Katherine Beers
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5 reasons to visit the Manuscripts and Special Collections reading rooms
March 14, 2017
The Manuscripts and Special collections reading rooms at King’s Meadow Campus are the hidden gem among the University of Nottingham libraries. Just a short hopper bus ride away from University Park and Jubilee Campus, they are a haven of quiet and scholarly study. Last summer they were completely refurbished to celebrate their 10 year anniversary of being …
Library Christmas Cheer with the #singinglibrarian
December 15, 2016
Back by popular demand, and in case you missed our Singing Librarian last year, here she is again. Happy Christmas one and all! We have so many wonderful festive musical treats in our library collections at the Denis Arnold Music Library , ranging from the heavy duty vocal score Gloria in excelsis Deo (Cantata) for Soprano,Tenor-Solo and …
We love this project – Words for Walls
December 7, 2016
You may have heard about the Words for Walls project already because it’s been running since May 2016, and was officially launched as part of the Festival of Literature at the Nottingham Five Leaves Bookshop. We have fallen a bit in love with this project at Library Matters, and have been promoting via Twitter @UoNLibraries …
5 minutes with… Robert Pearce, Conservator for Manuscripts and Special Collections
August 3, 2016
Welcome to the latest in our series of Blog posts ‘5 minutes with …’, that introduce staff who work in LRLR at the University of Nottingham. We are a large department of around 250 staff based across all campuses and doing a wide variety of jobs relating to libraries, collections, teaching and learning, and research …
Happy Birthday to us!
July 15, 2016
We cannot believe Library Matters has been here over a year! Our first Blog post ‘Five reasons why you should read Library Matters’ went live on 8 June 2015 and since then we published 85 posts, covering all manner of library topics from singing librarians via student engagement to the glamour of the Oscars. This Blog …
Vice-Chancellor’s Medal winner for library development
April 5, 2016
We don’t often make time to step back and celebrate our successes. The Vice-Chancellor’s Medal encourages us to do just that and indeed to think broadly about achievements. It is an annual award for exceptional achievement by staff or students. Any current member of staff or student at any of the University’s campuses in China, …
Open Access – new mediated deposit service
February 9, 2016
Libraries, Research and Learning Resources have launched a new mediated deposit service, making it quicker and easier for researchers to store their publications in our ePrints repository. Following the implementation of HEFCE requirements on 1 April, researchers will need to have their articles available through Open Access within three months of acceptance to be eligible for the next …
Welcome to your libraries PGRs
November 25, 2015
A very warm welcome to all our PGRs from the University of Nottingham libraries. The library service is here to help you to do well in your research, this blog post will highlight some of the useful services and resources to support your research needs. The library website, Twitter and Blog the library’s website contains up-to-date …
BrowZine, a new journal browsing service
November 24, 2015
From this week, BrowZine is available for you to browse and read journals quickly and easily, helping you to stay current with your favourite titles and across subject areas. You can find out more from the “NUSearch features”on NUSearch, and take a look at “Be Inspired with BrowZine”. You’ll find it particularly useful to read …
Library Customer Survey 23 November to 7 December 2015
November 23, 2015
Our annual library customer survey will run from 23 November – 7 December 2015 and we would really like to hear from you. With over 2.2 million visits to our 8 libraries every year we know we are popular but without your feedback we cannot improve our service, or make your experience better. Our survey …
