Library research skills sessions this term
The latest research skills class run by the Library are now being advertised on MyPGR . They are open to all research students at the University of Leicester. Highlights include: This term all these sessions will run online via Teams. If you can’t make a session, there will be recordings available via Research Essentials Online […]
UKRI Open Access Policy Refresher – 9 Jan 2024
Funded by UKRI? Planning to produce a monograph, book chapter or edited collection? Join the Library Research Services team for a refresh on the latest changes to the UKRI Open Access policy for books, and to hear how Leicester authors can access the funds and advice available to them. When: Tuesday 9 Jan 2024, 12 […]
Beautiful and Artistic – Marbled Endpapers
During my time here in Archives and Special Collections I want to highlight something I have found interesting – the distinct patterns found in some rare books. Many notice the leather bindings and the gold tooling but we tend to miss the endpapers. Most of the time when we open a book, we go straight […]
Natasha Callis: My week of work experience
Guest post by Natasha Callis, work experience student. This week, I’ve been doing work experience at the University of Leicester Library. I have worked in lots of different departments have completed lots of different, small tasks related to each area of work in the library, and I have found it to be really informative. When […]
Event: Update on UKRI Open Access books policy
Join us on the 17 July for an important update on UKRI’s open access policy for academic books. Library Research Services will be explaining how to apply to UKRI’s new fund for open access academic books. This event is intended for anyone who currently holds funding from UKRI and its sub-councils (AHRC, ESRC etc.), or […]
Introducing the Library’s Inclusive Collections Group
The University is working to develop a more inclusive curriculum, to make our teaching more inclusive and more responsive to our diverse student body. It is doing this through the University of Leicester Institute for Inclusivity in Higher Education (ULIIHE) and through department and school initiatives like MedRACE. ULIIHE’s Racial Inclusivity Toolkit is full of […]
Managing your own personal digital archive
In a second post related to World Digital Preservation Day, 3 November 2022, I thought I would share the tips that our University Records Manager, David Jenkins and I (Vicky Holmes, University Archivist) gave at some informal sessions run on 3 November about managing your own digital archive. We are all dealing with a deluge […]