Enhanced KBART features new to Taylor & Francis Online
A new feature on Taylor and Francis Online makes it possible to provide KBART files by institutional license and entitlement. What is KBART? KBART (Knowledge Bases and Related Tools) files are a NISO standard for creation, delivery and ingestion of publisher holdings and/or library entitlements ...
Data repository selection: criteria that matter
Matt Cannon & Nick Everitt Head of Open Research, Taylor & Francis and Head of Digital Production, Taylor & Francis
A Summary of Charleston's Digital Age of Reading Webinar
Chelsea Kaiser Associate Marketing Manager - Taylor & Francis, Library (Books)
If you missed out on the valuable information presented during Charleston's Digital Age of Reading webinar in March, you are in luck! Taylor & Francis attended the webinar and we are pleased to provide you a summary of the session, highlighting the most important arguments, questions and ans...
10 skills librarians need for the future
Laura Montgomery Communications Manager, Taylor & Francis
To keep up with the pace of change in the academic library, the traditional skillset of the librarian is expanding. In her article, "Identifying and exploring future trends impacting on academic libraries" published in New Review of Academic Librarianship, Roisin Gwyer used journal content analysis,...
What makes a successful informal learning space?
Rachel Bergan Communications Coordinator, Taylor & Francis
Academic libraries across the world are going through a number of significant shifts to meet the requirements of its modern day users, one being the design of the physical space itself. The digital era brings with it new ways of learning and accessing information - often all that is required is a...
Librarians and Fake News: "Trust me, I'm a Librarian!"
'Fake news' was the word of 2017, defined by the Collins dictionary as "false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting." In an era where information is now so accessible, with information platforms competing for hits through such tactics as clickbait, ho...
The story behind the pictures: Oxford Brookes University's Headington Library
With the way knowledge is acquired and produced ever changing, and the role of the librarian evolving, libraries are under increasing pressure to rethink their use of space on campus. In this series of images and blog posts, we will showcase how libraries are transforming their spaces and services t...
How libraries are applying social media
Content & Communications Team Taylor & Francis
How are libraries using social media to the advantage of their institutions, and how do they go about doing this? Taylor & Francis went out to investigate exactly that in our white paper, using our three focus groups based in the UK, US and India. Click to enlarge infographic: Our case s...
How libraries are using social media
How are libraries using social media? What challenges and opportunities does social media present to librarians, and how does your library's social media strategy compare with others? Our white paper provides a global overview of library social media use, against which individual institutions can ...
How libraries are measuring the effectiveness of social media
Our white paper on the use of social media in the library revealed that, whilst most librarians agreed that social media was an important tool for an institution, one of the challenges they face was having the time and human resources to manage it effectively. So, what are libraries currently doi...
A practical guide to using social media in the library
Over 70% of librarians feel social media is important, and 30% post to social media at least once a day. As a part of our research for Taylor & Francis' Social Media in the Library White Paper, we held a twitter party inviting librarians to tell us the one piece of advice they would offer a...
A day in the life of Moses Munyao, Library Assistant, USISU, Kenya
Moses Munyao completed his Bachelor studies in Information Science at Inoorero University, Kenya and has been Library Assistant at USIU-Africa since July, 2013. Continuing our series of Library Voices on the impact of digital change, we asked him to share with us what he does in a typical day. A ...
14Collection development
13Communicating value
15Digital landscape
64Managing the library
4Open Access
10Research communication and impact
10Understanding library users