Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Luton - Business Books

Excellent environment to learn but the up-to-date edition of text books are not available in the library

I am delighted that you like the learning environment in the LRC.We really appreciate you taking the time to let us know we're doing something right.  We look forward to serving you in the future
Last year the University made a significant additional investment in Library materials which aimed to provide more print copies of core essential reading and purchase more e books to provide wider reading around your subject.
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/libraryservices/news/Books
If you having problems finding materials for your studies I would advise you to contact your Academic Liaison Librarian urgently. We need ensure you are using the most effective search strategies to find resources

http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/help/ALLs/Alan_Bullimore

Meanwhile these pages may be of use
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/bus-studies
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/guides/beyond-discover
As a post graduate student you are expected to buy a few books for University yourself. Learning Resources does buy multiple copies of core texts I would advise you to make use of the Reservation service to ensure you get to borrow the core texts

In addition you might like to know that the University is undertaking a medium term project called readinglists (readinglists.beds.ac.uk)to change the focus and role of reading lists from just a list of citations to a more relevant and accessible document.  A reading list should tell you what you should be reading and when during your course and as far as possible making that material accessible to you.  We are working towards the latter either by obtaining in full text (the whole book or a chapter or article) and making it available on BREO or ensuring we have acceptable numbers of print copies in the library using appropriate loan statuses to try and ensure everyone on the course has the opportunity to access and use the book when they need to