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Emerald ‘Reading Lists’

Emerald have been looking at how to build ‘peer reviewed reading lists’. This is building reading lists – but currently from Emerald collection – although may look at including things from other publishers in the future.

This is a free of charge service (not a product) – something giving back to the academic university. Intended to improve workflow, and assure quality via peer review.

List creation process:

• Identify key subjects
• Journal/book editor recruited
• Student recruited
• Student follows set methodology to create list (this is documented in a booklet)
• Editor reviews list, writes editorial
• Revised reading list and editorial submitted to Emerald
• Project team review list and request amendments before approving
• Lists distributed to faculty – i.e. to academics on the ground
• Measure usage

Case study carried out. Trial readling list built on the syllabus of ‘Services Marketsing’ course taught by Dr Mei-Na Liao at Bradford School of Management. List created using a structure devised by the project team. List peer-review within the project, List sent to Pro Liao in July 2009. 21% of Pro. Liao’s 2nd reading list taken from our list. Feedback was very positive….

Emerald see the benefits to end-users as:

• Workflow improved with this tailored teaching aid
• Complementary and personal service that adds value to Emerald’s products and provides a better service to end-users
• List approved and reviewed by our experience editors
• Value for money for librarians (increased usage of Emerald subscriptions)
• Opportunity to build relationships