Wednesday 23 February 2011

The Book is dead; long live the Book.

Nineteen years ago I attended a workshop organised by the British Council in Manchester. A facilitator at the workshop predicted the death of the “book” before the turn of the next century. Two decades on and the “book” still lives, albeit wearing different cloaks, one of which is the “e-cloak”. There is no doubt that e-books, i.e. digital versions of text-based materials, have captured the imagination of our society and impacted on the relationship between library users and information service providers.

Thursday 17 February 2011

Exam Skills - 'What We Really Think'

A two part video created to support the Exam Skills event run by Information Services. Students talk about their examination experiences and study preferences.



Thursday 3 February 2011

Work smarter – study skills for students in BlackBoard


Undergraduates looking to refresh their study skills can now enrol on a non-credit bearing BlackBoard module and choose classes from the Undergraduate Study Practices programme.