Creating Reading Lists
Tips for creating reading lists with Aspire
- Include varied sources
- A gripping longer read
- A summary text; a chapter or a journal article, perhaps?
- Video or audio – we have a range of A-V resources
- A professional or organization’s website or a blog
- Make your list meaningful and easy to use
- Divide it into helpful sections
- Annotate your readings – why should students read it?
- Include electronic sources or request digital scans, where you can.
- Include diverse content to engage all of your students
- View this handy checklist from Huddersfield University to evaluate your lists
- Why not discuss diversity with your students and ask your librarian to explore potential purchases?
- Find out what other institutions are doing. Visit Leeds Beckett’s Best Practice in Diversifying Reading Lists webpage.
- Regularly update your list
- Include something new – add a module code to your book order and we’ll add the book for you.
- Remove broken links and out of date editions
- Did you know that you can send your list to review and a librarian will check it for you?
- Make sure your books and journal articles are accessible from the University Library!
- We actively encourage book orders and can usually obtain journal articles. Email requests to your Faculty Librarian
The handy guide Creating Reading Lists explains the practicalities, but please speak to your Faculty Librarian to get started and explore what else we can do to help.