Kate Snaith
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Evolving Open Access policy developments in the UK – a podcast with Julie Baldwin
October 29, 2021
For the final blogpost in our International Open Access week series, we are proud to showcase one of University of Nottingham Libraries Open Access advocates – Research Librarian, Julie Baldwin (Julie Baldwin (0000-0003-4643-9708) (orcid.org)). Julie is interviewed on the University of Derby’s RLT Open Knowledge podcast today, discussing recent developments in open access policy in …
Open Monographs – An interview with Dr Anna Willi
October 27, 2021
In our third International Open Access Week post we are talking to Dr Anna Willi about her experience of publishing an open access monograph. Dr Anna Willi is a Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Dr Willi’s current research with the ERC-project LatinNow (grant no. 715626) explores …
Open coding environments: student projects and beyond
October 26, 2021
In today’s International Open Access Week blog post we are talking to members of our research community about open coding environments and open notebooks in teaching and research practice. Dr James Sharp is an Associate Professor of Soft Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Nottingham. In this blog post, James shares the motivations for …
Open Software and Preprints – an interview with Professor Chris Denning
October 25, 2021
Welcome to International Open Access Week 2021! Join us on Library Matters throughout the week as we share daily insights into the wonderful world of open access. Our first blog is an interview with Professor Chris Denning. Chris Denning (ORCiD: 0000-0003-0802-8617) (orcid.org) is a Professor in Stem Cell Biology. He leads the University’s Research Priority Areas …
Are you Studying Effectively?
February 11, 2019
Do you have an assignment deadline approaching and need a refresher on making the best use of the library and its resources? Are you struggling to find information? Are you unsure if information you’ve found is good enough to use? Do you need help with referencing? Th University’s Studying Effectively website has a collection of …
Summer Reads 2018
July 18, 2018
Summer is in full swing and maybe you are struggling to find a good read… Fret not! Library staff have selected some of their favourites (all available in the UoN Libraries – you can find these and many more using our resource discovery tool NUsearch) for your delectation. Carol Hollier, Teaching & Learning Support Team One …
Five minutes with… Ben Veasey
December 6, 2017
Name? Ben Veasey Job title? Senior Research Librarian – Research Data Management for Libraries, Research and Learning Resources So, what does that mean? It just means that I am responsible for developing and delivering a research data management service in partnership with our brilliant colleagues in the Digital Research Team and Information Systems (IS). Sounds …
NOOC winter study stress!
December 13, 2016
It’s that time of year again, with deadlines and exams looming, so now is a good time to remind everyone about our Nottingham Open Online Courses (NOOCs), which you can access and sign up for through Moodle. Our NOOCs are comprised of different activities and materials which explore library and study skills to support your …
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so”, but not “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” Reading Groups!
December 2, 2016
As part of this year’s Nottingham Reading Programme the university has chosen Douglas Adams’ classic “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. All first year students were given the opportunity to pick up a special UoN edition. We are running a series of Reading Groups until Thursday 8th December in libraries. It’s an opportunity to get involved with …
Five minutes with… Elizabeth Newall
July 26, 2016
Name? Elizabeth Newall Job title? Senior Librarian, Teaching & Learning Support So, what does that mean? I manage a team of 4 librarians who teach students information and digital literacy skills. We work with academic departments and schools to provide different types of information skills teaching at different points in the curriculum when students need …
