In this episode of the podcast Tom Morley is joined by Dr. Deirdre Duffy, Senior Lecturer (Global Social Inequalities) in the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University. Deirdre has recently published their monograph, Abortion Trail Activism: The Global Infrastructures for Abortion Access, Open Access. During the podcast Deirdre discusses their experience of publishing their book Open Access, including why they decided to publish their work open access, the impact this has had on potential audiences for their work, and what their experience was of undergoing this process. Abortion Trail Activism: The Global Infrastructures for Abortion

In this episode of Talking Around the Library Tree we’re discussing Open Educational Resources. Open educational resources are academic resources, such as textbooks, that are published with an open licence. This means they can usually be shared, downloaded and accessed online, or via reading lists free of charge. This has real benefits for ensuring equitable access for all students to their learning materials. To help us discuss this topic we are  joined by Dr Jan Grabowski, Senior Lecturer in Algebra and Geometry, School of Mathematical Sciences at Lancaster University. Jan is currently in the process of publishing an Open Access textbook and will be sharing their experiences of the process and their rational for wanting to publish an open access educational resource."

SR Self Taught Community of Practice: https://discord.gg/h5bSsM7B

In this latest episode of Talking Around the Library Tree, host, Louise Speakman is joined by Andrew Barker. The Lancaster University Library director discusses his role, his history in libraries, challenges for the sector, "Being brave", Mills and Boon novels and ambitions of being a

In this special episode, host, John Barbrook (Factulty Librarian for Medicine) chats to special guest, Dr Rianna Price (Project Co-ordinator for the Ethics, Values, and Poliicy Initiative) about her research:

They also discuss using LGBTQ+ resources in your research.

Useful links mentioned:

Decolonising Literature Guide

Grey Literature Guide

This episode of Talking around the Library tree focuses on Refugee Week and the library support available to the refugee and asylum seeker community in Lancaster. This episode features James Stephens (University of Cumbria Library), Allanah Hodgkinson (Lancashire County Council) and Bob Frost (Lancaster University Library).

Here are the weeks events: 

1.       Tuesday - Refugee

2.       Tuesday 2pm Dukes

3.       Wednesday – 2-4pm St

4.       Thursday (World Refugee Day) 4-6pm Herbarium Café (Great John Street LA1 1NQ. Migration Art Exhibition

5.       Saturday East meets West

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⁠RAIS Lancaster – Refugee Advocacy, Information and Support⁠

⁠Asylum Seekers & Refugees — St Thomas' Church Lancaster (tees.org.uk)⁠

⁠Welcome - Library support for the refugee community - LibGuides at Lancaster University⁠

⁠About the Lancashire Refugee and Asylum Strategic Partnership - Lancashire County Council⁠

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In this final episode in the series; Fabiha, Nicola and Paul talk about career pathways, skills and qualifications, pay and rewards in university libraries and the wider information sector.

In this first episode of a trilogy; Fabiha, Nicola and Paul talk about their roles at Lancaster University Library. They also talk about the wide variety of roles within the library team (can you guess how many?) and the wider library and information sector.

In this episode, award winning librarian, Louise Speakman chats with Andy about his new role at Lancaster University Library.

Louise talks to Andy about being a librarian, an author, awards ceremonies, celeb spotting, Linkedin Learning, the differences between being a morning person and a night owl, and sharks.

It's certainly not your average library chat!