The WHELF Research Group is running two “Open Research Cafe” events: “an ideas exchange for different stakeholders on the topic of OA publishing, Open Data, Access to Information”. These events are an excellent opportunity for HE library staff who wish…
Author: Samantha Oakley
WHELF Copyright Roadshow report
WHELF sponsored a Welsh Copyright Roadshow event in Swansea on 18th April, run by the joint chairs of the WHELF Copyright Group, Marie Lancaster and Scott Pryor. You can read a summary of the day on the UK Copyright literacy…
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Aber LibTeachMeet 2018 – How can we make the library more inclusive?
Guest post by Anna Udalowska Aberystwyth University is well known for providing one of the best student experiences in the UK and a large part of that is down to the strong sense of belonging that we foster, not only…
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Second Year Success: a library teachmeet at Swansea University
This is a guest post by Philippa Price, Subject Librarian at Swansea University Last month, Swansea University hosted a library teachmeet at its Bay Campus. The topic was ‘Second Year Success’, inspired by research which suggests that students experience a…
MarcEdit & OpenRefine Training Day
This is a guest post by Jane Daniels, Bibliographic Librarian at Cardiff Metropolitan University. On 15th March 2018 cataloguers and systems officers gathered at the National Library of Wales for an introduction to the MarcEdit and OpenRefine packages. Being able…
How can we make the library more inclusive? Aber LibTeachMeet 2018
On Wednesday, 25th April 2018 from 11:00 to 15:00 we will be hosting this year’s Aber LibTeachMeet – a fun and informal mini-conference for sharing ideas through short presentations. This year’s theme is: How can we make the library more…
New article: collaboration in challenging times
A new article has been published open access on UKSG Insights by Janet Peters, Director of Library Services and University Librarian at Cardiff University. “Shrinking horizons – or pushing boundaries?” gives “an overview of the current benefits from collaborative working…
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Second Year Success: a library teachmeet
The WHELF Learning & Teaching group are running a teachmeet at Swansea University on Wed 21st March: There is some research to suggest that students experience a dip in performance in their second year of university (sometimes called the…
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Artists’ books cataloguing day
Many thanks to Karen F. Pierce (@Darklecat) for writing this post on our recent WHELF event: On Monday 12th February a group of WHELF cataloguers and special collections staff gathered together in Cardiff to learn all about artists’ books –…
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“Collaboration and the Academic Library” Shared LMS chapter
WHELF Shared LMS Programme Manager Gareth Owen and Tracey Stanley, Deputy University Librarian at Cardiff University, have just had a chapter included in a new volume “Collaboration and the Academic Library” published by Chandos Publishing. The editor of the volume…
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