SCONUL Focus - Number 45, 2009
ISSN 1745-5790 (online)
ISSN 1745-5782 (print)
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| Pages | Articles |
| 1 | Contents PDF | RTF |
| 3 | The Subject Librarian issue PDF | RTF |
| 4 | It's all up for grabs: developing a new role for the acadeic liaison team at NTU Clifford Neal, Heather Parsonage, Heather Shaw PDF | RTF |
| 8 | Academic Support at Leeds Metropolitan Library Kirsty Carver, Lindsay Joyce, Fiona Middleton, Alison Park, Sue Smith PDF | RTF |
| 12 | Changing times: the changing role of assistant librarians in DIT's Aungier St library Alison Kavanagh PDF | RTF |
| 15 | S.O.S - Supporting Other Students: the role of student library ambassadors at Southampton Solent University Graeme Barber PDF | RTF |
| 20 | The evolving information professional: the changing role of the Open University subject librarian Katharine Reedy, Duncan Belk PDF | RTF |
| 24 | The changing nature of subject liaison at St Mary's University College, Twickenham Jonathan Lucas, Frank Quick PDF | RTF |
| 27 | Reflecting roles: being a successful subject liaison librarian in a changing environment Christopher Cipkin, David Stacey PDF | RTF |
| 31 | Whilst we are on the subject: experiences and reflections of a medical subject librarian Nancy Graham PDF | RTF |
| 34 | Academic liaison librarians - where do we stand? Alice Crawford PDF | RTF |
| 37 | Changing roles for changing times: experience from the LJMU off-campus team Cath Marlowe, Rosie Diver PDF | RTF |
| 41 | Departure from the library desk! One undergraduate programme's story of its subject librarian's evolving role Suzanne Gibson, Julie Luxton PDF | RTF |
| 45 | UCL subject librarians get WISE in Moodle Angela Jefkins PDF | RTF |
| 48 | Delivering academic support at the University of Sussex Library Emma Walton, Jane Harvell PDF | RTF |
| 50 | Research support at the University of Glasgow library Susan Ashworth PDF | RTF |
| 52 | How I became a 'liaison' librarian Mark Tynan PDF | RTF |
| 55 | A week in the life of a subject librarian - with a difference! Helen Riley PDF | RTF |
| 58 | All that David Copperfield kind of c**p Pat Noon PDF | RTF |
| 64 | From Saturday assistant to Chartered Librarian: a case study in career development Pam Young PDF | RTF |
| 66 | The academic writing toolkit: writing for professional and peer-reviewed journals Helen Fallon PDF | RTF |
| 72 | Peer observation and information skills teaching: feel the fear and do it anyway! Sarah Castle PDF | RTF |
| 76 | Managing, marketing, maximising: creating an information resources development policy to further academic-library relations Valerie Kendlin PDF | RTF |
| 78 | Hidden treasures revealed at Liverpool John Moores University Valerie Stevenson PDF | RTF |
| 81 | Exploiting special collections: using digital methods to enhance their research and learning potential Stella Butler PDF | RTF |
| 86 | Obtaining accessible alternative-format materials for print-impaired students Aly Peacock, Paul Conway, Lois Burt, Chris Beevers, Audrey Cobb PDF | RTF |
| 90 | Make the numbers count: improving students' learning experiences Jan Conway, Tania Olsson, Nick Veale PDF | RTF |
| 94 | Using survey and usage statistics to improve libraries Phil Sykes PDF | RTF |
| 100 | 'LIS - serious about research': focus groups with research staff at Swansea University Katrina Dalziel, Rachael Whitfield PDF | RTF |
| 104 | A good year for the RIN Sarah Gentleman PDF | RTF |
| 108 | NoWAL's fifth - a symphony of success Peter M. Wynne PDF | RTF |
| 113 | Building on collaboration: the WHELF e-book deal Jeremy Atkinson, Paul Riley PDF | RTF |
| 117 | Set your library staff free with RFID: a case study from Cardiff University Linda Davies, Lindsay Roberts PDF | RTF |
| 122 | Beyond DECs Chris Moon PDF | RTF |
| 125 | Library services for all ages, all abilities, and all levels - welcome to Buxton! Maria Carnegie PDF | RTF |
| 128 | SCONUL working group on information literacy Alison Mackenzie PDF | RTF |
| 130 | CILIP/SCONUL Health Strategy Group Kath O'Donovan PDF | RTF |
| 131 | RLUK/SCONUL digest of scholarly communication news Frederick J. Friend PDF | RTF |
| 137 | Building for the Future David Perrow PDF | RTF |
| 139 | 'Designing Libraries' - progress report on 2008 Alan J. Clark PDF | RTF |
| 142 | Adding value to the SCONUL Performance Portal Tracey Stanley PDF | RTF |
| 144 | The National Student Survey: pain or gain? Tracey Stanley PDF | RTF |
| 148 | SCONUL Canadian study tour 27 September - 11 October 2008 Maxine Melling PDF | RTF |
| 155 | New opportunities for startegic engagement Antony Brewerton PDF | RTF |
| 158 | NoWAL conference, 'Up close and personal: our changing roles in a digital learning age' Leo Appleton PDF | RTF |
| 159 | Now that's what I call Library 2.0: The CILIP Multimedia, Information and Technology Group Conference Leo Appleton PDF | RTF |
| 160 | The Library in the twenty-first century Reviewed by Valerie Stevenson PDF | RTF |
| 161 | Reader development in practice: bringing literature to readers Reviewed by Valerie Stevenson PDF | RTF |
| 163 | New Publications PDF | RTF |
| 163 | News from member libraries PDF | RTF |
| 168 | NEEO PDF | RTF |
| 169 | Advice for authors PDF | RTF |