Over the past few months, I’ve been able to give presentations on some of the reading list and resourcing work I’ve been doing with colleagues. These give an overview of… Read More: Inclusivity, accessibility and agency in module resourcing and reading lists »
As I’ve said previously, as academic librarians, we’re continuing to work with our academic colleagues in responding to the effects of library ebook availability and pricing. This is an update… Read More: Responding to the effects of ebook availability/pricing »
Every February we create displays in the library, for the UK’s LGBT+ History Month. One is in the main foyer, showing a range of texts and other resources from members… Read More: LGBT+ History Month 2021 »
Towards the end of last term, I was involved in the revalidation of programmes in our childhood, youth and education courses. This was the first suite to go through the… Read More: Promoting open access resources in programme (re)validations »
Since lockdown hit in the UK, it has become apparent the ebook publishing landscape is a challenging one to navigate for academic libraries and their users. At York St John, the librarians wanted to work with… Read More: Lobbying for fairer ebook access »
This morning I gave a short presentation to the university’s RIPPLE group (Research Into Professional Practice in Learning and Education) alongside two colleagues from the School of Education, Language and… Read More: Amplifying marginalised voices in the curriculum »
There was another meeting with members of the university community on 26 November. The main focus for the discussion was the new IAMplify project which has been brought in by… Read More: Discussion – 26 November 2019 »
This post relates to a session I ran with the level 4 Theology (incorporating Theology, Religion, Philosophy and Ethics students) module 1RS010 this week. Two of the learning outcomes for… Read More: A breakthrough with first years »
My colleague Tom and I were recently asked to write a piece for the university’s LGBT staff network on how we approach issues of inclusion and diversity in our roles,… Read More: Diversity in information sources »
I did a webinar for OneHE about this website and the community of practice we have in information literacy at York St John University yesterday. I’ll post the link to… Read More: The research behind the community of practice »