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Following our webinar with The University of Essex on the 17th of November, we hosted a Q&A session to find out more about their experience with Talis Aspire Reading Lists. Find out what Clare French, Sub-Librarian and Alex O’Neill, Customer Support Services Team Leader did to overcome challenges and improve student experience:    Question 1: How involved do you expect academics to be? Do you expect them to create and maintain the lists, such as adding and removing items? Clare:
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The University of Reading became a new Talis customer in early 2015. In a bid to encourage engagement within the academic community, the Library took a two-fold approach: guided training and support on the use of the Talis Aspire Reading Lists and Digitised Content, and promoting solid pedagogic reasoning as to why online reading lists, in particular, could not only improve the student experience at Reading but also help develop information and digital literacy skills. Work had begun on this
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As UK universities start to welcome first year and returning students back for the new academic year it is an interesting time to take a snapshot view of what students are talking about with their peers and the community. One easy way of doing this ‘eavesdropping’ is to keep a close eye on the conversations and comments being raised on Social Media, and especially Twitter. Taking the time to share your thoughts on Twitter is a good barometer of someone’s
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