Library news
Photo competition winners!
A massive thank you to all who entered our Library photo competition, and well done to the winners.
Winning photos will be displayed in our new bookable rooms. Each room is named after something you would find on the moorlands surrounding Bradford, whether that's a plant, animal or even a famous farmhouse.
The photos were anonymised when the judging took place.
Congratulations to:
Beehive room: Debbie Alstead, Executive Assistant to the Academic Registrar
Bilberry room: Arwa Almazrouei, Student
Bracken room: Shell Peart, Student
Butterfly room: Catherine Mercer, Directorate Support Administrator
Curlew room: Pete Dilley, Admissions Officer
Heather room: Paul Loadman, Professor of Pharmacology (the competition overall winning photo)
Ingleborough room: Steve Gilley, Director of Infrastructure
Limestone room: Steve Gilley, Director of Infrastructure
Oak room: Tracy Holmes, Lead Teaching Technician
Skylark room: no entries
Swaledale room: Arwa Almazrouei, Student
Top Withens room: Tim Green, English for Academic Purposes Lecturer
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Bradford Scholars update in the new year
The Bradford Scholars repository is due a systems upgrade in the new year and the repository team are currently busy preparing the system ready for this migration.
Nothing changes for our researchers submitting papers from RIS to Bradford Scholars over the holiday period whilst we work on the new repository roll out which is expected to take place in February.
You will see more comms coming out in January about the repository update and this will include the starting date for a period of system downtime when no submissions will be accepted from RIS to the repository. Bradford Scholars is expected to be unavailable for approximately 1-2 weeks.
During this final stage before roll out people may still access our repository content as normal.
If you have any questions about this planned update do get in touch via [email protected]
Special Collections achieves Archive Service Accreditation for second time
Congratulations to Special Collections for achieving the Archive Service Accreditation award for a second time!
Archive Service Accreditation is the UK standard for archive services and this award means that Special Collections has been recognised again for good performance in all aspects of service delivery.
Broaden Bradford's Books
Your University Library supports University of Bradford’s decolonisation strategy and is committed to provision of inclusive and diverse collections. Broaden Bradford’s Books is an initiative for our staff and students to help us with our aim to increase the diversity of our library collections. For example, broadening the range of books in our Library to support a more diverse curriculum, improving the representation of research from the Global South, and, increasing the range of books by and about LGBT+ people. We also welcome suggestions to include in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Resource bank which the library has started to develop to support the University’s EDI work.
Please complete the form with any suggestions you have. All suggestions will be reviewed by our Subject Librarian team. Books may be purchased in eBook or print format.
Thank you!
University of Bradford Library Team