New way to issue and return your books

From today we have new self-issue and self-return machines.  These machines are currently located near the Library entrance. This could be subject to change as there may be a few other location changes in the library over the summer vacation. These new machines are sleeker and have more features than the old machines.  With the […]

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Top ten papers from our Research Repository in June #StirTopTenPapers

In June there were 26,603 downloads from our University repository, STORRE, covering 2,960 research publications.   The top ten downloaded items were:   1. A Systematic Review of the Impact of Summative Assessment and Tests on Students’ Motivation for Learning. By Harlen, Wynne; Crick, Ruth Deakin; Broadfoot, Patricia; Daugherty, Richard; Gardner, John; James, Mary; Stobart, Gordon http://hdl.handle.net/1893/19607 […]

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Summer news

Over the summer period, there are many exciting changes happening in the Library and the study zone. Our library Maker Space has been so successful in its first year, that it’s growing! The Maker Space will be Moving into the Current Seminar room on level 2 of the library. We’re also creating 12 additional study spaces […]

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Come and play the Publishing Trap game

At next week’s Research Bites session we are playing the Publishing Trap game. The session is on Wednesday June 27th (12.30-1.30pm, PGR Zone – library). The game’s main aim is to help academics and researchers understand that scholarly communication is a balancing act between the need to get published and make impact and to get […]

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Top Ten Thesis downloads in May #StirTopTenTheses

During May 1,143 theses in our research repository, STORRE, were downloaded a total of 11,728 times.   The top ten downloaded theses were:   1. Towards A Novel Unified Framework for Developing Formal, Network and Validated Agent-Based Simulation Models of Complex Adaptive Systems. By Niazi, Muaz A K. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3365 Downloads: 654   2. Scholarly publishing in Africa: a […]

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