Reading lists: Library guidance for lecturers and tutors
Why send us reading lists?
Having your reading lists helps us to ensure we have the resources available to students at the right time.
When do we need the reading lists?
It is important to have them in good time. Our aim is to have recommended texts available for start of semester or term so ideally at least two months before the semester / term commences.
What do I need to do?
Please send your list(s) or module handbook(s) to your reading list contact as soon as you have finalised them, if possible in electronic form.
What helps us?
If possible, indicate whether a title is:
- essential reading, or
- background reading, plus
- other recommendations that you issue during a module, and
- include the number of students per module
This helps us to determine how many copies of any item we might need.
Please also inform us if your reading lists have not changed this academic year.
We can help
Please let your contact librarian know if you would like any assistance. We can help by checking and/or updating lists for you and can add live links to electronic resources and library catalogue records.
What can we do for you?
Within copyright and licensing constraints, we can offer the following services:
Create links to items from Learning Central (Virtual Learning Environment)
If you have placed your reading lists on Learning Central, we are able to create "live links" to journal articles and eBooks, enabling students to link directly to a full text journal article or eBook. We can also assist with scanning articles or chapters for students to access directly from Learning Central.
Buy eBooks
To increase access to key texts, where available, electronic versions of recommended titles can be obtained as an additional or alternative to paper copies.
Make items available for short-loan
This makes the texts you recommend more easily accessible. We can make some titles "library use only", so that a copy of an essential book can be permanently available.
Add items to the photocopy collection
The photocopy collection makes shorter items (articles or chapters) available to as many students as possible.