Velasco.

The jury of the XXV Premis Connexió, organised by the Federació Catalana d’Empreses de Telecomunicacions (FECEMINTE), has awarded the UAB’s Arxiu Sonor de Ràdio a Catalunya project in the category of Institutional Initiative. The award, presented on 19 May, acknowledges the creation of an innovative project with social impact that preserves and disseminates the radiophonic heritage of Catalonia through the cataloguing of audio fragments, openly available to users.

The Humanities Library and the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts will launch a new series on 11 May aimed at showcasing the scientific output of academic staff. The first session will focus on the book Peer Interaction in the Foreign Language Classroom, by Elisabet Pladevall-Ballester.

Discover our BiblioTips: practical tips to make better use of resources, use the search engine, know what materials you have on loan and how to locate documents easily.

Coinciding with the celebration of World Radio Day, on 13 February, the Arxiu Sonor de la Ràdio a Catalunya unveils a new design and incorporates various accessibility improvements.

New digital resource: access Aranzadi Infinita, the platform that combines the best of Aranzadi and La Ley.

New digital resource: access to the Atelier Libros Jurídicos collection.

The UAB Humanities Library, in collaboration with the Government of Catalonia’s Library Service, is launching a new Virtual Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Club. Open to everyone, the club offers a space to share readings, discussions and reflections on some of the key issues shaping our present and future.

The Library opens 2026 with an artistic twist: an exhibition by Lucas Bartolomé, a Microbiology graduate from the UAB, reminding us that art and science share far more common ground than we often realize.