SCONUL Focus - Number 53, 2012

ISSN 1745-5790 (online)
ISSN 1745-5782 (print)

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1 Contents
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3 Learning from each other
Valerie Stevenson
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4 A week in the life...
Dr Donna Carroll
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6 Planning for the future: the SCONUL annual conference 2011
Valerie Stevenson
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13 SCONUL conference: panel discussion on the impact of student fees
Valerie Stevenson
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15 Research evaluation: bibliometrics and the librarian
Jenny Delasalle
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20 'Twitter ye not?'
Emma Cragg (aka 'ekcragg'), Antony Brewerton (aka 'librarian boy')
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24 Focusing on students' discovery tool preferences
Sarah Elsegood
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28 A day in the life...
Nikki Heath
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30 Introducing problem-based learning into one-shot information literacy instruction at Waterford Institute of Technology Libraries
Alan Carbery, Nora Hegarty
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34 E-reader pilot projects at the University of Manchester
Olivia Walsby, Martin Snelling
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38 Using QR codes in the library at Leeds Metropolitan University
John Bottomley
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39 Supporting distance learning students with disabilities
Geraldine Smith
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43 Creation of an online catalogue for a special collection: the experience at WIT Libraries
Helen Hayden
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47 News from member libraries
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50 SCONUL Performance Patrol
Simon Bevan
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52 NoWAL renewed - still here, but different
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52 The Open Rose Group
Aly Peacock
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54 An Information Literacy Framework for Wales is launched
Joy Head
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55 Geoffrey Ford, 1942 - 2011
Cathryn Gallacher, Mike Heery
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57 Future ready: the Special Libraries Association's Annual Conference 2011
Reviewed by Natalia Madjarevic
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59 Effective practices: enhancing learning, teaching and student success
Reviewed by Andrew Flemming
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61 Advice for authors
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