Mrs Nicola Sales' Outputs (13)

My Learning Personality (2020)
Data

Discover what learning at University is all about, how you like to learn and ideas you can put into practice to boost your learning potential.

Format

Articulate Storyline 3

View the published resource here http://library-files.salford.ac.uk/... Read More about My Learning Personality.

Organising yourself for study (2020)
Data

How do you like to learn? How can you fit in everything in and meet your deadlines? These questions and more are answered in this eLearning module.

Format

Articulate Storyline 3

View the published resource here http://library-files.salford.a... Read More about Organising yourself for study.

Supporting students transitioning to higher education studies: UniSkills at the University of Salford (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Pearson, A., & Sales, N. (2019, April). Supporting students transitioning to higher education studies: UniSkills at the University of Salford. Paper presented at LILAC 2019, University of Nottingham

Now you see us. Now you don't. (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sales, N. (2015, April). Now you see us. Now you don't. Poster presented at LILAC Conference, Newcastle

The University of Salford has radically overhauled their approach to new student welcome and induction activities. During induction fortnight, the library team traditionally delivered an induction programme of compulsory computer based training sessi... Read More about Now you see us. Now you don't..

Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training (2013)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2013). Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training. Legal Information Management, 13(4), 231-235. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669613000534

At the University of Salford it is a struggle to find sufficient timetable space to deliver in-depth legal research training to new first year students. The training delivered often alienated students due to the information overload they experienced.... Read More about Flipping the classroom: Revolutionising legal research training.

Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library (2008)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2008). Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 50-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000108

This article looks at the project to build a new academic Law Library at the University of Salford. It examines the tasks involved, resource planning and communication as well as highlighting successes and issues raised during the construction and de... Read More about Grand Designs: Creating an academic law library.

Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians? (2008)
Journal Article
Wakefield, N. (2008). Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?. Legal Information Management, 8(1), 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669608000042

Nicola Wakefield and Emily Allbon are academic law librarians. They offer their thoughts on the future that all academic law librarians may face as we move further into the 21st Century. They look at the key issues and examine possibilities for the f... Read More about Staying vital to the virtual learner: what role for future university law librarians?.

Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects (2007)
Journal Article
Sales, N., Kendall, M., & Delbridge, R. (2007). Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects. ITALICS, 6(2), 52-61. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2007.06020052

Increased communication with practitioners and improved curriculum coverage of specialist sectors have been identified as priorities for Library and Information
Management (LIM) educators. This paper discusses a project exploring the potential for r... Read More about Enhancing the library and information management curriculum through reusable learning objects.

Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University (2007)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2007). Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University. Legal Information Management, 7(1), 63-70. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669606001186

This paper was presented at the BIALL 2006 Conference in Brighton. The presentation discussed the formation of a working partnership between academic School of Law Staff and the Law Library at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). The two parties... Read More about Bridging the gap: the information skills training partnership at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Developing information skills for academic staff: SCONUL staff development award 2005 (2006)
Journal Article
Sales, N. (2006). Developing information skills for academic staff: SCONUL staff development award 2005. SCONUL Focus, 37(Spring), 27-30

Using the virtual learning environment (2006)
Book Chapter

Why do I need the library if I've got Google? (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Sales, N., Tatham, L., & Higgins, E. (2005, April). Why do I need the library if I've got Google?. Presented at ALT Association of Law Teachers Conference, Edinburgh University

Collaboration and flipping training
Presentation / Conference
Sales, N. Collaboration and flipping training. Presented at Teaching research skills to Law Students: a workshop on best practice, London

Legal research skills training at the University of Salford suffered from lack of student attendance and the failure by students to transference skills learned to research in other modules. Despite having 6 timetabled hours to develop skills with fir... Read More about Collaboration and flipping training.