Discover our collections: Black History Month
October 11, 2024
October is Black History Month in the UK, an event that has been celebrated nationwide for more than 30 years. This year’s Black History Month theme is ‘reclaiming narratives’ – a call to action for Black communities across the UK to step into the role of storytellers, historians, and custodians of black heritage. UoN Libraries continues the work of improving …
Libraries Week 2019: Are you ready for the digital workplace?
October 6, 2019
Part of our Libraries Week 2019 blog series According to the Jisc Digital experience insights survey 2018, only 41% of UK students felt that their course prepared them for the digital workplace. In response to this, students at the University of Nottingham have been given access to the Jisc Digital Discovery Tool to self-assess their digital capabilities …
Welcome to Libraries
September 23, 2019
Welcome to University of Nottingham Libraries. Whether you’re a new or returning student, here’s some hints and tips to help you make the most of your library services. Your student essentials Not sure where to start? Pop in to any library to pick up a guide to Libraries and IT Services or visit our welcome …
5 minutes with… Tony Simmonds, Senior Research Librarian (Social Sciences)
October 24, 2016
Welcome to our series ‘5 minutes with …’, where we introduce staff working within the Libraries Research and Learning Resources at the University of Nottingham. Tony Simmonds has kindly agreed to talk to us about his role and open access at the University. Questions: Hello Tony, could you tell us more about your role? I’m …
A satisfying result – National Student Survey
September 5, 2016
The results of the latest National Student Survey (NSS) are in! Everyone within Libraries, Research and Learning Resources (LRLR) here at The UoN is chuffed to discover that student satisfaction with our libraries has increased again, for the second year running, and now stands at an all-time high. Analysis of the latest NSS results shows that satisfaction with …
University of Nottingham Library Research Week Symposium
April 11, 2016
Between 29 February and 4 March 2016, Libraries, Research and Learning Resources (LRLR) hosted Library Research Week. The highlight of the week was the first ever Library Research Week Symposium, held on Wednesday 2 March. The excellent line up of speakers included Professor Dame Jessica Corner DBE Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange, and representatives …
