Reading lists: help for staff

You will need to ensure that your reading list is linked to your module page on Learn. Instructions for doing this, provided by the Technology Enhanced Learning team, can be accessed via the link below.

If you are the module leader, add yourself as the List owner.

If you are not the module leader but you will be adding content or need regular access to a list, you can instead add it to the My Lists area of the reading list system, ensuring that it is readily accessible to you when adding items form external sources such as Library Catalogue Plus.

See our section below on Accessing and owning reading lists for more information.

Following the transition to the new reading list system in April 2024, check that your reading list is as you expect and as you need it to be.

Read our best practice guidelines for reading lists to consider the structure, importance tags, notes, and diversity of sources on your list. This will ensure that your list is as accessible and user friendly as possible.

You will need to install the bookmark tool in your Internet browser to be able to add items to your reading list. See our section below on Adding items to your reading list for detailed instructions.

If you need to make any changes to your list, you can add, edit, delete, and move items around very easily. See the section below on Adding items to your reading list and Organising your reading list for more information.

Any changes you make will be saved automatically. To send those changes for review by library staff and to ensure that your students see them, click the ‘publish’ button. It is recommended that you only ‘publish’ once at the end of each editing session. For more information, please refer to the section below entitled Publishing your list.

1. Search Libary Catalogue Plus for the book you want to add.
2. Click on the book title to open the item record.
3. Click on the bookmark tool browser extension (a small square with the word ‘talis’ on it). Browser extensions usually appear to the right of the address bar in your web browser. If you have not already installed the bookmark tool, please see the section on Adding the bookmark tool for guidance.
4. Quickly check that the information presented on the bookmarking form looks correct.
5. Click Create & Add to List.
6. Check that the correct reading list is selected in the Add to list dropdown.
7. Specify whether you want the item to appear at the top or at the bottom of the list (or at the top or bottom of a specific section, which can be selected from a separate dropdown).
8. Set the importance (key, recommended or further) of the item.
9. If applicable, add a Note for student and/or Note for library in the relevant fields.
10. Click Ok.

If you have the reading list open in another tab, you will need to refresh it in order to see the new item.

Remember to publish the list once you have finished making changes so that any new items are visible to your students, and to trigger a review of your changes by Library staff.

1. Search for the book on Library Catalogue Plus.
2. Click on the book title to open the item record.
3. Click on the bookmark tool browser extension (a small square with the word ‘talis’ on it). Browser extensions usually appear to the right of the address bar in your web browser.
4. Quickly check that the information presented on the bookmarking form looks correct. NB at present the information you see will only relate to the whole book, and not to the chapter.
5. Towards the bottom of the bookmarking form, you will see a dropdown labelled Add field. This can be used to add extra fields to the form. Set the dropdown to Has part (chapter, article, etc.) and click Add.
6. A new tab will be added to the bookmarking form comprising two fields – Resource Type and Title. You will enter information relating to the specific chapter here (note that the information relating to the book is now in a separate tab called Is part of Book). Set the Resource Type to Chapter.
7. In the Title field, type in the title of the chapter you want to add.
8. Using the Add field dropdown, add the following additional fields and populate them using information from the book itself or from a reliable online source.
   • Author (enter the chapter author here. If no chapter author is specified, enter the author of the book).
   • Pages (please add the start and end page of the relevant chapter. These values may be used by staff in the Library to inform digitisation of the selected chapter, and they also signpost the relevant content to your students).
   • Date of publication. In most cases, this will be the same as the publication date of the book, but adding it against the chapter as well means that your students will be able to see this information on the reading list entry.
9. Click Create & Add to List.
10. Check that the correct reading list is selected in the Add to list dropdown.
11. Specify whether you want the item to appear at the top or at the bottom of the list (or at the top or bottom of a specific section, which can be selected from a separate dropdown).
12. Set the importance tag (key, recommended or further) for the item.
13. If required, add a Note for student and/or Note for library in the relevant fields.
14. Click Ok.

If you have the list open in another tab, you will need to refresh it in order to see the new item.

Remember to publish the list once you have finished making changes so that any new items are visible to your students, and to trigger a review of your changes by Library staff.

1. Search for the article on Articles Plus.
2. Click on the article title in the search results to open the item record.
3. Click on the bookmark tool browser extension (a small square with the word ‘talis’ on it). Browser extensions usually appear to the right of the address bar in your web browser. If you have not already installed the bookmark tool, please see the section on Adding the bookmark tool for guidance.
4. Note that the information in the bookmarking form is split across two tabs. Information relating to the article itself can be found on the Article tab. Information relating to the journal containing the article can be found on the Is part of journal tab. Quickly check that the information on both tabs looks correct.
5. Assuming the article is available electronically, ensure that the Online Resource tick box is ticked.
6. Click Create & Add to List.
7. Check that the correct reading list is selected in the Add to list dropdown.
8. Specify whether you want the item to appear at the top or at the bottom of the list (or at the top or bottom of a specific section, which can be selected from a separate dropdown).
9. Set the importance tag (key, recommended or further) for the item.
10. If required, add a Note for student and/or Note for library in the relevant fields.
11. Click Ok.

If you have the list open in another tab, you will need to refresh it in order to see the new item.

Remember to publish the list once you have finished making changes so that any new items are visible to your students, and to trigger a review of your changes by Library staff.

1. Navigate to the webpage you want to add.
2. Click on the bookmark tool browser extension (a small square with the word ‘talis’ on it). Browser extensions usually appear to the right of the address bar in your web browser. If you have not already installed the bookmark tool, please see the section on Adding the bookmark tool for guidance.
3. Quickly check that the information presented on the bookmarking form looks correct. The Resource type should automatically default to Webpage, but if it does not, you can set this manually.
4. If applicable, consider adding fields such as Date and Author using the Add field dropdown.
5. Click Create & Add to List.
6. Check that the correct reading list is selected in the Add to list dropdown.
7. Specify whether you want the item to appear at the top or at the bottom of the list (or at the top or bottom of a specific section, which can be selected from a separate dropdown).
8. Set the importance (key, recommended or further) of the item.
9. If applicable, add a Note for student and/or Note for library in the relevant fields.
10. Click Ok.

If you have the reading list open in another tab, you will need to refresh it in order to see the new item.

Remember to publish the list once you have finished making changes so that any new items are visible to your students, and to trigger a review of your changes by Library staff.

1. Navigate to the audio/video content you want to add (e.g. a YouTube video).
2. Click on the bookmark tool browser extension (a small square with the word ‘talis’ on it). Browser extensions usually appear to the right of the address bar in your web browser. If you have not already installed the bookmark tool, please see the section on Adding the bookmark tool for guidance.
3. Quickly check that the information presented on the bookmarking form looks correct. The Resource type should automatically default to Audio-visual document, but if it does not, you can set this manually.
4. If applicable, consider adding fields such as Date and Author using the Add field dropdown.
5. Click Create & Add to List.
6. Check that the correct reading list is selected in the Add to list dropdown.
7. Specify whether you want the item to appear at the top or at the bottom of the list (or at the top or bottom of a specific section, which can be selected from a separate dropdown).
8. Set the importance (key, recommended or further) of the item.
9. If applicable, add a Note for student and/or Note for library in the relevant fields.
10. Click Ok.

If you have the reading list open in another tab, you will need to refresh it in order to see the new item.

Remember to publish the list once you have finished making changes so that any new items are visible to your students, and to trigger a review of your changes by Library staff.