Outputs (61)

The inclusive library: An investigation into provision for students with dyslexia within a sample group of academic libraries in England and Wales (2013)
Journal Article

The aim of this research was to investigate how the term inclusion can be applied to the support of dyslexic students within higher education in England and Wales. It explored the additional support services offered to dyslexic students by academic l... Read More about The inclusive library: An investigation into provision for students with dyslexia within a sample group of academic libraries in England and Wales.

The echoing greens: The neo-romanticism of earth first! and reclaim the streets in the U.K. (2013)
Journal Article

Influenced by American naturalist William Bartram, Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge provided much of the literary heritage for American Transcendentalists, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and succeeding nature appreciators Henry David Thoreau and W... Read More about The echoing greens: The neo-romanticism of earth first! and reclaim the streets in the U.K..

Library readiness for research data management (2013)
Journal Article

The paper describes work undertaken at UWE Bristol as part of a JISC funded project on research data management. The focus is on why librarians are so actively involved in research data management, the skills that they bring, and the development of a... Read More about Library readiness for research data management.

Repository metadata for diverse collections (2012)
Journal Article

This article looks at the range of metadata standards that are used in multi-disciplinary institutional repositories. Using the UWE Research Repository as an example repository, the Dublin Core and DCMI metadata schemas are discussed, along with othe... Read More about Repository metadata for diverse collections.

Audit of walk-in access for members of the public to online resources at higher education and further education libraries in the South West of England (2012)
Report

This SWRLS-funded project aims to analyse and evaluate the extent to which Higher Education (HE) and Further Education (FE) libraries across the South West region of the United Kingdom provide walk-in access to electronic resources.
The information... Read More about Audit of walk-in access for members of the public to online resources at higher education and further education libraries in the South West of England.

The study and information needs of researchers at the University of the West of England (2011)
Report

To support the University’s research aspirations, UWE Library Services investigated the particular information needs of the University’s research community. Funding from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences (HLS) enabled Library staff to conduct a... Read More about The study and information needs of researchers at the University of the West of England.

Student perceptions of staff in the Information Commons: A survey at the University of Sheffield (2011)
Journal Article

Purpose: Technology has transformed teaching and learning environments in tertiary education, introducing new collaborative library spaces and developing the roles and skills of library staff. Academic libraries need continually to re-examine their s... Read More about Student perceptions of staff in the Information Commons: A survey at the University of Sheffield.

Establishing dialogues between new and experienced LIS professionals (2011)
Journal Article

A survey of experienced LIS professionals was carried out in order to discover some of their perceptions of new LIS professionals. The results demonstrate the need for new professionals to establish dialogues with their experienced colleagues, and so... Read More about Establishing dialogues between new and experienced LIS professionals.

Developing work-based learning for library and information science (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to disseminate information about the development of a work-based learning (WBL) honours degree top-up in Library and Information Sciences (LIS), focusing on the motivation for this development. Design/methodology... Read More about Developing work-based learning for library and information science.

Practitioner involvement in teaching LIS at UWE (2010)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper aims to review the practitioner-based teaching model for the MSc in Information and Library Management (ILM) at the University of the West of England (UWE). With input from students, practitioners and academics it considers the ad... Read More about Practitioner involvement in teaching LIS at UWE.