Over the past few months, staff in information resources and our academic librarians have been working together to produce a newsletter dedicated to resources.
We wanted to share with our colleagues important information about our collections and how they are being used. We have also highlighted some of the work we have been doing around reading and reading for pleasure. There is a short interview with one of our researchers in English and History where they talk about the key resources and what is important to them in terms of research resources and help and support from Learning Services.
The back page of the newsletter is dedicated to an article written by Lisa Mclaren which is entitled ‘Forbidden resources?’ and provides a very well researched and interesting look at the role of Google Scholar (GS) and Wikipedia. Lisa looks at some of the advantages GS has over more traditional databases, and then asks the question about how can librarians address the rise in usage of GS by academics undertaking their research?
In the next resources newsletter, we might have to include a letters page based on the response we get to Lisa’s look at forbidden resources!
We hope you enjoy the newsletter and you will share with colleagues and students information about our excellent eResources and Discover More. If you would like to look more closely at how students are using your subject resources (both print and electronic), please get in touch with your Academic Liaison Librarian.
If you would like to get involved with the debate around GS or comment about strategies to embed resources, please leave us a comment.
Rachel Bury
Academic Liaison Manager – Quality, Marketing and Communication