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• 2020
  • January (3)
    • Keep on track in Semester Two
    • Welcome to all new students starting in Semester 2
    • Academic Health Checklist
  • February (2)
    • Dissertation support from the Library
    • Discover Library Resources
  • March (4)
    • Support for disabled and dyslexic students studying from home
    • Studying from home
    • Handy Hints for Hand Ins!
    • Using other university libraries
  • April (2)
    • Copyright and Online Teaching During the Current Crisis
    • Submitting your assignment online
  • May (2)
    • Global Accessibility Awareness Day
    • Off campus assessments and exams
  • June (3)
    • Reopening the Library Buildings
    • Returning your books
    • Studying during the Summer
  • July (1)
    • Joining us in September 2020? Find out how the Library can support your studies
• 2019
  • January (2)
    • Recommend a book for the Library via Beckett Books Extra
    • Develop your academic skills with Skills for Learning
  • February (3)
    • Letters to the Library
    • The pedagogy of the oppressed Penguin*
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered....are we yours? Write a Love Letter or Break up Letter to your Library
  • March (2)
    • Write Right with the Library
    • Make the most of your Reading Lists
  • April (5)
    • Using the Library over summer?
    • Graduated this Summer?
    • Easing into your exams
    • Exam Top Tips from our Student Library Assistants
    • Happy Easter from the Library
  • May (1)
    • Staying on for Postgraduate study
  • July (2)
    • Library Website Relaunch
    • MyBeckett Upgrade Summer 2019
  • August (2)
    • Welcome to the Library!
    • Are you Study Ready?
  • September (2)
    • Keep yourself safe online
    • What's new for 2019 in the Library?
  • October (3)
    • Scared of writing that essay? Leeds Beckett Library can help!
    • Ten top tips for the perfect assignment
    • Dyslexia Awareness Week 2019
  • November (4)
    • Christmas 2019
    • Leading the way in Library disability support
    • Dissertation dilemmas? The Library can help!
    • Ace your literature review with Beckett Books Extra!
  • December (1)
    • Exam Survival
• 2018
  • January (3)
    • Getting organised for Semester Two
    • Welcome to new students
    • Welcome to 2018!
  • February (5)
    • Want a £20 Amazon voucher? Then tell us what you think!
    • Avoiding the Beast from the East!
    • A positive mental health community
    • Should I use ResearchGate?
    • Don’t get lost on your way to the perfect dissertation
  • March (3)
    • Using other University Libraries
    • Happy Easter to “ewe”!
    • Do you Write Right?
  • April (2)
    • Find your space
    • Printing and Binding
  • May (3)
    • Sheila Silver Library Refurbishment Continues...
    • Personal Stories – supporting awareness of mental health
    • Using the Library over the Summer?
  • June (1)
    • MyBeckett Upgrade Summer 2018
  • July (3)
    • Graduated this Summer? Things you need to do before 30 September
    • Headingley Library Refurbishment
    • New Online Reading Lists
  • August (2)
    • What's new for 2018 at Leeds Beckett Library?
    • Welcome to Leeds Beckett Library
  • September (2)
    • Beckett Books Extra Support Students with Dyslexia
    • Dyslexia Awareness Week 2018
  • October (3)
    • Scared of writing that essay? Leeds Beckett Library can help!
    • New Look Library Spaces
    • National Libraries Week 2018! Find your favourite place to study
  • November (6)
    • Christmas in the Library
    • We are celebrating Global Engagement Week!
    • UK Disability History Month 2018
    • Saving Your Work with OneDrive
    • Dissertation help from the Library
    • Academic Writing Month
• 2017
  • January (2)
    • New in at number 1!
    • Welcome to 2017!
  • February (7)
    • Loving your Library!
    • Develop Your Academic Skills
    • Getting organised for Semester Two
    • Making eBooks more accessible - latest news
    • Issues with Discover
    • Discover the new features in Discover!
    • Don't dice with your dissertation! Get help from the Library.
  • March (3)
    • Want to mentor another student and improve your own skills?
    • Choose the right place to study
    • Want a £10 gift voucher? Take us on a tour of the Library...
  • April (3)
    • Graduating this year? Here are a few things you need to know.
    • Exam survival 2017
    • Sheila Silver Library - Campus Card required for access
  • May (5)
    • Summer support from Skills for Learning
    • Staying on for postgraduate study
    • Using the Library over summer?
    • WannaCry ransomware attack
    • Hints, tips, and a bit of cake and wine!
  • June (1)
    • Library behind the scenes - more than just tidying the shelves!
