{"id":1145,"date":"2023-07-31T15:41:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:38:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:38:27","slug":"changes-to-the-doctoral-college-reading-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/2023\/07\/31\/changes-to-the-doctoral-college-reading-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the Doctoral College Reading Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" class=\"wp-image-1159\" style=\"width: 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front.jpeg\" alt=\"Front of the Doctoral College Reading Room showing leather sofas on a red carpet and large front windows. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/files\/2023\/07\/DC-ReadingRoom-Front-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br><br>The Doctoral College Reading Room on the first floor of the Library is a dedicated study space for Postgraduate Research Students (PGRs) and staff.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Those of you that use the reading room regularly will have seen that the space is changing due to a reconfiguration within the Library. Thank you for your patience whilst we have been carrying out some of these furniture moves. <br><br>We are very keen to hear from the community who actively use the space, particularly PGRs, on how you want the Doctoral College Reading Room to look in future. What would make the room a more welcoming and usable space for you?<br><br>During the year we will be doing some pop-ups and focus groups in the Doctoral College Reading Room (DCRR) space, which we hope will facilitate more in-depth discussions around how this dedicated space in the Library can enhance the experience of PGRs at University of Leicester. Your feedback is very important so we can make changes that work for you.<br><br>If you can, please share your thoughts on the DCRR project by filling in this short questionnaire: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/L8XX8jVtnM\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/L8XX8jVtnM <\/a><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Doctoral College Reading Room on the first floor of the Library is a dedicated study space for Postgraduate Research Students (PGRs) and staff. Those of you that use the reading room regularly will have seen that the space is changing due to a reconfiguration within the Library. Thank you for your patience whilst we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":1159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,61],"tags":[63,65,64],"class_list":["post-1145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-students","category-study-spaces","tag-doctoral-college-reading-room","tag-pgrs","tag-study-spaces"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1169,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions\/1169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}