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Add an Online Reading List
The Reading List System is a seamless and intuitive experience for staff and students.
It includes:
- Integrated into MyBeckett Modules
- Customisation of list layouts
- Quick update of new materials
- Ability to request new books and/or eBooks for the Library from within the system. More information about how to request new books is found under Bookmarking.
- Reading List Analytics - so you can see what resources students are interacting with. More information is provided under Additional Useful functions
Copyright compliance
When creating your module(s) in MyBeckett, please make sure that you're following these simple, inclusivity, copyright and digitisation rules:
- Do search Discover and/or ask if reading materials are already available digitally
- Don't upload scans or copies of books, journals or other reading materials directly into MyBeckett, e.g. as PDF files
- Do add links to them on the Reading List. Books and journal articles should only be made available through the Reading List. More information about how to add resources is found under Bookmarking.
- Do add web links to the Reading List
- If needed, do request extracts (accessible, copyright cleared scans) of journals and books via the Library’s Digitisation service
Following these rules ensures that we’re complying with copyright law: we’re not allowed to upload scanned copies of books or journals, instead they must be purchased through the Library (if full books or a journal subscription are required) or digitised (if extracts or a single journal article are all that are required). The Reading List system also allows us to monitor how much students are engaging with specific materials, which feeds into choices around our collections purchases and which subscriptions we choose to maintain. If you require any further help, please contact the Digitisation service at digitisation@leedsbeckett.ac.uk and we’ll be happy to help.
Creating and editing your list
If you are new to using the Reading List System, you may benefit from using our 'Logging into the Reading List System' video INSTRUCTIONS, as well as our top five tips to make your reading list engaging located in the section below.
Have you used the system before? Use the links below to find the guide you're looking for or if you want a full refresher use the link above to our guided instructions or view our video.
- Accessing the Reading List system
- Bookmarking in the Reading List system
- Editing and Organising your reading list
- Additional Useful functions
- Diversifying reading list toolkit
If you have any questions about the online reading list system, you can contact your Academic Librarian(s). In the meantime, our Reading Lists FAQs may be able to help. For any technical queries, please contact ReadingLists@leedsbeckett.ac.uk for assistance.
To obtain student insights and feedback on Online Reading Lists with links to shorter training and guides see our pages on the Online Reading List Project .
These top five tips are based on a University of Lincoln student research project, which will soon be published as a white paper. You can hear more about the project in their webinar Students perspectives on reading lists.
- INTRODUCE THE READING LIST AT THE START OF THE TERM
Provide guidance to students on how to access the list and some of the useful features. You can always refer students to the Student Reading List guidance created by the Library. - THINK ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND LENGTH OF YOUR READING LIST
You can add structure to your list by organising it into sections for: themes, weeks, assignments or topics. Adding sections in your list makes it easier for students to navigate the list and our data shows that the best used reading lists are those with annotated week by week readings. We also recommend reading lists are kept relatively short and targeted, firstly so as not to overwhelm students, and secondly so that we get the best usage out of our resources, as we find that long lists often have items with no or very few accesses. - ANNOTATION
You are able to add notes to sections or specific resources when you add a resource to give guidance to students. For example: Why is this resource useful? What themes would you like students to consider when looking at these resources? Importance labels can also be added to items (e.g. Essential/Recommended) - REVIEW CONTENT REGULARLY
Outdated resources can devalue the student experience and therefore engagement. If you find useful resources on the web, consider the importance labels given to these resources and whether newer editions or new research has been released to guide students towards.
If you have no updates to make, but would like the Library to check the items on the reading list (i.e. for new editions), you can 'Request a review' by publishing your reading list. - DIVERSE OPINIONS, PERSPECTIVES AND AUTHORS
By providing a range of authors and opinions, students are able to underpin their knowledge across a cross-section of materials. We have created the Diversifying Reading List Toolkit to help support inclusive curriculum design.
