Walk-in Books

UK-based designer Melanie Smith, is hoping to make 'walk-in books' for kids. With no technology involved, the project focuses instead, on presenting children with characters, maps, story cards and a mask to prompt them to come up with their own tales, providing a 'walk-in' experience. 

Having now successfully raised the amount she needed to produce the first run of her product through Kickstarter, the first story 'Adventure to the Woods', should be in production soon. 

Meanwhile, 'Lost My Name', a book launched last year through investment by Dragon's Den, has now topped the book bestseller chart.

B ... is for Books

One of the very basic (but crucial) resources for any student, is the humble book so in this post, I will make a few suggestions of where you can find relevant books for your studies.

To begin with, here is a guide to the classification (or Dewey) numbers, for key subject areas - these are referred to as 'call' numbers in the Library Catalogue and appear on labels on the book spines. To help guide you to the right place, there are also posters on the sides of each of the shelves.

Next, you need to know where to access your reading lists - you will find the 'Reading List' tab behind both the module in UCBOnline and the 'Library and E-Resources' page. Once you have located your reading list, you will be able to click through to the ebook (where available) or select the title of the book to find out where to go for a print copy. Don't forget, if all the copies of a title are checked out, it is easy to reserve a copy - just click on the 'request item' tab, as shown below.

If you would like suggestions for specific books to read, then read this post by David Renfree, in which he's captured key texts for popular topics.