MAURICE WAKEHAM

Biography: Maurice Wakeham is Academic Liaison Librarian for Health and Social Care at Anglia Polytechnic University. He has carried out research projects on the use of libraries by nurses and researchers. A current interest is the developing role of the library in the digital age.

Title: Using research to support teaching

Summary: Nationally there has also been debate on the role of research within higher education and increased interest in the research/teaching nexus. Support for research : support for learning was the title of a project carried out by Academic Liaison Librarians at APU which investigated the relationship between learning resources and research resources. We looked at whether researcher/teachers encourage their students to use the same resources they themselves use for their research and how far the move to electronic resources has affected the relationship between learning and research materials.  The presentation will outline the results of interviews carried out with 21 academics from across the whole of the University, who are both teachers and researchers.  Do research and learning resources overlap?  Are students encouraged to engage with research resources?  What kinds of resources are used?  How do the answers to these questions affect the provision of library services?  We may provide some answers but we also hope to engage in a discussion with delegates about the issues raised.