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Professional development and reflections from a medical librarian

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The librarian will see you now: bookable literature search clinics

After a pilot last academic year, we’ve decided to roll out bookable literature search clinics for students in medicine & … More

Academic libraries, 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

Information Literacy, literature review guidance, study skills, training

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

Academic libraries, careers, Information Literacy, reflection, Teaching

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

distance learning, Information Literacy, online learners, reflection

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

health research, Information Literacy, nurse revalidation, reflection

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

cpd, Information Literacy, LILAC14

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

Information Literacy, presentations, reflection

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

Information Literacy, reflection, Teaching

Learning to Teach

… and teaching to learn? Ooh, deep. As many of you may know, I have recently started a new job … More

careers, Information Literacy, Teaching

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

Information Literacy, Library School


A blog about my professional development and activities as a healthcare librarian. See more about my background on the About Me page.

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