Professional Recognition for Library teaching with the Higher Education Academy TAGS: information literacy | Library | professional development | teaching We recently celebrated the success of the latest member of the Academic Support Librarian team to gain Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, Ruth Jenkins. I caught up with colleagues …Continue reading →

AM Explorer – your primary source hub (trial access) TAGS: area studies | databases | digital skills | dissertation | e-resources | Economics | film | gender studies | history | LGBTQ+ studies | Library | Literature | online resources | political sciences | research | resources | Sociology I’m happy to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to AM Explorer, your gateway to millions of pages of primary source content. AM’s collections provide …Continue reading →

Academic writing help: Royal Literary Fund Fellow TAGS: academic writing | help and assistance | Library | research | RLFF | students Are you a student who is struggling with academic writing? Are you a staff member who knows of a student who isn’t quite getting the hang of writing at University …Continue reading →

Library Tours for Staff 2024 TAGS: information literacy | Library | resources Are you a new or exisitng staff member who would like to find out more about the University’s libraries? Join an Academic Support Librarian on a 20 to 30-minute in-person …Continue reading →

JIL Webinar: Writing about Information Literacy (report) TAGS: academic writing | critical information skills | information literacy | journal club | Library | publication As well as bringing you news and updates from the library, we like to use this blog to report on some of the Continued Professional Development activities we get up …Continue reading →

Five reasons you should use LibSmart to prep for your assignments TAGS: assignments | critical information skills | digital skills | DiscoverEd | information literacy | Library | LibSmart | online resources | research | resources Here we are midway through the first semester, and you may start to feel like you should be looking ahead to your end of semester assessments. Often students feel a …Continue reading →

Trial access: ProQuest Black Studies TAGS: black studies | databases | decolonialising | dissertation | Diversity | e-resources | history | Library | online resources | race | resources As part of Black History Month at the Library, we have trial access to ProQuest Black Studies. Developed with faculty, scholars and librarians, ProQuest Black Studies brings together award-winning content …Continue reading →

Stories To Tell: South Asian Heritage Month TAGS: Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Burma | databases | e-resources | history | India | Kashmir | Library | Nepal | online resources | Pakistan | resources | Sikkim | South Asia | South Asian Heritage Month | South Asian Studies | Sri Lanka From 18 July to 17 August it is South Asian Heritage Month, a chance to celebrate and raise the profile of British South Asian history, arts, culture and heritage. This …Continue reading →

Library summer opening and changes to service TAGS: Library | Main Library | news | opening hours | resources | Site Libraries Although this blog mainly focuses on the work of the ASL team (who are library focused but often work remotely) we realise that many readers may associate this blog with …Continue reading →

Critical Approaches to Libraries (CALC) 2023 TAGS: antiracism | conference | critical information skills | Diversity | information literacy | Library | online resources I attended the CALC Conference on 24th and 25th May and can thoroughly recommend this annual event to other professionals interested in critical librarianship. The gathering was welcoming and introduced …Continue reading →