I had an interesting meeting this morning with Laura Jeffrey from Durham University Library. She is interested in finding out how they can make their induction more effective and feels that a better understanding of what students are learning about libraries and IL in schools will help them plan a more focused programme. As I have already been talking to some Durham schools about a very similar topic, we felt that this will be a good opportunity to collaborate and share information. Hopefully Laura and her colleagues will gather data which will feed into my project and I’ll be able to pass on to them relevant data which I’ve already collected. This will give us a much broader picture of how we can help with the transition into university.

Alex (my son) at Trent Lock