My Reading List

The following tasks are an essential part of setting up a reading list:

1. Reading list titles are automatically created and may need editing, such as removing the year.
2. Create sections in your reading list to organise resources, for example sections could reflect the structure of your module, such as module weeks, or simply have core and supplementary sections.
3. Add tags to each item to mark them as core, recommended or supplementary.  These tags determine how many copied of an item the library will stock, if the item is not available electronically.  It will also inform students as to the relative importance of each item.
4. Do not link to PDF documents directly,, use web links.  Direct PDF links may break or link to older versions of the resource.
5. Add your Liaison Librarian to your list as a collaborator. Use the manage collaborators option found in the 'List info' section to add them.  Use this menu to add any module colleagues who will be adding items to the module reading list too.
6. Publish your list so your students can see it - click on the Publish my reading list button. Select the default option Course students.

You can add a student note to individual items to recommend students use them in specific ways. For example, you may wish to draw their attention to certain information or pages they should read, or give them some helpful tips for completing the work. These notes can be created when you add the item to your list by selecting the Add and Edit button, or you can edit an item already in your list by clicking on the 3 dots to the right of the item and selecting Edit item, then select Add note for students.

This really is up to you, however if you have a long list of items with little categorisation or annotation, students may not engage with it too well. At the very least we recommend that you divide your reading list into Core and supplementary sections.