Our universities are fully committed to the approach being taken by the UK’s Elsevier Negotiation Team and support the recommendation to reject the 6th proposal from Elsevier on the basis it does not yet meet the two core objectives of …

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This Teachmeet is an opportunity to showcase the range of ways in which libraries support research and to learn from one another’s experiences. We welcome contributions from both library staff and the research community, including students. The Teachmeet will take …

Aberystwyth University Library Teachmeet 2021: How Do Libraries Support Researchers? 23/11/2021 Read more »

WHELF: Welsh Higher Education Libraries Forum An Open Letter to Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales : The National Library of Wales The Welsh Government has enshrined in legislation the key principles of inclusive citizenship, wellbeing and …

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The WHELF Research group have arranged a session at Aberystwyth University looking at the use of Wikipedia/media/data in research activities: Discover how the National Library is utilising Wikipedia and its sister projects to engage with the public, to share digital …

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On Tuesday 10th September 2019, Gill Morris, WHELF Development Officer, attended the Mercian Collaboration’s 2019 Conference at the beautiful University of Nottingham: The theme of the conference was Building Bridges and opened with an introduction from Diane Job, Chair of …

Mercian Collaboration conference 2019 – Building Bridges. Read more »

The WHELF Annual Report for the academic year 2017-18 is now available. The report highlights the collective work of WHELF along with news and developments from the WHELF institutions. The report can be downloaded in English or Welsh from the …

WHELF Annual Report 2017-18 Read more »

Thank you to Beth Hall, Research Support Librarian, Bangor University for this report: 12.06.17 I attended the CONUL annual conference, May 30th and 31st, Athlone, Ireland. CONUL is a consortium of Ireland’s main research libraries. http://www.conul.ie/ Recordings of the keynote …

Report from the CONUL Conference by Beth Hall. Read more »

WHELF Research Group event Please join us to hear invited research staff describe their research lifecycle, pressure points, and support they find useful from the library service.  We also have guest speaker Dr Penny Dowdney who will share her expertise …

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