Academic Staff

The Academic Librarian Team can provide support in the development of skills through sessions offered within the curriculum.

A range of skills can be covered. Please fill in the form to let us know your requirements and a member of the team will respond to you.

Please note: this form is for academic staff only.

If you are a student requiring support, please go to https://libguides.tees.ac.uk/learning_hub/drop-ins

The relevant Academic Librarian will be involved in the approval or review event.  Please contact them at the earliest opportunity to discuss library resources and how skills development can be embedded into modules and courses.

Resources

Resources such as S&LS collections, facilities and services form a vital part of approval requirements, not only for new modules and programmes of study but also for the review of existing ones.  Part of the discussion around learning resources will focus on the support from S&LS.  The relevant Academic Librarian will be involved in the approval or review event, either as a panel member or as part of the team and is  a member of your School's Student Learning Experience Committee.

Early consultation with your Academic Librarian is advisable to enable them to play a positive role in the collection development to support the new programme.  They will discuss with you the resources already available, those which would need to be acquired; existing pressures on resources; and implications of non-standard methods of delivery.  Each module in the programme will need a 'Subject to Approval' or 'Subject to Review' reading list creating and published in the Reading Lists Online system before the Approval Event. Your Academic Librarian will provide comments for the Approval/Review event based on the content of the lists.

Library staff can provide sessions within the curriculum, tailored to the needs of your students.  We will liaise with you to discuss a suitable timeframe, and will negotiate with you regarding the most appropriate content and approach.

These sessions could include:

• An introduction to key searching tools such as Discovery, a single search to quickly and easily discover the library’s rich resources
• An explanation of different types of literature, including academic journals
• Advice on how to critically evaluate search results
• An explanation of the principles of creating reference lists according to a specific style (eg Teesside University Harvard style). 
• The creation and management of references using the RefWorks tool
• An explanation of more in-depth literature searching eg for a dissertation. 
• Structured literature searching using a relevant database eg CINAHL

In addition, Library staff will also be able to provide, on request, a session which could include some Succeed@Tees workshop content, tailored to a particular group.  The current Succeed@Tees workshop programme is available at Workshops and includes an introduction to academic writing, critical thinking and writing a literature review.

Library staff  will also provide support, guidance and materials if you prefer to deliver any of the above content yourself.

Please contact your Academic Librarian to discuss your requirements.

There are Subject Guides for each Course area. They include access to key resources and support for assignments.

The Reading Lists Online system allows you to manage course reading and ensures that library resources are available and accessible.