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Behind the Scenes at the House of Commons Library: A Visit on 19th February 2025

A post by Open Access Publications Officer Katie Skellett

As an Open Access Publications Officer, my work day revolves around the mechanics of how research is shared and accessed. It’s an all-too-rare occurrence that I get to see the real-world impact of research. So, when I heard I was one of the lucky few to be selected to visit the House of Commons Library for its Open Day, I jumped at the opportunity to explore how research supports decision-making at the highest levels.

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Centre for Neurodiversity & Development visits the Bill Bryson Library

By Kelly Hetherington, Repository Officer

There’s so much amazing research happening at all levels of Durham University; staff at the library work hard to support this – for example through making sure researchers have access to library resources or advising about open access, citations, copyright, policies and much, much more!

It was therefore really appreciated that researchers from the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development, based in the Department of Psychology (but with members from a range of departments including Sociology, Education and Sport and Exercise Sciences), visited the library in December 2024 to give us a glimpse into their research and show us the impact it has.

Debbie Riby, Mary Hanley, Chloe Fielding, James Mcleod and Amy Pearson from the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development stand with Kelly Hetherington from the Library.
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Blind date with a book

A post by Graduate Intern Nancy Harber

According to Wikipedia, ‘Blue Monday’ (or, the most depressing day of the year) is calculated using an actual equation. The formula uses many factors, including W (weather), T (time since Christmas), Q (time since the failure of new year’s resolutions), and Na (the feeling of needing to take action). Some have dismissed this theory as pseudoscience, but clearly those people have never faced the bitter cold months of winter in the North of England.

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New library reading list for Greenspace hopes to deliver wellbeing boost

A post by Sarah Cleeve

Optimistic climate scientists, “doughnut” economics, problem-solving fungi and rewilding are some of the topics on a newly-created Talis reading list: “Greenspace: reading on environment and sustainability”. This is now available to anyone in the university community wishing to know how best to navigate the often overwhelming problems of environmental sustainability while keeping a sense of wellbeing.

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From coffee and cake to a published volume – a successful collaborative project!

A post by Research Engagement and Collections Development Archivist Dr Jonathan Bush

One of most rewarding aspects of working in the Archives and Special Collections team of ULC is the opportunity to build close working relationships with a diverse range of researchers, including academics, students, and family historians. These interactions often begin as conversations, where we offer specialist advice about our collections and guide researchers to relevant material in the catalogue. Occasionally, however, these exchanges can evolve into more significant collaborations.

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eResource of the month: IEEE Xplore

A post by Science Faculty Librarian Colin Theakston

Here’s one for all you budding Engineers, Physicists and Computer Scientists out there – IEEE Xplore.

If you don’t know already, then let me tell you that the IEEE Xplore Digital Library is a trusted gateway to science-based peer-reviewed—journals, conferences, standards and eBooks.

IEEE Xplore can therefore help you expand your current knowledge base by helping you discover highly focussed scientific resources. It does this by providing you with access to more than 6 million full-text peer reviewed documents. The database is crammed full of easily searchable peer-reviewed materials; and offers users the opportunity to search by title, author, abstract, keyword, affiliation, and even more!

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Fresh Starts and Academic Skills

A post by Digital Learning Developer Rebecca Jones

Blink and there’s another year gone by. But as we brace bitter winds, wait for the days to grow a little longer and for new life to bud, 2025 brings a chance for a fresh start.

Some of you might be taking advantage of this fresh start effect [1] – setting goals, downloading habit trackers and taking steps to form new routines. Perhaps you’ll commit to reading more consistently, promise to work on your time management or learn a new skill.

For others (myself included), the thought of making a New Year’s resolution might simply make you shudder. “No, thank you. I think I’ll pass this year” you mutter, while a small part of yourself fills with dread and prays that you can cling onto the few good study habits you’ve barely managed to form so far…

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Exploring the Libby App: Enhancing Durham University Library’s Leisure Reading and Wellbeing Collection

At Durham University Library, supporting teaching, learning and research is our key objective – and our collections strongly reflect this. One area of our collections we have wanted to develop further is books for leisure reading and wellbeing.

Durham University Library and Collections is there for all staff and students, across all departments and faculties. We have been asked many times over the years if we had a general fiction section or popular magazines. Now we can say that we do!

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