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Some Things I Have Learned as the Student Systems Developer of the Linked...

As a MSc in Information Science student at the department I applied for the student systems developer position to help create an Open, Linked and Interactive Educational Resource for Bibliographic...

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Reading for Excellence by Becky Scott

I recently attended the School Library Association’s Reading for Excellence one day conference. Wendy Cooling MBE, founder of Bookstart, opened the day with an inspirational talk on her own journey of...

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Indie-visits to Libraries: LIS Students Out and About by Ivan Donadello

  The one-year spent in the full time Masters course passes by very quickly. You start and, all of a sudden, it is January and Term 1 has gone. Then you find yourself putting together that case study...

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Search skills drop in surgery

Indexing and abstracting databases are key to producing good, robust research but they can be daunting and  confusing and it is tempting to stick with the familiarity of Google and Google Scholar.  To...

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INSTG012 Historical Bibliography Print Techniques Workshop at the UCL Art...

Following Simone’s post about our class visit to St Bride’s Printing Library, I thought I would share our experience learning about different print techniques using materials from the UCL Art Museum....

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Get better search results

Indexing and abstracting databases are key to producing good, robust research but they can be daunting and  confusing and it is tempting to stick with the familiarity of Google and Google Scholar.  To...

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“Evaluating Information Literacy Educators’ Practices”: Journal Club Report...

Andretta, S. (2011). Evaluating information literacy educators’ practices before and after the course facilitating information literacy education: from tutor to learner-centred Health Information...

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British Museum Libraries Visit – by George Bray

Following in the tradition of independent visits to libraries, a group of UCL LIS students organised a visit to some departmental libraries of the British Museum on the afternoon of Wednesday 19th...

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Sarah Hume Awarded SLA Early Career Conference Award

Congratulations to Sarah Hume on being awarded an Early Career Conference Award by the Special Libraries Association Europe. Sarah is completing her MA LIS part-time while working as a Library...

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There’s more to life than Google

Last week (Monday Feb 22nd 2016) we had a visit from expert searcher Phil Bradley, who spoke to us about search, where we are, and where we’re going. This report was written by MA LIS student Cathy...

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