Staff profile

Responsibilities

Richard is the Faculty Librarian for Arts and Humanities. He advises departments in the Faculty on the acquisition and management of print and electronic information and teaches research skills to postgraduates and undergraduates.

Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London

President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 2016-19

Member of the Great North Museum library committee

Authored book

• Pears, Richard & Shields, Graham (2019). Cite Them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide. Red Globe Press.
• Pears, Richard & Purdue, A.W. (2017). The Custom House, Newcastle upon Tyne. Robson Print Ltd.
• Pears, Richard & Saunders, Bill (2016). Looking Back at Whickham. Summerhill Books.
• Pears, Richard. & Shields, Graham. (2016). Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter in book

• Pears, Richard (2016). 'Auckland and Durham Castles in the Eighteenth Century'. In Princes of the Church and Their Palaces. Rollason, David Society for Medieval Archaeology. 615-641.

Conference Paper

• Pears, Richard (2015), 'Auckland and Durham Castles in the Eighteenth Century', Princes of the Church and Their Palaces. Auckland Castle, Durham, Auckland Castle, Durham.
• Pears, Richard (2014), 'Rebooting Referencing: Tools, Tech and Twinkle.', CILIP ARLG Symposium. Cambridge University, Cambridge University.
• Pears, Richard (2014), ‘The Architecture of Eighteenth-Century Newcastle’, North East Forum in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Studies. Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Pears, Richard (2010), It's not about the commas: why referencing really matters, UCRG Northern Group Workshop. Durham, England, Durham.
• Pears, Richard (2006), 'Cite them right': Developing students' citation skills, BOBCATSSS Symposium: Information, Innovation, Responsibility: Information professional in the Network Society. Tallinn University, Estonia, Tallinn University.
• Balfour, Maimie & Pears, Richard (2006), Student evaluation of two information literacy packages: Skills Plus and MOSAIC, LILAC. University of Leeds, University of Leeds.

Journal Article

• Pears, Richard (2022). Margaret Farrington: Sociability and Sanity in Georgian England. Northern History 59(2): 194-215.
• Casselden, B & Pears, Richard (2020). 'Higher Education student pathways to ebook usage and engagement, and understanding: Highways and cul de sacs'. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 52(2): 601-619.
• Pears, Richard (2019). 'A Council at War: Whickham Urban District Council 1939-45'. Northern History 56(1-2): 117-137.
• Pears, Richard (2019). 'Bishop Tunstall’s Alterations to Durham Castle, 1536-1548'. Antiquaries Journal 99.
• Pears, Richard (2019). 'Hebburn Hall, South Tyneside'. Durham Archaeological Journal 21.
• Pears, Richard (2018). 'A Villa at the Coast: Newton Hall, Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland'. Georgian Group Journal XXVI: 103-120.
• Pears, Richard & Purdue, A.W. (2018). 'The Custom House, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne'. Archaeologia Aeliana 47.
• Pears, Richard (2017). 'An Observation Tower on Newcastle Quayside'. Archaeologia Aeliana 5th Series (45): 145-158.
• Pears, Richard (2016). 'Building Howick Hall, Northumberland'. Georgian Group Journal XXIV: 117-134.
• Pears, R & Atherton, B (2015). 'Anderson Place, Newcastle upon Tyne'. Archaeologia Aeliana 5th series(44): 175-224.
• Pears, Richard (2014). St Anthony’s House: a lost mansion near Newcastle upon Tyne. Archaelogia Aeliana 43: 241-246.
• Pears, Richard (2014). Building developments at Durham University Library. SCONUL Focus 58: 66.
• Pears, Richard & Hewlings, Richard (2014). Capheaton Hall in the Eighteenth Century. Georgian Group Journal XXII: 125-144.
• Pears, Richard (2012). Battle of the Styles? Classical and Gothic Architecture in Seventeenth-Century North-East England. Architectural History 55: 79-109.
• Pears, Richard (2010). The Architectural Development of Blagdon Hall, Northumberland. Architectural History 53: 77-98.
• Heading, D, Pears, R, Purcell, C & Simonson, N (2010). 'Finding and Managing Information: Generic information literacy and management skills for postgraduate researchers'. International Journal for Researcher Development 1(3): 206.
• Pears, Richard (2008). Two castles by William Newton. Georgian Group Journal XVI: 132-140.

Presentation

• Pears, Richard (2018), Architectural Standards at Alnwick Castle: an incident in the creation of a profession, Northern Architectural History Society. Newcastle University.