ISSN 1745-5790 (online)
ISSN 1745-5782 (print)
The list of contents for SCONUL Focus 49 can be found below. Each article is in PDF format.
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E-book readers: what are librarians to make of them?
Karl Drinkwater
The first six tools for practical Library 2.0
Paul Stainthorp
Use of social media in the member libraries of the Business Librarians Association
Emma Cragg
LENUS – providing a platform for Irish health research
Gethin White
No audition required!
Daren Mansfield
A typical morning for the information support desk in the University of Liverpool’s Sydney Jones library
Sandra Brunnen
From fairytales to real-life stories: sharing experiences at the library information desk
Nora Hegarty
Library qualifications – the work-based learner approach
Julie Smith
The true value of volunteering
Jane Hindle
International networking and staff development EU-style: Cardiff University’s library service and the Erasmus staff mobility scheme
Sonja Haerkoenen
How to bid for funding
David Young
Postcards from the (research) edge: staying in touch with students throughout their PhD travels
Michelle Blake, Nicola Wright
‘IS for you week’ at the University of Brighton
Alison Minns
World Book Day 2010: an event to treasure?
Joe Kendal
Measuring up: the experience of LibQUAL+™ at ITT Dublin library
Philip Russell
Is the library collection fit for purpose? Collection analysis at the University of Lincoln
Philippa Dyson
Rare books collection finds new home at Cardiff University Library
Janet Peters
Playing the long game: reclassifying UEA library
Nicholas Lewis
Self-service reservations: a review of a pilot at Anglia Ruskin University
Norman Boyd, Sarah Allen
Living through super-convergence: creating library and student support at Liverpool John Moores University
Leo Appleton
Explaining abstract concepts with concrete examples – entity registry and research activity data
Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin
A day in the life of Gillian Anderson, UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands) Librarian
Gillian Anderson
SCONUL Study Tour to Denmark and Sweden May 2009
Compiled by Geoff Gilbert
RLUK/SCONUL digest of scholarly communication news
Frederick J. Friend
‘Subject repositories: European collaboration in the international context’ – a conference organised by the Nereus Consortium
Conference reviewed by Antony Brewerton,
Book review: Bite-sized marketing: realistic solutions for the overworked librarian
Reviewed by: Antony Brewerton,