All Outputs (12)

Open doors: Library cross-sector co-operation in Bristol, UK (2015)
Journal Article

© Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose - This paper outlines the aims, activities and outcomes of a project to pilot a reciprocal borrowing scheme between public and academic libraries using existing cards, i.e. public library cards in the acade... Read More about Open doors: Library cross-sector co-operation in Bristol, UK.

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.

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.

'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.

“E-books are good if there are no copies left”: a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services (2009)
Journal Article

This article outlines research carried out with students and academic staff at a large UK university library on how e-books are being used for learning, teaching and research. It was discovered that e-books are meeting many of users’ needs,especially... Read More about “E-books are good if there are no copies left”: a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services.

Librarianship education, employability and equality (2007)
Journal Article

Five hundred into 4 won't go - how to solve the problem of reading list expectations (2005)
Journal Article

Virtual Learning Environments - overview and issues for institutional managers (2003)
Journal Article

Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship (2001)
Journal Article

Studies the reasons why people have changed career in order to become members of the library profession. Focuses on the career change decision process. This includes discussion of drift versus active choice, previous career experiences, context of li... Read More about Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship.

Web-based user education in UK university libraries - results of a survey (2000)
Journal Article

A survey carried out during 1998 investigated the use of the World Wide Web for user education in 68 UK university libraries. Almost three-quarters of the libraries surveyed make use of the Web for this purpose. The Web is used as a supplement to exi... Read More about Web-based user education in UK university libraries - results of a survey.

Facilitating access to one and all: Report of a project carried out at UWE, Bristol to facilitate access to learning resources for students and staff with disabilities (1999)
Journal Article

This article is based on a research project, code named “FACE”, carried out in the Library at the University of the West of England during 1998 and 1999. It raises issues regarding accessibility of learning and teaching resources, advice and support... Read More about Facilitating access to one and all: Report of a project carried out at UWE, Bristol to facilitate access to learning resources for students and staff with disabilities.