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The Website Conundrum

By on March 1, 2013 in Library Website

We moved to the current website in 2005 – that’s a staggering (well, in website terms) eight years ago! It’s long overdue for a change, and the University’s “new design” has been waiting for us to adopt it for a couple of years. The problem – and make no mistake, it’s a massive problem – […]

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Introduction to LibGuides

By on March 1, 2013 in LibGuides

LibGuides is a service used by huge numbers of libraries (including many in the UK) to host their user support information. If you’ve looked at a few academic library websites over the past few years, you cannot help but have seen links to LibGuides. They can be used to supplement a library’s website, or even […]

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Welcome to Library Update

By on March 1, 2013 in Library Update

Welcome to Library Update – the blog that will keep you informed of some new developments in the Library this year. I say “some”, I really mean one (at least to begin with) – LibGuides. We are getting a trial to LibGuides sorted out initially, so that we can test it out and see if […]

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