Outputs (61)

Value and Impact of Librarians' Interventions on Student Skills Development (2014)
Journal Article

The research aimed to discover the perceived impact and to identify the value of four information skills teaching interventions within the curriculum in three faculties at the University of the West of England. Faculty and library staff interviews an... Read More about Value and Impact of Librarians' Interventions on Student Skills Development.

Scenario planning for an uncertain future?: Case study of the restructuring of the Academic Services team at UWE Library (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study on the practical application of scenario planning techniques to complete a re-structuring of an academic liaison team within the Library at the University of the West of England in 2011. D... Read More about Scenario planning for an uncertain future?: Case study of the restructuring of the Academic Services team at UWE Library.

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.

UWE Research Repository annual report Sept 2012 - Aug 2013 (2013)
Other

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.

Report on the UWE Research Repository survey, June 2011 (2011)
Other

In June 2011 the UWE Research Repository team organised a survey on the views of academic staff and researchers to open access publishing and the repository. The survey was organised in collaboration with the RSP and other UK university repositories,... Read More about Report on the UWE Research Repository survey, June 2011.

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.