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Inspiring library partnerships: Evaluation of a unique reciprocal borrowing scheme between Higher Education and local authorities in the West of England (2014)
Report

The SWRLS Open Doors project was a partnership between LibrariesWest (led by South Gloucestershire Library Service) and UWE Bristol Library Services and funded by SWRLS (South Western Regional Library Service). The aim was to pilot a reciprocal borro... Read More about Inspiring library partnerships: Evaluation of a unique reciprocal borrowing scheme between Higher Education and local authorities in the West of England.

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.

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.

'An absolute prerequisite': The importance of user privacy and trust in maintaining academic freedom at the library (2010)
Journal Article

This research investigated the importance of user-library trust in ensuring vital freedom of inquiry in academic libraries, exploring its strength through comparison with attitudes towards the National Identity Card Scheme (NICS) within the various l... Read More about 'An absolute prerequisite': The importance of user privacy and trust in maintaining academic freedom at the library.