Mary Ashworth retires (Apr 2013)
After almost 22 years working for LISU, Mary has decided to retire to spend more time in her garden and with her grandchildren. All the LISU team wish her well and will miss her enormously.

LISU in the future (Dec 2012)
Following a strategic review of activities in information management, information science and information systems, the University has approved the establishment of a Centre for Information Management to be based in the School of Business and Economics. LISU and its staff will move to the new Centre in 2013, and will continue to engage actively in research and consultancy for information, academic and cultural services. Our current range of activities will continue, and we expect to expand the range of projects we are able to undertake, by drawing on the expertise of staff from the Centre, the School, and the University as a whole.

Quality frameworks for public sector library provision in Wales – an options appraisal (Nov 2012 - March 2013)
LISU has been commissioned by CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales,  a division of the Welsh Government, to produce an options appraisal of potential quality frameworks to inform development in this area from 2014 onwards. More information

Who Else Writes Like...? A readers' guide to fiction authors - 7th edition now available (Nov 2012)
This popular reference guide and reading tool has now been updated and contains over 2,040 authors with up to twelve alternative writers. It is designed to answer the perennial question: "I've read all the books by this author - who else writes like that?". More information

Impact of reading for blind and partially sighted adults (Oct 2012)
LISU and The Reading Agency were commissioned by RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) to find out what reading for pleasure means to blind and partially sighted adults. A report on this study is now available. More information

(July 2012)
A report on this study, which investigated the value of academic libraries for teaching and research staff, is now available to download.

Fines and Charges (June 2012)
LISU is pleased to announce that it is to take over the compilation and publication of the annual report Fines and Charges in Public Libraries in England and Wales from The Information Partnership for South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire (SINTO), with immediate effect.

LISU has relocated to new offices (June 2012)
We have moved from Holywell Park and can now be found, with the Department of Information Science, on the ground floor of the Bridgeman Building on the main University campus. Where we are

Irish Health Libraries: new directions report launched 26 January 2012
The report of an important study, undertaken by LISU and Dr Janet Harrison of the Department of Information Science, has been launched by Leo Kearns, CEO of the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, at a reception hosted by the Dublin Dental Hospital.
The study explored the status of health libraries and librarianship in Ireland, and made recommendations for the future development of the sector. More information and to download the report.