Reading strategies project delivers guide “for students, by students”
August 15, 2017
The second in a series of three blogs looking at themes arising from ‘reading strategies’ projects commissioned by LRLR under the Students as Change Agents (SACA) programme. On Thursday 15 June an invited audience – including Professor Sarah O’Hara (PVC for Education and the Student Experience) and Beth Massey (outgoing Students’ Union Education Officer) – assembled at the Arts Centre, University Park, …
Helping students develop a reading strategy
August 1, 2017
The first in a series of three blogs looking at themes arising from ‘reading strategies’ projects commissioned by LRLR under the Students as Change Agents (SACA) programme. On Thursday 15 June an invited audience – including Professor Sarah O’Hara (PVC for Education and the Student Experience) and Beth Massey (outgoing Students’ Union Education Officer) – assembled at the Arts Centre, University Park, …
Get your course readings digitised – try our scanning service
July 6, 2017
Did you know that the library provides a scanning service for teaching staff? We can scan chapters and journal articles from our print collections for your reading list. It is a great way to make selected readings more accessible for your students. Why use the library scanning service? It allows you to take advantage of …
Let’s celebrate women engineers – past, present and future
June 23, 2017
Today is International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), an annual event that celebrates the contribution and achievements of women in engineering. It aims to inspire current and future generations to achieve their potential by highlighting the amazing careers women can have in engineering. The event is in its 4th year and is organised by the …
An interview with Dr Andrew Harrison, Director of the D.H. Lawrence Research Centre and biographer of D.H Lawrence
March 31, 2017
In the first of our series about writing and publishing we interviewed Dr Andrew Harrison, Director of the D.H. Lawrence Research Centre in the School of English at the University of Nottingham. Andrew has recently published a biography, The Life of D.H. Lawrence, so we were keen to find out a little bit more about how and why this …
Kanopy video streaming at Nottingham
October 13, 2016
Following a successful trial back in June, we’ve recently introduced an online video streaming service, Kanopy. The collection contains over 26,000 award-winning documentaries, training videos and feature films which can be streamed from any location on various devices. Around 850 producers contribute to this “Netflix-like” platform, including Criterion Collection, The Great Courses, Media Education Foundation, Green Planet Film, DEFA East …
Where am I #meanttobe? Why missing an A-level grade may not be the worst thing in the world
August 18, 2016
More years ago than I care to admit, I awaited my A-level results, with no doubt the same levels of anxiety as many young people this week. In my case, I missed my place at Medical School by one grade. Given that I had wanted to be a doctor since I was ten, and my …
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 …
Let us digitise your module readings
June 21, 2016
Did you know the library has a scanning service for teaching staff? We can scan chapters and journal articles from our print collections for your reading list. It is a great way to make selected readings more accessible for your students. Why use the Library Scanning Service? It allows you to take advantage of the …
Copy? … Right?
May 10, 2016
Here are some common instances when you might want to copy or reuse someone else’s work: Photocopy from a book for your studies Upload course readings to Moodle Quote or include an extract in your dissertation or thesis Include material in a lecture presentation In all these cases you need to consider copyright. Many of …
