All Outputs (61)

The echoing greens: The neo-romanticism of earth first! and reclaim the streets in the U.K. (2013)
Journal Article
Hunt, S. E. (2013). The echoing greens: The neo-romanticism of earth first! and reclaim the streets in the U.K. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 24(2), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2013.784526

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
Stewart, J., & Crossley, J. (2013). Library readiness for research data management. Aliss Quarterly, 8(4), 13-16

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
Clarke, A., & Lawson, A. (2012). Repository metadata for diverse collections. Catalogue and Index, 167, 16-19

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
Holmes, C., Cole, G., Collins, I., Foster, K., Boyd, D., Mackay, E., & Chelin, J. (2012). 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

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.

Student perceptions of staff in the Information Commons: A survey at the University of Sheffield (2011)
Journal Article
Bickley, R., & Corrall, S. (2011). Student perceptions of staff in the Information Commons: A survey at the University of Sheffield. Reference Services Review, 39(2), 223-243. https://doi.org/10.1108/00907321111135466

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
Bickley, R. (2011). Establishing dialogues between new and experienced LIS professionals

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.

Practitioner involvement in teaching LIS at UWE (2010)
Journal Article
Richardson, A. (2010). Practitioner involvement in teaching LIS at UWE. Aslib Proceedings, 62(6), 605-614. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011089711

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.

Developing work-based learning for library and information science (2010)
Journal Article
Chelin, J. (2010). Developing work-based learning for library and information science. Aslib Proceedings, 62(6), 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011089702

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
Sutlieff, L., & Chelin, J. (2010). 'An absolute prerequisite': The importance of user privacy and trust in maintaining academic freedom at the library. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 42(3), 163-177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000610368916

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.

Beyond Google: helping library/ information professionals work with the Google generation (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Chelin, J., & De Saulles, M. (2009, August). Beyond Google: helping library/ information professionals work with the Google generation. Paper presented at 10th annual conference of the subject centre for Information and Computer Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury

“E-books are good if there are no copies left”: a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services (2009)
Journal Article
Briddon, J., Chelin, J., Ince, G., Redman, J., Sleat, A., & Williams, E. (2009). “E-books are good if there are no copies left”: a survey of e-book usage at UWE Library Services. Library and Information Research, 33(104), 45-65

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.

The emergence of psychoecology: the new nature writings of Roger Deakin, Mark Cocker, Robert Macfarlane and Richard Mabey (2009)
Journal Article
Hunt, S. E. (2009). The emergence of psychoecology: the new nature writings of Roger Deakin, Mark Cocker, Robert Macfarlane and Richard Mabey. Green Letters / Green Letters: Studies in Ecocriticism, 10, 70-77

Friends of our captivity: nature, terror and refugia in romantic women's literature (2008)
Book Chapter
Hunt, S. E. (2008). Friends of our captivity: nature, terror and refugia in romantic women's literature. In T. G. Reus, & A. Usandizaga (Eds.), Inside Out Women negotiating, subverting, appropriating public and private space (273-296). Amsterdam: Rodopi

This essay explores the way that four Romantic women writers confronted perilous situations involving physical captivity, personal trauma and depression through engagement with the natural world. Mary Robinson and Charlotte Smith accompanied their hu... Read More about Friends of our captivity: nature, terror and refugia in romantic women's literature.

Librarianship education, employability and equality (2007)
Journal Article
Chelin, J. (2007). Librarianship education, employability and equality. Aliss Quarterly, 2(2), 9-11

Five hundred into 4 won't go - how to solve the problem of reading list expectations (2005)
Journal Article
Chelin, J., McEachran, M., & Williams, E. (2005). Five hundred into 4 won't go - how to solve the problem of reading list expectations. Sconul Focus, 49-51

GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals research and development: Document delivery in a global corporate environment (2003)
Journal Article
Delaney, E. L. (2003). GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals research and development: Document delivery in a global corporate environment. Interlending and Document Supply, 31(1), 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/02641610310460709

Since merging in December 2000, GSK's information management group has continued to build on the great efforts of both GlaxoWellcome and SmithKline Beecham in provision of document delivery and access to published information. This article describes... Read More about GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals research and development: Document delivery in a global corporate environment.

Virtual Learning Environments - overview and issues for institutional managers (2003)
Journal Article
Chelin, J. (2003). Virtual Learning Environments - overview and issues for institutional managers. Sconul Newsletter, 43-47

Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship (2001)
Journal Article
Chelin, J., & Deeming, C. (2001). Make your own luck: A study of people changing career into librarianship. New Library World, 102(1/2), 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800110365453

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.

Wandering lonely: Women's access to the English romantic countryside (2000)
Book Chapter
Hunt, S. E. (2000). Wandering lonely: Women's access to the English romantic countryside. In J. Tallmadge, & H. Harrington (Eds.), Reading Under the Sign of Nature: New Essays in Ecocriticism (51-63). Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press

Web-based user education in UK university libraries - results of a survey (2000)
Journal Article
Chelin, J., & Rhodes, H. (2000). Web-based user education in UK university libraries - results of a survey. Program, 34(1), 59-73

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.