Covid is still with us, along with many restrictions and quasi-restrictions, even though this summer has in some ways appeared to be more “normal”, at least in the UK, than last. “Freedom Day” happened, although it was a bit of a damp squib – essentially, it consisted of the government telling us that it isContinueContinue reading “The 2021 – 2022 Academic Year: Covid, academia, academic publishing and Gold Leaf’s birthday!”
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Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19
Introduction “A man will turn over half a library to make one book.” Dr Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, 1775 Dr Johnson’s words were more prophetic than he knew. He lived in an age which thought of libraries as storage houses for thousands of codex volumes. And that, of course, is what libraries continued to beContinueContinue reading “Learning from Libraries: UK academic librarians support their teaching colleagues during Covid-19”
Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University
Paul Dodsley and Leah Wareham together form the hub of the student support service at Nottingham Trent University, where 30,000 students are studying at any one time. Paul describes the service as “prevention-led” – its aim is to take hold of opportunities to support students before they slip into difficulties, rather than afterwards. It hasContinueContinue reading “Supporting student mental health at Nottingham Trent University”
The mental well-being of our students
Whilst at Gold Leaf we believe it is alarmist – and not at all helpful – to call the present generation of students “lost” because of the impact of the pandemic and various lockdowns on their education – in our experience most young people are astonishingly brave and resilient – it has to be acknowledgedContinueContinue reading “The mental well-being of our students”
Learning from Libraries – an interview with Roxanne Missingham
Roxanne Missingham, University Librarian and the Australian National University (ANU) describes what it means to her to be a librarian Tell us a bit about your career. Did you always want to be a librarian? Where was your first job? Where did you get your library qualification? My mother says that I wanted to beContinueContinue reading “Learning from Libraries – an interview with Roxanne Missingham”
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