Staff profile

Responsibilities

Simon is responsible for the work of the Education, Learning and Engagement Team within the Library. This includes responsibility for the team of Faculty LIbrarians who work with faculties and departments to ensure the Library provides services which match the research and teaching needs of the university.

Simon is also responsible for the Learning and Engagement Team who provide visits, workshops and talks to school groups of all ages, giving them the opportunity to explore Durham University’s museums, attractions and collections

 

Book review

• Speight, S. (2009). M-Libraries: Libraries on the move to provide virtual access
• Speight, S. (1998). Nick Holmes and Delia Venables. 'Researching the Legal Web: a guide to legal resources on the internet'

Chapter in book

• Speight, S. (2016). The Durham Difference: supporting research at Durham University. In J. Atkinson (Ed.), Quality and the Academic Library: reviewing, assessing and enhancing service provision (157-166). Chandos
• Speight, S. (1997). Major journals in sociology. In C. Ballard, J. Gubbay, & C. Middleton (Eds.), Blackwell's Student Companion to Sociology, (331-333). Blackwell

Conference Paper

• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (2014, December). Reading lists: building a process that works at Durham University Library. Presented at Meeting the Reading List Challenge 2014, Loughborough
• Speight, S. (2013, December). Open access publishing: a stock-take and critical debate [speaker as part of an expert panel discussion]. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2013, London
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008, September). Blah, blah, blogs: the use of blogs to support reference management software. Presented at Up Close and Personal: our changing roles in a digital learning age. 2008 NOWAL Conference., Edge Hill University
• Speight, S. (2008, June). Who wants to be a Librarian?: The use of voting technology in inductions. Presented at Approaches to Induction., Birkbeck College, London
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008, June). Blah, blah blogs: the use of blogs to support reference management software. Presented at Virtually There: 2008 WESLink Conference., University of Wolverhampton
• Speight, S. (2007, July). Who wants to be a Librarian?: the use of voting technology in inductions. Presented at User Education in the 21st Century: 51st BBSLG Conference., Northampton

Journal Article

• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (online). Review, revise, re-implement - the reading list process at Durham University. SCONUL focus, 41-45
• Speight, S., & Taylorson, B. (2012). Does your library need 'More Books'?. SCONUL focus, 33-36
• Perkins, H., & Speight, S. (2008). Ref it, Blog it! Using blogs to support reference management software. ALISS quarterly, 3(2), 34-37
• Speight, S., & Perkins, H. (2007). "What tangled webs...": redesigning the University of Warwick Library website. SCONUL Focus, 41(Summer/Autumn), 50-53
• Speight, S. (2001). Finding information from the National Assembly for Wales. Legal Information Management, 1(1), 46-50. https://doi.org/10.1017/s147266960000027x
• Speight, S. (1997). WWW - What is it good for?. Assistant librarian, 90(1), 7-9
• Speight, S. (1996). Evaluating CD-ROM products
• Loughridge, B., Oates, J., & Speight, S. (1996). Career development: follow-up studies of Sheffield MA graduates 1985/6 to 1992/3. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 28(2), 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1177/096100069602800205