As we approach the end of this most challenging of years, I want to give out a few awards, call them Thank you’s, to selected organisations (and their representatives) who work with our library here at Brookes - the publishers, aggregators, intermediaries, and all those other players who comprise the academic publishing and information community. …
Academic Integrity Course Success
Over the last year, professional services staff, from Learning Resources (LR), Oxford Centre of Staff and Learning Development, Centre for Academic Development, as well as academics, with expertise in writing and avoiding plagiarism, worked on a new Academic Integrity course for all Oxford Brookes undergraduate students. We released the course in July 2020. Below is …
Exploring novels that break the rules
This summer, we’ve been diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is rule breakers and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Confederacy of Dunces – John Kennedy TooleBartleby, the Scrivener – Herman MelvilleHabibi – Craig ThompsonHow to be Both – Ali SmithNights at the Circus – …
Exploring novels about adventure
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is adventure and the BBC panel selected these 10* books: City of Bohane – Kevin BarryEye of the Needle – Ken FollettFor Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest HemingwayHis Dark Materials Trilogy – Philip PullmanIvanhoe – Walter ScottMr …
Exploring novels about crime and conflict
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is crime and conflict and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: American Tabloid – James EllroyAmerican War – Omar El AkkadIce Candy Man – Bapsi SidhwaRebecca – Daphne du MaurierRegeneration – Pat BarkerThe Children of Men – …
Exploring novels about love, sex and romance
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is love, sex and romance and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Bridget Jones’s Diary – Helen FieldingForever – Judy BlumeGiovanni’s Room – James BaldwinPride and Prejudice – Jane AustenRiders – Jilly CooperThe Far Pavilions – M. …
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Exploring politics, power and protest
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is politics, power and protest, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled HosseiniBrave New World – Aldous HuxleyHome Fire – Kamila ShamsieLord of the Flies – William GoldingNoughts & Crosses – …
What are the “best” books and who decides?
As the library is exploring the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World we thought it would be interesting to see how that list compares with our literary special collections. Would the BBC judges have similar taste to the Booker Prize judging panels or the LOGOS journal board who decided on the titles in our …
Exploring life, death and other worlds
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is life, death and other worlds, and the BBC panel selected these 10* books: A Game of Thrones – George R. R. Martin Astonishing the Gods – Ben Okri Dune – Frank Herbert Frankenstein – Mary Shelley …
Exploring friendship and family
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A Suitable Boy – Vikram Seth Ballet Shoes – Noel Streatfeild Cloudstreet – Tim Winton Cold Comfort Farm – Stella Gibbons I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith …
Exploring novels about coming of age
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Emily of New Moon – L. M. Montgomery Golden Child - Claire Adam Oryx and Crake – Margaret Atwood So Long, See You Tomorrow – William Maxwell Swami …
Exploring identity
This summer, we’re diving into the BBC’s list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is identity, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: Beloved – Toni Morrison Days Without End – Sebastian Barry Fugitive Pieces – Anne Michaels Half of a Yellow Sun – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Homegoing – Yaa …
Exploring class and society
This summer, we're diving into the BBC's list of 100 novels that shaped our world. One of the categories is class and society, and the BBC panel selected these 10 books: A House for Mr Biswas – V. S. Naipaul Cannery Row – John Steinbeck Disgrace – J.M. Coetzee Our Mutual Friend – Charles Dickens …
Which novels have shaped our world?
Last year the BBC asked a panel of writers, curators and thinkers to compile a list of 100 English-language books that have had an impact on their lives. Lists of "the greatest novels ever" or "books you must read" are everywhere, but this list struck a chord with many of us in the library, as …
Postcard from home
To Colleagues in Learning Resources, I was on leave last week, but alas not on holiday in the Peak District with the children and grandchildren as we usually are at Easter. So we made the most of relaxing at home in Abingdon instead. The weather obviously helped and we enjoyed seeing the cherry blossom in the garden …
Learning Resources: Still Working For You – Content and Metadata Services
I’m really not a blogger. I wouldn’t say I’m particularly shy but I’ve never enjoyed being the centre of attention, and anything that puts me into any resemblance of a public spotlight just makes me want to run for the hills, quite frankly. It’s a long story and probably stems from the days when I …
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Learning Resources: Still Working For You – Academic Liaison
Helping students and academic staff access what they need online is always a big part of what the Academic Liaison teams do, so unsurprisingly we have been busier than ever since our physical campuses closed and we all moved to working from home. Within a few days of universities starting to send students home, big …
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3D Printing for the NHS
As I’m currently researching makerspaces colleagues are often kind enough to share emails on maker activities I might find of interest. I was particularly interested in a recent email from Isabel Virgo - Academic Liaison Librarian for Business, on librarians at Columbia University using the library’s 3D printers to make medical equipment for key workers, …
Learning Resources: Still Working For You – Design and Media Services
Our team provides a graphics service for teaching, research and other internal focused projects in the university. We’re continuing to work with staff both in the faculties and the directorates. Recent jobs have included the OCSLD newsletter, a weekly bulletin written by and for staff in Learning Resources and a special Library and LR Update …
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Learning Resources: Still Working For You – Customer Services
Our services for you whilst the university sites are closed As soon as the university announced the implementation of additional reading weeks, the Library made the decision to extend all loans to cover this period and remove fines. This was in part due to the numerous queries we received from students self-isolating or moving home, …
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