You ordered books for the Santa’s list, and they arrived in time for the holiday season!! A very diverse set of requests on the Wishlist, which will contribute greatly to enriching the thematic diversity of our collection. From more generic themes such as literature and art history, to very specific and highly specific topics such...Read More
“The final lesson” of Professor Jorge Braga de Macedo took place on May 25, at the rectorate, in a session that marks the highest point of an academic career, of a personality whose name went far beyond the university, with a fundamental role in Portuguese society in the economic and political space. A “Renaissance economist”...Read More
The 23rd April is World Book and Copyright Day In the Teresa e Alexandre Soares dos Santos Library we are concerned with building a collection that allows our users, students, faculty and staff, to go a little beyond the “must read”. Reading for pleasure and not for obligation is essential to improve our literacy rates...Read More
The Financial Times Business Books is an annual award, announced by the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company, with the aim of rewarding “the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues, including management, finance and economics”. The 2021 award-winning book is “This is how they tell me the world ends : the cyberweapons...Read More
In recent years, the library has focused on acquiring digital resources that allow its users to access information more immediately and remotely, with all the benefits of this process. 2021 was a year of limited access to physical spaces, where this investment policy in digital information was an undeniable asset. The pandemic has accelerated the...Read More
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft is a philanthropist, innovator, entrepreneur, businessman and one of the most influential personalities of our times. Smartphones, streaming video, home banking and even a pandemic with devastating effects were some of the predictions of the American billionaire, which classifies him as a visionary mind whose opinion deserves to be followed....Read More
No filter: the inside story of how Instagram transformed business, celebrity and our culture Sarah Frier Deaths of despair and the future of capitalism Anne Case, Angus Deaton No rules rules: Netflix and the culture of reinvention Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer Reimagining capitalism: how business can save...Read More
