Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Sources for Courses: Media and the Memory in Wales




Aberystwyth University has partnered with Culturenet Cymru and the BBC to produce a website dedicated to showcasing the historical effects of media in Wales.

Media and the Memory in Wales, as listed in Databases A-Z in Primo, is a useful resource particularly for students of Welsh and Welsh History. The website provides a database recording the depictions of significant moments of political and cultural history in Welsh Media, focusing specifically on the personal recollections of people from different areas of Wales. These recollections are organised as they pertain to different geographical regions and particular historical events.



Thursday, 6 September 2012

Meet Your Academic Services Librarian #8

This year we will do a series of posts introducing you to the members of the Academic Services Team. This time it is the librarian for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS); Geography and Earth Sciences; and Sport and Exercise Science.

Steve Smith
Faculty Lead for Science and Library Research Support Coordinator

My name is Steve Smith.  I joined AU Information Services in April 2008 following the university’s merger with the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, having been the IGER Institute Librarian on the Gogerddan campus since August 2000.  I now have general responsibility for coordinating IS support for sciences within the IS Academic Services Group, liaising directly with IBERS, IGES and Sport & Exercise Science.   Additionally, I coordinate support to postgraduates and research staff across al departments.  Following a period as Site Librarian at Thomas Parry Library on the Llanbadarn Campus from August 2010, I will be based at the Hugh Owen Library from August 2012 onwards.

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Meet Your Academic Services Librarian

This year we will do a series of posts introducing you to the members of the Academic Services Team. This time it is the Graduate Trainee in Information Services.

Kieran Smith

Hello, I’m Kieran and I am the one and only Graduate Trainee in Information Services during the academic year 2012-2013, following in the footsteps of my predecessors Adam Murlewski and Patrick Glaister.

In the summer of 2011, I graduated from Aberystwyth with a degree in English Literature. Prior to this, I worked at the University as a note-taker, and had also worked in a public library for a few years.

I decided to apply for the role of a graduate trainee in the hope of gaining valuable experience. My role here is widely varied and involves working in four teams including Academic Services. As a trainee, I am learning how Academic Services works alongside these other teams in order to produce a coherent library and information service.