Library news

You may or may not know that you have a dedicated Librarian for your subject!

Your Librarian can help you find and use library resources and help you with things like referencing and literature reviews.

Most of you will meet your Librarian for an induction session during your first term. You can also book a 1:1 appointment with them, either in person or online via Teams.

Meet our three lovely Liaison Librarians, find out what subjects they support, and how to contact them:

• Donna Irving
• Sarah Munks
• Tom Vause

Alternatively, you can browse our subject guides, select your subject, and then 'My Liaison Librarian' to find out who your Librarian is.

A Librarian is a most valuable treasure. To quote the wise words of Matt Haig, from The Midnight Library, “Librarians have knowledge. They guide you to the right books. The right worlds. They find the best places. Like soul-enhanced search engines.”

The problem with our Emerald article, journal and database links has now been resolved. This was due to a platform upgrade by Emerald that had unexpected consequences.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

The display issues with the library website have now been resolved by our website provider. The problems were caused by a code update that affected our display settings.

Thanks for your patience. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Life is pretty hectic, and taking time out to relax and reset can seem impossible some days!

It can be done though, and you don't have to spend lots of time or money to make a big difference to your mental health.

We have a great selection of books in our Horsforth Library Wellbeing space and our online Collection to help you, and our staff have shared their own tips and techniques for taking time out 😊

Deano, Information Assistant

When I’ve spent a lot of time sitting and reading for my studies or work, I like to go to the gym and push myself as far as possible with either functional fitness (e.g. jumping over boxes/sledge pulls) or cardio training on the bike or treadmill. I think it’s essential for people with additional sensory needs to understand that it’s possible to be tired and have low energy due to being under-stimulated and that you can paradoxically overcome tiredness by being more active! 

Jax, Library User Services Manager

I like to unwind by doing some voluntary research with Zooniverse – a world-wide platform that allows anyone to contribute to real academic research across a range of disciplines. You could be studying images of faraway galaxies, transcribing historical records or recording animal behaviour in their natural habitats, all from the comfort of your sofa!

Adam, Information Assistant

I like to immerse myself in cricket to relax.  I love going to watch a game - any level or type of game - where you can just switch off from other things. I don’t care if it’s fast or slow particularly - just as long as it’s absorbing. I’m also quite happy watching it on TV or listening to it on the radio - it still has a similar effect!

Claudia, Information Assistant

I like to do crafts to unwind and relax. At the moment I am crocheting again. I have a stash of wool that I use to make little crochet projects like flower garlands or pillowcases. Although I am not the quickest in crocheting and my projects look all a bit wonky, I enjoy doing it and that in the end I have created something.  Easy knitting or crochet patterns can be found on youtube or Ravelry. And the library has two online crochet books with nice ideas as well.

Marion, Information Assistant

To look after my well-being and mental health I usually turn to nature and water. I go to my happy place and have a walk by the canal, it instantly restores me being near water, listening to bird song, especially this time of year walking though fallen leaves will always put a smile on my face. I read every day even if it’s only for a few minutes, but best of all, time with my cats, they keep me calm and bring me a lot of happiness.

Pauline, Information Assistant

These are the things I do to unwind/relax:

Go for a walk in the countryside (or local park)

Read a good novel

Sing as part of a community choir

Leeds Trinity University has a range of support available for students and staff experiencing mental health difficulties. Talking about it helps, so lets share and support each other! 

For students: Mental health and wellbeing - Student support and wellbeing - Leeds Trinity University

For staff: Mental Wellbeing Resources (sharepoint.com)

Leeds Trinity University is curerntly working on becoming a University with research degree awarding powers, so our current Masters by Research and Doctorate degrees are awarded by Leeds University.

As a result, whenever one of our students passes a research degree their paper will usually be added to White Rose Research Online; a shared, open access repository containing a huge amount of work from students across Yorkshire and a great place to read current research.

Pure is Leeds Trinity's research portal, also an open access repository where research students and staff can upload their outputs.

Because both White Rose and Pure are open access, research outputs can be accessed worldwide, allowing for collaborations across the globe!

If you want even more, we also have a large collection of previous students' research output available in our Display Case - please speak to a member of Library staff if you would like to have a look at any of these.

Ebooks, online journals and databases offer different accessibility features and can be challenging to navigate.

We've added a new guide to the Library website: Accessibility of online resources. The guide contains information about the accessibility features and functions of our five largest ebook platforms. We will be adding information for online journals and databases in the future.

We've outlined the main features of each platform and provided instructions such as how to enlarge the text, change the background colour or enable read aloud. We've also outlined the downloading and printing options and included the accessibility statement where available.

You can link to this information from the Accessibility and wellbeing guide and from the Databases A-Z by selecting the accessibility icon next to the resource title.

We would love to know what you think and how we can improve the guide - please contact us with your feedback.