ISSN 1745-5790
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Editorial: Playing a positive role in enhancing teaching and learning: How do libraries demonstrate their own excellence?
Steve Rose, Birmingham City University
Library as third place: A strategic framework
Diane Bruxvoort, University of Aberdeen
Study Happy: Library wellbeing initiatives from the University of Warwick
Antony Brewerton and Becky Woolley, University of Warwick
Meeting the needs of parents and carers within library services
Responding to student voices at the University of East London
David Clover, University of East London
Developing a teaching and learning programme for librarians at UAL Library Services
Elizabeth Staddon and Leo Appleton, University of the Arts, London
Personal learning networks
Collective intelligence and knowledge communities in the digital age
Donald Maclean, University of the Highlands and Islands
Embedding information literacy through critical skills, collaboration and a new curriculum
Lorna Dodd, Maynooth University
Developing a new co-ordinated approach to information literacy at the University of Chester
Jon Hardisty, Charlotte Gleeson, Paul Verlander, University of Chester
Evolving pedagogical practice at Middlesex University
The state of our art
J. Adam Edwards, Middlesex University
Is it possible to teach and learn collaborative skills while still having fun?
Using an on-campus scavenger hunt to answer the question
Jane Burns, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & University College Dublin
Gateway to higher education
A supportive induction for mature students returning to study
Carina Buckley, Southampton Solent University
Transforming student learning through ResourceLists@Bham
Ann-Marie James, Polly Harper, University of Birmingham
Development of an Academic Integrity LibGuide
Experiences at University College Dublin
Jenny Collery, Nessa Collinge, and
Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh, University College Dublin Library
The university archive as teaching resource
From Corporate Service to Curriculum Support
Anna McNally, University of Westminster
Embedding unique and distinctive collections into the curriculum
Experiences at Maynooth University Library
Barbara McCormack, Maynooth University Library
Understanding and managing rare books
A module on rare books librarianship taught through the Centre for Archive and Information Studies (CAIS) at Dundee University
Anette Hagan, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Supporting teaching in the Henry Grunfeld Library
Gerry Power, The London Institute of Banking & Finance
Innovation in libraries
Report from the Business Librarian Association annual conference
Robert Elves, Kingston University and BLA Marketing and Communications Officer
Book Review: Teaching Information Literacy Reframed:
Reviewed by Lucy Langley-Palmer, University of Bristol Library