Normally, we use our What we are reading feature to share a single book that one member of the library team has enjoyed. But we've scaled things up for Black History Month! This post focuses exclusively on Black writers; and gives us an opportunity to share our discoveries of Black authors, old and new, with …
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This week, Gerard reviews Aviatrix by Elinor Smith. Find out more about our What we are reading series here. "Elinor Smith was a precocious pilot, having gained a flying licence at the age of just 16 in 1927. She almost lost said pilot's licence in late 1928 when, for a bet, she flew underneath all four …
This week, Hazel reviews The Promise by Damon Galgut. Find out more about our What we are reading series here. "My book group's just read the 2021 Booker Prize winner, Damon Galgut's The Promise. I thought it was brilliant. I don't know his work at all but his evocation of pre- and post-apartheid South Africa through …
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it’s not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we’ve been gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Since it's Green Libraries Week this week, we wanted to highlight …
This week, Maureen reviews The draw of the sea by Wyl Menmuir. Find out more about our What we are reading series here. "Focused mainly on Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, this beautifully written book recently won the Roger Deakin Award. Although I am a fan of Roger's classic Waterlog, I loved The draw …
This week, Saffron reviews The book of tea by Okakura Kakuzo. Find out more about our What we are reading series here. "I'm re-reading this book I read about 10 years ago and loved. It was written by a Japanese author in 1906 at a time when East and West were starting to get to …
We have an internal library newsletter (LR Bulletin) that gets emailed to all library staff each Thursday. This includes links to minutes of recent meetings, news of upcoming training events and details of any staff changes. Useful, but not necessarily fun or interesting. So, a few years ago, some of our team decided to introduce …
Last year, Brookes Union published Mind the Gap, a report that summarises the results of two online surveys. The survey results offered insight into the experiences of Black and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) students on campus. The report recommended: implement(ing) diverse and representative reading lists… adopting a lens outside of Eurocentric academia …
Hot on the heels of DORA turning 10, there’s another anniversary for Open Science advocates to commemorate. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) turned 20 on 12 May 2023, and indexes (you guessed it!) open access journals. The DOAJ was launched in the wake of the Budapest Open Access Initiative - a declaration to …
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As many who visit Harcourt Hill library will be aware, the School experience centre (SEC) is housed on the lower floor of that Library. Home to thousands of wonderful, educational resources, ranging from picture books to musical instruments and specially made resource kits for teaching purposes, the SEC is a valuable centre for all those …
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LibrarySearch is an excellent place to start any search for information. LibrarySearch works most effectively when you are looking for material held by Brookes, such as a print or electronic book on a module reading list, or an article within a journal to which we subscribe. The strengths of LibrarySearch are that it integrates with …
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The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is 10 years old on 16 May 2023. In 2012, a group of scholarly journal editors and publishers met to discuss ways of improving how scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties. Journal Impact Factors, which were originally created as tools to …
The Fuller collection at Oxford Brookes is a selection of books and archive material previously owned by Professor John Fuller, once Head of the Department of Catering Management here and a leading light in establishing courses in hospitality management in the UK and worldwide. The collection contains books dating back as far as the 17th …
Many of us leave the Oxford area during vacation, but that doesn't mean that you have to leave libraries behind.The vast majority of our eresources are available to you while you are away, particularly if being away means staying in the UK. Want to catch up on some theatre or TV? Try BoB and Digital …
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When searching on LibrarySearch and some of our other Library databases, or online, you may sometimes see a button or flag saying a journal article has been retracted. What does that mean, and can you still refer to the article in your work? If an article has been retracted, that means it has been withdrawn …
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The Library Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group are actively seeking to broaden the collection of material available to staff and students. To that end, we are trialling two new resources. We'd love you to have a look and let us know what you think. Neither collection is available via LibrarySearch, so make sure you follow …
Central panel of the stained glass window in the vestibule of Harris Manchester library On a recent trip with other library staff, we had the opportunity to visit Harris Manchester College, part the University of Oxford. We were able to look around not only the library, but also the Special Collections and archive. The history …
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Our annual Learn and Laugh week is an opportunity for Oxford Brookes library staff to explore new things and new places. On a damp morning in May we were treated to a visit to Oxfordshire County Library. This is the county’s flagship library, and sits at the entrance to the Westgate centre in central Oxford. …
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about music festivals, available to all …
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Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about bicycles and cycling, available to …
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