After a pilot last academic year, we’ve decided to roll out bookable literature search clinics for students in medicine & … More
Tag: Information Literacy
Designing a guide to study resources for medical students entering a dissertation project
The undergraduate Medicine degree at the University of Edinburgh is six years long, and includes an ‘intercalated’ year where students … More
Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye – reflection on 12 months
“Whit’s fur ye’ll no go by ye!” – A Scots expression meaning “’What’s for you will not go by you’, … More
Information literacy for online distance learners
One of the Masters programmes I support is entirely online, with students joining from all over the globe. This particular … More
Designing and delivering reflective reading groups
When you’ve put a lot of work into something, it’s sometimes hard to accept when it’s not the runaway success … More
Reflections on the LILAC conference
“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit … More
The library for teacher & researcher development – with an international spin
I was really pleased to be asked by two of our academics in the Education department to present workshops for … More
A Librarian who Lectures
Yesterday I delivered a lecture to 200 students. It was kind of terrifying, but also completely new to me and … More
Learning to Teach
… and teaching to learn? Ooh, deep. As many of you may know, I have recently started a new job … More
Information Literacy in my Future Career
As part of my ‘Information Resources and Information Literacy’ module, we were asked to produce group posters on how information … More