Jo Webb MA MLib MBA FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Academic Services Manager at De Montfort University in Leicester. Pat Gannon-Leary BA MA PhD is Research Associate, Learning and Teaching Support, at the University of Northumbria. Moira Bent MA BSc PGDip FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Science Faculty Liaison Librarian at the Robinson Library, Newcastle University.

• 1. Supporting research and researchers: some perspectivesIntroductionContextLet us tell you some stories…How this book is organized 2. Current challenges for libraries and research supportIntroductionScholarly communicationThe language of scholarshipAcademic freedom, funding and research ethicsCopyright and plagiarismFreedom of informationRLN, the British Library and national librariesE-scienceConclusion3. Defining research and researchersIntroductionWhat is research?History of the PhDTraining and skills of research studentsThe Roberts Review, the postdoctoral student and CRSResearch selectivityResearch and teachingThird strand activitiesWorking away from the universityResearch issues and what they mean for librariesConclusion4. Collection managementIntroductionResearchers’ use of libraries and informationReports, programmes and networks: the strategic backgroundCase studies in collection managementWhat is a collection?Key components of a collectionCollection management in practiceConclusion 5. The researcher’s toolkit: resourcesIntroductionInfluences on resource useLearning styles, habits and attitudesResourcesConclusionFurther reading 6. Services to support researchIntroductionKeeping in touch with the research communityWhat does the research community want from the library?Research support at Newcastle UniversityServices and support: some specific considerationsConclusion7. The information-literate researcherIntroductionStarting to teachResearchers’ training needsInformation literacy: key areas of knowledgeMotivationAndragogy: a brief introductionTraining and development opportunitiesCommunities of practiceConclusion 8. Facing the future: key challengesIntroductionThe research information environment of the futureCompetition and collaboration: research in universitiesScholarly communication, open access and intellectual propertyThe research library of the future: some themesConclusion 9. Key principles for supporting researchIntroductionLaws, values and principlesPrinciples of library support for researchersConclusion BibliographyUseful websites

"This book is more than just a guide to providing effective library services for research. It suceeds in setting up issues for debate while moving well beyond scholarly deliberation, bringing in voices and experiences of those working in the field today."

Jo Webb MA MLib MBA FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Academic Services Manager at De Montfort University in Leicester. Pat Gannon-Leary BA MA PhD is Research Associate, Learning and Teaching Support, at the University of Northumbria. Moira Bent MA BSc PGDip FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Science Faculty Liaison Librarian at the Robinson Library, Newcastle University.

• 1. Supporting research and researchers: some perspectivesIntroductionContextLet us tell you some stories…How this book is organized 2. Current challenges for libraries and research supportIntroductionScholarly communicationThe language of scholarshipAcademic freedom, funding and research ethicsCopyright and plagiarismFreedom of informationRLN, the British Library and national librariesE-scienceConclusion3. Defining research and researchersIntroductionWhat is research?History of the PhDTraining and skills of research studentsThe Roberts Review, the postdoctoral student and CRSResearch selectivityResearch and teachingThird strand activitiesWorking away from the universityResearch issues and what they mean for librariesConclusion4. Collection managementIntroductionResearchers’ use of libraries and informationReports, programmes and networks: the strategic backgroundCase studies in collection managementWhat is a collection?Key components of a collectionCollection management in practiceConclusion 5. The researcher’s toolkit: resourcesIntroductionInfluences on resource useLearning styles, habits and attitudesResourcesConclusionFurther reading 6. Services to support researchIntroductionKeeping in touch with the research communityWhat does the research community want from the library?Research support at Newcastle UniversityServices and support: some specific considerationsConclusion7. The information-literate researcherIntroductionStarting to teachResearchers’ training needsInformation literacy: key areas of knowledgeMotivationAndragogy: a brief introductionTraining and development opportunitiesCommunities of practiceConclusion 8. Facing the future: key challengesIntroductionThe research information environment of the futureCompetition and collaboration: research in universitiesScholarly communication, open access and intellectual propertyThe research library of the future: some themesConclusion 9. Key principles for supporting researchIntroductionLaws, values and principlesPrinciples of library support for researchersConclusion BibliographyUseful websites

"This book is more than just a guide to providing effective library services for research. It suceeds in setting up issues for debate while moving well beyond scholarly deliberation, bringing in voices and experiences of those working in the field today."

Jo Webb MA MLib MBA FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Academic Services Manager at De Montfort University in Leicester. Pat Gannon-Leary BA MA PhD is Research Associate, Learning and Teaching Support, at the University of Northumbria. Moira Bent MA BSc PGDip FHEA FRSA MCLIP is a National Teaching Fellow and Science Faculty Liaison Librarian at the Robinson Library, Newcastle University.

• 1. Supporting research and researchers: some perspectivesIntroductionContextLet us tell you some stories…How this book is organized 2. Current challenges for libraries and research supportIntroductionScholarly communicationThe language of scholarshipAcademic freedom, funding and research ethicsCopyright and plagiarismFreedom of informationRLN, the British Library and national librariesE-scienceConclusion3. Defining research and researchersIntroductionWhat is research?History of the PhDTraining and skills of research studentsThe Roberts Review, the postdoctoral student and CRSResearch selectivityResearch and teachingThird strand activitiesWorking away from the universityResearch issues and what they mean for librariesConclusion4. Collection managementIntroductionResearchers’ use of libraries and informationReports, programmes and networks: the strategic backgroundCase studies in collection managementWhat is a collection?Key components of a collectionCollection management in practiceConclusion 5. The researcher’s toolkit: resourcesIntroductionInfluences on resource useLearning styles, habits and attitudesResourcesConclusionFurther reading 6. Services to support researchIntroductionKeeping in touch with the research communityWhat does the research community want from the library?Research support at Newcastle UniversityServices and support: some specific considerationsConclusion7. The information-literate researcherIntroductionStarting to teachResearchers’ training needsInformation literacy: key areas of knowledgeMotivationAndragogy: a brief introductionTraining and development opportunitiesCommunities of practiceConclusion 8. Facing the future: key challengesIntroductionThe research information environment of the futureCompetition and collaboration: research in universitiesScholarly communication, open access and intellectual propertyThe research library of the future: some themesConclusion 9. Key principles for supporting researchIntroductionLaws, values and principlesPrinciples of library support for researchersConclusion BibliographyUseful websites

"This book is more than just a guide to providing effective library services for research. It suceeds in setting up issues for debate while moving well beyond scholarly deliberation, bringing in voices and experiences of those working in the field today."