  • July (4)
    • Test a chair at Sheila Silver Library!
    • Library closure Sunday 27 August
    • Change of date - MyBeckett upgrade
    • Just Graduated? Some final things you need to know...
  • August (4)
    • Develop your academic confidence with support from successful students
    • We'll renew for you! Changes to renewals and fines for 2017
    • Library behind the scenes – “Copyright” is not a dirty word!
    • Welcome to new students
  • September (6)
    • Have you discovered the Library yet?
    • Languages for all!
    • What's new for 2017?
    • Welcome back to the Library
    • Your student email is changing
    • Access Microsoft Office 365 for free!
  • October (5)
    • Don't let your essay become a nightmare!
    • If you want it, request it!
    • The value of embedded Library sessions
    • Celebrating Libraries Week
    • Positive about Dyslexia
  • November (2)
    • Don’t miss important University information
    • Those scary essays!
  • December (3)
    • Exam success
    • Access to Google student email after 15 December
    • MyBeckett Upgrade 2018
• 2016
  • January (2)
    • Remote (but not too remote) services...
    • It’s snowing …. well, it was!
  • February (5)
    • Sorry we made a mistake....
    • Celebrating 24/7 Library opening - can you design a new Library bag?
    • Can’t remember which Library books you previously borrowed?
    • LGBT History Month – events, Library resources and more…
    • National Libraries Day
  • March (4)
    • Going home for Easter? Did you know you can study in another university library?
    • What's happening to AV Loans?
    • Build on your professional skills!
    • In a deep, dark corner....
  • April (4)
    • Beat the exam blues!
    • What's going on with the clipboards?
    • I need some quiet around here!
    • Open Access: to the General Benefit of Mankind?
  • May (3)
    • The Sheila Silver Library refurb continues
    • A day in the life of ... our Library graduate trainee
    • Deaf Awareness Week
  • June (3)
    • To bind or not to bind? Library behind the scenes
    • Library behind the scenes: Print Journals Teams
    • And so it begins...
  • July (4)
    • Temporary closures on the second floor
    • Update on the First Floor
    • Alumni tab on MyBeckett
    • Remembering the Somme
  • August (6)
    • Changes to overnight access to the Library
    • It's shaping up...
    • Work on the first floor continues
    • Library cats on World Cat Day!
    • Library closure Sunday 28th August
    • MyBeckett upgrade 2016
  • September (6)
    • Promoting diversity by making eBooks more accessible
    • Welcome back to the Library
    • Sheila Silver Library - reminder about refurbishment
    • Access Your Resource List in 3 Easy Steps
    • What's new in MyBeckett
    • Get Started with using the Library
  • October (7)
    • Assignment Deadline!
    • Improve your study skills - free software workshops in the Library
    • Sheila Silver Library Refurbishment: choices and compromises - responding to your feedback
    • Using Sheila Silver Library overnight
    • Library behind the scenes: Meet the Library holds team!
    • Sheila Silver Library first floor is open!
    • The great book move!
  • November (6)
    • Save IT!
    • The Wonderful World of Interlibrary Loans
    • Library behind the scenes...meet one of our Academic Librarians
    • Dissertations - don't let them daunt you...
    • Working on the Wi-Fi
    • Popping up but trying not to scare you!
  • December (2)
    • Christmas in the Library 2016
    • Are you ready for your exams?
• 2015
  • May (1)
    • Welcome to the new Leeds Beckett Library Blog!
  • June (3)
    • How do you use your Library?
    • The work starts
    • Have you spotted these?
  • July (4)
    • MyBeckett Upgrade 2015
    • Temporary closures
    • The walls are down…..new walls are up!
    • Update on the second floor
  • August (5)
    • New helpers in the Sheila Silver Library!
    • It’s not just the staff at City Campus that have been busy...
    • Library closures 22nd and 23rd August
    • It’s never too early to start!
    • August Already?!!
  • September (4)
    • From fishy freshers to spin the clock the Library at the Freshers Fair
    • A BIG welcome to all new and returning students!
    • September successes
    • The third floor returns
  • October (4)
    • Dark nights but we can illuminate your studies...
    • Starting your first university essay? – Find out how the Skills for Learning team can help you.
    • “Please let me live here”….. and other feedback on the Second floor
    • Welcome to the second floor!
  • November (3)
    • Skills for Learning
    • Laptop Loans Feedback
    • The Sheila Silver Library refurbishment continues
  • December (1)
    • Christmas wishes (and useful information – remember we are librarians!)