As a health and medical librarian, the opportunity to build a new medical library doesn’t come up that often, and I consider myself very lucky … Read more
Category: IS news
Templeman Library: 2020 Civic Trust Awards Regional Finalist!
The Templeman Library has been selected as a 2020 Civic Trust Awards Regional Finalist! The Templeman Library has been coined the heart of the Canterbury … Read more
Emails from suppliers and known contacts – be wary
Staff: if you get an email from a University of Kent supplier, external agent or a named contact that you usually work with, always follow … Read more
Books to help with literature reviews
We’ve created a Writing a Literature Review reading list of the books we recommend you use when doing a literature review. We’ve bought new books … Read more
Kent recognised for award-winning work on diversifying reading lists.
A collaborative venture across the Library, Student Success Project, SECL and SSPSSR Medway received the Talis Aspire User Group Creativity Award 2019 for using reading … Read more
Full National Archives Accreditation awarded to Special Collections and Archives
Information Services’ Special Collections & Archives team have now been awarded full Archive Service Accreditation from the National Archives, which is recognised until 2023. Last year … Read more
The Open Access Button
One of the most frustrating aspects of conducting a literature search is when you come up against a paywall. Even with the powerful search engines … Read more
Support for research outputs beyond books and articles
This blog post explains a project we are running in the library to see how we can help researchers make the most of works that … Read more
Statement on fair assessment of research
The University of Kent has affirmed its commitment to the fair assessment of research through the signing of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and adopting … Read more
Who? Me?
Much of the burden of Research data Management is laid upon the individual researcher. They are the people who know and understand their data better … Read more